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Belly Up by Stuart GibbsTwelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction, Henry the Hippopotamus, is murdered. The deeper he gets, the more the danger mounts—because when it comes to hippo homicide, the truth can't be kept in a cage! TEEN MYSTERY GIBBS STUART
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Better Nate Than Ever by Tim FederleHis whole life Nate Foster has wanted to star in a Broadway show, but he's stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby) appreciates a good show tune! With Libby's help, Nate plans a daring overnight escape to New York for an open casting call for E.T.: The Musical. This could be the difference between small-town blues and big-time stardom. TEEN REALISTIC FEDERLE TIM
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Egypt's Fire by Tom PhillipsAfter his mother dies, 12-year-old John Boarhog makes his home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History where he becomes embroiled in a mystery involving the theft of a rare Egyptian ruby along with an unpredictable detective. TEEN ADVENTURE PHILLIPS TOM
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinTwelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay with other students overnight in the new town library designed by his hero, the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello. However, he finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. TEEN MYSTERY GRABENSTEIN CHRIS
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti BowlingNew friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges. TEEN REALISTIC BOWLING DUSTI
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The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper FfordeAs magic fades from the world, Jennifer Strange is having trouble keeping her magician employment agency business afloat, until she begins having visions that foretell the death of the last dragon and the coming of Big Magic. TEEN FANTASY FFORDE JASPER
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The Princess Diaries by Meg CabotFourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. TEEN ROMANCE CABOT MEG
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Restart by Gordon KormanA former bully gets a chance at redemption after a memory-impairing accident tests whether he can change or will revert to his previous ways. TEEN REALISTIC KORMAN GORDON
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Sidetracked by Diana Harmon AsherJoseph’s overactive mind makes understanding his classes, and his classmates, a struggle. For the first time, Joseph finds himself off the sidelines and in the race. Is he a good runner? Well, no, he’s terrible. But once you’re in the race, anything can happen. TEEN REALISTIC ASHER DIANA
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The Spirit Glass by Roshani ChokshiSent on a quest to fashion a key that will restore balance between the human and spirit realms, Corazon, training to be a mystical healer and spirit guide, must move quickly before a vengeful ghost gets through the Spirit Mirror and all hope is lost. TEEN MYTHOLOGY CHOKSHI ROSHANI
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The Superteacher Project by Gordon KormanDetermined to teach their new teacher who's boss, Oliver Zhan and his best friend Nathan realize that Mr. Aidact is not what they expected and, suspecting something is fishy, must get to the bottom of the mystery. TEEN SCI-FI KORMAN GORDON
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Wrecker by Carl HiaasenWhen some men in a sailboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat pay him to forget he ever saw them, Wrecker is happy to oblige, but when he keeps seeing these men all over Key West, he discovers they want more than just his silence. TEEN MYSTERY HIAASEN CARL
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieLeaving the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school, Junior struggles to find his place in his new surroundings in order to escape his destiny back on the reservation. HS LIST ABSOLUTELY
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Fangirl by Rainbow RowellWhen twin sisters Cath and Wren go to college, Cath fears that it may be time to give up her love of the Simon Snow series, and possibly grow apart from her sister. TEEN REALISTIC ROWELL RAINBOW
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Finding Audrey by Sophie KinsellaEnergized by a friendship with her brother's gaming teammate, 14-year-old Audrey, a girl with an anxiety disorder, finds their subsequent romance challenging her progress. TEEN ROMANCE KINSELLA SOPHIE
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The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsArthur Dent is not having a good day. When a demolition team shows up at his house to make room for a highway bypass, he resorts to lying down in front of the bulldozer to forestall the inevitable. Unfortunately that is the least of his worries, because Earth is scheduled to be demolished to make room for a galactic bypass. Of course it's a Thursday, Arthur never could get the hang of Thursdays. TEEN SCI-FI ADAMS DOUGLAS
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Home Field Advantage by Dahlia AdlerWhen it is discovered that the new quarterback Jack Walsh is actually Jaclyn, chaos breaks loose, and cheerleader Amber must take a stand for this girl with whom she is falling head over heels in love. TEEN ROMANCE ADLER DAHLIA
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The Infects by Sean BeaudoinAn uproarious celebration of zombie culture features the story of 17-year-old Nero, who is stranded in the wilderness with fellow juvenile delinquents when their counselors transform into flesh-eating maniacs. By the author of You Killed Wesley Payne. TEEN SUPERNATURAL BEAUDOIN SEAN
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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. TEEN REALISTIC ANDREWS JESSE
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Openly Straight by Bill KonigsbergTired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences. TEEN ROMANCE KONIGSBERG BILL
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This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie HenrySixteen-year-old Izzy, has stumbled across her dream of doing stand-up comedy, but hiding it from family and friends is causing her many untruths to quickly unravel. TEEN REALISTIC HENRY KATIE
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The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene GooSentenced to a summer working on her father's food truck after taking a joke too far, prankster Korean-American Clara Shin unexpectedly bonds with a straitlaced co-worker and a cute boy on another food truck while reevaluating her relationship with her estranged mother. TEEN REALISTIC GOO MAURENE
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When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonA heartfelt romantic comedy told from the alternating perspectives of two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged their marriage follows the efforts of one to distance herself from the agreement and the other to woo his intended during a summer program they are attending together. TEEN ROMANCE MENON SANDHYA
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenWhen two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both. TEEN REALISTIC GREEN JOHN
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