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14,800 | 2 | As usual, 12-year-old Thea is spending part of her summer at her grandparents' house at the Jersey shore, but this year, she is going with a secret. Her parents, who know something is wrong, but not what, give her a notebook in which she can write "truths." In Jersey, things have undergone disappointing changes. All of... | [
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14,801 | 1 | Grade 57Readers are reintroduced to Tim Malt and his lovable dog, Grk, in this third mystery. The adventure begins when the British 12-year-old escapes from his mother's watchful eye at Kennedy Airport as they're about to head home. Tim has been visiting New York City with his parents and his friends Natascha and Max. ... | [
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14,802 | 2 | When he isn't traveling the world or writing about Grk, Joshua Doder is a reporter for The Guardian. He lives in London.The Banco do Brasil had three guards.The three guards wore blue uniforms with silver buttons. Each of them carried a pair of handcuffs, two tear gas canisters and a pistol.It was a hot afternoon. Insi... | [
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14,803 | 2 | A Native Oklahoman, Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a senior at Yale University. She wrote Golden at the age of 19, and her second novel, Tattoo, is due out in 2007. She lives and writes in New Haven, Connecticut.1blueDark.Looking around, I saw nothing, but I could feel the wrongness of it all in the air, and the hairs on the ... | [
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14,804 | 0 | The Twenty-third Day of November, in the Year of Our Lord 1569The Queen's Presence Chamber--after breakfastI have a new daybooke and I cannot wait to begin writing in it! I am determined to keep this book neat and tidy with my best lettering throughout--and not make it look as if a drunken spider has crawled over it.I ... | [
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14,805 | 0 | *Starred Review* In this engaging historical novel set in 1918, 16-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks leaves Iowa and travels to a Montana homestead inherited from her uncle. In the beautiful but harsh setting, she has less than a year to fence and cultivate the land in order to keep it. Neighbors who welcome Hattie help he... | [
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14,806 | 2 | Grade 3-4Irrepressible Lucy Rose returns in this second book, which is set during the summer between third and fourth grade. She is full of plansto write in her journal, make a lanyard key chain at Parks & Rec., protect her grandmother's apricots from squirrels, and, most importantly, have a birthday adventure with... | [
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14,807 | 2 | Mixed-race Brendan Buckley is fascinated by science, and he likes to find the answers to questions that he poses in his notebook. Brendan finds that life isnt alwaus easily explained, however, after he meets his grandfather for the first time at a rock club meeting. Brendans white grandfather has been estranged from Br... | [
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14,808 | 0 | All miscreants and ill-thinkers, keep out! The Lady Grace Mysteries come to us from the most privy and secrete daybooke of Lady Grace Cavendish, Maid of Honour to her Gracious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I of that name. The author lives in London, England.The First Day of March,in the Year of Our Lord 1570Near eleven of t... | [
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14,809 | 2 | Grade 4-6 Twins Keira and Minni, 11, are used to the funny looks their chessboard family receives: Keira takes after their black mother and Minni resembles their white father. In spite of differences in appearance and personality, the girls share a bond that they are convinced is unbreakable. When their maternal grandm... | [
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14,810 | 2 | Praise for the treasure map of boys: Fans will continue to root for the authentic if self-centered narrator as she relates both the hilarious and painful moments of her life.They will appreciate her honest insights about the good and bad in everyone.Publishers Weekly "Lots of laugh-out-loud moments. Ruby is smart, conf... | [
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14,811 | 2 | Ann Brashares is the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series,The Whole Thing Together,The Here and Now, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You & Me),andMy Name Is Memory.She lives in New York City with her family.Visit Ann online at AnnBrashares.com and follow @AnnBrashares on... | [
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14,812 | 2 | Gr 8 Up-In her signature dramatic style, McDaniel explores the grief, anger, and upheaval caused by a school bombing. Complete with pep rallies and teen romances, Edison High School is ordinary and suburban. But when a bomb explodes just before morning classes start, students find their lives turning upside down. Throu... | [
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14,813 | 2 | Barnes's (Golden) book about four friends who get special powers from their temporary tattoos has some fun moments, despite the far-out premise. Even 15-year-old narrator Bailey acknowledges the surreal situation when she considers explaining what's going on to her mother: "An evil fairy princess who doubles as one of ... | [
