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2) Cool cat
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"Nova doesn't lie--she tells hopes for the future. That's why she tells her mom she got an A on her math quiz, even though she got a B. It's also why she doesn't tell her mom about her secret Instagram that she's almost old enough to have. When a viral video of her cat pushes her into the popular crowd, and next to her crush, Lily, Nova tells even more 'hopes for the future' to try to fit in. The more lies she tells, the more everything spins out...
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"Jackie Myers is a fraud. Or she might be a genius -- the jury's still out. The thing is, she secretly runs pleasebreakmyheart, a gone-viral account aimed at breaking hearts and ending relationships.... And she just used it to break up her insufferable eternal nemesis's picture-perfect relationship. Wilson is the buttoned-up, type A assistant manager of her nightmares -- but it turns out he's also, apparently, a really great boyfriend. So with her...
6) Encounter
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A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
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After their parents' deaths, siblings Liza and John Carroll are placed in the care of their uncle, a traveling con artist who scams the grieving with fradulent spirit photographs, until they arrive at a Spiritualist commune where the barrier between the living and the dead is very thin.
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"Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life. Every member of Jack's wealthy and privileged family has made their mark at the Boston School. Everyone, that is, except for Jack, who is entirely mediocre. He's...
13) The shade tree
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"Villagers like to come to rest and cool down in the shade of a huge, old tree. But when a young traveler decides to join them one day, a rich man on whose land the tree stands demands they leave because he owns the tree and therefore its shade. Thinking fast, the traveler strikes a deal: one that will enable him to outsmart the rich man--and ensure that the villagers will always have access to the shade tree's shade, wherever it may fall. With simple,...
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"Arturo y la Verdad acaban de conocerse y ahora mismo no son muy amigos... Y es que hoy Arturo ha hecho algo mal y sabe que su madre le pedirá explicaciones. ¿Dirá la verdad?, ¿o tratará de retorcerla, distorsionarla o taparla? ¿Qué harías tú?"--Amazon.
Arturo had disobeyed his mother and ridden his brother's bike. Unfortunately he accidently damaged it (and his mother's car!) so decided to try to hide the truth to avoid trouble with...
15) A risky game
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Weatherby and Jack are tapped to join Last Heir, the most powerful secret society of deception in the world, and on the night of the first gambit, the game takes a terrifying turn, pushing Jack and Weatherby to discover the truth about the game--and themselves.
16) The peach thief
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"The night that workhouse orphan Scilla Brown dares to climb the Earl of Havermore's garden wall, she wants only to steal a peach--the best thing she's ever tasted in her hard, hungry life. But when she's caught by the earl's head gardener and mistaken for a boy, she grabs on to something more: a temporary job scrubbing flowerpots. If she can just keep up her deception, she'll have a soft bed and food beyond her wildest dreams . . . maybe even peaches....