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Miller Place High School 2019 Summer Reading List
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Dread nation
by Justina Ireland
When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies
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Genuine fraud
by E Lockhart
A novel of psychological suspense by the best-selling author of We Were Liars follows the experiences of a diabolically intelligent girl who repeatedly reinvents herself in an effort to secure a charmed existence. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hothouse
by Chris Lynch
Teens D.J. and Russ, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath. 25,000 first printing.
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Game seven
by Paul Volponi
Idolizing the father who fled Cuba to pitch professionally in America, 16-year-old Julio dreams of playing for Cuba's national team only to have his prospects overshadowed by his father's defection. By the author of The Final Four. Simultaneous eBook.
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Monday's not coming
by Tiffany D. Jackson
When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance
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Num8ers
by Rachel Ward
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned.
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Curvaceous sixteen-year-old Xiomara Batista discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her fiercely religious mother's view of women, as well as her relationship to a world dominated by rape-culture
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Rebound
by Kwame Alexander
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past
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Refugee
by Alan Gratz
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. Simultaneous eBook.
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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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We'll fly away
by Bryan Bliss
Alternating between a third-person account of senior year and letters from death row, a young man untangles a chain of devastating circumstances that led to his conviction, from changes in a lifelong best friendship and the pursuit of an athletic scholarship to the possible losses of siblings in the wake of an alcoholic parent's incestuous attacks. By the author of No Parking at the End Times. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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What to say next
by Julie Buxbaum
When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, Kit asks David for his help figuring out the how and why of her father's tragic car accident
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Wonder Woman : Warbringer
by Leigh Bardugo
Longing to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters, Diana risks exile when she saves Alia, a Warbringer
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The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world
by Mike Winchell
A spellbinding, true account of the scientific competition that turned into a brutal battle to light the world with electricity in the mid-to-late-19th century between Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of direct current (DC), and Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, the inventors of alternating current (AC), is brimming with action, suspense and rich historical and biographical information about these brilliant inventors. Simultaneous eBook.
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Obsessed : a memoir of my life with OCD
by Allison Britz
A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder, sharing insights into her painful but ultimately inspirational journey toward recovery. A first book. Simultaneous eBook.
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