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Best Teen Books

Category100 of 516 books25 recommendations total

Books for teenagers recommended most by teachers, librarians and YA writers — coming-of-age novels, fantasy and contemporary realism. Including the crossover titles adults read too.

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Book cover for “The Fault in Our Stars”
6 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Romance, Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverHarry Potter
Harry Potter

The Complete Collection

5 recommendations
Description

A beautiful boxed set containing all seven Harry Potter novels in hardback. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multiawardwinning series feature instantly pickupable new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It?s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON ?...

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No coverI Capture the Castle
4 recommendations
Description

I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeenyearold Cassandra Mortmain and her family, who live in notsogenteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great cha...

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No coverBlack Swan Green
2 recommendations
Description

From awardwinning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of Adult,hood and the old on the cusp of the new.Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteenyearold Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a s...

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Book cover for “Little House in the Big Woods”
Little House in the Big Woods

Little House on the Prairie, Book 1

2 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, For, 10, Year lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverFangirl
Fangirl

A Novel

2 recommendations
Description

A comingofage tale of fan fiction, family and first love. Cath is a Simon Snow fan.Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan..But for Cath, being a fan is her lifeand shes really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; its what got them through their mother leaving. Readin...

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No coverOn The Come Up
1 recommendation
Description

Sixteenyearold Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri_x0092_s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri_x0092_s life as be...

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Book cover for “The Chronicles of Narnia”
1 recommendation
Description

The hardcover boxed set of C. S. Lewis's classic Fantasy, series The Chronicles of Narnia, with cover art by threetime Caldecott Medalwinning illustrator David Wiesner and the full blackandwhite original interior art by Pauline Baynes.Journeys into magical realms, battles between good and evil, talking creatures, and more, await readers of all a...

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No coverSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Sixteenyearold and notsoopenly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn_x0092_t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone_x0092_s business. ...

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No coverThe Round House
1 recommendation
Description

One of the most revered novelists of our time a brilliant chronicler of NativeAmerican life Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House, transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood...

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Book cover for “Runaways by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 1”
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GET READY TO RUN!The "IT" book of the early 2000s with the original cast is backNico! Karolina! Molly! Chase! Old Lace! And, could it be...GERT! The heart of the Runaways died years ago, but you won't believe how she returns! Superstar author Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Carry On) makes her Marvel debut with fanfavorite artist Kris Anka (ALL...

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No coverFlush
Description

Take a romp in the swamp with this New York Times bestselling mystery adventure set in the Florida Keys from Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen!Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harborwhich has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so ...

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No coverEmpty World
Description

When Neil survives a deadly plague and plunges into solitude, he must question everything in this gripping adventure from critically acclaimed Tripods author John Christopher.Neil_x0092_s world is shattered when he and his family are involved in a horrible car accident that leaves him an orphan. He is sent to live in a small village with his grandparents...

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Book cover for “Corrupt”
Corrupt

Devil's Night, Book 1

Description

Erika I was told that dreams were our heart_x0092_s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession. His name is Michael Crist. My boyfriend_x0092_s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college_x0092_s basketball team and now gone pro, he_x0092_s more concer...

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Book cover for “Dirty Angels”
Dirty Angels

Dirty Angels, Book 1

Description

warning: this book contains situations which might be triggers for some people. Please see the bottom of this description to see if this is the kind of book that you'll love or piss you offFor Luisa Chavez, a twentythree year old former beauty queen, a better life has always been just out of her reach. Sure, she?s had men at her feet since she...

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No coverGeekerella
Description

Cinderella goes to the con in this fandomfueled twist on the classic fairy tale.Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic scifi series she grew up watching with her late father....

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Book cover for “A Single Shard”
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverThe Abyss Surrounds Us
Description

Cas has fought pirates her entire life. But can she survive living among themFor Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She?s been a Reckoner trainerintraining ever since she could walk, raising the geneticallyengineered beasts to defend ships as they cross the pirateinfested NeoPacific. But when the pirate q...

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No coverThe Wicked Deep
Description

Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow_x0085_Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town.Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weakhearted girls so that they may seek their revenge,...

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No coverThe Heroes of Olympus Hardcover Boxed Set
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All five books in the Heroes of Olympus series in a hardcover boxed set of heroic proportions. From The Lost Hero to the long awaited Blood of Olympus, this collection will thrill loyal readers and be a goto gift for new fans of the bestselling series. With five books in one package, no one will miss a minute of the excitement....

