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by David Levithan
Published Sep 2013
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by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Published Jan 2013
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by Janne Teller
Published Mar 2012
Read ReviewsA Lord of the Flies for the twenty-first century, Nothing is a visionary existential novel - about everything, and nothing - that will haunt you.
by Siobhan Dowd
Published Apr 2011
Read ReviewsMemories of mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blond locks she feels transformed. Shes not Holly anymore, shes Solace: the girl with the slinkster walk and the supersharp talk.
by Natalie Standiford
Published Dec 2010
Read ReviewsNew to town, Beatrice is seated next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship.
by Gayle Forman
Published Apr 2010
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by Jenny Downham
Published May 2009
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