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Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she's tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defenses and the intensity of the bond between them grows. But the mysterious...
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"Ellie McFadden has intuitive gifts. She can sense what other living things are feeling. She can even talk to animals! Too bad she can't connect with her twin sister, Parker. Parker McFadden has kinetic gifts. She can cause shocks to the earth and produce heat energy that explodes from her body like fire, especially when she is angry. The sisters aren't aware of the legacy they inherited from their mother until, on their thirteenth birthday, two mysterious...
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In a dystopian future seventeen-year-old Josephine Monarch has grown up in the Ashes, the poverty stricken borderlands of New Georgia, but today is the Lineup and if she is chosen she gets a chance to leave that behind--even though it will mean leaving all her loved ones behind, and embracing an uncertain future.
Today is the day Jo Monarch has been wishing on the moon about her entire life. It's the day of the Line Up, when she could be selected...
5) Hawk
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Maximum Ride's seventeen-year-old daughter, Hawk, is living under the radar in post-apocalyptic New York City until a destiny that is perilously close to her mother's forces her to take flight. Ten years ago a girl with wings fought to save the world. Then she disappeared--and now is just a fading legend, remembered only in stories. Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her family was, or where they went. The only thing she remembers...
6) Storybooth
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"From first kisses to embarrassing encounters, dark secrets to heroic moments--these tales, recorded on Storybooth, the wildly popular YouTube channel, connect you to someone you never knew. A real person, sharing their own experience"--Back cover.
7) The accident
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While heading to a party, a boy and his friends get into a car accident. The next day, he gets a mysterious text message asking him if he'd like a do-over. Can he stop the accident?
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In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. On top of all that, Evvie's magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. Her family calls it jubilation--a gift passed down from generations of black women since the time of slavery. And as her own magic...
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"Examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed. In a tumultuous moment of history, we see the lasting effects of a revolution in Havana, the countryside, Miami, and New York. Their separate narratives build, overlap, and entwine to creat one inspiring story--an adventure...
10) No Ivy League
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When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity...
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"Kikuzato finally meets Doujima, the first para-athlete--and adult--he's ever looked up to. But it turns out Doujima shares a complicated history with Kikuzato's prosthetist, Chidori. Meanwhile, Kikuzato's middle school friend Takegawa reminisces over the past after he's told to quit the soccer club, and the track-and-field club's competitions are brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic!"--
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"Orion Pagan lleva años esperando a que alguien le diga que va a morir. Ahora que se ha registrado en Muerte Súbita para saber si la grave enfermedad cardiovascular que padece acabará con él, está listo para empezar a vivir. Ese es el motivo por el que decide ir a un evento único e irrepetible: la víspera de Muerte Súbita en Times Square. Recibir su llamada de Último Día es algo que Valentino Prince jamás había imaginado, ya...
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"En vísperas de un cambio de régimen en Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema y Juan encuentran su lugar en un mundo que ha cambiado para siempre. Vemos los duraderos efectos de una revolución en La Habana, en el campo, en Miami y en Nueva York, en medio de un tórrido momento histórico. A través de estas historias cortas se nos recuerda que al margen de los tiempos que nos toquen vivir, todos estamos conectados para siempre en nuestra humanidad."--Publisher's...