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Between the notes
by Sharon Huss Roat
Forced to give up her beloved piano and move to a less affluent neighborhood after her family experiences an economic setback, Ivy hides what has happened from her friends and a cute boy at school until a local bad boy threatens to expose her. Simultaneous eBook. 25,000 first printing.
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Sparrow
by Sarah Moon
Fourteen-year-old Sparrow Cooke struggles with emotional issues and suicidal feelings following the death of her school librarian, who was the only person who seemed to understand her
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Want
by Cindy Pon
A tale set in a heavily polluted Taipei of the near future follows the efforts of a group of teens to save their city in the face of social divisions that enable the wealthy to secure long, protected lives while the poor suffer illness and early death. Simultaneous eBook.
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Harriet the spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
A 50th-anniversary edition of the classic coming-of-age story follows the misadventures of 11-year-old Harriet, whose friendships are tested when her not-so-generous notebook observations are discovered. Includes tributes by such authors as Judy Blume, Meg Cabot and Lois Lowry.
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Alanna : the first adventure
by Tamora Pierce
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure
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A step toward falling
by Cammie McGovern
A follow-up to Say What You Will finds good-girl Emily bonding with a football player from her school while performing community service for her role in an attack on a disabled person. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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The stars beneath our feet
by David Barclay Moore
Lolly Rachpaul, twelve, still reeling from the shooting death of his older brother, begins to find his own way--without gang alliances--when his mother's girlfriend's gift of Legos allows him to build a fantastical city at a Harlem community center
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Amal unbound
by Aisha Saeed
Forced to leave school to care for her siblings in accordance with Pakistani village tradition, a disappointed Amal suffers an accidental run-in with the son of a corrupt landlord and is forced into indentured servitude, where her witness to her master's nefarious dealings compels her to make risky alliances in support of change. By the author of Written in the Stars. Simultaneous eBook.
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Spill zone
by Scott Westerfeld
Years after the devastation that killed her parents, scarred her sister, and destroyed her city, Addison takes a job from an eccentric collector that forces her to break her own rules of survival
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A face like glass
by Frances Hardinge
A U.S. release of a tale by the award-winning author of The Lie Tree depicts an underground city with a sinister past, rival families vying for power and an out-of-place girl yearning to escape into the sunlight. 30,000 first printing.
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The geek's guide to unrequited love
by Sarvenaz Tash
Secretly harboring feelings of love for his best friend, Roxy, for years on end, Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic series is making a rare appearance at New York Comic Con and thinks of a perfect plan to score tickets while declaring his feelings, a goal that is complicated by the wacky costumed activities of their fan world. Simultaneous eBook.
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The thief : a Queen's thief novel
by Megan Whalen Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone
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Ice wolves
by Amie Kaufman
Growing up in a world where people shape-shift into one of two enemy species, 12-year-old orphan Anders is dismayed when his twin, Rayna, shifts into an opposing form and is stolen away by cruel and brutal dragon abductors. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Front desk
by Kelly Yang
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was anengineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason
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Like Vanessa
by Tami Charles
It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter
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Anna and the Swallow Man
by Gavriel Savit
When her university professor father is sent by the Gestapo to a concentration camp, seven-year-old Anna travels the Polish countryside with the mysterious Swallow Man during World War II
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Doll bones
by Holly Black
Playing an endless make-believe game about pirates, mermaids and warriors under the rule of a formidable Great Queen china doll, best friends Zach, Poppy and Alice find their bond tested when Zach is compelled to give up their shared adventures and Poppy begins having dreams about the doll. By the co-author of the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles.
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A monster calls
by Patrick Ness
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill, but an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
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Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world
by Ashley Herring Blake
"Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"
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Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
by Sally M. Walker
Anthropology scientists take readers through the process of investigating human remains found at colonial-era sites to reveal causes of death, match remains with the names on the historical records, and determine the skeletons' gender, age at death, nationality, and even economic standing.
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