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Shooter by Caroline PignatTrapped in the third-floor boys' washroom during a scary lockdown, five high school seniors confront the truths behind the cruel gossip they have heard about each other throughout the years, in a story told through prose, poetry, text messages, journal entries and homework assignments.
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Still Life With Tornado by A.S. KingFiction. While skipping school in favor of wandering around Philadelphia, 16-year-old artist Sarah runs into her 10-year-old self. Ever since the incident at the recent art show, teen Sarah has been avoiding both school and her troubled parents. Now, she's worried that what seemed like a small personal crisis might be turning into a full-on breakdown. As older versions of herself appear as well, Sarah begins to realize that there may be something buried in her poisonous family history that her past and future selves need her face. Using surreal events to highlight painfully real issues, Still Life with Tornado is strange, powerful, and "unforgettable" (School Library Journal).
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| Optimists Die First by Susin NielsenFiction. If you're curious about the stats for death via earthquakes, rare diseases, or other unusual causes, Petula de Wilde can tell you. Ever since her baby sister's accidental death, Petula can't stop preparing for the unexpected. To help her manage this anxiety, she attends an art therapy group filled with eccentric students, each grappling with their own issues. When Jacob -- an outgoing filmmaker with a prosthetic arm, a hidden past, and eyes for Petula -- joins the group, she begins opening up to unpredictability. If you like this sensitive, moving story of friendship and romance among misfit artists, you might also enjoy Tamara Ireland's Every Last Word. |
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Last Seen Leaving by Caleb RoehrigBecoming a prime suspect when his girlfriend disappears after a night spent together, Flynn struggles to uncover the truth without revealing his own dangerous secrets. A first novel.
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Playing Cupid by Jenny MeyerhoffClara starts a matchmaking service for her classmates to fulfill a school assignment, but she does not know what to do when she starts receiving notes and gifts from a secret admirer.
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| Crash by Lisa McMannParanormal Romance. As if being a teenager with a family-owned restaurant that requires her to drive a double-meatball-shaped food truck to school wasn't weird enough, Jules Demarco has begun seeing visions of a crash that results in the deaths of numerous people -- including her forbidden crush, Sawyer. As the visions escalate, Jules races to stop the deadly crash from occurring without making everyone around her think she's inherited her family's tendency to mental illness. Veteran author Lisa McMann's 1st entry in her Visions series is sure to appeal to fans of fun paranormal mysteries such as Kim Harrington's Clarity series. |
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Abandon by Meg CabotA near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.
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Far far away
by Tom McNeal
After his mother left and his father became a recluse, Jeremy Johnson Johnson (whose mother and father both had the same last name) was left to support the family, but he's been aided by the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of the infamous Brothers Grimm writing duo, and when provocative local girl Ginger Boultinghouse takes an interest in Jeremy (and his unique abilities), a grim chain of events is put into motion.
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Famous Last Words
by Katie Alender
Doubting her sanity in the wake of terrifying visions of a body in her pool, messages on her walls and someone else's reflection in the mirror, Willa begins to suspect that her experiences may be related to the work of a serial killer at large in Los Angeles. By the author of the Bad Girls Don't Die series.
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