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Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomesa scythe must kill the one who doesn't.
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Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
by Sheri Fink
Reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina destroyed its generators to reveal how caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions without essential resources, an experience that raised key issues about practitioner responsibilities and end-of-life care.
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Long bright river
by Liz Moore
A policewoman races to find her missing sister, a homeless addict, amid a vicious killing spree in a Philadelphia neighborhood, in a story that alternates between the investigation and memories of their shared childhood. By the award-winning author of Heft.
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How to eat fried worms
by Thomas Rockwell
A small boy is challenged by a friend to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days for fifty dollars
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Every stolen breath
by Kimberly Gabriel
Inspired by the real-life “flash-mob” violence that has plagued Chicago since 2011, a fast-paced and immersive debut finds a teen testing the limits of her sanity to uncover the reasons behind her father’s assassination.
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Pashmina
by Nidhi Chanani
When Priyanka finds a mysterious pashmina in her house, she is transported to an India which may or may not be real, and goes in search of the reason why her mother left her homeland and the father she has never met
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Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh
Befriending an eccentric but savvy older woman who suggests that they help each other while raising a litter of orphaned baby opossums, a young girl discovers that the woman may possess real magic and a possible connection to her family.
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