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Far from the Tree
by Robin Benway
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Young Adults Plus
Mar 2018
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Far from the Treeby Robin Benway
In this National Book Award-winning novel about the meaning of family, adopted teen Grace seeks out her biological siblings after giving up her own baby. ISBN
9780062330628
Awards & Honors
Green Mountain Book Award 2018—2019 Nominee
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up Rainbow List Choice - 2018 National Book Award 2017 Longlist Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction The New York TimesNotable Children’s Books of 2017, Young Adult BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Teen Books NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Accident!
by Andrea Tsurumi
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Kindergarten Plus
Feb 2018
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$5.00 Member Price |
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Accident!by Andrea Tsurumi
When a clumsy armadillo named Lola knocks over a glass pitcher, she sets off a silly chain of events, encountering chaos wherever she goes. ISBN
9780544944800
Awards & Honors
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017, Picture Books
Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Young Readers NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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The Art of Starving
by Sam J. Miller
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Mature Young Adults Plus
Oct 2017
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$12.75 Member Price |
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The Art of Starvingby Sam J. Miller
In this gritty, contemporary YA debut, a bullied gay teen boy with an eating disorder believes he's developed super powers via starvation. ISBN
9780062456717
Awards & Honors
2018 Andre Norton Award Winner for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
Rainbow List Choice - 2018 MSL Cream of the Crop - 2018 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads |
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
by Mackenzi Lee
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Mature Young Adults Plus
Oct 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtueby Mackenzi Lee
Henry Montague was born to be a gentleman, but even the finest boarding schools in England haven't been able to tame his roguish passions for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men. Author's note on historical accuracy. ISBN
9780062382801
Awards & Honors
2018 Stonewall Book Award Honor
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Top Ten Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction - 2018 Rainbow List Choice - 2018 MSL Cream of the Crop - 2018 Summer 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, Top 10 Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, Romance Fiction Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year, Teen Books Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Older Readers New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads BooklistTop 10 Books of 2018, Historical Fiction for Youth |
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The Pearl Thief
by Elizabeth Wein
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Young Adults Plus
Sep 2017
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The Pearl Thiefby Elizabeth Wein
When fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, she knows the lazy summer break she'd imagined won't be exactly what she anticipated. Thisprequel to Code Name Verityreturns to a beloved character just before she first takes flight. Map. Author's note. Bibliography. Black-and-white illustrations. ISBN
9781484717165
Awards & Honors
CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Marlena: A Novel
by Julie Buntin
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Adult Crossover High Plus
Aug 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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Marlena: A Novelby Julie Buntin
Everything about fifteen-year-old Cat’s new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. ISBN
9781627797641
Awards & Honors
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Debut Novels
2017 Indie Next List Preview Publishers Weekly’s; Best Books of 2017, Fiction BuzzFeed 24 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Adult, Fiction NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2017 Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Town Is by the Sea
by Joanne Schwartz
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Easy Reading Plus
Jul 2017
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Town Is by the Seaby Joanne Schwartz
Stunning illustrations show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig. Author's note. Full-color illustrations. ISBN
9781554988716
Awards & Honors
2018 Greenaway Medal Winner
2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Winner 2018 MLA Mitten Award Honor Capitol Choices 2018, Seven to Ten ALSC Notable Children’s Books 2018, Younger CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Picture Books for School-Age Children School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017, Picture Books Horn Book Fanfare List 2017, Picture Books Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Picture Books Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year, Picture Books The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017 The New York TimesNotable Children’s Books of 2017, Picture Books Brightly Best Children’s Books of 2017, According to Kids Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Middle Readers NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Picture Books 2018 USBBY Outstanding International Books, Grades PreK–2 The Washington Post Best Books Children’s Books of 2017, Picture Books Potentially Sensitive Areas
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When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
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Young Adults
Jul 2017
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When Dimple Met Rishiby Sandhya Menon
This is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married. ISBN
9781481478687
Awards & Honors
Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2019 Nominee
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
2018 Indies Choice Book Award Honor, Young Adult 2018 Amelia Bloomer List: Young Adult, Fiction YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults ALA-CBC Building a Home Library Booklist - 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction Summer 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, Top 10 Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, Romance Fiction School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Young Adult VOYA’s Perfect Tens 2017 Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Exit West: A Novel
by Mohsin Hamid
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Adult Crossover High Plus
Jun 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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Exit West: A Novelby Mohsin Hamid
In an unnamed city teetering on the brink of civil war, a young couple embarks on a furtive love affair. ISBN
9780735212176
Awards & Honors
2018 Indies Choice Book Awards Honor, Adult Fiction
2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, Fiction ALA 2018 Notable Book Lists, Fiction 2017 National Book Critics Circle Finalist, Fiction Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year, Fiction 2017 Indie Next List Preview Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Literary Fiction and Fiction with a Twist of Magic 2017 Indie Next List Preview 2017 The Man Booker Prize Finalist Brightly, Best Books of Early 2017 The Washington Post Books We Love So Far in 2017 2017 Kirkus Prize Finalist 2017 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize, Shortlist, Fiction 2017 Goodreads Choice Award, Best Fiction Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year, Fiction Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Top 20 Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Adult Top 10 The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 BuzzFeed 24 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Adult, Fiction Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Fiction NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2017 Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Strange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor
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High-Interest High Plus
May 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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Strange the Dreamerby Laini Taylor
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. ISBN
9780316341684
Awards & Honors
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
2018 Michael L. Printz Award Honor
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Top Ten Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Brightly, 16 of the Most Exciting YA Books to Read in 2016 VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2016 Booklist 2017 Top 10 Books for Youth, SF/Fantasy & Horror Spring 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, For Teens Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, 2018 Longlist, Fiction Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, SF & Fantasy Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Older Readers Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Teen Books NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Fiction Potentially Sensitive Areas
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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Young Adults Plus
Apr 2017
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Lifeby Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. Now it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is questioning everything. ISBN
9780544586505
Awards & Honors
2018 Capitol Choices, Ages Fourteen and Up
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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City of Saints & Thieves
by Natalie C. Anderson
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Young Adults Plus
Mar 2017
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City of Saints & Thievesby Natalie C. Anderson
Tina's investigation into her mother's murder takes readers through the seedy underbelly of Sangui City and the dangerous jungles of Congo. Author's note. Glossary. ISBN
9780399547584
Awards & Honors
Booklist Top 10 Diverse Fiction for Older and Middle Readers: 2018
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up Kids’ Indie Next List Preview, Winter 2016–2017, Teens Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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