Unraveling
by Michelle Baldini
Published 2008 by Delacorte Press

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Sharp, chatty, brutally honest, and heartbreakingly real, this debut novel is about mothers and daughters, the search for acceptance, preparing for the unexpected, and learning that, sometimes, it just can't be done. More...

Merlin's Dragon
by T. A. Barron
Published 2008 by Philomel Books

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In his most thrilling adventure yet, the author of "The Lost Years of Merlin" creates a new and unforgettable character in the first book of a brand-new trilogy. More...

All We Know of Love
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Published 2008 by Candlewick Press (MA)

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The author of "What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows" returns with a boldly original tale about a girl who journeys through love and loss to find her mother and discovers that everyone has a story to tell--including herself. More...

Rogue's Home
by Hilari Bell
Published 2008 by Eos

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In this sequel to "The Last Knight," former knight Sir Michael, now an unredeemed man, must help Fisk, his friend and former squire, clear his family's name before they are bankrupt. However, someone is out to frame Michael for arson. More...

Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity
by Lori Marie Carlson
Published 2008 by Atheneum Books

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In this eclectic, groundbreaking, and highly visual collection of short monologues, 21 of the most respected Latino authors give voice to what it's like to be a Latino teen in America. Photos & illustrations. More...

The Shepherd's Granddaughter
by Anne Laurel Carter
Published 2008 by Groundwood Books

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Amani longs to be a shepherd like her beloved grandfather Sido, who has tended his flock for generations, grazing sheep on their family's homestead near Hebron. Amani loves Sido's many stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos.... More...

Sword
by Da Chen
Published 2008 by Laura Geringer Book

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The first book in an exciting new martial arts series set in ancient China. On her 15th birthday, Miu Miu receives a startling revelation from her mother. To find her path in life, Miu Miu must avenge her father's death and find her fated true love. But the evil emperor has other plans for her. More...

The Dragon Heir
by Cinda Williams Chima
Published 2008 by Hyperion Books for Children

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In Chima's searing conclusion to her Heir series, a huge opal called the Dragonheart causes moral compasses to spin out of control as a final battle storms through a town that was meant to be a sanctuary. More...

Things That Are
by Andrew Clements
Published 2008 by Philomel Books

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In the final novel of the trilogy that begins in "Things Not Seen," Clements delivers the long-anticipated story of Alicia and Robert. Full of adventure, romance, and mystery, at its heart "Things That Are" is about trusting even things that cannot be seen. More...

Crossing to Paradise
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Published 2008 by Arthur A. Levine Books

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Completing a story begun in Crossley-Holland's acclaimed Arthur trilogy, this stand-alone adventure reveals a medieval world as rich and compelling as the contemporary world it foresees--and, in Gatty, an unforgettable character. More...

Creepers
by Joanne Dahme
Published 2008 by Running Press Kids

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In this debut from an exciting new voice, Dahme creates an engaging, page-turning, creepy story in which Courtney O'Brien discovers that her new house is the key to a centuries-old mystery. Illustrations. More...

Alicia Afterimage
by Lulu Delacre
Published 2008 by Lee & Low Books

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A story of remembrance as well as an exploration of teen grief and healing, recounting the life and death of the author's sixteen-year-old daughter, as told through her parents' and friends' recollections, thoughts, feelings, and memories. For YA and adults. More...

Bog Child
by Siobhan Dowd
Published 2008 by David Fickling Books

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Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him, a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls. More...

The Gypsy Crown
by Kate Forsyth
Published 2008 by Hyperion Books for Children

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Emilia Finch and her cousin Luke are Gypsies. To the repressive Puritan government of 17th-century England, Gypsies are thieving, fortunetelling vagrants. This gripping debut novel tells a tale of danger, magic, and the power of family. More...

The Possibilities of Sainthood
by Donna Freitas
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux

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Antonia Lucia Labella wants to be a saint. For eight years, 15-year-old Antonia has sent a petition to the Vatican proposing a new patron saint and offering herself for the post. She soon learns that in matters of the heart and sainthood, things are about as straightforward as wound-up linguini. More...

The Devil's Breath
by David Gilman
Published 2008 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

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After an assassin bursts from the shadows to try to kill him on the grounds of his boarding school in England, Max Gordon realizes his life is about to change forever, in this first novel in a supercharged adventure series. More...

Cat Among the Pigeons
by Julia Golding
Published 2008 by Roaring Brook Press

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The second episode in the Cat Royale Adventure series plunges readers into the underbelly of London on a mission for justice. Pedro's old slave master wants him back, but his friends on Drury Lane won't give him up without a fight. More...

Palace of Mirrors
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Published 2008 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

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Set in the enchanted world of "Just Ella," Haddix tells the story of a peasant girl who knows she is a true princess while a commoner sits on the throne. As danger looms, she decides to reclaim her rightful place. But when she arrives at the famed Palace of Mirrors, she discovers that all it not as it seems. More...

Forever Changes
by Brendan Halpin
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux

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Funny, tear-jerking, and memorable, this second novel from the author of "How Ya Like Me Now" introduces an extraordinary girl with cystic fibrosis who learns that the meaning of forever can change, and that life--and death--is filled with infinite possibilities. More...

Dark Dude
by Oscar Hijuelos
Published 2008 by Atheneum Books

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" makes his teen fiction debut with a gritty coming-of-age novel that is full of details and icons of teenage life in the 1960s: the lure of the hippie culture, the fight to fit in, and the desperate need to break away. More...