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"Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. When a high school guidance counselor told her she should set her sights lower than Harvard, she decided to go to Harvard for college and law school. When she became a public defender and saw inequalities in the justice system, she used her legal skills to advocate for people who needed help, but couldn't afford an attorney. Ketanji's path to the Supreme Court was unique: She's the only...
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A USA Today bestseller!
The Inheritance Games and One of Us is Lying for middle grade — beloved author Alyson Gerber's new series is an unforgettable mystery featuring a secret society, a mysterious island, and dangerous family secrets.
Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same
...3) Mid-Air
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A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling in this stunning illustrated middle grade novel in verse "full of vulnerability and hope" (Booklist, starred review) from the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again.
It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be...
It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be...
4) True Colors
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Turning Red meets The Giver in this novel about a town where everyone agrees to think positively—but one girl, whose emotions manifest as colors, can’t hide her true feelings.
In Serenity, Minnesota, everyone looks on the bright side, and that’s on purpose: to live in this town, people have to agree to talk positively and only focus on the good things in life. For twelve-year-old Mackenzie Werner, who has...
In Serenity, Minnesota, everyone looks on the bright side, and that’s on purpose: to live in this town, people have to agree to talk positively and only focus on the good things in life. For twelve-year-old Mackenzie Werner, who has...
5) The missus
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Publisher Annotation: Alessia regards her husband through heavy-lidded eyes. You'll have to fight for him. Her mother's words from their call this morning ring through her head. And fight, she will. Using every available weapon she has. She loves him. She knows this. She wants him. And she wants him to want her. What happens once the glass slipper fits…? (Original), 464pp.
10) Prom babies
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"A multi-generational novel beginning with three teen girls who become pregnant on prom night, and picking up as their three teens head to prom eighteen years later"--
12) And then, boom!
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Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.
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"A delightful melody of hope and joy, grief and healing."-Michelle Mohrweis, author of The Trouble with Robots
"Gritos for Cruzita! Granillo deftly captures the atmosphere of a classic panaderia and the spirit of mariachi. Strong themes of friendship and family create harmonies to make these pages sing!"- Rebecca Balcárcel, author of The Other Half of Happy and Shine On, Luz Véliz!
"A love letter to the power of family, friendship, Mexican pastries,...
15) Light and air
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"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--
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"Two years after her parents' surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore--a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It's not a situation that either of them ever predicted they'd find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs. Along...
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