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14,814 | 2 | Adam Melon (Melonhead) from Kellys Lucy Rose books begins his spin-off series, and if Lucy Rose is an older Junie B. Jones, then Adam is a nine-year-old Stink, from the eponymous series by Megan McDonald. Adam is at that growing-up stage where possible consequences take a backseat to enthusiasm, resulting in a lot of l... | [
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14,815 | 2 | LURLENE MCDANIEL is the #1 author of inspirational fiction for young adults. She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.1 She awoke in the dark, too terrified to move. Her eyes were wide open, but she saw nothing but blackness. Pressure squeezed her chest and she couldn't breathe. She grew light-headed, and just when she thou... | [
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14,816 | 2 | As If Being 12 34 . . . is Donna Gepharts first novel. She lives with her family in Jupiter, Florida, where shes already at work on her second.I'm sitting on a wooden folding chair, hoping I don't get a splinter in my derriere, as Chester Fields tries to spell "thoroughly." Chester Fields is an idiot. "Thoroughly" is a... | [
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14,817 | 1 | A little white pony dreams of a sparkling gate in a cold, snowy place: a welcoming entrance to a pony heaven of sorts. The vision comforts him on what will be the harsh and cruel saga of his life on the pony team of Robert Falcon Scotts mission to the South Pole from 1910 to 1912. Dubbed James Pigg by his kindly handle... | [
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14,818 | 11 | Starred Review, Booklist, September 15, 2007:"The vivid characters, the fine imagery, and the satisfying story arc make this a rewarding novel."Carolyn PhelanStarred Review, Publishers Weekly, October 1, 2007:"The prose captivates from the first chapter ... a vibrant, large-hearted story."Laura Resau lived in the Mixte... | [
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14,819 | 2 | Jennifer Lynn Barnes wrote her first book when she was still a teenager, and she is currently hard at work on her next. Visit her online at www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com. She lives in Oklahoma.Chapter 1Code Word: Body GlitterOnce upon a time, I thought that the cheerleaders at my high school were no more capable of intell... | [
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14,820 | 2 | Grade 5-7 - In this latest installment in "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" saga, Dido attempts to rescue Simon, now king of England, from that tedious role, by seeking out an alternate heir. She and her friend Piers set off to the remote village of Clatteringshaws to find Malise the witch, sister of Father Sam (former ... | [
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14,821 | 2 | Gr 6-10After her best friend, Elowyn, is in a fatal car accident, Kassey finds out that Elowyn registered to be a donor while receiving her new driver's license. Her death brings new life to Arabeth, who has been on the heart-transplant list for years. As Kassey attempts to come to terms with her grief, Arabeth begins ... | [
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14,822 | 0 | A Thousand Never Evers, a debut novel by Shana Burg, creates a convincing portrait of the South during the Civil Rights Movement. The book follows a year in the life of Addie Ann Pickett, a girl on the verge of her early teens in Kuckapoo, Mississippi in 1963. Addie Ann goes through some of the biggest changes of her y... | [
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14,823 | 2 | Barnes crosses Greek gods with faeries in her addition to the teens-with-special-powers-and-destinies genre. In this companion novel to Tattoo, Bailey, aka the Fate of Life (single-handedly responsible for weaving the lives of the entire world), is back and joined once more by best friends Delia, Annabelle and Zo. With... | [
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14,824 | 2 | Grade 5-7Twelve-year-old Livvie begins a cold St. Paul, MN, winter by throwing away a chain letter, having learned from her mother and experience that it can be more trouble than it's worth. Her superstitious friend, Joyce, claims that this act has brought a series of unfortunate events to their lives, including Livvie... | [] | Test |
14,825 | 2 | Lurlene McDaniel is the foremost author of inspirational fiction for young adults. She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.; Title: Breathless | [
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14,826 | 2 | Lowrys prose is simple and clear. This carefully plotted fantasy has inner logic and conviction. Readers will identify with Littlest, who is discovering her own special talents. . . . A beautiful novel with an intriguing premise.School Library Journal, StarredLois Lowry has twice been the recipient of Newbery Medals an... | [
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14,827 | 2 | Gr 5-7In this sequel to Oracles of Delphi Keep (Delacorte, 2009), Laurie places her characters at a crucial point in history: the buildup to the Nazi invasion of Poland, which triggered the beginning of World War II. Orphan siblings Ian and Theo are trying to fulfill the prophecy of Laodamia of Phoenicia and have becom... | [
