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Grendel's guide to love and war
by A. E. Kaplan
A teen misfit resolves to defeat a local bully who upsets the senior community by constantly throwing wild parties, an effort that is complicated by the teen's father's PTSD, his unrequited feelings for the bully's sister and an existential crisis related to his mother's death. A first novel.
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Ten miles one way
by Patrick Downes
A metaphorical novel about the meaning of loving and being loved in the face of mental illness follows the relationship between bipolar Nest, who imparts painful stories about her family and life, and Q, who loves Nest unconditionally in spite of the challenges of their journey together.
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Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell
When twin sisters Cath and Wren go to college, Cath fears that it may be time to give up her love of the Simon Snow series, and possibly grow apart from her sister.
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Marina
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
An English-language release of a popular story for older teens relates the experiences of a boarding school student who witnesses a shrouded woman's macabre ritual at a cemetery, then follows her on a journey that transports him and his companion, Marina, to a forgotten post-war Barcelona, where they uncover a dark secret.
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How it all blew up
by Arvin Ahmadi
Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship and blackmail, 18-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda
by Becky Albertalli
Closeted gay teen Simon Spier is challenged to come out on his own terms when he is threatened with exposure, a situation that is complicated by his friends' views and his crush on an adorable if confusing guy. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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Paper towns
by John Green
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boredom of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
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Dark and deepest red
by Anna-Marie McLemore
Trapped in a pair of red shoes that compel her to dance uncontrollably, Rosella is drawn to a youth of questionable intent whose family was blamed for witchcraft centuries earlier. By the award-winning author of When the Moon Was Ours.
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Pride & Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is a comedy of manners centered around the Bennet family, a family of five daughters where the parents are desperate for at least one of them to make a wealthy match and save the next generation from destitution. Austen's story engages with the tension between marrying for love, rather than wealth or social prestige, and the pressure to assure financial security.
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I Do Not Trust You
by Laura Burns
Memphis "M" Engel is stubborn to a fault, graced with an almost absurd knowledge of long lost languages and cultures, and a heck of an opponent in a fight. In short: she's awesome. Ashwin “Ash” Sood is a little too posh for M's tastes, a little too good looking, and has way too many secrets. He desperately wants the ancient map M inherited from her archeologist father, believing it will lead him to a relic with the power to destroy the world. M obviously can't trust him. Equally desperate to find the relic for reasons of her own, M forms an uneasy partnership with Ash.
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The weight of water
by Sarah Crossan
Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, a place that becomes her only refuge in the midst of an alien society.
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All American boys
by Jason Reynolds
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints
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How to pronounce knife : stories
by Souvankham Thammavongsa
In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master at homing in on moments like this -- moments of exposure, dislocation, and messy feeling that push us right up against the limits of language. The stories that make up How to Pronounce Knife focus on characters struggling to build lives in unfamiliar territory, orshuttling between idioms, cultures, and values.
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How to survive dating
by Lisa Miles
Provides relationship advice to teenage girls, including how to ask a guy out, going steady, and ending a relationship
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Love : selected poems
by E. E. Cummings
A collection of poems explores all the terrains of love, lust, romance, and seduction for readers of all ages, enhance with artwork from an award-winning illustrator.
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Channel kindness : stories of kindness and community
by Lady Gaga
The global superstar and her mother collect stories from their Channel Kindness nonprofit to celebrate the quiet influence of kindness in today’s world and the examples of young people whose acts of bravery and resilience demonstrate the universal power of caring for others. 500,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Wonderland
by Tommy Kovac
Offers young adults an in-depth review of the popular characters from Alice in Wonderland, including the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, and the rest of the citizenry of Wonderland.
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The most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo & Juliet : a play by William Shakespeare
by Gareth Hinds
In a masterful graphic adaptation faithful to Shakespeare's original text, the creator of the graphic novel, The Odyssey, transports readers to the sun-washed streets and market squares of Shakespeare's Verona, vividly bringing the classic play to life through stylish artwork that offers modern touches, including a diverse cast that underscores the story's universality.
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War brothers : the graphic novel
by Sharon E. McKay
Ugandan boys Jacob and Tony, after being abducted and turned into child soldiers, escape from their captors and reach safety, but Jacob is left with the mental scars of their ordeal
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The Cute Girl Network
by Greg Means
Jane's new in town. When she wipes out on her skateboard right in front of Jack's food cart, she finds herself agreeing to go on a date with him. Jane's psyched that her love life is taking a turn for the friskier, but it turns out that Jack has a spotty romantic history, to put it mildly. Cue the Cute Girl Network -- a phone tree information-pooling group of local single women. Poor Jane is about to learn every detail of Jack's past misadventures... whether she wants to or not.
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Amiri and Odette : a dance for two
by Walter Dean Myers
Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.
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Rurouni Kenshin
by Nobuhiro Watsuki
The wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin, once an assassin, now fights to protect those in need.
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