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Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the courage to tell him a terrible secret about life with her mom and new stepdad? This contemporary novel is a must-read for fans of Leslie Connor and Ali Standish. A Schneider Family Book Award winner!
Maudie always looks forward to the summers she spends in California with her dad. But this year, she must keep a troubling secret about
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More than 100 stories after meeting Logan, Mary Anne is ready for a change. And she's about to find out that breaking up is hard to do. Martin's classic series is going in a new direction with a new look and new focus on the four characters who started it 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...
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Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.
But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who...
4) Dawn
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Magical realism and gritty mystery meet in Brooks's provocative dissection of family, friendship, and faith. "A tense psychological thriller...hard-hitting."--Publishers WeeklyDawn Bundy lives in a cave. In her head. Where's she's been hiding for two years. Hiding behind headphones. From the two hottest girls at school, in their impossibly short skirts and unbearably tight tops, their skin close enough to touch. Not talking to her mother, not about...
5) Losers
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The perks of being an émigré wallflower Jupiter was born in Russia, but he's getting quite an education in America. He sees everything slightly askew - but in a way that's endearing to (most) of his fellow students. A popular girl takes him under her wing. He falls for her. A bully sets him as a target. But Jupiter disarms him in an unexpected way. His best friend ends up hanging with a posse of science geeks. Jupiter feels left out. With dead-on...
6) Accomplice
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Would you fake your own kidnapping to get into a good school?Finn and Chloe have it all figured out. Their school guidance counselor has told everyone that it's not enough to get good grades or do community service anymore - kids like that are everywhere, and colleges are bored of them. So what do you do? Chloe decides they should get attention another way. She and Finn will stage her own disappearance - and then Finn will be the only who finds and...
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From Blake Nelson, a fantastic and topical novel about idealism and finding the ideal girl.
James Hoff likes to rant against America's consumerist culture. He also likes to rant against his ex-girlfriend, Sadie, whom he feels isn't doing enough, to change the world. But, just like he can't avoid buying things, he also can't avoid Sadie for long. This is a fantastic, funny, sexy, cool masterpiece from one of the best YA writers at work today, an anti-consumerist...
8) Bounce
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From the author of PERFECT and LUSH, another novel that tells it like it is.The perils of dealing with a new stepfamily are illuminated with the same Blume-like heart and wit that Natasha Friend brought to PERFECT and LUSH. Award-winning author of Perfect, Natasha Friend was born in Norwich, New York. Upon receiving her B.A. in Psychology in 1994 from Bates College, Natasha went on to Clemson University to earn her M.A. in English in 1997....
9) Der Geist
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Er war mager, weiß wie Kreide, ein Gipsjunge in weiten, ausgebeulten Kleidern... An mehr als hundert Samstagen hatte er keinen einzigen Zug verpasst.
Wunderbar erzählt ist diese Geschichte eines Jungen, der als Albino für immer ausgestoßen zu sein meint, bis er von überraschender Seite Zuneigung findet und eine ganz andere Seite des Lebens kennen lernt.
10) The Big Crunch
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Jen and Wes do not "meet cute." They do not fall in love at first sight. They do not swoon with scorching desire. They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be together forever. This is not that kind of love story.
Instead, they just hang around in each other's orbits...until eventually they collide. And even after that happens, they're still not sure where it will go. Especially when Jen starts to pity-date one of Wes's friends,...
11) Green Witch
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From bestselling author Alice Hoffman, a resonant tale of overcoming grief and tragedy, as only she could tell it.In this powerful, lovely sequel to GREEN ANGEL, Green must learn the stories of a number of "witches" and free her true soul mate from a prison as she grapples with life, love, and loss in a post-disaster world.
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Love is all you need... or is it? Penny's about to find out in this wonderful debut.Penny is sick of boys and sick of dating. So she vows: no more. It's a personal choice. . .and, of course, soon everyone wants to know about it. And a few other girls are inspired. A movement is born: The Lonely Hearts Club (named after the band from Sgt. Pepper). Penny is suddenly known for her nondating ways . . . which is too bad, because there's this certain...
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This hilarious debut is now available in paperback!
Serafina doesn't have a boyfriend, doesn't have a best friend, and her parents fight all the time. But, she does have, a shiny new laptop (a present from her guilt-ridden and therefore overly, generous dad). And, with the shiny new laptop comes, a shiny new identity: serafina67, blogging (and kissing) addict.
But, in a year when the secrets turn serious, and friends and parents might not be, what...
14) Kristy Power!
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Kristy and Carey have always been arch rivals. The feud reaches a fever pitch when they're assigned to write biographies about each other. 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...
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Lita is the writer. Adam is the entrepreneur. They are Just Friends.So Adam would never sell copies of a self-help book before he'd even written it. And Lita would never try to break up Adam's relationship with Blair, the skankiest girl at school. They'd never sabotage their friends Emily and Dennis. Lita would never date a guy related to a girl she can't stand. They'd never steal each other's blog posts. And Adam would never end up in a fist fight...
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A startling, wonderful novel about the true meaning of being an alien in an equally alien world."We are specks. Pieces of dust in this universe. Big nothings.""I know what I am."Mal lives on the fringes of high school. Angry. Misunderstood. Yet loving the world -- or, at least, an idea of the world. Then he meets Hooper. Who says he's from another planet. And may be going home very soon. Praise for First Day on Earth:
"Castellucci crafts...
17) Patience
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Patience is the key to a happy life.
Patience can make the difference between worry and tranquillity.
Patience is love, joy, good and surprising.
But is Patience more than just an emotion and a skill?
A fun and reassuring story about exploring Patience as a child's best friend.
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This fabulous social-networking mystery, a sequel to TOP 8, is the perfect novel for the Facebook generation.Madison MacDonald thinks things are finally working out!Followers: 300Status Updates:mad_mac Nate and I have been together for two months, and it's wonderful! Life is good!mad_mac Well, except for the fact that I still might be failing history.mad_mac And I no longer have a BFF.mad_mac But aside from those things!mad_mac...
19) Tyrell
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An astonishing new voice in teen literature, writing what is sure to be one of the most talked-about debuts of the year.
Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her - and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another...
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Even though Cokie has never been nice to Mary Anne, Mary Anne has always been nice to Cokie. But this time Cokie's gone too far--and Mary Anne is going for revenge, with a little help from her friends. 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),...