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No coverAmerican Panda
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_x0093_Weepingly funny._x0094_ _x0097_The Wall Street Journal _x0093_Delightful._x0094_ _x0097_BuzzFeed _x0093_Charmed my socks off._x0094_ _x0097_David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland Four starred reviews for this incisive, laughoutloud contemporary debut about a TaiwaneseAmerican teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Le...

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Book cover for “Of Fire and Stars”
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Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire?a dangerous gift for the future queen of a kingdom where magic...

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Book cover for “The House You Pass On the Way”
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A lyrical comingofage story from a threetime Newbery Honor winning authorThirteenyearold Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been differentset apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anticivil rights bombing, by her parents' interracial marriage, and by her family's retreat from...

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Book cover for “The Upstairs Room”
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In the part of the marketplace where flowers had been sold twice a week tulips in the spring, roses in the summer stood German tanks and German soldiers. Annie de Leeuw was eight years old in 1940 when the Germans attacked Holland and marched into the town of Winterswijk where she lived. Annie was ten when, because she was Jewish and in great d...

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Book cover for “Still Life with Tornado”
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A heartbreaking and mindbending story of a talented teenage artist's awakening to the brokenness of her family from critically acclaimed awardwinner A.S. King.Sixteenyearold Sarah can't draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has "done the art." She thinks she's having an existential crisis. And she might be right; she ...

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No coverA Shade Of Vampire
A Shade Of Vampire

A Shade of Vampire, Book 1

Description

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 13: 9781481280761.On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally ...

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No coverPrince Charming
Description

Meet Daisy Winters. She's an offbeat sixteenyearold Floridian with mermaidred hair, a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who's nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Daisy has no desire to live in the spotlight, but relentless tabloid attention forces her join Ellie at the relative seclusion of the castle acr...

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Book cover for “Let's Talk About Love”
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Striking a perfect balance between heartfelt emotions and spoton humor, this YA debut features a popculture enthusiast protagonist with an unforgettable voice sure to resonate with readers.Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop allyoucaneat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest d...

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No cover#MurderTrending
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@doctorfusionbebop: Some 17 y. o. chick named Dee Guerrera was just sent to Alcatraz 2.0 for killing her stepsister. So, how long do you think she'll last @morrisdavis72195: I hope she meets justice! She'll get what's coming to her! BWAHAHA!@EltonJohnForevzz: Me I think Dee's innocent. And I hope she can survive.WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where ...

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Book cover for “Huntress”
Description

Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people's survival hangs in the balance.To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeenyearold girls, are picked to go on a dangerous and unheard...

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Book cover for “How to Date a Douchebag”
How to Date a Douchebag

The Studying Hours (#HTDADB) (Volume 1)

Description

CRUDE. ARROGANT. AHOLE. No doubt about it, Sebastian _x0091_Oz_x0092_ Osborne is the university_x0092_s most celebrated student athlete_x0097_and possibly the biggest douchebag. A walking, talking cliché, he has a filthy mouth, a fantastic body, and doesn_x0092_t give a sht about what you or anyone else thinks. SMART. CLASSY. CONSERVATIVE. Make no mistake, Jameson Clarke may...

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Book cover for “Queens of Geek”
Description

Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is all about fandom, friendship, and finding the courage to be yourself.Charlie likes to stand out. She?s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she?s over her public breakup with costar Reese Rya...

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No coverThe Beautiful
Description

In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeenyearold Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls, Celine quickly becomes enamored with the vibrant city from the music to the food to t...

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Book cover for “Fablehaven Complete Set”
Fablehaven Complete Set

Fablehaven; Rise of the Evening Star; Grip of the Shadow Plague; Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary; Keys to the Demon Prison

Description

Package includes the following paperbacks in the FABLEHAVEN series: FABLEHAVEN RISE OF THE EVENING STAR GRIP OF THE SHADOW PLAGUE SECRETS OF THE DRAGON SANCTUARY KEYS TO THE DEMON PRISON...

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No coverThe Enchanted Forest Chronicles
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Collected together for the first time are Patricia C. Wrede's hilarious adventure stories about Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper. Every one of Cimorene's adventures is included in its paperback edition"Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, " and "Talking to Dragons"in one handsome package that's perfect...

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No coverThe Kane Chronicles
Description

A collection fit for the (Egyptian) gods! All three hardcover books in the blockbuster Kane Chronicles trilogy are together at last, encased in a deluxe box along with two bonus posters. This boxed set will be treasured by readers of all ages, whether they're experiencing Sadie and Carter's amazing adventures for the first time or are faithful fans...

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No coverMiss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set
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The New York Times #1 best selling series Includes 3 hardcover novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 collectible peculiar photographs. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine_x0092_s Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters December 2016. Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its ...

