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  • The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
    The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
    Mackenzi Lee
    Hardcover: 10/02/2018
     
    Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor - even if...
  • The Boneless Mercies
    The Boneless Mercies
    April Genevieve Tucholke
    Hardcover: 10/02/2018
     
    Full of fierce girls, bloodlust, tenuous alliances, and unapologetic quests for glory, this elegantly spun ...
  • And The Ocean Was Our Sky
    And The Ocean Was Our Sky
    Patrick Ness
    Hardcover: 09/04/2018
     
    A richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and ...
  • The Black Witch
    The Black Witch: The Black Witch Chronicles #1
    Laurie Forest
    Paperback: 08/07/2018
     
    A new Black Witch will rise…her powers vast beyond imagining.
  • Wonderful Feels Like This
    Wonderful Feels Like This
    Sara Lovestam
    Paperback: 07/24/2018
     
    The Elegance of the Hedgehog meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel celebrating being a little ...
  • Piecing Me Together
    Piecing Me Together
    Renee Watson
    Paperback: 06/05/2018
     
    A timely and powerful story about a teen girl striving for success in a world that too often feels like it ...
  • Anger Is a Gift
    Anger Is a Gift
    Mark Oshiro
    Hardcover: 05/22/2018
     
    A story of resilience and loss, love and family, testifying to the vulnerability and strength of a community ...

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