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In this YA novel, Kaileigh, who becomes orphaned during her teen years, bounces around state-funded foster care before she is finally placed with a couple who care about her well-being. Driven to never become anyone's obligation and to stand on her own, the teen aces her high school years and takes on a few night classes in music theory at the local college.She spends her time being alone and organized: two features of her personality that suit her...
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She still thinks it's her world.But she's learning.Sixteen year old Nikki Desmond is the product of too many, too much and too little. Too many boarding schools, too much money, and too little discipline. After being expelled from a fourth prestigious New York boarding school, her mother sends her to Los Angeles to live with her father.
3) Spellbound
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A Darker Shade of Black...Sixteen-year-old Matilda Crowley lives on the dark side of being light skinned. When a series of events sends the biracial teenager further down the Tragic Mulatto's road to Hell she enters the world of the Goth Subculture and begins a journey that will change her perceptions of race, culture, and identity. Will she find light in darkness? Or will she be driven to madness?
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A two-in-one edition of the critically acclaimed Hot Girl and Bad Boy by Dream Jordan.
What's a Brooklyn Girl to do when her best friend is away for the whole summer? Don't ask Kate, because she has no idea. Aimless, and unhappy with her new foster mother, Kate falls into the hands of a stylish, "It Chick" who whips her into fashionable shape. Armed with new confidence, and a game plan to get her man, Kate quickly falls under her new bestie's bad...
6) Trapped
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A dramatic coach crash forces Hailey to re-examine her relationships with her fellow singing-club members in this gripping drama from queen of teen thrillers Sophie McKenzie. A singing-club trip ends in disaster when the coach carrying the members spins out of control. Hailey is trapped at the back of the coach with her nemesis Bex, who's taken the lead role in their latest performance, and handsome Kit, on whom Hailey has a massive crush. As the...
7) Almost Twins
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Gia and Andy Moretti are sisters who attend South Louisiana High School, and though they look alike, the two are as different as Sprite and Coke.While Gia has a penchant for following rules and striving for perfection, Andy is just hoping no one's noticed that she's skipped school for the fourth time in a month.Their differences lead to lots of fights, and when Gia appears to replace her sister with a new friend named Via, Andy is beyond jealous.But,...
8) Almost Brave
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For as long as 22-year-old Gina Russo can remember, she's felt suffocated by her life in Swamp Rose, Louisiana.She desperately wants to pack her camera bag and move to a city where things actually happen.But when her small town's invisible vigilante, "Unseen," saves her life, Gina's focus begins to shift.Now determined to find her savior and, at the very least, thank him, Gina realizes that Unseen is a difficult super to catch up with.But something...
9) Kano
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Can one girl save a nation?
With Japan's future in the balance, Risuko may recover the Kano clan's honor - or she may destroy it forever
Lord Takeda has sent Risuko, Emi, and Toumi on a mission to the capital. The road is dangerous. The destination is treacherous. Risuko - the girl who just likes to climb - must make a choice that will have repercussions not only for Risuko's life and those of her friends, but possibly for all of Japan.
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10) Almost Famous
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Fifteen-year-old Drew Everett loves acting almost as much as she loves herself.But when her mother's efforts to overcome alcohol addiction result in the Everett family leaving their beloved Los Angeles home and moving near a renowned rehab facility in Swamp Rose, Louisiana, Drew is devastated.Not only is Swamp Rose a backward town full of meddlesome gossips who spin yarns of "alien sightings," but for the first time in her life, Drew comes face to...
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Farrah "Digit" Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year. But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group's number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting. Soon she is personally investigating...
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Take a journey into humorous, enlightened, entertaining, philosophical fiction by Cupideros with The Abyssarian Merchant. An older woman having had her children and seen her brood fly the nest goes out to become a boss-babe on her terms. She tried several different fields of work and failed. All she had was her knowledge of Abyssarianism Religious Pragmatic, Practical Philosophy, and eventually two parrots. This is a heartwarming story that takes...
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In early June 1964, the Benevolent Home for Necessitous Girls burns to the ground, and its vulnerable residents are thrust out into the world. The orphans, who know no other home, find their lives changed in an instant. Arrangements are made for the youngest residents, but the seven oldest girls are sent on their way with little more than a clue or two to their past and the hope of learning about the families they have never known. On their own for...
14) The A-list
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Welcome to The A-List, a wickedly funny and risqu paperback original novel that takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati. Seventeen-year-old Upper East Side blueblood Anna ("pronounced Aaaanah") Percy is on her way to Beverly Hills, California, where she'll live with her estranged dad for the rest of the school year while her mother travels to Europe with a friend. On the plane, Anna drinks too much champagne...
15) Hide and Seek
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It's Christmastime in Port Sentinel, the tiny English town where Jess Tennant has been living for more than a year now. Jess wasn't sure how she felt about moving to Port Sentinel when her mom dragged her there right in the middle of high school, but even Jess has to admit the town has completely outdone itself for the holidays. There's a Christmas market complete with a mini ice-rink and fairy lights, and the bare trees stand stark against the sky....
16) Seraphim
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The Black Castle was only the beginning…
Having narrowly escaped enslavement at the hands of the Black Castle, Taryn and Emmett find themselves houseguests of the strangely familiar Lord Erikkson. His claims of benevolence, however, ring hollow amid suspicions of an ulterior motive. Lord Erikkson calls Taryn "Sedition" and says she was built to lead a biomaton rebellion, yet she has no desire to fulfill this role.
But rumors of a mysterious...
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It's been one year since the brutal murder of her older sister, Zoë, and fifteen-year-old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Her parents are numb, her friends are moving on, and the awkward start to her freshman year proves she'll never live up to her sister's memory. Until Zoë's former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zoë's diary.
At first Echo's not interested, doubting there's anything in there she doesn't already know....
18) Bowery Girl
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Take a daring journey back to the gritty streets of late 19th century New York with WILLA Award winning author Kim Taylor Blakemore's historical novel of dreams, impossible odds, and the enduring bond of friendship. Meet Mollie Flynn and Annabelle Lee, two Bowery Girls from born to the streets of the Lower Eastside, who have forged a deep bond despite their precarious circumstances. When wealthy Do-Gooder Emmeline DuPre steps into their lives with...
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A teenage girl must grapple with her agoraphobia as romance blossoms with her new neighbor in this YA novel-"a poignant work, infused with humor" (School Library Journal).
Seventeen-year-old Norah Dean hasn't left the house in years. Her agoraphobia and OCD are so intense that when groceries are left on the porch, she can't even step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny, and he just caught...
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As Confederate and Union soldiers take over their town, the local residents can do little more than hunker down in their homes while cannon and gunfire explode around them. But the battles are not only fought between soldiers. At home, fourteen-year-old Tacy and her disabled brother lock horns as David struggles with his desire to go to war. He has strong principles, and it tortures him to allow others to fight while he does nothing.
In the aftermath...
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