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14,828 | 2 | A Junior Library Guild SelectionA Hackmatack Childrens Choice Book Award Nominee A Sheila Egoff Childrens Literature Prize FinalistA Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award NomineePraise for The Skeleton Tree:Unsettling and compelling, a gripping, evocative read. Kirkus ReviewsFans of Hatchetan... | [
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14,829 | 2 | Grade 69Devi, 18, wastes her high school years devoting her time to her boyfriend, Bryan, who breaks up with her. As a result, she loses her girlfriends and only gets accepted to Stulen State (aka Stupid State). By happenstance, she drops her cell phone into a fountain, and, when she retrieves it, the one person she ca... | [
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14,830 | 2 | Grade 7 UpErin Misrahe, 16, has spent almost half of her life in and out of psychiatric wards. With the help of serious drugs, she has managed to stay out of the hospital for more than two years and is attending classes at a local high school. But the dreams of blood and violence and being a completely different person... | [
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14,831 | 7 | The only way back is forward. Be what youd become. Leprechauns dont swim. It never hurts to take a sweater. Lying here is A-OK. Such is the advice 13-year-old Lilybet receives in a letter from her recently deceased grandmother, Gigi, after Lily is snatched from her front porch and deposited with much ceremony into the ... | [
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14,832 | 2 | "Satisfying...A fun, light read." --Kirkus Reviews"Funny & appealing." --BooklistSarah Mlynowski's novels include the four books in the Magic in Manhattan series (Bras & Broomsticks, Frogs & French Kisses, Spells & Sleeping Bags and Parties & Potions), Gimme a Call, Ten Things We Did (and Probably S... | [
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14,833 | 2 | Jennifer Lynn Barnes wrote her first book when she was still a teenager, and she is currently hard at work on her next. Visit her online at www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com. She lives in Oklahoma.Chapter 1 Code Word: Pom-pomIf youd told me at the beginning of sophomore year that I was going to end up a government operative, ... | [
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14,834 | 2 | Grade 36While her parents are in India on business, 11-year-old Poppy Ray spends a month with her veterinarian uncle, Sanjay. She begins the summer with navely high expectations, planning to use her time healing and saving pets of all kinds. However, as her mother is allergic to anything with fur, life in Los Angeles h... | [
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14,835 | 6 | Liz Ruckdeschel was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, where What If . . . is set. She graduated from Brown University with a degree in religious studies and worked in set design in the film industry before turning her attention toward writing. She currently lives in Los Angeles.Sara James has been an editor at Mens Vogu... | [
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14,836 | 2 | Starred Review. Grade 5–9—This lively collection of brief essays (and a poem) by 100 outstanding children's and young adult authors teaches through example. Each selection highlights a small step (or steps) taken by the writer toward a greener Earth. From Mem Fox's very serious "When the Rain Refuses to Fal... | [
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14,837 | 2 | Grade 7 UpCooper Blake's life is in ruins. A summer car accident shattered his body and ruined his football career. He can'tor won'ttalk to anyone about the pain, the nightmares, or his inability to sleep, and he is feeling disconnected from his family and friends. And then there is Samantha, the attractive, sassy girl... | [
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14,838 | 1 | When he isnt traveling the world, writing about Grk, Joshua Doder is a reporter for the Guardian. He lives in London, England.; Title: Grk Smells a Rat (The Grk Books) | [
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14,839 | 0 | Grade 58In this gripping story, Stephie and Nellie, two Austrian Jewish sisters, are evacuated in 1938 from Vienna to a Swedish island and placed in separate foster homes. Twelve-year-old Stephie has promised her parents that she will try to ease her younger sister's way, a burdensome promise to keep. Auntie Alma, Nell... | [
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14,840 | 0 | Grade 24Roland has always wanted to be a knight, but he's unlikely to achieve his dream since he doesn't come from a noble family. Then a messenger of the court arrives at his father's forge to proclaim that the blacksmith's fine armor has saved the life of the king during battle. To show his gratitude, the king has ex... | [
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14,841 | 0 | Gr 9 UpIt's September 1890, and Josephine "Jo" Montfort has been called home from Miss Sparkwell's School for Young Ladies upon her father's death. The police said it was an accident, but Jo knows her father would never have been so careless as to clean a loaded gun. When rumors of suicide reach her ears, she feels com... | [] | Train |
