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81) The marvelous
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"Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule. After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an...
82) The knockout
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When seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her.
If Kareena Thakkar is going to alienate herself from the entire Indian community, she might as well do it gloriously. She has landed an invitation to the US Muay Thai Open, which could lead to a spot on the first-ever...
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Reluctant heroes volume 2
Troubleshooter volume 19
Troubleshooters volume 17
A Troubleshooters novel volume 17
Troubleshooter volume 19
Troubleshooters volume 17
A Troubleshooters novel volume 17
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"Former Navy SEAL Peter "Grunge" Greene's lonely but comfortable life is upended when his longtime ex-girlfriend unexpectedly dies in a car crash, leaving him sole custody of their 15-year-old daughter, Maddie. They move to San Diego to start a new life together, but Maddie quickly falls in with the wrong crowd and soon goes completely AWOL. New to town with no one to turn to, Peter is frantic to track down his daughter and accepts help from his beautiful...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice.It's 2002, a year after 9/11. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who's tired of being stereotyped.Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She's tired of...
86) Just like that
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
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With insight and a light touch, best-selling, Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt tells two poignant, linked stories: that of a grieving girl and a boy trying to escape his violent past. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students...
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After seventeen-year-old best friends Rora and Claudia discover there are secret cities, ruled by astrology-based magic, on other planets in our solar system, they travel into the spheres to solve a mysterious disharmony threatening the balance of the outer worlds and their own.
Rora and Claudia have never felt more like their lives are spiraling out of control. When they meet Major and Amir-- two boys from one of the secret cities of the spheres,...
88) Fair Rosaline
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"The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life. Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her. She breaks off the match, only for Romeo's gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year-old...
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House of Night. Original series volume 10
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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Neferet's true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they'll need it, because Neferet's not going down without a fight.
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Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother, and holding tight to the one thing that matters most: her two-year-old daughter, Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke's life is shattered when she's carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can do is watch as Etta, still strapped in her seat, disappears into the Los Angeles night. Miles away, Etta is found by Molly, a homeless teen who is all too used to darkness....
91) Tom
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[2016]
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216 pages ; 22 cm.
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"After spending a summer at a Teen Mental Health Clinic, sixteen-year-old Tom accepts that he is gay. He attends a new school where he has made friends, is on the swim team, and most importantly, found love. Tom's secret relationship with Sean, the most popular guy in school, saves him from the cruelty of his mother and the indifference of his father. But when everything falls apart, Tom must face his inner demons alone"--
92) Maria
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[2016]
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208 pages ; 22 cm.
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"While living in Santa Barbara and attending a private school, Maria's life was comfortably boring. Then her sister died, her father lost his job, and the whole family was forced to start over. When they move to the barrio in East L.A. to live with Maria's grandma, Maria recovers her roots and becomes empowered. She can't continue hiding that she is a lesbian when she meets Natalia, a grumpy chola who smells like sugar and turns Maria's life upside...
93) Leroy
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[2016]
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214 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Seventeen-year-old Leroy wants to study art and become a painter. Although he has good relationships with his family and friends, Leroy is far from being happy. With his older brother now in jail, Leroy feels even more trapped by his big secret. He is gay and doesn't dare come out and disrupt an already difficult time for his family. Leroy goes on an incredible--yet painful and terrifying--journey from Dallas to Taos, and from fear to love"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
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When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkableā¦convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. The task is simple: two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. The problem is that days after prom, she can't stop thinking about her fill-in boyfriend. But can Gia turn her fake boyfriend into a real one without exposing...
95) The block
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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"Luka is a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death. In the Block, he must toggle between enduring an Energy Harvest for twelve hours of the day and surviving complete immobilization. The only semblance of relief is the Sane Zone, created to keep prisoners from going completely mad. In this virtual reality, the prisoners live out their fantasies of life outside. But for Luka, it's different. Happy is determined to find out the...
96) Mad River
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Virgil Flowers mysteries volume 6
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"Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers' cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension...
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Ada's life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and she's had it up to here with her gorgeous older sister's unsolicited advice. But things really hit the fan during a family vacation in Hawaii, where Ada discovers her own mother is having an affair. Apparently, everyone is falling into bed with people they shouldn't. Everyone except Ada. But when Ada decides she's going to stop...
98) Better together
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Jamie's an aspiring standup comic in Los Angeles with a growing case of stage anxiety. Siri's a stunning ballerina from New Jersey nursing a career-changing injury. They've both signed up for the same session at an off-the-grid retreat in Colorado. When they run into each other, their worlds turn upside down. Jamie and Siri are sisters, torn apart at a young age by their parent's volatile divorce. They've grown up living completely separate lives:...
99) Wonnie
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[2016]
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214 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Wonnie is a brave girl who came out at just thirteen years old. She found support in her parents and taught herself to live life to its fullest. Wonnie belongs to a friendly LGBT community in Philadelphia. She produces Come Out!, a podcast that has become a platform for gay-lesbian-trans teens. Her love life is also at its peak, and Rebecca, Wonnie's girlfriend, wants to get married. Funny, romantic and honest, this novel follows a day in the life...
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Maximum Ride manga volume 5
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2011
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IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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209 pages ; 21 cm
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After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
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