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181) Blood is thicker
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 8
Language
English
Description
Hakeem has a hard time adjusting when, due to his father's sickness, Hakeem and his family must move in with his uncle in distant Detroit, especially when he has to share his room with his moody cousin Savon.
182) Miracle girl
Author
Publisher
Vinspire Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Leanne Strong hates June eighth even though it's supposed to a day for celebration. Fifteen years ago on that date, baby Leanne was purported to be miraculously healed of a spinal cord defect after her mother prayed to a religious mystic who was later elevated to sainthood. Since Leanne's unexplained cure, thousands of people gather in her small town every year to celebrate her miracle--a miracle she doesn't remember but still accepts as real--most...
183) Crying laughing
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv...
185) Reason to breathe
Author
Series
Breathing series volume 1
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She's more concerned with feigning perfection -- pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises, not wanting anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Without expecting it, she finds love. It challenges her to recognize her own worth -- at the risk of revealing the terrible...
186) Faking reality
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old reality TV star Dakota grapples with the fact that her entire life is public fodder while at the same time she is wrestling with her feelings for her best friend Leo, who is dealing with his own issues at home.
Dakota McDonald swore she'd never allow her romantic life to be a plot line in her parents' HGTV show again. When the restaurant run by the family of her best friend (and secret crush), Leo, is on the line, Dakota might end...
187) Stealing infinity
Author
Series
Publisher
Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
These days, I've been killing it when it comes to letting people down. Now I've been kicked out of high school, arrested, and accepted into a remote, off-the-grid school owned and operated by an inscrutable billionaire tech guru. Gray Wolf Academy is looking for a certain kind of student. Ones that no one will miss. Like me. Then there's Braxton. The beautiful, oddly anachronistic guy who showed up right when the trouble started. And he's a total...
188) We are the ants
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: the world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button. Only he isn't sure he wants to. Life hasn't been great for Henry: his mom is held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke; his brother is a jobless dropout. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend's suicide last year. Weighing the...
189) Broken prince
Author
Series
Royals volume 2
Publisher
[EverAfter Romance]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Reed Royal meant to keep Ella Harper safe-- but one foolish mistake drove her out of his arms and brought chaos to the Royal household. Now she's back-- she's left her stripper job and is back in Reed's bed. But he's admitted to sleeping with his father's girlfriend, and they are surrounded by secrets, betrayal, and enemies. If Reed is going to win back his princess, he'll need to prove himself royally worthy.
These Royals will ruin you. From wharf...
Author
Series
Lorien legacies reborn volume 1
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It has been one year since the breathtaking events of United as One -- and our world will never be the same.The invasion of Earth was thwarted by our alien allies known as the Garde. But in order to do so, they unleashed their Loric energy and it spread throughout the globe. Now human teenagers have begun to develop incredible abilities -- Legacies of their own. As the world tries to figure out how best to deal with the emergence of these powerful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
YA. HORROR & GHOST STORIES, CHILLERS (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). In one volume, R.L. Stine presents two bone-chilling stories of teens in terror in his worldwide bestselling Fear Street series, which has sold 80 million copies around the world. In "Party Games, "Rachel is thrilled to be invited to Brendan Fear's exclusive birthday party on Fear Island. When Rachel arrives at the island, a scavenger hunt turns up some horrifying surprises. Soon, Rachel...
192) Hollow fires
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The students of Class 1-A have reached another milestone--the Provisional Licensing Exam. After making it through the first part of the test, they ready themselves for the next phase, which takes place in a simulated disaster area. Midoriya and his friends have to rescue as many victims as they can, and although the students of rival Shiketsu High are technically supposed to be helping, competition between them is fierce and even dangerous! As the...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Eden McKinley knows she can't count on much in this world, but she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best friend. So it's a bit of a surprise when Bonnie runs away with the boyfriend Eden knows nothing about five days before the start of their final exams. Especially when the police arrive on her doorstep and Eden finds out that Bonnie's boyfriend is actually their music teacher, Mr. Cohn. Sworn to secrecy and bound by loyalty,...
Author
Series
Mixed vegetables volume 2
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2008, �2005
Language
English
Description
"Hanayu Ashitaba is the daughter of the celebrated Patisserie Ashitaba, but all she wants to do is be a sushi chef. Hayato Hyuga is the son of the prestigious Sushi Hyuga, and all he wants to do is be a pastry chef! It's love and leftovers in the Oikawa High School Cooking Department as these star-crossed gourmands do their best to reach their cuisine dreams! Hanayu thinks her plan to marry into Hayato's sushi family is off to a good start--they're...
196) Dagger Hill
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After a mysteriously catastrophic incident shakes up their sleepy hometown, seventeen-year-old best friends Gabe, Kimberly, Charlie, and Sonya discover they are being hunted by a sinister presence.--
It knows your fear... Summer, 1989. Four best friends--Gabe, Kimberly, Charlie, and Sonya--are preparing for their last summer together before senior year, after which they'll all be splitting up to start college in different parts of the country. They...
197) Indivisible
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.
Mateo Garcia and his younger sister, Sophie, have been taught to fear one word for as long as they can remember: deportation. Ma and Pa have been in the United States for so long, they have American-born children, and they're hard workers and good neighbors. When Mateo returns from school one day to find...
198) Frankly in love
Author
Language
English
Description
An Instant New York Times Bestseller and #1 Indie Bestseller! A William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist An Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Honor Book Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised...
199) How we roll
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.
After developing alopecia, Quinn lost her friends along with her hair. She also has to deal with her autistic brother-- and sexual harassment from fellow students back in Boulder. Now she is looking forward to a new start,...
200) Some kind of hate
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When freshman Declan Taylor hurts his pitching arm he becomes mad at the world, soon getting caught up with a group of white supremacists and turning against his Jewish former friend, Jake--but when things turn violent Declan must figure out what he actually stands for.
After winning state as a freshman starting pitcher, Declan Taylor accidentally messes up his throwing arm. Despite painful surgery and brutal physical therapy, he might never pitch...