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No coverBoy's Life
Description

An Alabama boy_x0092_s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times_x0096_bestselling author of Swan Song.It_x0092_s 1964 in idyllic Zephyr, Alabama. People either work for the paper mill up the Tecumseh River, or for the local dairy. It_x0092_s a simple life, but it stirs the impressionable imagination of twelveyearol...

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Book cover for “Felix Ever After”
Description

From Stonewall and Lambda Awardwinning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and selfdiscovery while falling in love for the first time.Felix Love has never been in love?and, yes, he?s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it?s like and why it seems so easy fo...

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No coverProjekt 1065
Projekt 1065

A Novel of World War II

Description

Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi Germany with his parents. Like the other boys in his school, Michael is a member of the Hitler Youth.But Michael has a secret. He and his parents are spies.Michael despises everything the Nazis stand for. But he joins in the Hitle...

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Book cover for “The Demonata”
The Demonata

Demon Apocalypse (The Demonata (6))

Description

Fire! It's all around me, fierce, intense, out of control. I feel the hair on my arms singe and know I have only seconds before I burst into flames. Total panic. There's a horrible shrieking sound, piercing and destructive. My eardrums and eyeballs should burst. "It's hell!" I moan.One boy's life ripped to shreds before his eyes...One wrathful demo...

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No coverLike a Love Story
Description

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images o...

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Book cover for “Managed”
Description

It started off as a battle of wits. Me: the ordinary girl with a big mouth against Him: the sexy bastard with a big...ego.I thought I_x0092_d hit the jackpot when I was upgraded to first class on my flight to London.That is until HE sat next to me. Gabriel Scott: handsome as sin, cold as ice. Nothing and no one gets to him. Ever. He_x0092_s a legend in his own...

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Book cover for “SHOUT”
Description

Awardwinning Speak author Laurie Halse Anderson's New York Times bestselling poetic memoir and call to action, which garnered eight starred reviews!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our cu...

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No coverRebound
Description

Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshipping, basketball star his sons look up to....

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No coverKing
Description

Homeless. Hungry. Desperate.Doe has no memories of who she is or where she comes from.A notorious career criminal just released from prison, King is someone you don?t want to cross unless you?re prepared to pay him back in blood, sweat, pu$$y or a combination of all three.King?s future hangs in the balance. Doe?s is written in her past. When they c...

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No coverLirael
Lirael

Daughter of the Clayr (The Abhorsen Trilogy)

Description

Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a d...

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Book cover for “Trickery”
Trickery

Curse of the Gods, Book 1

Description

Willa Knight: Dweller. Slave. Nonmagical being. In Minatsol, being a dweller means that you are literally no better than dirt. In fact, dirt might actually be more useful than Willa. Her life will be one of servitude to the sols, the magicblessed beings who could one day be chosen to become gods. At least her outer village is far removed from the...

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No coverLovely War
Description

Read the critical darling that Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network, called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A sweeping, multilayered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fatesand the heartsof four mortals in their hands.They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, an...

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No coverThe Serpent King
Description

Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life_x0097_at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous rattlesnakes, and at school, where he faces down bullies who target him for his father_x0092_s extreme faith and very public fall from grace.The only antidote to all this venom is his friendship with fellow outcasts Trav...

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Book cover for “Battle Royale”
Battle Royale

The Novel

Description

Koushun Takami's notorious highoctane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian programme, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japa...

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Book cover for “The Girl Who Dared to Think”
The Girl Who Dared to Think

The Girl Who Dared, Book 1

Description

How do you fight an enemy when they're inside your mind A gargantuan glasswalled tower looms over a deadly wilderness. They say it's all that's left.The Tower's survival is humanity's survival, and each must serve it faithfully...Twentyyearold Liana Castell must be careful what she thinks. Her life is defined by the number on her wristband a...

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No coverA Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
Description

My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs. Then the thief came. There may be no law left except what you make of...

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No coverAmal Unbound
Description

The compelling story of a girl?s fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indentured servitude.Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal?s Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she?s busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when?as the eldest daughter?she must stay hom...

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No coverBooked
Description

National Book Award Long ListNew York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can?t nobody stop you/can?t nobody cop you?In this followup to the Newberywinning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelvey...

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Book cover for “Fallen Too Far”
Fallen Too Far

A Rosemary Beach Novel (1) (The Rosemary Beach Series)

Description

The New York Times bestselling novel that launched the beloved world of Rosemary Beach and introduced the world to Rush and Blaire.The wealthy son of a rocker. A tough farm girl from Alabama. Two stepsiblings from different worlds. One summer in Rosemary Beach. The last thing Blaire Wynn wants is to move in with her father_x0092_s new family in Rosemary...

