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My almost flawless Tokyo dream life
by Rachel Cohn
Discovering that her long-lost father is a Japanese hotel mogul, a 16-year-old foster kid endeavors to please critical new relatives by spending time with her school's wealthy elite, who turn up their noses at her new crush.
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Two can keep a secret
by Karen M. McManus
Forced to return to the picturesque town where her aunt went missing as a teen and a homecoming queen was murdered five years earlier, Ellery navigates an anonymous assailant's threats about the school's homecoming events while uncovering dark community secrets.
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And the ocean was our sky
by Patrick Ness
The best-selling author of A Monster Calls presents a twist on themes from Moby Dick in the story of a proud warrior whale pod that attacks a ship before pursuing a near-mythical adversary on a vengeful hunt that risks the worlds of both whales and humans.
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It wasn't me
by Dana Alison Levy
A middle-grade Breakfast Club tale finds six very different students transcending stereotypes to work together during a mandated detention when they are wrongly blamed for a vandalism incident.
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How she died, how I lived
by Mary Crockett
Struggling with survivor's guilt when a kindhearted classmate loses her life in a malevolent attack, a teen finds herself drawn to the victim's boyfriend and wonders if their relationship can survive their combined traumas.
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Your Own Worst Enemy
by Gordon Jack
In this biting political satire about an out-of-control race for student body president, candidates include: frustrated overachiever Stacey Wynn; secretive transfer student Julia Romero; and stoner Tony Guo (whose motives include the school's ban on chocolate milk).
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The color of lies
by CJ Lyons
Possessing a rare form of synesthesia that allows her to see colors representing a person's true emotions, high school senior Ella is approached by a handsome, enigmatic young journalist who reveals that her parents' deaths were not accidental.
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Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
by Arwen Elys Dayton
Six interconnected stories, all set in a future in which human genetic manipulation has astonishing -- and sometimes terrifying -- consequences. Stories include designer babies, cyborg convicts, a dolphin boy, and a powerful zealot who undergoes a dramatic change.
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The Gilded Wolves
by Roshani Chokshi
Welcome to 1889 Paris, where the ancient, magical Order of Babel calls the shots, and disinherited Order member Séverin is gathering a crew of talented misfits to pull off a heist that could change everything. Try it if you want high stakes, luxe settings, an inventive blend of magic and science, and richly drawn characters with intersecting identities.
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Amber & dusk
by Lyra Selene
Raised in the Dusklands where her power to create illusions was regarded as a curse, Sylvie has traveled to Coeur d'Or, where the Amber Empress, the cruel Severine, rules in hopes of finding her legacy--but the court is full of dark secrets and deadly intrigues, and Sylvie, now renamed Mirage, must learn to hone her magic, and find her way past the enmity of the empress to claim the place that is hers by right of birth.
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