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Truly Devious: A Mystery by Maureen JohnsonA first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes introduces sharp and funny detective Stevie Bell, whose first year at an elite boarding school finds her unraveling two mysteries including one from the school's past and one in the present.
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Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Cardby Sara SaediLearning as a teenager that her Iranian family is undocumented, 13-year-old, straight-A student Sara Saedi juggles the challenges of trying to obtain a green card with the stressful realities of being an everyday American teen.
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Between the Lines by Nikki GrimesA companion to the Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bronx Masquerade follows an aspiring journalist's participation in a poetry class that he hopes will help him write more expressively, an endeavor that reveals the challenges being faced by his classmates, from intolerance and bullying to health problems and dysfunctional family lives.
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Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the Worldby Pénélope BagieuThrough characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, a celebrated graphic novelist profiles the lives of formidable female role models—some world famous, some little known—including Nellie Bly, Mae Jemison, Josephine Baker, Naziq al-Abid and many others, in an entertaining, comic-style biography that is sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Orphan Monster Spy by Matt KilleenWhen her mother is shot at a checkpoint in 1939 Germany, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jewish teen agrees to help a mysterious man who asks her to help the resistance against the Third Reich by posing as the daughter of a wealthy Nazi to gain access to a scientist's weapon designs.
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The Woodby Chelsea BobulskiWhen her father goes missing during his nightly patrol, Winter assumes the responsibility of monitoring woodland time portals and safeguarding their travelers while investigating her father's disappearance, changes in the woods and the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
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The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye WaltonWhen Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island’s original eight settlers to burn “the witch” out of her home. Fast-forward one hundred–some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price.
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After the Shot Dropsby Randy RibayTold from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood
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