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American Panda by Gloria ChaoStruggling with guilt stemming from her parents' cultural expectations about her future as a proper wife and doctor, a 17-year-old Taiwanese-American college freshman hides the truth about her germ phobia and her crush on a Japanese classmate before reconnecting with her brother, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman.
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Boys Don't knit (in Public) by Tom EastonOrdered to perform community service and take up a productive hobby after an incident involving alcohol, his boneheaded friends and a crossing guard, 17-year-old worrier Ben takes a knitting class that helps him deal with his anxieties in spite of his friends' attitudes.
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Dan Vs. Nature by Don CalameThe veteran screenwriter and author of Swim the Fly follows the story of a teen graphic novel artist whose mother sends him on a survivalist camping trip to bond with his soon-to-be-stepdad, a haphazard journey marked by pranks, his germaphobe best friend, an attractive girl and the loss of their guide.
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Dodger
by Terry Pratchett
Surviving by his wits in an alternative-universe London ruled by a young Queen Victoria, the intrepid young Dodger inadvertently foils a murderous Sweeney Todd's operation and encounters numerous fictional and historical characters, including Darwin, Disraeli and Dickens. By the award-winning author of A Hat Full of Sky.
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Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahYear eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
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Fangirl by Rainbow RowellBeing consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow.
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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin BrownMoved by her radio evangelist father to a conservative community in Georgia, gay teen Jo is asked to hide her sexual orientation until she becomes an adult and is surprised by her instant popularity, a situation that is threatened when she falls in love with the girl of her dreams.
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Grendel's Guide to Love and War by A. E. KaplanA 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.
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The Haters by Jesse AndrewsForging a bond over musical chemistry and a shared disdain for phony pretenders, three young jazz artists escape their summer music camp and endeavor to escape the law long enough to establish themselves at a high-profile show.
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Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David LevithanA companion to Will Grayson, Will Grayson traces the life of gay jazz dancer Tiny Cooper, who imparts his experiences of growing up and searching for true love in the style of a lively musical.
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Holes
by Louis Sachar
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune attributed to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse AndrewsSeventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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My Lady Jane by Cynthia HandA fantastical, comedic romance adventure inspired by the true story of Lady Jane Grey follows the experiences of a 16-year-old noblewoman who, on the eve of her marriage to a stranger, is swept up in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin.
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Noggin
by John Corey Whaley
After dying at the age of 16, Travis Coates' head was removed and frozen for five years before being attached to another body, and now the old Travis and the new must find a way to coexist while figuring out the changes in his relationships.
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon KormanTruthful Wallace gives a thumbs-down to a book much to the chagrin of his English teacher, who sentences him to help with a stage version of the book but is unaware that Wallace's plot-improvement suggestions will wind up changing the entire production.
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Rapture Practice: A True Story by Aaron HartzlerA true story describes the author's coming of age in a fervently religious household that believed Jesus' return to Earth to take the faithful to heaven was imminent, recounting how his growing doubts, earthly ties and the sacrifices required by his faith prompted his transformation from conflicted do-gooder to full-fledged teen rebel.
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Skink No Surrender by Carl HiaasenWhen their reckless cousin runs off with a guy she met online to avoid going to boarding school, long-suffering Richard and renegade Wild Skink brave storms, wildlife and violence in a swampy region of Florida to find her.
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Slider by Pete HautmanEntering the world's greatest pizza-eating contest after secretly putting thousands of dollars onto his mother's credit card, a young competitive eater finds his efforts complicated by family denial about his younger brother's autism.
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Spontaneous by Aaron StarmerWhen seniors in her high school begin succumbing to baffling manifestations of spontaneous combustion, Mara observes the efforts of FBI agents to solve the mystery while she struggles to survive through graduation.
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There Is No Dog by Meg RosoffPossessing omnipotent powers through which he created the earth, Bob inadvertently triggers natural disasters every time he falls in love and is attended by his beleaguered assistant, Mr. B., who fears the worst when the irresistible Lucy enters Bob's life.
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Things Jolie Needs to do Before She Bites it by Kerry WinfreyAnticipating surgery for a lifelong dental condition that has caused pain and unpopularity, Jolie is alarmed by a worst-case-scenario reality show and decides she wants to live life to the fullest just in case the surgery does not go as expected.
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Waste of Space by Gina DamicoCast in a bogus reality show designed to emulate a space mission, 10 teens become subject to the drama and scrutiny of fame before their communication is severed and they are challenged to survive while trapped in a desert warehouse set.
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Winger by Andrew SmithTwo years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, 14-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers; falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid; and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dormmates, including the biggest bully on the team.
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Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle StevensonBest friends Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley spend a fun summer at Lumberjane scout camp where they encounter yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons while solving a mystery that holds the fate of the world in the balance.
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Nimona by Noelle StevensonA graphic novel debut based on the author's critically acclaimed Web comic follows a nefarious plot by an impulsive young shapeshifter and a vengeful villain who want to defame their kingdom's Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics.
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