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Fever, 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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All these bodies
by Kendare Blake
When the suspect in a grisly string of murders refuses to talk to anyone but him, aspiring journalist Michael Jensen, the son of the town sheriff, must learn to separate fact from fiction to discover the truth. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Don't breathe a word
by Jordyn Taylor
"Eva has never felt like she belonged . . . not in her own family or with her friends in New York City, and certainly not at a fancy boarding school like Hardwick Preparatory Academy. So, when she is invited to join the Fives, an elite secret society, she jumps at the opportunity to finally be a part of something. But what if the Fives are about more than just having the best parties and receiving special privileges from the school? What if they are also responsible for keeping some of Hardwick's biggestsecrets buried? 1962: There is only one reason why Connie would volunteer to be one of the six students to participate in testing Hardwick's nuclear fallout shelter: Craig Allenby. While the thought of nuclear war sends her into a panic, she can't pass up the opportunity to spend four days locked in with the school's golden boy. However, Connie and the other students quickly discover that there is more to this 'test' than they previously thought. As they are forced to follow an escalating series of commands, Connie realizes that one wrong move could have dangerous consequences. Separated by sixty years, Eva and Connie's stories become inextricably intertwined as Eva unravels the mystery of how six students went into the fallout shelter all those years ago . . . but only five came out"
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The diviners
by Libba Bray
Evie O'Neill is thrilled when she is exiled from small-town Ohio to New York City in 1926, even when a rash of murders thrusts Evie and her uncle, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult, into the thick of the investigation
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The gentleman's guide to vice and virtue
by Mackenzi Lee
Vowing to make his yearlong escapade across Europe his last hurrah before taking over the family estate, Henry "Monty" Montague and his best friend Percy find themselves in the middle of a dangerous manhunt involving pirates and highwaymen
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My fine fellow
by Jennieke Cohen
In 1830s England, where the Culinarians, who create gorgeous food and confections, are the cr�me de la cr�me of high society, three individuals combine forces to pull off a delectable caper that will bring them fame, fortuneand a little romance. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Our violent ends
by Chloe Gong
In 1927, with Shanghai on the brink of a revolution, Juliette, the Scarlet Gang’s heir, and the boy she loves (who hates her) must cast aside their differences to combat monsters and politics while protecting their hearts from each other. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The storyteller
by Kathryn Williams
When her late aunts diaries connect her to the long-lost Russian princess Anastasia, Jess Morgan digs into the century-old mystery and realizes theres an even bigger truth to be revealed: her own. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The legend of auntie Po
by Shing Yin Khor
"Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po PanYin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"
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The reckless kind
by Carly Heath
In 1904 Norway, after the man she is being forced to marry gravely injures her best friend, Asta Hedstrom moves him and her secret boyfriend to a secluded cabin above town, where they fight for the survival of their newfound family. Simultaneous eBook.
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The awakening of Malcolm X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
A fictionalized account of Malcolm Xs adolescent years in prison, written by his daughter and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award-winning author, depicts Malcolm Littles struggles with race, politics, religion and justice before his emergence as a civil rights leader. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Luck of the Titanic
by Stacey Lee
Stowing away aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage when her British-Chinese heritage bars her from joining her twin in America, a young acrobat struggles to hide and then survive when the unthinkable happens. Simultaneous eBook.
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The black kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed
With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble
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Butterfly yellow
by Thanhha Lai
A Vietnam War refugee in Texas partners with a rodeo aspirant to track down the younger brother she was forced to leave behind before discovering that he no longer remembers her. By the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Let me hear a rhyme
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Three Brooklyn teens plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he is still alive, in a vibrant standalone novel by the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Monday’s Not Coming. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Alma presses play
by Tina Cane
In 1980s New York, half-Chinese, half-Jewish Alma, whose life is a series of halfways, uses her Walkman to get through the challenges thrown her way until she is ready to press play on the soundtrack of her life. Simultaneous eBook.
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Last night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known
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Like a love story
by Abdi Nazemian
When Reza moves to New York City, he begins dating Judy even though he is secretly gay and then struggles with his feelings when he grows close to Judy's best friend Art, who is openly gay
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You bring the distant near
by Mitali Perkins
Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, an exploration of sisterhood, first loves, friendship and the inheritance of culture traces a family that is shaped by Indian-American identity, a forbidden biracial love affair and social activism. By the author of Rickshaw Girl. Simultaneous eBook.
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Walls
by Laura Elliott
In the days before the treacherous overnight raising of the Berlin Wall, teenaged cousins Drew, an American army brat in West Berlin, and Matthias, a young communist in East Berlin, become wary friends on opposite sides of the Cold War. Interspersed throughout the story are captioned photographs from the era
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