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• Does My Head Look Big in This?

  Abdel-Fattah, Randa

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  Amal is an Australian Muslim teenager who faces identity and self-acceptance issues when she makes the decision to wear the hijab full time.

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Follow Junior in his humorous journey from his troubled school on the Indian reservation to even more trouble at an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the high school mascot.

• Wintergirls

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  Learn how anorexia controls the lives and minds of two teenage girls in this emotional and harrowing tale.

• The Thief of Always

  Barker, Clive, 1952-

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  "Be careful what you wish for" is what Harvey comes to learn in this cautionary fable about a young boy who is tricked by a mysterious creature.

• White Cat

  Black, Holly

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  Plagued by guilt for accidentally killing his best friend years ago, Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat, which lead him down a path to uncover the mystery of the path and what really happened to his best friend.

• The Gardener

  Bodeen, S. A. (Stephanie A.), 1965-

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  Mason uncovers the truth about a grotesque human experimentation cover up after becoming suspicious at the nursing home where his mother works.

• Plain Kate

  Bow, Erin

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  Enter a world of magic, talking cats, charms and fear and follow Kate's journey from woodcarver to suspected witch.

• Going Bovine

  Bray, Libba

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  After being diagnosed with incurable Mad Cow disease, Cameron goes on a wacky road trip through middle America meeting a host of eccentric characters along the way.

• Ender's Game

  Card, Orson Scott

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  Set in a dystopian future, Ender is a top-ranking student a military school in space. He becomes excellent at playing a war game that turns out to be much more than just a game.

• The Elemental Odyssey: Tales of Zura Book One

  Canyon, Derek J

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  Kyle and his friends are abducted by Zurans (animal-like aliens) while vacationing in South Dakota. They are tasked with helping the Zurans in a mysterious mission before they are allowed to return home.

• Artemis Fowl

  Colfer, Eoin

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  Artemis Fowl is a 12-year old criminal mastermind who very high tech skills. He discovers and then kidnaps and attempts to ransom a fairy named Holly Short who happens to be a captain of the Lower Elements Police.

• Miss Mabel's School for Girls (The Network Series) (Volume 1)

  Cross, Katie

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  Bianca Monroe has inherited a deadly curse. Determined to break free before it kills her, she enrolls in the respected school to confront the cunning witch who cast the curse: the school's headmistress, Miss Mabel herself.

• The Eye of Minds

  Dashner, James, 1972-

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  Michael is a skilled computer hacker who is obsessed with gaming on the VirtNet. He is recruited by the government to find a sinister hacker who is responsible for ongoing acts of cyberterrorism.

• The Last Dragonslayer

  Fforde, Jasper

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  Set in the Ununited Kingdom, Jennifer Strange runs an employment agency for wizards in a world where magic is drying up. She begins experiencing visions that put her on a quest to find the last dragon left in the Kingdom.

• The Diamond of Drury Lane

  Golding, Julia

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  Cat Royal is an orphan and talented young actor in Covent Garden's Drury Lane Theater. She is swept up in an intriguing mystery about a lost diamond.

• Lord of the Flies

  Golding, William, 1911-1993

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  This literary classic tells the story of what can go wrong when a small group of boys is marooned on an island and left to create their own system of social order.

• Butterfly

  Hartnett, Sonya

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  Tired of dealing with body issues and feeling ugly, Plum Coyle is convinced that on her 14th birthday, she will morph into a beautiful young woman, similar to the way a caterpillar evolves into a butterfly.

• Katya's World

  Howard, Jonathan L.

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  Russlaka is an ocean planet very far away from Earth. Katya is a crewmember on a submarine sent to explore this strange planet. Encountering pirates, sea monsters and war criminals, this is a battle-filled adventure not to miss!

• The Cadet of Tildor

  Lidell, Alex

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  Cadet Renee de Winter is a student at the male-dominated Academy of Tildor. When her mentor is kidnapped, Renee and her friend Alec go on thrilling quest to find and save him.

• Thief's Covenant

  Marmell, Ari

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  Adrienne Satti went from a street urchin to a member of the aristocracy and then right back down to a thief due to fortunate and unfortunate life circumstances. Putting her faith in Olgun, a small God who is only worshiped by other thieves, she goes…Read moreRead more of this annotation