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	Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) R.L. LaFevers Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Historical Fiction Fantasy Romance Adventure Sybella arrives at the convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. Naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, the convent views Sybella as one of their most dangerous... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 (2) 5.0 (1)
	Lenny Cyrus: School Virus Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Joe Schreiber Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Humor It seemed so logical at first. Fourteen-year-old Lenny Cyrus had loved Zooey Andrews since third grade. All the boy genius needed to do to win her heart, surely, was shrink down to the size of an amoeba, ooze into a gelatin capsule, and have his friend Harlan slip it (him!)... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	The Wrap-Up List Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Steven Arntson Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Contemporary Fantasy Contemporary Romance Loss or Death In this modern-day suburban town, one percent of all fatalities come about in the most peculiar way. Deaths—eight-foot-tall, silver-gray creatures—send a letter (“Dear So-and-So, your days are numbered”) to whomever is chosen for a departure, telling them to wrap up their lives and do the things they always wanted to... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 5.0 (1)
	The Betrayal of Maggie Blair Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Elizabeth Laird Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Historical Fiction Teen Fiction In seventeenth-century Scotland, saying the wrong thing can lead to banishment—or worse. Accused of being a witch, sixteen-year-old Maggie Blair is sentenced to be hanged. She escapes, but instead of finding shelter with her principled, patriotic uncle, she brings disaster to his door. Betrayed by one of her... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.0 (1)
	T4 Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Ann Clare LeZotte Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Historical Fiction It is 1939. Paula Becker, thirteen years-old and deaf, lives with her family in a rural German town. As rumors swirl of disabled children quietly disappearing, a priest comes to her family’s door with an offer to shield Paula from an uncertain fate. When the sanctuary he offers is fleeting,... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	A Girl Named Digit Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Annabel Monaghan Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Contemporary Romance Thriller Teen Fiction Farrah "Digit" Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year. But when Farrah, the... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.3 (1)
	Middle Ground (Awaken #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Katie Kacvinsky Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Dystopian Science Fiction Romance In this provocative cautionary tale for teens, the sequel to Awaken, seventeen-year-old Maddie’s rebellion against the digital-only life grows dangerous. Maddie is in Los Angeles, trying to stay out of trouble. But one night, a seemingly small act of defiance lands her in the place she... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.0 0.0 (0)
	The Testing Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Joelle Charbonneau Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Dystopian Science Fiction It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Perry's Killer Playlist (Perry & Gobi #2) Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Joe Schreiber Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Adventure When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band Inchworm, he can’t resist a visit to Harry’s Bar, where Gobi told him she’d meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well . .... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	The Suburban Strange Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Nathan Kotecki Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Paranormal Shy Celia Balaustine is new to Suburban High, but a mysterious group of sophomores called the Rosary has befriended her. Friends aside, Celia soon discovers something is not quite right at Suburban. Girls at the school begin having near-fatal accidents on the eve of their sixteenth birthdays. Who is causing... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Son (The Giver Quartet #4) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Lois Lowry Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Dystopian They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 (2) 0.0 (0)
	First Comes Love Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Katie Kacvinsky Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Contemporary Romance Like his name, Gray is dark and stormy. Dylan, a girl always searching for what's next, seemingly unable to settle down, is the exact opposite: full of light and life. On the outside, they seem like an unlikely couple. But looks can be deceiving and besides, opposites attract. What... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Wisdom's Kiss Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Catherine Murdock Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Fairy Tale Magic, cunning, and one very special cat join forces in this hilarious, extraordinary tale by the author of the Dairy Queen trilogy and Princess Ben. Princess Wisdom, known as Dizzy, longs for a life of adventure beyond the staid old kingdom of Montagne. Tips, a soldier, longs to keep... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.0 (1)
	Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Keshni Kashyap Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children In the tradition of Persepolis and American Born Chinese, a wise and funny high school heroine comes of age. Tina M., sophomore, is a wry and endearing observer of the cliques and mores of Yarborough Academy. (“The name makes it sound fancier than all the public schools in the... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.7 (1)
	Flash Burnout Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) L.K. Madigan Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Winner of the 2010 William C. Morris Award! Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who’s a girl. One of them loves him; the other one needs him. When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 4.7 (1)

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Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Release Date: November 2012 Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question. It's one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia may be accident prone, but she's queen of following rules and being prepa ...

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Icons by Margaret Stohl Release Date: May 7th Your heart beats only with their permission. Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting. Since then, Dol has lived a simple life in the countryside -- sa ...

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