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Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
Author
Series
Daughters of the lamp volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends--and as Seth starts his senior year, Ice is eager to spend as much time with his brother as he can, making memories before Seth goes to college. But when Seth announces he's leaving much earlier than expected, and then he misses an important event--one he'd promised to attend--it causes a major fight. Filled with regret,...
7) Fallout
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2013].
Edition
First Margaret K. McElderry Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
663 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Charlotte survived the car crash that killed her boyfriend Jerry, but that night, everything changed. Charlotte wants desperately to get back to "normal," --whatever that means now-- and start reconnecting with friends she hasn't spoken to in months. And she's trying to work through her PTSD with the help of her therapist, only she can't tell the truth about Jerry or what really happened the night he died. Just when Charlotte thinks she might be...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging authority. Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they’ve got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation. But a fight with a teacher spirals out of control, and Cerulean impulsively drops out to avoid the punishment they fear is coming. Why wait...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Lou wishes she could turn back time to mend her friendship with Francie after a terrible fight, so when Lou befriends Cece she is eager to prove herself, but as she uncovers the truth about Cece's family, she grapples with what being a good friend means.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Marisol and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. When her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn't say. When Marisol sleeps with her best friend's boyfriend--- and then punches said best friend in the face--- she is left alone with nothing but a burning anger. As a new friendship begins to develop, Marisol reluctantly starts to open...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this modern-day retelling of the Japanese folktale The Melon Princess and the Amanjaku, twelve-year-old Melony befriends a wish-granting demon who encourages her to rebel against her overprotective parents, all while using her for his own evil scheme.
Melony Yoshimura's parents have always been overprotective. They say it's because a demonic spirit called the Amanjaku once preyed upon kids back in Japan, but Melony suspects it's just a cautionary...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ignoring a handwritten warning from her grandmother, Amelia reads an old book she finds in the attic, and as elements from the stories begin to come to life around her, she realizes that she may be in a spooky story of her own.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Piper Franklin has big plans. First, she'll win the Academic Decathlon with her best friend, Tallulah. Then, she'll finish her life's work: Metaphorical Math. And in the meantime, she and Tallulah will maintain their secret, El Jardin Muerto. Nothing can stop Piper... except for puberty. Piper was diagnosed with early-onset puberty, and she's been taking blockers to keep it at bay since she was six years old. But now her doctor thinks it's time...
16) Finding Papa
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follows young Mai and her mother's perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa--who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family"--
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 9
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"London, 1812. Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society's expectations. The world―and the vast majority of his family and friends―think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He is therefore expected to mingle at balls wearing a pretty dress, entertain suitors regardless of his interest in them, and ultimately become someone's wife.
But Oliver can't...
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