14,842 | 2 | Jennifer Lynn Barnes graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 2006 and was awarded a Fulbright to continue her studies at the University of Cambridge, in England. She wrote her first novel, Golden, when she was 19, and her next books, The Squad and The Squad: Killer Spirit are due out in January 2008. Visit he... | [
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14,843 | 2 | Calves dont need names, Libbys dad warns as she chooses her first two steers to show at the Practical County Fair. Yet in her enthusiasm and determination to bring a ribbon home to Ryansmeade, the family farm and cattle ranch, Libby immediately names the animalsPiggy and Muleand falls in love. How will she ever sell th... | [
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14,844 | 6 | Liz Ruckdeschel was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, where What If . . . is set. She currently lives in Los Angeles.Sara James has been an editor at Men's Vogue, and has covered the media for Women's Wear Daily. She currently lives in New York.; Title: What If. You Broke All the Rules: A Choose Your Destiny Novel | [
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14,845 | 2 | Bryson offers a kid-friendly version of his popular-science compendium for adults, A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003), in this illustrated trip through, well, nearly everything. His enthusiasm is apparent right from the foreword, where he proclaims that there isnt anything in existencenot a thingthat isnt amaz... | [
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14,846 | 0 | J-14 Magazine book club: If you like historical fiction like Anna Godbersen's The Luxe or fantasy romances like Aprilynne Pike's Wings (and of course, Twilight), you'll love J-14's newest book club pick: Timeless by Alexandra Monir. Michele Windsor is just your average California beach girl, but after a terrible traged... | [
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14,847 | 2 | AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES wrote her first novel, In the Forests of the Night, when she was 13 years old. Other books in the Den of Shadows series are Demon in My View, Shattered Mirror, and Midnight Predator, all ALA Quick Picks for Young Adults. She has also published the five-volume series The Kiesha'ra: Hawksong, a Scho... | [
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14,848 | 2 | Grade 79While this is a companion to A Bridge to the Stars (2007) and Shadows in the Twilight (2008, both Delacorte), it is not necessary to have read those novels to understand the action and characters in this story. Joel, 14, is certain of two things: life gets more complicated over time, and winter always arrives u... | [
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14,849 | 0 | Gr 7 Up-Time traveler Michele Windsor thought she left the love of her life behind in 1910 in Timeless (Delacorte, 2011), so she is shocked to find him enrolled as a student in her elite New York City school. Even more perplexing, Philip doesn't seem to recognize her, despite the close connection they shared in the pas... | [
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14,850 | 7 | Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the creators of the Far-Flung Adventures and the Barnaby Grimes series.* Chapter One *The Armada of the Dead'What are we going to do?'Deadbolt Vulpoon turned from the cabin window and glared at the thin quartermaster who had just spoken.'The storms over Undertown are growing, if anyth... | [
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14,851 | 0 | FromBooklistThe granddaughter of Khubilai Khan, 16-year-old Emmajin takes more interest in joining the army than in finding a husband. When her grandfather asks her to gather intelligence from foreigners who have arrived from the West, she befriends young Marco Polo. Their relationship, begun with some trepidation and ... | [
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14,852 | 2 | Lois Lowry has twice been the recipient of the Newbery Medal, for Number the Stars and for The Giver. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.; Title: The Willoughbys | [
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14,853 | 11 | Gr 5-8During World War II, 12-year-old CC is helping her grandmother rescue downed American pilots from behind enemy lines when she falls and ends up in a monthlong coma. Hypnotherapy provides a superfluous frame for the main story. She learns that in 1091, she is 13-year-old Mei Lan, who, along with her older brother,... | [
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14,854 | 2 | Gr 7-10-Based on people and events from Austen's adolescence, this book does a better job than most to evoke the feel of the writer's novels. The story begins with Jane and her cousin Jenny at a strict boarding school. Jane falls ill with a fever, but the headmistress refuses to notify her parents, so Jenny slips out l... | [] | Train |
14,855 | 2 | Gr 47Raine and her Grandma share a magical ability: they can both read memories that linger on objects. Raine's fingers tingle to touch and experience the "sparkles" of memory that she views on objects. When Raine's grandmother passes away, she and her eccentric mother settle into the town of Yielding. In her new home,... | [
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14,856 | 2 | Gr 7 Up-In this conclusion to the series, Aoife Grayson is stuck in Thorn Land, which is populated by the Fae. The teen is destined to be the Gateminder, a person with the gift of creating "Gates" to other realms, but she is mired in a deep emotional hole of guilt. Aoife blames herself for her boyfriend, Dean, being st... | [] | Train |
