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• Ask the Passengers

  a Novel

  King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-

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  Astrid knows there are plenty of secrets in Unity Valley, her supposedly perfect suburban town, starting with the one she can barely admit to herself.

• Beneath a Meth Moon

  An Elegy

  Woodson, Jacqueline

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  Laurel is starting over after the painful loss of Mama and Grandma when she meets T-Boom and the white powder he offers takes away her sadness, but a young painter named Moses hopes she’ll recognize the spring still left inside her before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bitterblue

  Cashore, Kristin

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  Bitterblue goes undercover to learn more about her kingdom and in do so, finds the courage to rule with the heart and mind of a true queen.

• The Book of Blood and Shadow

  Wasserman, Robin

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  Nora never imagined that her senior year internship translating 15th century Latin would lead to her best friend’s murder and a mysterious adventure through Europe.

• The Brides of Rollrock Island

  Lanagan, Margo, 1960-

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  Is Rollrock Island blessed or cursed? That depends on your opinion of the captive seal-wive; beautiful women who emerge from the bodies of seals and are trapped by the men who love them.

• Bushman Lives!

  Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, 1941-

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  Harold enrolls in a drawing class, and wanders through 1950’s Chicago meeting unique characters who inspire him to improve his art.

• Chopsticks

  Anthony, Jessica

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  What happened before Glory disappeared? Find out about her relationship with her new neighbor Frank and how that changed her life in this utterly unique and visual novel told in photographs and created objects.

• Code Name Verity

  Wein, Elizabeth

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  Secret agent “Verity” has been captured by the Germans and forced to confess, but not one to break under pressure she tells stories of her pilot friend with attitude and just enough information to keep the Germans coming back for more.

• Croak

  Damico, Gina

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  Lex is surprised to find that her Uncle Mort’s “farm,” where she is sent as punishment, is really Croak, a town where teens learn the secrets of reaping souls and sending folks on their way to the Afterlife.

• The Difference Between You and Me

  George, Madeleine

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  Every Tuesday, complete opposites Jesse and Emily share passionate and secret “private time,” but Jesse wishes their relationship could be out in the open. When they find themselves on opposite sides of a school issue, keeping their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Disenchantments

  LaCour, Nina

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  Colby was sure he and his best friend Bev knew where they were headed after graduation—a tour with terrible band The Disenchantments and then an open-ended European adventure—until Bev throws a wrench into the plans by deciding to go to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diviners

  Bray, Libba

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  Not long after Naughty John Hobbes is summoned through a Ouija board at a flapper party, Evie O’Neill is sent off to live in New York City where dark magic, evil, and a serial “Pentacle” killer are on the loose.

• Every Day

  Levithan, David

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  It never bothers “A” to wake up in a different body each day . . . that is, until “A” wakes up in Justin’s and meets his girlfriend Rhiannon.

• The Fault in Our Stars

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Terminally ill Hazel is barely grasping onto what little life she has when she meets Augustus Waters who just may be able to prove to her that there is more to life than dying.

• Graffiti Moon

  Crowley, Cath

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  Lucy will do anything to find Shadow, a graffiti artist whose work electrifies her, even if it means spending the night with Ed, the worst date of her high school life.

• Grave Mercy

  LaFevers, Robin

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  Marked by the God of Death at birth, Ismae falls in with a group of assassin nuns, but when a threat is found against the crown, she must use more than her killing skills to find the true threat.

• Never Fall Down

  a Novel

  McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

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  Arn is just a kid when the Khmer Rouge comes to power in Cambodia, but he has to grow up quickly and draw on all of his courage to stay alive in this turbulent, violent time.

• No Crystal Stair

  a Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller

  Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

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  Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son” poem describes challenges this special bookseller overcame to open a Harlem bookstore celebrating African American writers and ideas and this fictionalized biography tells his inspiring story of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• October Mourning

  a Song for Matthew Shepard

  Newman, Lesléa,

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  Sixty-eight poems depict the imagined perspectives of people, places, and things surrounding the real-life murder of Matthew Shepard.

• Personal Effects

  Kokie, E. M.

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  Matt thought they were close, but when T.J.’s photos and letters come home from Iraq, it’s like looking at the effects of a stranger, so Matt sets out to discover the people and untold story of his brother’s past.