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Series
Origami Yoda books volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
2) Geek girl
Author
Series
Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she's accidentally discovered by a modeling agent, fifteen-year-old Harriet jumps at the chance to transform herself from a geek to a fashion model.
4) By your side
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
When Autumn finds herself locked in the library all weekend with Dax, a loner with a bad reputaton, she's surprised at the connection that develops between them.
7) Stand off
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Now a senior at Pine Mountain Academy, fifteen-year-old Ryan Dean West becomes captain of the rugby team, shares his dormitory room with twelve-year-old prodigy Sam Abernathy, and through the course of the year learns to appreciate things he has tried to resist, including change.
8) Arabesque
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"More than ten years after the events of Destined, Laurel and Tamani get a visit from their niece Rowen, an orphaned Summer faerie with a passion for ballet. To succeed at the Scazio Dance Academy in California, Rowen must learn to get along with the humans she despises. But an ancient mystery sends Tamani scrambling for answers and threatens to upend Rowen's best-laid plans"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Julián Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the suffocating expectations of others that have forced Jules into an inauthentic life. Then in one reckless moment, with one impulsive tweet, his plans for a low-key nine months are thrown--literally--out the closet. The downside: the whole world knows, and Jules has to prepare for rejection. The upside: Jules now has...
12) Catching fire
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Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
13) Midnight sun
Author
Series
Twilight saga volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"This ... tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?"--
14) Blood & honey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A follow-up to Serpent & Dove finds fugitives Lou, Reid, Coco, and Ansel splitting up to recruit allies against the Dames Blanches, an effort that's complicated by Morgane's lethal game of cat and mouse.
15) The poet X
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers--especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never...
16) Cemetery boys
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
17) Like a love song
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A Brazilian American teen pop star hopes a fake relationship will turn her image around. After a humiliating public breakup moments before winning an award, 17-year-old Natalie's tearful breakdown becomes an embarrassing meme. To rebrand and fix her reputation, Natalie agrees to pretend to have a new boyfriend, and she signs a contract that sets her up for three months with up-and-coming British teen actor William Ainsley, who is White and Jewish....
18) Turning point
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Best friends Rasheeda and Monique navigate the ups and downs of a teenager's summer, Mo at home in the Cove; Sheeda at a sleepaway ballet intensive"--
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
In a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies, the stakes are high for two agents, Caden and Dylan, whose mission to compete for a girl destined for great power becomes complicated when Caden finds himself falling in love with his competition.
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