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In Real Life: Realistic Teen Fiction
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Yolk
by Mary H. K. Choi
Estranged over disagreements about their respective life choices, a straitlaced older sister and a flaky younger sister test the limits of what they are willing to do for each other, including swapping identities, when one is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Everything I Have Lost
by Sylvia Aguilar Zeleny
Beginning at age twelve, Julia keeps a diary of her life in Juarez, Mexico, where life is always dangerous, until she joins her aunt and grandmother in El Paso, Texas, and faces new challenges.
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Turtle under ice
by Juleah Del Rosario
A teen whose family has been traumatized since the death of her mother a few years earlier wakes up in the middle of the night to discover that her older sister has mysteriously gone missing during a snowstorm. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The rest of the story
by Sarah Dessen
Unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her late mother's estranged relatives at scenic North Lake, a teen finds herself torn between her mother's working-class relatives and her father's wealthier associates.
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Singing with elephants
by Margarita Engle
When an award-winning poet moves to town, Oriol learns that it takes courage to stay true to herself and do what she thinks is rightattempting to rescue a baby elephant in needeven if it means keeping secrets from those she loves. Simultaneous eBook.
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Not So Pure and Simple
by L. R. Giles
A first contemporary young adult novel by the two-time Edgar Award finalist and author of Fake ID finds a young man’s efforts to win the heart of a longtime crush complicated by their church’s Purity Pledge.
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Take me with you when you go
by David Levithan
"Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his older sister, Bea, gone. No note, no sign, nothing but an email address hidden somewhere only he would find it. Ezra never expected to be left behind with their abusive stepfather and their neglectful mother. How is he supposed to navigate life without Bea? Bea Ahern already knew she needed to get as far away from home as possible. But a message in her inbox changes everything, and she finds herself alone in a new city, without Ez, without a real plan, chasing someone who might not even want to be found. As things unravel at home for Ezra, Bea must confront secrets that will forever change the way they feel about their family. Although they may not be together in the present, they must help each other navigate thepast in order to make their way to a better, safer future"--Dust jacket
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What I carry
by Jennifer Longo
Entering her final year before being released from the foster-care system, a teen who has avoided emotional attachments forges unexpected bonds with three classmates, including a boy who changes her perspectives on everything. By the author of Six Feet Over It. Simultaneous eBook.
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Prepped
by Bethany Mangle
Raised in a community of doomsday preppers and survivalists, a girl hides her plan to leave from the boy selected to be her husband, before a devastating accident catapults her neighbors into full-blown paranoia. A first novel. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Best frenemies forever
by Megan McCafferty
After her best friend ditches her to be with the popular girls, lonely seventh-grader Sophie reaches out to the new girl next door and lies about her social status to keep her as a friend. Simultaneous eBook.
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Man o' war
by Cory McCarthy
While at a marine life theme park, Rivers encounter with a queer person lands him in the shark tank, which launches a journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love. Simultaneous eBook.
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This Time Will Be Different
by Misa Sugiura
Preferring a simple future to her mother's ambitions for her, a 17-year-old Japanese-American teen discovers her talent for flower arranging before her mother tries to sell the flower shop to the swindlers responsible for their hardships.
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