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Cold summer
by Gwen Cole
Unable to control his ability to travel through time, Kale must deal with the effects of his time serving as a soldier in World War II and his desire to have a normal relationship with his father and Harper, the girl who used to live next door.
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The freemason's daughter
by Shelley Sackier
When her clan is hired to build a garrison on the Duke of Keswick's estate, Jenna ventures into dangerous territory in England and struggles with her growing attraction to her employer's son, who makes her question her family's mutinous secrets.
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The great pursuit
by Wendy Higgins
When Rozaria Rocato demands that Eurona overturn the laws banning magic or she will kill an innocent each day, Princess Aerity determines that her onetime love, Paxton, has joined Rozaria's army and must face him to defend her people.
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The incredible magic of being
by Kathryn Erskine
Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen)happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who is in desparate need of healing.
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It started with goodbye
by Christina June
Confined to her house for the summer after being unfairly implicated in one of her best friend's ideas gone awry, 16-year-old Tatum launches a graphic design business and falls for a cello-playing client who lives in Ireland.
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This is just a test : a novel
by Madelyn Rosenberg
A lighthearted coming-of-age novel follows the social dilemmas of a Chinese-Jewish-American youth preparing for his upcoming bar mitzvah while dealing with the disapproval of his rivaling grandparents, his friends' respective obsessions and a crush who challenges his self-esteem.
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The wolf hour
by Sara Holmes
Magia and her family live in the shadow of the Puszcza, an ancient and magical forest rich in stories and mysteries, where wolves can talk and read and unwary humans who enter its boundaries never come back--but despite her beautiful voice Magia longs tobe a woodcutter like her father and learn the secrets of the Puszcza.
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Solo
by Kwame Alexander
A novel in verse tells the story of 17-year-old Blade Morrison, who endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past to navigate the challenges of his former rock-star father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
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Sink or swim
by Steve Watkins
In January 1942, twelve-year-old Colton is on his family's fishing boat in the Atlantic with his older brother Danny when the boat is capsized by a Nazi U-boat, and Danny is severely injured; realizing how close the enemy is, Colton takes his brother's enlistment papers and joins the Navy, determined to do his part to defeat Germany--if only he can keep his age a secret and survive life at sea.
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Overturned
by L. R. Giles
The infamous gambler daughter of a man on death row is drawn into her father's obsessive hunt through the seedy underbelly of Vegas to discover the person who framed him.
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Lost in the Red Hills of Mars by Jackie HunterThirteen-year-old Celine Red Cloud’s world is confined to the Compound, an underground community on Mars. Celine’s mother hates Mars and her father, a Cherokee geologist, has gone missing. Together with Alex, a young clone desperate to gain his own father’s approval, Celine sets out to hunt for her father among the dangers of Mars.
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Shadows at Jamestown
by Steven K. Smith
Sam, Derek, and Caitlin can’t believe their luck when they are invited by Professor Evanshade to help with the archaeological digs for a week at Jamestown’s Field School.But when one of the priceless artifacts dug from the Jamestown Fort is labeled a fraud, it threatens to upend the entire archaeological project. Can the kids expose the secret conspiracy or have they finally gotten in over their heads?
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Rest in Peace Rashawn Reloaded
by Ronnie Sidney, II
From the point of view of the surviving younger brother, this book tells the graphic story of a black teenager shot and killed by a police officer who mistakes his airsoft toy gun for real.
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The Inheritance
by Jennifer Ann Reed
Hidden secrets mask a power great enough to keep the world’s only Supernatural prison locked, but it’s on the verge of bursting open. Kitra Frost is the key and the gate will not be opened.
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