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Sasquatch in the paint
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Eighth-grader Theo Rollins' growth spurt has Coach Mandrake trying to transform him into a basketball star, but training time is hurting the science club's chances of winning the "Aca-lympics," and being accused of stealing could mean Theo is off both teams. 100,000 first printing.
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The Testing
by Joelle Charbonneau
Sixteen-year-old Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing. 100,000 first printing.
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The reluctant assassin
by Eoin Colfer
A first entry in a new series that puts a high-tech spin on classic themes from Oliver Twist follows the misadventures of Victorian orphan Riley, who becomes a reluctant assistant to a murderous illusionist and is transported to modern-day London, where he is aided by a teen FBI agent.
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The Vengekeep prophecies
by Brian Farrey
When his clumsiness causes his clever thieving family to be imprisoned, young Jaxter Grimjinx is charged with fulfilling a suspiciously convenient doomsday prophecy that forces him to combat flaming monsters, a bazaar of thieves and a renegade sorcerer. 40,000 first printing.
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The Last Dragonslayer
by Jasper Fforde
In his witty first novel for young readers, the New York Times best-selling author introduces 15-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange who runs Kazam, an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions begin about the death of the world's last dragon at the hands of an unnamed Dragonslayer, Jennifer realizes that everything could change for Kazam—and herself—and that Big Magic is in store. 100,000 first printing.
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Summer of the mariposas
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more
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The warrior's heart : becoming a man of compassion and courage
by Eric Greitens
In this inspirational book for young adults, Eric Greitens, the New York Times best-selling author of The Heart and the Fist, shares his adventures as a young man that led him to a life of service as both a humanitarian and a Navy SEAL. 50,000 first printing.
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School spirits
by Rachel Hawkins
A spin-off story from the best-selling author of the Hex Hall series features feisty monster-fighting heroine Izzy Brannick, who relocates to a new town after the work-related disappearance of her older sister only to tackle a bizarre series of hauntings at her new high school, where she develops a crush and resists trusting new friends.
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Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school. 75,000 first printing.
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A matter of days : a novel
by Amber Kizer
Placed in charge of her young brother after a devastating pandemic claims their mother's life, 16-year-old Nadia resolves to find safety in their grandfather's survivalist compound across the country, an effort that tests their skills and pits them against desperate fellow survivors. By the author of the Meridian trilogy.
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Ask my mood ring how I feel
by Diana López
Learning that her beloved mother has breast cancer, 13-year-old Erica "Chia" Montenegro makes a promise to God that she will raise money for breast cancer awareness, an effort that leads to a discovery that when friends and family work together, miracles can happen.
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Colin Fischer
by Ashley Edward Miller
The screenplay writers for X-Men: First Class present the story of a boy who taps the investigative talents of a peer with Asperger's syndrome to prove he is innocent of blowing up a birthday cake in the school cafeteria, a case that teaches both boys about the mysterious qualities of human emotions.
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For darkness shows the stars
by Diana Peterfreund
A postapocalyptic reimagining of Jane Austen's Persuasion finds 18-year-old Luddite Elliot North remembering the romance she gave up four years earlier out of a sense of duty toward her caste-conscious family's estate and renting her lands to her now-successful former love Kai, who reveals to Elliot what she gave up. 40,000 first printing.
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The Rithmatist
by Brandon Sanderson
The best-selling successor of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series presents the story of a young chalkmaker's son who longs to join the ranks of future Rithmatists capable of infusing life into Chalking figures that protect humanity from Wild Chalkling predators.
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Lincoln's grave robbers
by Steve Sheinkin
A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation. By the award-winning author of The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
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The screaming staircase
by Jonathan Stroud
When London is overrun by malevolent spirits, a talented group of young psychic detectives compete against other ghostbusting agencies in the debut of a new series that finds three intrepid colleagues investigating one of England's most haunted houses. 100,000 first printing.
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One came home
by Amy Timberlake
In 1871 Wisconsin, 13-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.
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Navigating Early
by Clare Vanderpool
Abruptly placed in a boy's boarding school in Maine after his mother's death at the end of World War II, Kansas youth Jack Baker befriends Early Auden, an unusual boy with whom Jack embarks on a quest along the Appalachian Trail in search of a legendary great black bear. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Moon Over Manifest.
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Poison
by Bridget Zinn
Realizing that her realm is on the verge of destruction and that she is the only one who can save it, 16-year-old Kyra makes the wrenching decision to poison the kingdom's future ruler, her former best friend, and is rendered a fugitive along with a charming adventurer and an adorable pig. A first novel.
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