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Oregon Battle of the Books 9-12 Division
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The girl with all the gifts
by Mike Carey
A little girl who is detained by the military, restrained in a wheelchair and goes to school while heavily guarded doesn't truly understand why she is special until it is up to her to save the world. 25,000 first printing.
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Rapture practice : a true story about growing up gay in an evangelical family
by Aaron Hartzler
Describes the author's coming of age in a fervently religious household that believed Jesus' return to Earth to take the faithful to heaven was imminent, recounting how his growing doubts, earthly ties, and the sacrifices required by his faith prompted his transformation from conflicted do-gooder to full-fledged teen rebel
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Brave new world
by Aldous Huxley
Describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom
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The invention of wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self. By the best-selling author of The Secret Life of Bees.
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How it went down
by Kekla Magoon
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree
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I'll give you the sun
by Jandy Nelson
A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor. Simultaneous eBook.
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Bone Gap
by Laura Ruby
Knowing that his sister has been kidnapped by a dangerous assailant and that she did not abandon the family like their mother did years earlier, Finn confronts town secrets to organize a search. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of Lily's Ghost. Simultaneous eBook. 50,000 first printing.
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Out of the Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation
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The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
Developing her mother's clairvoyant powers for seeing visions of people who are about to die, Blue is drawn into the life of rich private school boy, Gansey, who has involved three of his classmates in a quest that Blue believes will end with her involvement in Gansey's death. By the best-selling author of the Shiver trilogy. 150,000 first printing.
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An ember in the ashes
by Sabaa Tahir
Going undercover as a slave in her brutal empire's military academy when her brother is arrested for treason, scholar Laia bonds with a talented but reluctant soldier who is being forced to participate in a ferocious contest to determine the next Martial emperor. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Martian : a novel
by Andy Weir
Stranded on Mars by a dust storm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and harsh environmental challenges that test his ingenuity in unique ways. A first novel.
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I am the weapon
by Allen Zadoff
When his current target reminds him of the normal life he craves, sixteen-year-old assassin Boy Nobody considers sabotaging his latest mission for the shadowy government organization, The Program
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