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No coverIsle of Swords
Description

A young lad awakens on an island, alone and brutally injured, with no memory of his past.Captain Declan Ross searched for riches that will free him and his headstrong daughter, Anne, from the piracy business forever . . . Bartholomew Thorne, an infamously ruthless pirate, seeks to destroy Ross and any who stand in his way of the legendary treasure ...

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Book cover for “The Understatement of the Year”
The Understatement of the Year

(Ivy Years #3) (The Ivy Years) (Volume 3)

Description

What happened in high school stayed in high school. Until now. Five years ago, Michael Graham betrayed the only person who ever really knew him. Since then, he_x0092_s made an art of hiding his sexuality from everyone. Including himself. So it_x0092_s a shock when his past strolls right into the Harkness College locker room, sporting a bag of hockey gear and t...

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Book cover for “Fighting Silence”
Fighting Silence

On the Ropes, Book 1

Description

Sound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important. But what if, when the clarity fades into silence, it's the obscure background noise that you would give anything to hold on to I've always been a fighter. With parents who barely managed to stay out of jail an...

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No coverTalking to Dragons
Talking to Dragons

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book Four (4)

Description

One day, Daystar's mom, Cimorene, hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Daystar doesn't know what he is supposed to do with the magic sword, but knowing Cimorene, he's sure it must involve a dragon or two!...

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No coverBirthday
Birthday

A Novel

Description

Boyhood meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this unconventional love story by awardwinning author Meredith Russo!Two kids, Morgan and Eric, are bonded for life after being born on the same day at the same time. We meet them once a year on their shared birthday as they grow and change: as Eric figures out who he is and how he fits into the world, and a...

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No coverNevernight
Nevernight

The Nevernight Chronicle, Book 1

Description

In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father_x0092_s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hu...

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No coverSwear on This Life
Description

When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy longterm relationship, Emiline isn_x0092_t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer.Yet from th...

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Book cover for “Attack of the Fiend”
Attack of the Fiend

The Last Apprentice, Book 4

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"I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone. It would be better if you had never been born."Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts. But now a new danger is threatening Tom's world: the witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting in order to...

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Book cover for “The Toothpaste Millionaire”
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Sixthgrader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a stepbystep production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more tha...

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No coverBloody Jack
Bloody Jack

Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy (1) (Bloody Jack Adventures)

Description

Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's BoyLife as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenthcentury London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirate...

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No coverLast Shot
Last Shot

Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1)

Description

New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein exposes the real ?March Madness??behind the scenes at the Final Four basketball tournament. When Stevie wins a writing contest for aspiring sports journalists, his prize is a press pass to the Final Four in New Orleans. While exploring the Superdome, he overhears a plot to throw the champions...

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Book cover for “Jackpot”
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear Martincomes a pitchperfect romance that examines class, privilege, and how a stroke of good luck can change an entire life.Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoonshift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. ...

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Book cover for “The Astonishing Color of After”
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family ...

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No coverRoyally Matched
Royally Matched

Royally, Book 2

Description

Some men are born responsible, some men have responsibility thrust upon them. Henry Charles Albert Edgar Pembrook, Prince of Wessco, just got the motherlode of all responsibility dumped in his regal lap.He_x0092_s not handling it well.Hoping to force her grandson to rise to the occasion, Queen Lenora goes on a muchneeded safari holiday_x0097_and when the Quee...

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Book cover for “A Darker Shade of Magic”
A Darker Shade of Magic

A Novel (Shades of Magic (1))

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverGaia Girls Enter the Earth
Description

Elizabeth Angier was happy to be at the end of the school year. She thought her summer on the family farm would be full of work and play with her best friend, Rachel, and her other best friend, her dog, Maizey. However, Elizabeth didn't anticipate the Harmony Farms Corporation moving to her town. Her world starts to crumble as her best friend moves...

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Book cover for “Don't Ask Me Where I'm From”
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverFireborne
Description

Game of Thrones meets Red Rising in a debut young Adult, Fantasy, that's full of rivalry, romance... and dragons.Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone_x0097_even the lowborn_x0097_a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders.Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, despite backgrounds...

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No coverNimona
Description

The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on her beloved and critically acclaimed web comic, which Slate awarded its Cartoonist Studio Prize, calling it "a deadpan epic."Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from Noelle Stevenson. Featuring an ex...

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No coverBlood Water Paint
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A debut novel based on the true story of the iconic painter, Artemisia Gentileschi.Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.She chose paint.By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was on...