14,857 | 2 | This concluding volume of the Navigator series begins10 monthsafter Owen killed the Harsh king,and the villainous Harsh are preparing their revenge. Mounting a mighty invasion, they plan to turn Earth into an icy wasteland, and once more, the Resistors must be awakened to defend the world. The action is intense and mys... | [
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14,858 | 2 | Gr 8 Up-High school senior and math-whiz Shannon Card gets accepted to Wellesley College, but can't afford to attend because her father was recently laid off. She tutors Max, her secret crush, hoping to secure a math scholarship from her school. She also gets a job waitressing at a local casino where she is invited by ... | [
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14,859 | 2 | When VICTORIA LAURIE was 11, her family moved from the United States to England for a year abroad. There, she attended the American Community School at Cobham and, one day, while on a class field trip, she first glimpsed the White Cliffs of Dover. Her trip to the Cliffs, the year abroad and the childhood experiences of... | [
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14,860 | 7 | Grade 48In this third book about Sherry Baldwin and her mother, a deceased cop who is now a ghost detective, Sherry finds herself at the center of another mystery when her sleepover guests have a bad reaction to face cream she bought at the mall's new makeup kiosk. Was it just a bad batch or is someone sabotaging the p... | [
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14,861 | 2 | Gr 3-5-When fourth-grader Odessa Green-Light gets mad at her toady little brother, Oliver, and stomps on the floor of her attic bedroom, she is shocked to find herself in the same spot exactly 24 hours earlier. The next time she stomps on the floor she finds herself exactly 23 hours back in time. Once she realizes she ... | [
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14,862 | 2 | Grade 5–9—Danny Caulfield is a smallish boy with pixielike features. He is harassed and bullied at school and is generally ignored by his workaholic parents. He is given a chance to start over at a distant boarding school (a chance he does not want). A mysterious and surly cab driver delivers him not to the... | [
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14,863 | 2 | JACQUELINE HARVEY has spent her working life teaching in girls' boarding schools. She has also published three novels for young readers as well as a picture book in her native Australia.From the Hardcover edition.Chapter 1Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones waved goodbye to her parents at the gate."Goodbye, Mu... | [
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14,864 | 1 | Grade 3-6Christian the lion lived in London with two antique dealers until they decided he needed to be trained to survive in the wild and live out a happier life in Africa. Bourke and Rendall tell this strange tale of buying the lion cub in a department store, giving him the run of their home and store, and introducin... | [
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14,865 | 2 | Booklist, June 1, 2011:"If the unnamed narrator of Paulsens Lawn Boy (2007) is the plucky entrepreneur who skyrockets to riches, Kevin is the wannabe mogul who sees an angle a mile away but trips over his own skys-the-limit aspirations. A glib, quick read to launch a thousand MBAs."GARY PAULSEN is the distinguished aut... | [
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14,866 | 2 | Sixth-grader Sophia just wants to be one of the popular students at Middlebrooke Middle School. Unfortunately, her plans to accomplish this have not met with success. Sophia and BFF Nona did not end up in super fun elective classes where they could talk to cool kids, and their after-school activities did not make them ... | [
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14,867 | 2 | Grade 58The orphanage at Delphi Keep is a great place for Ian and Theodosia to grow up. They love exploring the tunnels all around the White Cliffs of Dover. One day, they happen upon a silver box in one of them. When Ian wedges it free from the sand, a vicious hell-hound, the servant of an evil sorcerer, begins to cha... | [
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14,868 | 11 | Adeline Yen Mah divides her time between Los Angeles, London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. You can visit her at www.adelineyenmah.com.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: China: Land of Dragons and Emperors: The Fascinating Culture and History of China | [
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14,869 | 0 | Grade 24This installment finds Roland settling into the king's castle, but not without several mishaps along the way. First, he inadvertently angers the resident bully with his mere existence. Mean spirit that he is, Hector engineers a plan to oust the page from the king's domain: he releases the ruler's new elephant f... | [
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14,870 | 2 | In Manhattan, Kanako Goldberg says she is Japlish, part Russian Jewish, part Japanese, and she tries hard to make it into her eighth-grades in-crowd. Then Ruth, a bipolar classmate, hangs herself, and Kanakos parents send her to spend the summer working on her grandparents fruit farm in a Japanese village, where she co... | [
