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Strange the dreamer
by Laini Taylor
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around— and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
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Defy the Stars
by Claudia Gray
Noemi Vidal is a teen soldier from the planet Genesis, once a colony of Earth that's now at war for its independence. The humans of Genesis have fought Earth's robotic "mech" armies for decades with no end in sight.
After a surprise attack, Noemi finds herself stranded in space on an abandoned ship where she meets Abel, the most sophisticated mech prototype ever made. One who should be her enemy. But Abel's programming forces him to obey Noemi as his commander, which means he has to help her save Genesis--even though her plan to win the war will kill him..
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A psalm for lost girls
by Katie Bayerl
When the people of their town scramble to have her miracle-producing late sister canonized, Callie, who feels her beloved sister's memory would be tainted by religious associations, attempts to to prove that Tess was something far more important than a saint; she was her sister, her best friend and a girl in love with a boy. But Callie's investigation uncovers much more than she bargained for: a hidden diary, old family secrets, and even the disturbing truth behind the kidnapping of a local girl.
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At the Edge of the Universe
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Ozzie's boyfriend, Tommy, has been erased from existence and memory, and only Ozzie knows it. Though no else remembers Tommy, Ozzie is convinced that his disappearance is due to the universe shrinking. The problem of how to get him back, however, is just the most urgent of the many problems Ozzie faces: he's also dealing with his parents' divorce, his brother's decision to join the military, the small-town struggles of his friends, and his own confusing feelings for his physics partner, Calvin.
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Hunted
by Meagan Spooner
A dark reimagining of Beauty and the Beast follows the experiences of an aristocrat's daughter who tracks a mysterious woodland creature her father has become obsessed with and that stands at the center of his failing sanity.
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The You I've Never Known
by Ellen Hopkins
A novel in both verse and prose by the best-selling author of Triangles follows the struggles of a girl who longs for a permanent home after years spent moving with her nomadic father, a situation that is shaped by a special friend and daunting revelations about the mother who abandoned her.
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Brown girl dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.
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Booked
by Kwame Alexander
A follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover finds 12-year-old soccer aficionado Nick discovering the power of words while wrestling with problems at home, standing up to a bully and trying to impress the girl of his dreams.
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Sold
by Patricia McCormick
When she is tricked by her stepfather and sold into prostitution, thirteen-year-old Lakshmi becomes submerged in a nightmare where her only comfort is the friendship she forms with the other girls, which helps her survive--and eventually escape. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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Super Smash Bros Tournament
Wednesday, April 19th,
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Albion Bolton Branch
Bring your friends and compete in a fast-paced and competitive tournament to see who will be crowned the Super Smash Bros Champion! Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners! Please register in advance to secure you're spot!
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