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Book cover for “Airman”
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In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king_x0092_s daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boy_x0092_s idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When Conor tries ...

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Book cover for “The Singing Tree”
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A Newbery Honor Book from the author of The White StagLife on the Hungarian plains is changing quickly for Jancsi and his cousin Kate. Father has given Jancsi permission to be in charge of his own herd, and Kate has begun to think about going to dances. Jancsi hardly even recognizes Kate when she appears at Peter and Mari's wedding wearing nearly...

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Book cover for “Late to the Party”
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Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined.She?s never crashed a party, never stayed out too late. She?s never even been kissed. And it?s not just because she?s gay. It?s because she and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, spend more time in her basement watching Netflix than engaging with the outside world.So when Maritza and JaKory sugg...

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Book cover for “Poison Study”
Poison Study

The Chronicles of Ixia, Book 1

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Choose: A quick death_x0085_ or slow poison...About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace_x0097_and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberat...

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Book cover for “Redwall”
Redwall

Redwall, Book 1

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Perfect for fans of C. Alexander London's The Wild Ones, and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.The question in this first volume is resoundingly clear: What can the peaceloving mice of Redwall Abbey do to defend themselves against Cluny the Scourge and his battleseasoned army of rats If only they had the sword of Martin the Warrior, they might ha...

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No coverSmall as an Elephant
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"A deeply perceptive look at the universal fear of abandonment." Booklist (starred review)Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it's over. But now she is gone, leaving him all alone on a campsite in Maine. Can he find his way...

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No coverThe 5th Wave
The 5th Wave

The First Book of the 5th Wave Series

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After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone t...

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Book cover for “American Street”
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age, Teen lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverPerfect Chemistry
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A fresh, urban twist on the classic tale of starcrossed lovers.When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created 'perfect' life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about t...

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Book cover for “The Kiss Thief”
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They say your first kiss should be earned. Mine was stolen by a devil in a masquerade mask under the black Chicago sky. They say the vows you take on your wedding day are sacred. Mine were broken before we left church. They say your heart only beats for one man. Mine split and bled for two rivals who fought for it until the bitter end. I was promis...

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No coverThe Silver Sword
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The silver sword became the symbol of hope and courage which kept four deserted and starving children alive through the years of occupation, and afterwards on the search to find their parents, and is based on a true story....

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Heat

Heat, Book 1

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The #1 Bestseller!Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his daytoday life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family's escape from Cuba, Michael's only family is his...

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No coverThe Chosen
The Chosen

A Novel

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It is the nowclassic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchan...

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No coverRemembrance
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Scotland, 1915. A group of teenagers from two families meet for a picnic, but the war across the Channel is soon to tear them away from such youthful pleasures. All too soon, the horror of what is to become known as The Great War engulfs them, their friends and the whole village. From the horror of the trenches, to the devastating reality seen dail...

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No coverIf I Was Your Girl
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A new kind of bighearted novel about being seen for who you really are.Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she's determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can't help but start to let him into her...

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No coverOne of Us Is Lying
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The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide. Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, t...

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No coverThe Devil's Arithmetic
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Hannah thinks tonight Passover Seder will be the same as always. But this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past. Only she knows the horrors that await....

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Book cover for “Full Disclosure”
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In a community that isn't always understanding, an HIVpositive teen must navigate fear, disclosure, and radical selfacceptance when she falls in loveand lustfor the first time. Powerful and uplifting, Full Disclosure will speak to fans of Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon. Simone GarciaHampton is starting over at a new school, and this time thing...

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Book cover for “Daughter of the Pirate King”
Daughter of the Pirate King

Daughter of the Pirate King, Book 1

Description

Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map the key to a legendary treasure trove seventeenyearold pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship.More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and t...

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Book cover for “Amy & Roger's Epic Detour”
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Romance, Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “Bruja Born”
Bruja Born

Brooklyn Brujas, Book 2

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult, Paranormal lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “Esperanza Rising”
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Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexicoshe'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggl...

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No coverThe Grief Keeper
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Seventeenyearold Marisol Morales and her little sister Gabi are detainees of the United States government. They were caught crossing the U.S. border, to escape the gang violence in their country after their brother was murdered. When Marisol learns that the old family friend who had offered them refuge in America has died and they are going to be...

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Book cover for “The Boy Who Dared”
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A powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany who dares to the truth about Hitler, written by a Newbery Honor Book author.Susan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth, and fleshed it out into a thoughtprovoking nonfiction novel. When 16yearold Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an ...

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