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14,871 | 2 | Gr 5-7Sixth-grader Lane Cisco's life near the top of the middle school hierarchy is just about perfect. She nailed her interview to be a class leader, and now she just wishes that her secret boyfriend would be a little more official. Then her cousin arrives for an extended visit from Alaska. Mint dresses wrong, talks w... | [
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14,872 | 2 | Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, October 15, 2011Two teenage girls and a noble, aged horse on a road trip. What could beat that?Sixteen-year-old Hattie, in an expressive, quirky yet pitch-perfect first-person voice, provides the flowing narrative, as she steals Speed, an ancient horse scheduled to be put down the follow... | [
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14,873 | 0 | LADY GRACE CAVENDISH was a Maid of Honour at the court of Queen Elizabeth. She became a ward of the court after both her parents were tragically killed in the service of the Queen. This daybooke marks her debut in the world of writing.; Title: The Grace Mysteries: Assassin & Betrayal | [
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14,874 | 2 | Gr 7 Up-Emma, a 15-year-old American raised in Japan, feels adrift when she is transplanted to her grandmother's home in Massachusetts so her mother can undergo breast-cancer treatment. Though she is not Asian, she considers Japan her home. But to her surprise, she starts putting down roots in her new home by volunteer... | [
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14,875 | 7 | LIAN TANNER is a playwright and a captivating storyteller. She lives in Australia.The Captive CityIt was nighttime when the three children entered the city of Jewel. Ragged and filthy, they clung to the shadows, their feet making no sound on the cobbled paths.They had been gone for weeks, torn away from home without th... | [
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14,876 | 2 | AARON STARMER 's first novel was the comic children's adventure Dweeb. He lives with his wife in Hoboken, New Jersey.1The MainlandThe stars melted away. Martin had rowed through the night. The next time I see stars, he thought, it won’t be from the island and it won’t be from the ocean.For through the first... | [
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14,877 | 2 | Judy Blume lives in Key West and New York City. You can visit her at www.judyblume.com.Chapter 1My mother named me Deenie because right before I was born she saw a movie about a beautiful girl named Wilmadeene, who everybody called Deenie for short. Ma says the first time she held me she knew right away that if she nam... | [
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14,878 | 2 | "A tour-de-force comic narration that will leave you gasping in awe — if you ever catch your breath from laughing." —E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars"Hilarious, moving, and utterly ingenious." —Robin Wasserman, author of the Book of Blood and Shadow and the Wakin... | [
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14,879 | 2 | Gr 7 UpWhen Jessica is declared brain dead after a car crash, her parents donate her organs, much to her lingering spirit's despair. Jessica observes the four teens who have benefitted from her organs: Samuel, who receives her kidneys; Vivian, her lungs and a heart; Leif, who receives tissue that will help his reconstr... | [
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14,880 | 0 | Gr 47In this follow-up to Black Radishes (Delacorte, 2010), Meyer continues the story of a French Jew named Gustave, now 12, who emigrates with his parents to safety in the United States during World War II. Based on memories from the author's father, the story rings true as Gustave starts school at the Joan of Arc Jun... | [
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14,881 | 0 | ROBIN BRIDGES's previous YA novel is The Gathering Storm, Volume I in the Katerina Trilogy.; Title: The Unfailing Light | [
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14,882 | 2 | Liz Ruckdeschel was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey, where What If . . . is set. She graduated from Brown University with a degree in religious studies and currently lives in Los Angeles. Sara James has been an editor at Mens Vogue, has covered the media for Womens Wear Daily, has been a special projects producer for T... | [
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14,883 | 11 | Gr 7 Up-In this young adult adaptation of Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference (Spiegel & Grau, 2009), St. John presents the remarkable, inspiring story of a persevering female coach, a soccer team of refugee boys, and the Georgia town that is their home. Wit... | [
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14,884 | 2 | Gr 5-9Wyatt Parker is an awkward eighth grader who gets picked on by bullies and told what to do by his parents; his older brother, Aaron; and even his best friend, Francis. During the summer between middle school and high school, he tries to convince his parents that playing recreational football would be a better ide... | [
