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• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

  Philippe, Ben

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  " Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Plunked into a new high…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diviners

  Bray, Libba

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  "A young woman discovers her mysterious powers could help catch a killer in the first book of The Diviners series--a stunning supernatural historical mystery set in 1920s New York City, from Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  "Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash."

• My Lady Jane

  Hand, Cynthia, 1978-

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  "Edward is the King of England. He's also dying, which is inconvenient, as he's only sixteen and he'd rather be planning his first kiss than who will inherit his crown. Jane, Edward's cousin, is far more interested in books than romance.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  Andrews, Jesse

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  "Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Illuminae

  Kaufman, Amie

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  "The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all. Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Must Betray You

  Sepetys, Ruta

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  "Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rest of Us Just Live Here

  Ness, Patrick, 1971-

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  "What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

  a Novel

  Lee, Mackenzi

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  "Henry "Monty" Montague was bred to be a gentleman. His passions for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men, have earned the disapproval of his father. His quest for pleasures and vices…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place

  Berry, Julie, 1974-

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  "The students of St. Etheldreda's School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma. Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr. Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday dinner. Now the school will almost…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beauty Queens

  Bray, Libba

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  "When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are…Read moreRead more of this annotation