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"Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa, towering on an island to the north. Generations of men and boys have died on the same quest--how can a timid young girl in a tiny boat survive the epic tests of the archipelago?"--
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"When Brystal Evergreen stumbles across a secret section of the library, she discovers a book that introduces her to a world beyond her imagination and learns the impossible: She is a fairy capable of magic! But in the oppressive Southern Kingdom, women are forbidden from reading and magic is outlawed, so Brystal is swiftly convicted of her crimes and sent to the miserable Bootstrap Correctional Facility. But with the help of the mysterious Madame...
4) Graceling
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Vampires, Wolves and High School, Oh My! Teen Paranormal Romance
YA Romance: Classics
Vampires, Wolves and High School, Oh My! Teen Paranormal Romance
YA Romance: Classics
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In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
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Just before her quinceañera, Solimar leaves her father's palace in the kingdom of San Gregorio to watch the migrating monarch butterflies who settle in the nearby mountains. When she sits among them, they soon settle on her cloak and give her a special gift to predict the future and the solemn duty to protect them. Then, while her father and her brother are away, a neighboring king invades and takes village and palace members hostage. Now Solimar...
7) Benchwarmers
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Told in two voices, Jeff stands by his teammate, Andi, who fights to get on the sixth-grade soccer team and then must face opponents who target her for being a girl.
8) Lizzy Legend
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"Unhappy at not being allowed to play on the boys' basketball team, Lizzy Trudeau, thirteen, wishes to never miss another shot and soon finds herself playing in the NBA against her hero, the greatest player of all time"--Provided by publisher.
9) I am drums
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"A single-minded twelve-year-old drummer, challenged by her school's budget cuts and her family's financial woes, must find a way to keep her dreams of drumming alive"--
11) Birdie and me
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"Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means" --
13) Takedown
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Told in separate voices, sixth-graders Mikayla, a wrestler like her brothers, and Lev, part of the Fearsome Threesome, become good wrestling partners and friends, but there can be only one winner at the State competition.
14) A dastardly plot
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In 1883 New York, while trying to introduce her mother's flying machine to the men-only Inventors' Guild, twelve-year-old Molly uncovers a plot to destroy the World's Fair.
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Twelve-year-old Fishel "Fish" Rosner doesn't like the usual "boy" things like sports. He would much rather read or do crafts than play hockey. When Fish asks his grandmother to teach him how to knit, she tells him that knitting is for girls and that he should go watch sports with his grandfather. When his mother signs him up for water polo, Fish would much rather do Zumba with the senior citizens. Fish doesn't understand why his interests are considered...
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As his extended family gathers for their annual Midwinter Festival magic competition, Aster decides to enter the contest meant for witches, despite the lingering discomfort and hostility of certain family members. Meanwhile, Ariel struggles to accept her new family's love while her estranged aunt attempts to lure her away by poisoning her self-esteem.
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Now rich, Jacky Faber has purchased the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic, and believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, she docks in London, where she is arrested and sentenced to life in the newly formed penal colony in Australia.