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Frannie in Pieces
by Delia Ephron Find this book in our catalog.
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From an acclaimed screenwriter and producer "Sleepless in Seattle") comes a powerful new story of self-discovery. After her father suddenly dies, 15-year-old Frannie is left with a beautiful hand-carved box of 1,000 wooden puzzles he hand-painted and cut with Frannies name on it. Was it meant as a birthday present? More... | |
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For Money and Love
by Todd Strasser Find this book in our catalog.
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In this first title in a new series, Kate Blessing is a high school senior whose family just happens to be mobsters. Aware and proud of them--and the income that allows her to live the good life--she steps up to run the show when her mom decides she's had enough of being a mobster's wife. More... | |
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The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It
by Lisa Shanahan Find this book in our catalog.
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Gemma Stone is convinced that its "insane" to display ones emotions in front of a complete stranger. But that was before she fell for a boy who barely knows she exists, before she auditioned for the school play, and before the unpredictable Raven De Head took an interest in her, among other things. More... | |
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Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
by Wendy Mass Find this book in our catalog.
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Written in accessible free verse, this poetic novel follows a disillusioned teenager who, after being hit in the head by a ball in gym class, finds herself floating up to what she thinks is heaven. Rebelling at having to relive painful memories, she slowly begins to reconcile with her past and gain a better perspective of her life. More... | |
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Dragonhaven
by Robin McKinley Find this book in our catalog.
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In this fascinating look at a modern-day world where dragons truly exist, the Newbery Medal-winning author of "The Hero and the Crown" takes readers into a controversial nature preserve, which about 200 of the worlds few remaining dragons call home. More... | |
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Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff
by Jennifer L. Holm Find this book in our catalog.
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Told entirely through notes, grocery receipts, report cards, bottle caps, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of a young girls life, Newbery Honor winner Holm delivers the story of Ginnys seventh-grade year using all the things that "really" matter. Full color. More... | |
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Uprising
by Margaret Peterson Haddix Find this book in our catalog.
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Newly arrived in New York City in 1910, Bella is desperate to send money home to her family in Italy, and becomes one of the hundreds of workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. But one fateful March night, a spark ignites some cloth in the factory, resulting in a fire that will become one of the worst workplace disasters in history. More... | |
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Right Behind You
by Gail Giles Find this book in our catalog.
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When he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start, but the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret. How can Kip tell anyone that he really is--or was--a murderer? More... | |
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Touching Snow
by M. Sindy Felin Find this book in our catalog.
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In her debut novel, Felin tells the story of a young girl coming of age amid the violent waters that run just beneath the surface of suburbia--a story that has the courage to ask how far one will go to protect a loved one. More... | |
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The Silenced
by James DeVita Find this book in our catalog.
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In a world filled with sanctions and restrictions, Marena struggles to remember a time before the Zero Tolerance Party murdered her mother and arrested her father. In the spirit of her revolutionary mother, Marena forms her own resistance group called the White Rose. More... | |
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Schooled
by Gordon Korman Find this book in our catalog.
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Since he was little, Capricorn Cap Anderson has lived on a farm commune and has been homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. When Rain is injured in a fall, Cap is forced to attend the local middle school. Although he knows a lot about Zen Buddhism, nothing has prepared him for the politics of public school. More... | |
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Prom Nights from Hell
by Meg Cabot Find this book in our catalog.
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Five bestselling authors offer five stories on prom nights gone terribly wrong in one out-of-this-world collection. They take bad prom nights to a whole new level--a paranormally bad level. More... | |
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A Darkling Plain
by Philip Reeve Find this book in our catalog.
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The once-great traction city of London is now just a radioactive wreck. Years after Tom Natsworthy fled, intending never to return, he discovers that something stirs in the remains of the old city in this thrilling conclusion to the Hungry City Chronicles. More... | |
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How YA Like Me Now
by Brendan Halpin Find this book in our catalog.
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Since his dad died, Eddie’s mom has spent all her time getting high on OxyContin, leaving Eddie to take care of himself. When Eddie’s mom goes into rehab and his aunt and uncle take him away to Boston, everything changes. His new school, which he attends with his cousin Alex, is experimental: there’s a CEO instead of a principal, classes are held in an office building, and the students, all sporting business-casual looks, are the only urban kids Eddie has ever seen outside of a rap video.... More... | |
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Rash
by Pete Hautman Find this book in our catalog.
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In this futuristic satire--a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year--by a National Book Award winner, a teen is sent to work at a pizza factory in the Canadian tundra after being accused of causing a rash that plagues his school. More... | |
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The Black Book of Secrets
by F. E. Higgins Find this book in our catalog.
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Running from his past, young Ludlow Fitch is hired as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades dark secrets for cash. Ludlows job is to transcribe the confessions in the Black Book of Secrets. What the pawnbroker doesnt know is that his new apprentice may have the most troubling secret of all. More... | |
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Freak
by Marcella Fleischman Pixley Find this book in our catalog.
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This riveting first novel introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine, an outsider who dares to confront the rigid conformity of junior high, and in the process manages not only to save herself but to inspire and transform others. More... | |
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Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales
by Neal Shusterman Find this book in our catalog.
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Award-winning author Shusterman walks on the dark side with this classic collection of masterfully creepy stories. Includes four stories written specifically for this collection. More... | |
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Slam
by Nick Hornby Find this book in our catalog.
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Nick Hornby, bestselling author of "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy," delivers his first novel for young adults-a wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy who is unexpectedly thrust into fatherhood. When he's inexplicably whizzed into the future, it's up to Sam to make the right decisions. More... | |
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