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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
Hardcover: May 2012
Paperback: 7 May 2013
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| Oct. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. |
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
by Meg Medina
Hardcover: 26 Mar 2013
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| In Meg Medina's compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school - and must discover resources she never knew she had. |
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A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd
by Siobhan Dowd, Patrick Ness
Hardcover: Sep 2011
Paperback: 12 Mar 2013
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| An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. |
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Life: An Exploded Diagram
by Mal Peet
Hardcover: Oct 2011
Paperback: 26 Feb 2013
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| Can love survive a lifetime? With its urgent sense of history, sweeping emotion, and winning young narrator, Mal Peet's latest is an unforgettable, timely exploration of life during wartime. |
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Out of The Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny. |
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Maggot Moon
by Sally Gardner
Hardcover: 12 Feb 2013
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| One hundred very short chapters, told in an utterly original first-person voice, propel readers through a narrative that is by turns gripping and darkly humorous, bleak and chilling, tender and transporting. |
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Uses for Boys
by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Paperback: 15 Jan 2013
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| A story of breaking down and growing up, for young adults. |
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I Am J
by Cris Beam
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 13 Nov 2012
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| An inspiring story of self-discovery, of choosing to stand up for yourself, and of finding your own path - readers will recognize a part of themselves in J's struggle to love his true self. |
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