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Why on Earth : An Alien Invasion Anthology
by Vania Stoyanova
What starts as a simple rescue mission for a crew of teen aliens to recover one of their own becomes an interstellar encounter in a story that explores the universal desire to be loved and understood.
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Hunger's Bite
by Taylor Robin
Teen vampire Warwick Farley is dispatched by an international paranormal investigation organization to look into an ocean liner whose mysterious owner could threaten Britain's maritime business, in a horror adventure told in bold, moody colors.
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Get Real, Chloe Torres
by Crystal Maldonado
When three estranged best friends take a road trip to see their favorite band, romantic feelings resurface.
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The House No One Sees
by Adina King
After a text from her estranged mother rips her away from a night with friends, Penelope Ross is forced into a kaleidoscope of memories and must confront her mother's opioid addiction, in a novel in verse and prose.
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The Invisible Wild
by Nikki Van De Car
When sixteen-year-old Emma finds a mysterious boy in the woods, she unlocks memories of magical Hawaiian spirits and works with the legendary menehune to break his curse and protect the sacred forest on the Big Island.
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A Fix of Light
by Kel Menton
Hanan is supposed to be dead. The forest outside Skenashogue sent him home alive but changed. A strange new magic makes every emotion a physical force he can’t control. Bright and gentle, fox-like Pax is everything Hanan is not. And when he touches Hanan he mutes his secret power, quiets the curse. To survive their own darknesses they'll need to be honest with each other. But Hanan isn’t sure Pax will like what he finds out… Can their love help them find their way back to the light?
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The Pecan Sheller
by Lupe Ruiz-Flores
In 1930s San Antonio, thirteen-year-old Petra dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. But with her beloved father dead, two younger siblings to care for, and with a stepmother struggling to make ends meet, Petra has to drop out of school to shell pecans at a factory. After the unhealthy environment leads to tragedy and workers' already low wages are cut, Petra and her coworkers go on strike for higher wages and safer conditions, risking everything they have for the hope of a better future.
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The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez
by Jasminne Paulino
Seventh-grade Alex dreams of going to space one day and wants to join his school’s mainstream science class, but no one thinks he’s ready, in a story in verse about a neurodivergent boy who is certain of his own magic.
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The Burning Season
by Caroline Starr Rose
When a wildfire breaks out on her watch, twelve-year-old Opal, a fourth-generation fire lookout-in-training, must face her fears in order to save the forest she loves and her family.
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Chess Club: the Winning Move
by Rebecca Donnelly
Twists, turns, and surprises await four friends as they form their new chess club and make it through middle school.
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The Girl Who Couldn't Lie
by Radhika Sanghani
Priya frequently bends the truth to keep her friends, family, and gymnastics coach happy, but when she gets her beloved late grandmother's bangle stuck on her wrist, she finds herself incapable of telling a lie.
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The Trouble with Heroes
by Kate Messner
Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger until he died two years ago. Finn is about to fail seventh grade and has never made headlines . . . until now. Caught on camera vandalizing a cemetery, he's in big trouble for knocking down some dead old lady's headstone. Turns out that grave belongs to a legendary local mountain climber, and her daughter makes Finn an unusual offer: she'll drop all the charges if he agrees to climb all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in a single summer. In a wild three months of misadventures, mountain mud, and unexpected mentors, Finn begins to find his way on the trails.
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