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Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator
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Josh Berk
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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General Fiction
uy Langman can't be bothered with much. But when his friend Anoop wants Guy to join the forensics club with him in the (possibly misguided) hopes of impressing some girls, Guy thinks why not. They certainly aren't expecting to find a real dead body on the simulated crime scene...
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Sisters of Glass
Sisters of Glass
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Stephanie Hemphill
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Poetry
Maria is the younger daughter of an esteemed family on the island of Murano, the traditional home for Venetian glassmakers. Though she longs to be a glassblower herself, glassblowing is not for daughters—that is her brother's work. Maria has only one duty to perform for her family: before her...
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The Book of Blood and Shadow
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Robin Wasserman
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Thriller
It was like a nightmare, but there was no waking up. When the night began, Nora had two best friends and an embarrassingly storybook one true love. When it ended, she had nothing but blood on her hands and an echoing scream that stopped only when...
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The Dead Gentleman
The Dead Gentleman
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Matthew Cody
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Fantasy Adventure
The dead are up and walking, and the Gentleman is at the door... Featuring a kid hero, time travel, and otherworld portals in unexpected places (maybe there are monsters under your bed), The Dead Gentleman is a wild ride between parallel New York City timestreams—1901 and today. Eleven-year-old Tommy...
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The Silence of Murder
The Silence of Murder
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Dandi Daley Mackall
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Mystery
Seventeen-year-old Hope Long's life revolves around her brother Jeremy. So when Jeremy is accused of killing the town's beloved baseball coach, Hope's world begins to unravel. Everyone is convinced Jeremy did it, and since he hasn't spoken a word in 9 years, he's unable to defend himself. ...
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Graffiti Moon
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Cath Crowley
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Contemporary
Senior year is over, and Lucy has the perfect way to celebrate: tonight, she's going to find Shadow, the mysterious graffiti artist whose work appears all over the city. He's out there somewhere—spraying color, spraying birds and blue sky on the night—and Lucy knows a guy who paints like...
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Every You, Every Me
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David Levithan
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Teen Fiction
In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of unnerving photographs—some of which feature him. Someone is stalking him . . . messing with him . . . threatening him. Worse, ever since his best friend Ariel has been gone, he's...
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