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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.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass 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.
A Monster Calls 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.
Life 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.
Out of The Easy 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.
Maggot Moon 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.
Uses for Boys 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.
I Am J 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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The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud

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The riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a world beyond her own.
How to Create the Perfect Wife
Wendy Moore

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Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism, and deep contradictions, at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Happier Endings
Erica Brown

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A wise and affirming meditation on living fully and preparing for death, written by a highly regarded spiritual teacher.
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