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Set off on a September Adventure
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A night divided
by Jennifer A Nielsen
When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz were trapped on the eastern side, while her father, and her other brother Dominic were in the West, and now four years later, Gerta sees her father and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom
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Crossing the Farak River
by Michelle Aung Thin
Fourteen-year-old Hasina is forced to flee everything she knows in this gripping account of the refugee crisis in Myanmar. For Hasina and her younger brother Araf, the constant threat of Sit Tat, the Myanmar Army, is a way of life in Rakhine province--just uttering the name is enough to send chills down their spines. As Rohingyas, they know that when they hear the wop wop wop of their helicopters there is one thing to do--run, and don't stop. So when soldiers invade their village one night, and Hasina awakes to her aunt's fearful voice, followed by smoke, and then a scream, run is what they do. Hasina races deep into the Rakhine forest to hide with her cousin Ghadiya and Araf. When they emerge some days later, it is to a smoldering village. Their house is standing but where is the rest of her family? With so many Rohingyas driven out, Hasina must figure out who she can trust for help and summon the courage to fight for her family amid the escalating conflict that threatens her world and her identity. Fast-paced and accessibly written, Crossing the Farak River tackles an important topic frequently in the news but little explored in fiction. It is a poignant and thought-provoking introduction for young readers to the military crackdown and ongoing persecution of Rohingya people, from the perspective of a brave and resilient protagonist.
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Beast rider : a boy's journey beyond the border
by Tony Johnston
"To be reunited with his brother, twelve-year-old Manuel will have to cross the border and survive the perilous journey from Mexico to Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher
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Refugee 87
by Ele Fountain
A gifted student from a loving family loses everything on the day that soldiers arrive at his door, catapulting him into the horrors of refugee life. A first novel.
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Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky by Kwame MbaliaHaunted by the bus accident that ended his best friend’s life, seventh grader Tristan Strong dreads a visit to his grandparents’ Alabama farm before a bizarre living doll snatches away his friend’s notebook and draws him into a world of burning seas, iron monsters and exhausted black folk heroes.
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Alanna : the first adventure by Tamora PierceEleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page and learns many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
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The lightning thief by Rick RiordanAfter learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
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Hatchet by Gary PaulsenHeaded for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness. A Newbery Honor Book.
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Peak by Roland SmithAfter being arrested for scaling a New York skyscraper and then sent to live with his long-lost father and fellow climber, Peak Marcello finds it difficult to rebuild their bond, thus when his father suddenly pushes him to climb Mt. Everest, Peak must take into consideration his father's questionable motives.
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Refugee by Alan GratzAlthough separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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I am still alive
by Kate Alice Marshall
Stranded in the woods with few supplies and survival skills, a disabled girl and her dog fervently prepare for the coming winter while evaluating how her mother's death, a dysfunctional foster-care system and her survivalist father led to her predicament. Simultaneous eBook.
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Not if I save you first
by Ally Carter
After six years of no word from her best friend, Logan, he shows up on the doorstep of the remote Alaskan cabin Maddie and her father live in with an assailant in pursuit
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Notes from my captivity
by Kathy Parks
Determined to become a journalist worthy of her late father's pride, Adrienne leaps at a chance to write an article about mythological hermits in the Siberian wilderness and finds herself held captive by a family she did not believe existed. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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A map for wrecked girls
by Jessica Taylor
Shipwrecked and stranded on an island with nobody but a troubled, secretive boy to help them survive, a fiercely confident girl and her estranged younger sister struggle to overcome their differences in order to find their way back home. Simultaneous eBook.
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Neverworld wake
by Marisha Pessl
A former in-crowd member returns to her hometown a year after graduating from high school to investigate unsolved questions about her genius boyfriend's shocking death, only to be approached by a mysterious stranger who challenges her circle of friends to make a harsh decision to avoid becoming trapped in time. By the award-winning author of Night Film. Simultaneous and eBook.
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The cheerleaders
by Kara Thomas
The surviving sister of a cheerleader who was one of five girls who died violently years earlier realizes during a memory-laden memorial that the tragedies may have been more sinister. By the author of Little Monsters. Simultaneous eBook
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The walled city
by Ryan Graudin
Living within a lawless labyrinth dominated by crime lords and street gangs where teens are forced to traffic drugs and work in brothels, Jin endures a life in hiding before a new friend offers her a chance to find her lost sister. By the author of All That Glows. Simultaneous eBook. 60,000 first printing.
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Spindle and dagger
by J. Anderson Coats
Spinning a lie about her connection to a protective saint to survive the raider attack that ended her sisters’ lives, Elen cautiously submits to life beside her abuser until an attack by a rival clan threatens to expose her deception. Simultaneous eBook.
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The perfect escape
by Suzanne Park
Thinking about committing grade fraud to help support his proud but struggling Korean family, Nate Jae-Woo teams up with a freedom-seeking young actress for a survivalist competition that is complicated by their growing feelings for each other. Original.
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Seven endless forests
by April Genevieve Tucholke
Sisters Torvi and Morgunn, surviving on their own after a plague, decide to search for a mythical sword in a stone tree in the Green Wild Forest, but when Morgunn is captured, Torvi must do whatever it takes to rescue her sister
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Day zero : Those Who Panic Don't Survive
by Kelly DeVos
Hoping for a more relaxed life when her mother divorces her doomsday-theorist father, 17-year-old coder Jinx finds the limits of her survivalist training tested by a series of violent attacks throughout the country. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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How we became wicked
by Alex Yates
Pursued by enemies who would exploit them to find a cure, three teen survivors of a plague that has divided the world into the violent infected and contained, isolated uninfected question their beliefs about what the plague actually does. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Children of blood and bone by Tomi AdeyemiComing of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, ZĂ©lie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities.
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsIn the best-selling first volume of the trilogy set in the cruel world of Panem, the annual Hunger Games pit young children against one another in a battle to the death on national television, so when Katniss is ordered to represent her district, she knows an important decision between survival and the love of another will have to be made when she is called to enter the ring.
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The Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertHaving spent most of her life on the run from uncanny bad luck, 17-year-old Alice ventures into a mysterious supernatural world to save her mother, who has been stolen away by a figure claiming to be a character from Alice's late grandmother's cult-classic book of dark fairy tales.
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Life as we knew it by Susan Beth PfefferWhen a meteor pushes the moon closer to the earth, setting into motion a series of destructive weather events that wipe out coasts, rock the continents, and block out the sun, Miranda and her family must find a way to survive in a desperate and unfamiliar world.
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Warcross by Marie LuA teen hacker and competitive bounty hunter who tracks down rule breakers of a wildly popular alternate-reality game accidentally glitches herself into a championship tournament, where she becomes an overnight sensation before being recruited as a spy for the game's billionaire developer. By the best-selling author of The Young Elites series. .
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Code name Verity by Elizabeth WeinIn 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage and great courage as she relates what she must do to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
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Dread nation by Justina IrelandWhen families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies
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