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14,885 | 2 | Booklist, December 1, 2011:"A compelling look at World War IIera Sweden, this distinguished Holocaust story will resonate."Horn Book, January/February 2012:"Stephies story of adjustment to a new school and of a first crush is both specific and universal"ANNIKA THOR's bestselling quartet featuring the Steiner sisters ha... | [
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14,886 | 2 | CAITLIN KITTREDGE is the author of the Nocturne City series, the Black London adventures for St. Martin's Press. She lives and writes in Massachusetts. You can visit her at CaitlinKittredge.com.; Title: The Nightmare Garden (Iron Codex) | [
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14,887 | 0 | In the fast-paced conclusion of the Katerina Trilogy, the powerful young necromancer has made her romantic choiceGeorgebut their attempts to be together are thwarted at every turn. And now Konstantins spirit has possessed Danilo and kidnapped Katerina in his rush to find the Morning Star, with which he can regain rule ... | [
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14,888 | 2 | Praise for Kate Saunders Praise for Magicalamity [Children] will love this action-packed adventure, brimming with sly humor and clever asides.This book should fly off the shelves, with or without a magic carpet.SLJ, Starred Review A quick, magical romp.The Bulletin Saunders weaves a tight tale with a satisfying conclus... | [
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14,889 | 2 | JACQUELINE HARVEY has spent her working life teaching in girls' boarding schools. She has also published three novels for young readers as well as a picture book in her native Australia.; Title: Alice-Miranda on Vacation | [
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14,890 | 2 | Gr 9 UpStrong-willed Jay Marinitch is a vampire hunter living in an intriguing world full of Tristes, shape-shifters, and other supernatural beings. Jay, 19, is a witch and part of SingleEarth, an organization whose purpose is to maintain the peace and keep the multitude of species in balance. In his search for answers... | [
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14,891 | 0 | The plot is enriched by winning characters, meaningful friendships, a taut atmosphere, and secrets multiplying as fast as the storys rats. Bookliststarred reviewNot only will this novel hold a proud spot on the deadly disease shelf with Jim Murphy's An American Plague and Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793, it's a vivi... | [
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14,892 | 0 | Gr 6-8-Inspired by Emile Zola's short story Les Repoussoirs, this debut novel takes place during the late 1800s. Maude Pichon, a runaway, discovers life in Paris to be crueler and much less romantic than she imagined from her country home in provincial Brittany. To get by, she takes a job as a repoussoir, a young woman... | [
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14,893 | 2 | GARY PAULSEN is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people. His most recent books are Crush; Flat Broke; Liar, Liar; Paintings from the Cave; Lawn Boy Returns; Woods Runner; Masters of Disaster; Notes from the Dog; Mudshark; Lawn Boy; Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day; The Time Hacke... | [
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14,894 | 2 | Sofia, the Blogtastic Blogger, is back in this follow-up to Gossip from the Girls Room (2011). This time she swears against spreading gossip, but an overheard conversation about an exchange student is too juicy to ignore. In her private pre-blogging notebook, chock full of doodled illustrations, Sofia obsesses about po... | [
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14,895 | 0 | Praise for the Dispossessed Trilogy:“A deliciously satisfying mix of historical fiction, mystery, and supernatural romance.”—The Bulletin“Morgan combines fantasy with gothic romance in this well-crafted standout.”—Booklist “Forbidden romance and hot kissing abound.”&mdash... | [
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14,896 | 2 | JACQUELINE HARVEY has spent her working life teaching in girls' boarding schools. She has also published numerous novels for young readers in her native Australia.; Title: Alice-Miranda At Sea | [
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14,897 | 2 | Praise for the Reckoners Series:"The suspense is relentless and the climax explosive."James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series Another win for Sanderson . . . hes simply a brilliant writer. Period. Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of t... | [
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14,898 | 2 | This fanciful frolic through the alphabet gives youngsters words and images aplenty to chuckle over.Publishers WeeklyBill Grossman worked as a gravedigger, forklift operator, computer engineer, and third-grade teacher before writing books for children. He is now a professor of engineering. He lives in Connecticut.Kevin... | [
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14,899 | 11 | Gr 8 UpAspiring chefs and fans of the Food Network will appreciate learning about the incredible journey of celebrity chef Samuelsson from this new edition of his autobiography Yes, Chef (Random, 2012), adapted for a teen audience. Samuelsson's perfectly imperfect life began in Ethiopia. An orphan whose parents died of... | [
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