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- Girl Power - Strong Females in YA Fiction
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Black Widow : forever red
by Margaret Stohl
Trained from a young age in the arts of death and deception, elite assassin Natasha reluctantly reunites with a Russian quantum physicist's daughter she once rescued in order to stop her former master's abductions of children throughout Eastern Europe.
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Moxie : a novel
by Jennifer Mathieu
Witnessing a series of sexist incidents at her high school, an exasperated teen takes a page from her former Riot Grrrl mom's past and creates an anonymous feminist zine that triggers a revolution in her small-town Texas high school.
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An absolutely remarkable thing : a novel
by Hank Green
The first to document the appearance of the Carls, giant robot-like statues popping up around the world, April May finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight that puts her relationships, identity and safety at risk.
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A girl called Fearless
by Catherine Linka
Growing up in Los Angeles after tainted food kills millions of childbearing-age women, teen Avie Reveare endures widespread overprotectiveness before being contracted to marry a wealthy older politician, an arrangement that compels her to flee to Canada, away from a boy she has come to love.
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The female of the species
by Mindy McGinnis
Living a life in the shadows after violently retaliating against the killer who walked free after murdering her sister, Alex unexpectedly befriends guilt-ridden athlete Jack and defiant preacher's kid Peekay, who must navigate Alex's darker nature throughout their senior year.
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The girl who was supposed to die
by April Henry
Waking up in a ransacked cabin with no recollection of her identity and overhearing two men who are preparing to kill her, Cady is accidentally saved by haphazard companion Ty and endures a harrowing cat-and-mouse chase for survival.
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The wrath & the dawn
by Renée Ahdieh
Coming of age in a land where the Caliph of Khorasan takes a new bride each night and executes her at sunrise, 16-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry him in order to break the cycle and exact revenge for the murder of her best friend. Inspired by A Thousand and One Nights.
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The last wish of Sasha Cade
by Cheyanne Young
Mourning her best friend's death after a long battle with cancer, Raquel discovers that her friend organized an elaborate scavenger hunt that leads her to a young man with a compelling secret. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous.
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Also known as
by Robin Benway
Loving her international spy family's exciting life but frustrated by constant moves that prevent long-term relationships from forming, 16-year-old safecracker Maggie is sent to New York for an undercover assignment that requires her to attend a private school where she falls for a cute boy who holds the information she needs.
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Inkmistress
by Audrey Coulthurst
A demigoddess with the power to change the future struggles to protect her world from powers gone dangerously awry, a situation that is further complicated by the destructive intentions of the girl she loves. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Mila 2.0
by Debra Driza
Living with her mother in a small Minnesota town where she accidentally stumbles on the truth about her identity as an experiment in artificial intelligence, Mila flees dangerous operatives who want to terminate her and a mysterious group that wants to exploit her advanced technology.
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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The Boneless Mercies
by April Genevieve Tucholke
Longing for heroic adventures worthier than hired hits, Frey, a member of an all-girl team of elite assassins, targets a rampaging monster in the hope of improving prospects for her squadmates and all the women of their community. By the author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Simultaneous eBook
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The reader
by Traci Chee
Fleeing into the wilderness after her father's brutal murder, Sefia learns how to hunt, track and steal in order to survive before embarking on a quest to rescue the beloved aunt who is her mentor, an effort that is shaped by a magnificent book that is unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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