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Enchanted Enchanted
by Alethea Kontis
Hardcover: May 2012
Paperback: 28 May 2013
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It isn't easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday's only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true...
See You at Harry's See You at Harry's
by Jo Knowles
Hardcover: 8 May 2012
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Starting middle school brings all the usual challenges - until the unthinkable happens, and Fern and her family must find a way to heal.
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
by Lynne Rae Perkins
Hardcover: May 2010
Paperback: 10 Apr 2012
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Train. Car. Plane. Boat. Feet.
He'll get there.
Won't he?
After the Snow After the Snow
by SD Crockett
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 3 Sep 2013
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After the extremely hard winter of 2009, S. D. Crockett asked herself, "What if winter never ended?" and from that thought, her debut novel, After the Snow, was born.
Nothing Nothing
by Janne Teller
Hardcover: Feb 2010
Paperback: 20 Mar 2012
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A Lord of the Flies for the twenty-first century, Nothing is a visionary existential novel - about everything, and nothing - that will haunt you.
The Queen of Water The Queen of Water: A novel based on a true story
by Laura Resau, Maria Virginia Farinango
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: 13 Mar 2012
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In this poignant novel based on a true story, Virginia's story will speak to anyone who has ever struggled to find his or her place in the world. It will make you laugh and cry, and ultimately, it will fill you with hope.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post The Miseducation of Cameron Post
by Emily M. Danforth
Hardcover: Feb 2012
Paperback: 28 May 2013
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and unforgettable literary debut about discovering who you are and finding the courage to live life according to your own rules.
In Darkness In Darkness
by Nick Lake
Hardcover: 17 Jan 2012
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Raw, harrowing, and peopled with vibrant characters, In Darkness is an extraordinary book about the cruelties of man and nature, and the valiant, ongoing struggle for a country's very survival.
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Helga's Diary
Helga Weiss

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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
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Mary Beth Keane

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A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
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The riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a world beyond her own.
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