Young Teens
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Aru Shah and the nectar of immortality
by Roshani Chokshi

With only until the next full moon, Aru and her sisters embark on a quest to defeat the Sleeper once and for all, which leads them to a final confrontation during which Aru must make an impossible choice. 150,000 first printing.
Consider the octopus
by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-olds JB Barnes and Sidney Miller meet aboard a scientific research ship after JB is tasked to invite a renowned scientist named Sidney Miller and mistakenly invites a girl with the same name who will do anything toget out of going to summer camp
Dear student
by Elly Swartz

Starting middle school after her best friend moves away, Autumn, the secret voice of the “Dear Student” letters, doesn’t know what to do when she makes new friends who don’t like each other until the unthinkable happens. Simultaneous eBook.
A Duet for Home
by Karina Yan Glaser

Two children living in a homeless shelter whose friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyree join forces to confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Hunters of the lost city
by Kali Wallace

Twelve-year-old Octavia, who grew up believing her town was the only one left after a magical war, meets a girl from outside her town and tries to uncover the truth about her world
Jennifer Chan is not alone
by Tae Keller

When Jennifer Chan, a new girl who believes she can find aliens, goes missing, Mallory Moss sets out to find her and must figure out why Jennifer might have runand face the truth inside herself. Simultaneous eBook.
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
by Catherynne M. Valente

When his mother accidentally kills a Quidnunk, firstborn son Osmo embarks on a quest to find the Eightpenny Woodsa mysterious kingdom where all wild forest creatures go when they dieto make amends. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
The school for whatnots
by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Delving into the power of privilege, the importance of true friendship and the question of humanity and identity, this novel follows fifth grader Max as he searches for his best friend who disappeared, leaving behind a strange note. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
Shinji Takahashi and the mark of the coatl
by Julie Kagawa

When a magical guardian uses him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji Takahashi must turn to the esteemed Society of Explorers and Adventurers for help to elude the Hightower Corporation, that wants the magic for their own nefarious purposes, before its too late. 100,000 first printing.
Wild ride
by Keith Calabrese

Seventh-grader Charley Decker's mother is on vacation with her boyfriend, and Charley plans to spend the weekend watching movies with her best friends Wade and Oona and her older brother, Greg; but Greg has a date and takes their mother's boyfriend's expensive, rare automobile, than manages to get it towed; Charley and her friends hatch a plan to get the car back--but things go seriously wrong when they discover somebody called Mitch hiding from a pair of scary dudes in the trunk of the car, and the three friends find themselves on the wildest ride of their lives
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