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4781) Dodger Boy
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In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend, Dawn, are keen to avoid the pitfalls of adolescence. Couldn't they just skip teenhood altogether, along with its annoying behaviors – showing off just because you have a boyfriend, obsessing about marriage and a ring and matching dining-room furniture? Couldn't one just learn about life from Jane Austen and spend the days eating breakfast at noon, watching "People in Conflict,"...
4782) El rey serpiente
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Una novela esperanzadora sobre la relación entre adolescentes y sus dificultades para iniciar una nueva vida.
Aclamada por la crítica, nominada en las diez mejores listas del año y ganadora del Premio William C. Morris, El rey serpiente es la historia de tres adolescentes que se encuentran a sí mismos, y entre ellos, mientras esperan graduarse de la escuela secundaria con la esperanza de dejar atrás un pequeño pueblo de Tennessee.
Dill no es...
4783) Dead Heat to Destiny
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Three young adults
Two continents in conflict
One unforgettable clash
It's the early 20th century. Belgian beauty Adrienne Boch pursues her dream, a career in the booming world of fashion. Cousin Gregor Steiner attends the officer academy of the Imperial German Navy. Will Marra, an American studying in Paris, meets and falls in love with Adrienne.
World War One begins. German troops invade Belgium, causing Adrienne's family to flee to Paris....
4784) The All-New Mallory Pike
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In a breakthrough book for the series, Mallory says good-bye to Stoneybrook and hello to the Riverbend School. The boarding school in the Berkshires introduces Mallory to a new group of friends -- and a not-so-friendly roommate. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe...
4785) FlashBack
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Sarah is a Thirteen year old girl who starts experiencing memories that are thousands of years old. She is initially confused when vivid memories from an unknown woman suddenly manifest within her mind when she's threatened with danger. She uses the knowledge in those memories to help her get out of trouble. But a DNA swab exposing a unique gene has brought her to the attention of a company that specializes in genetic research. Sarah eagerly seizes...
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In a world where monsters are expected to scare little girls and boys, there lived one monster who did not want to make children afraid. Now his world is falling apart unless he can snarl and grow his pointy teeth like a proper monster. And when Sweet Pea's mother, the Queen of Monsterville makes him bring back the girl responsible for all of Monsterville's problems, Sweet Pea is forced to decide what is truly important - his friendship with a human...
4787) Attachments: A Novel
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At a boarding school in Pennsylvania, a deathbed request from the school's dean brings three former students back to campus, where secrets and betrayals from the past are brought out into the open-secrets that could have a catastrophic effect on the dean's eighteen-year-old son.
Told in alternating points of view and time frames, Attachments is the story of best friends Stewart ("Goody") Goodman, Sandy ("Pick") Piccolo, and Laura Appleby, the girl...
4788) Stacey's Problem
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Big changes are on the horizon. Stacey's Dad is getting remarried, and her mom is not taking the news very well at all. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the Main Street and...
4789) Erinyes
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She Wanted Thousands of Followers. Now There Is One She Can Never Shake Off.
Antonioni's "Blow Up" meets It Follows in this selfie-obsessed young adult story.
When a sheltered teenager starts noticing a hazy face following her in her photographs, she begins to investigate an urban legend. But, will she uncover the truth when she gets in trouble with a technology corporation, when an enigmatic hacker starts telling her conspiracy theories and when,...
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Seen through the eyes of a strong-willed and perceptive young girl, Naphtalene beautifully captures the atmosphere of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s. Through her rich and lyrical descriptions, Alia Mamdouh vividly recreates a city of public steam baths, roadside butchers, and childhood games played in the same streets where political demonstrations against British colonialism are beginning to take place. At the heart of the novel is nine-year-old...
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It's the summer before high school, and secrets are turning Darla Decker's life upside down. With her parents' increasing distance and her brother's eagerness to escape, life is tense at home.
Even Darla, Reggie, and Nate's first training weekend as Camp Wakonda counselors is tougher than they imagined. But when she and her best friends uncover a shocking connection between Reggie's grandmother and Shiloh Farms' resident demon-bus-driving cat lady,...
4792) Dronehunter
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When a girl from the city shows up, a young falconer starts to get interested in her. But will he manage to win her heart, when he has to survive every day by hunting delivery drones around the city, when things go bad one after another and when she turns out to be too much of a free spirit?
A story with GameLit elements.
4793) Personal Growth
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Willie has decided to dedicate herself towards her own 'Personal growth
Willie, despite a rough start, has become immersed in the culture she should have been born into. As she grows in her own knowledge of her ancestral roots, she also grows in who she is as a person. All things are now within her reach, and all she must do is put forth a little effort. With all of this in mind, Willie has decided to dedicate herself towards her own 'Personal Growth.'
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4794) Diamond Spires
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In the Hyper Arctic Zone, a region in the very far north artificially warmed and cooled by machine, two young dilettantes seek artistic inspiration and the meaning of life in the shadow of an early greenhouse gas capture site created to combat runaway climate change-air is converted to thousand foot towers of diamond called DIAMOND SPIRES. Their quest for artistic truth leads them to discover a sinister object in an underground laboratory, altering...
4795) The Way We Go
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WINNER OF THE GO INDIE NOW! EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE SEPTEMBER 2016 AWARD. Lindsay Picou is sixteen going on thirty. She's been forced to not only take care of herself but to raise her little sister, too, because their mother, Gloria, is a part-time prostitute and a full-time wanderer. Then, Gloria meets Ben. He not only changes her life for the better but Lindsay's, too. These changes come with a set of challenges Lindsay isn't equipped for; she...
4796) Tangled on Tour
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Mackenzie Tanner was living the dream.
At least that's what she thought.
When Mackenzie Tanner met world-famous boy band Dear Juliet while songwriting in Nashville, Tennessee, she never imagined it would lead to being the opening act on their worldwide tour, or the broken heart which would follow.
As they play to sold-out audiences across the globe, Mackenzie realizes her dream may not be what she thought it was.
Singing with the boy she loves and...
4797) To Begin Again
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Church life is cramping her style and Celeste wants out, stepping right into the path of the pastor's son, Jordon Jackson.What happens, will alter her life forever, proving teen love can cause adult results.
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An assassin trainee fleeing his profession. A princess risking her reputation. A talking ship with a mad captain. Ravin should be dead. No one forsakes the assassin profession and lives. Attempting to evade capture and certain death, Ravin hides on a ship as part of the crew. Then his name is announced on Selection Day for the annual Scaera Dumeda, despite him never taking the entry test, declaring to the entire world-and the assassins hunting him...
4799) The Varcolac's Diary
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"A must read for all young adult fiction fans!" Lauren Lynne, author of The Recalcitrant Project"... rollicking good fun. A great story of friendship, love, and sacrifice." Laurie Bell, author of The Butterfly StoneMonsters are real. They have always been here, even when we choose not to see them. Now, for the residents of Hunter's Grove, the choice is no longer theirs. As a power-hungry varcolac tries to break through the magic holding him back and...
4800) River of Stones
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Only three stones of power remain, and only the eight descendants of Zubin can wield them. Mairi, Trogen, and two of their cousins have the last four.
A ruthless and power-hungry man is intent on stealing the stones, murdering the three leaders of the fleet, and torturing the secrets of navigation from the next generation.
Grand master Astreya gives Mairi command of a ship with instructions to keep the younger members of his family far from danger.
Mairi...
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