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Winger
by Andrew Smith
Two 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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Please ignore Vera Dietz
by A. S. King
Years after the boy she always loved ruined her life in a cruel betrayal, Vera, who is hiding a discovery she made about her mother, wonders what to do when the boy dies under suspicious circumstances that could be explained by the secrets she has kept for him. By the author of The Dust of 100 Dogs.
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Th1rteen r3asons why : a novel
by Jay Asher
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
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Holding up the universe
by Jennifer Niven
Struggling to pick up the pieces of her life after her mother's death and ostracized by her peers because of her weight, Libby is tangled up in a cruel high school game with a charismatic boy whose disability prevents him from recognizing faces. By the best-selling author of All the Bright Places. Simultaneous eBook.
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A separate peace
by John Knowles
A conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy
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Out of reach
by Carrie Arcos
Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, 16-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, 18-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.
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What we hide
by Marthe Jocelyn
An American teen at a Vietnam-era boarding school in England becomes one of a group of students who, in respective voices, hide the truths about their private lives, from Robbie and Luke's denial about their relationship to Brenda's secret about an encounter with the school doctor. By the award-winning author of Folly.
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After the wreck, I picked myself up, spread my wings, and flew away
by Joyce Carol Oates
A powerful novel of self-discovery, redemption, and hope follows fifteen-year-old Jenna Abbott as she undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery while blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother. Teacher's Guide available.
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An abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Always being dumped by girls named Katherine, Colin Singleton, a washed-up child prodigy with a Judge-Judy obsessed best friend, embarks on a quest to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will impact all of his future relationships and change his life.
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100 sideways miles
by Andrew Smith
Finn Easton, sixteen and epileptic, struggles to feel like more than just a character in his father's cult-classic novels with the help of his best friend, Cade Hernandez, and first love, Julia, until Julia moves away
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Me and Earl and the dying girl : a novel
by Jesse Andrews
Seventeen-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. 25,000 first printing.
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13 little blue envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life. Reprint.
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I'll give you the sun
by Jandy Nelson
A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor. Simultaneous eBook.
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It's kind of a funny story
by Ned Vizzini
An ambitious new student at Manhattan's prestigious Executive Pre-Professional High School, teenager Craig Gilner suddenly discovers that he has become an average kid among a group of brilliant students, a discovery that leads to increasing anxiety and a battle with clinical depression, during which he encounters a motley crew of fellow patients battling their own problems. By the author of Be More Chill. 50,000 first printing.
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Going bovine
by Libba Bray
Dealing with an illness that will soon result in his death, 16-year-old Cam is intrigued by the stories told by an eccentric girl named Dulcie and so is encouraged to go on a wild road trip across America where their search for a special cure will lead them to the strangest places on the map. Simultaneous.
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