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Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love
Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love
Maryrose Wood
Meet Felicia, 14-year-old student at the Manhattan Free Children’s School (also known as the Pound). In Felicia's world, she and her best friends, Jess and Kat, like to refer to themselves as the Sex Kittens, and the boys they know as the Horn Dawgs.Felicia is getting tired of waiting for a Horn Dawg to notice her uniqueness, however. So she devises a project she and the object of her affection, Matthew the Science Brain, can work on together. Felicia is determined to discover the Secret of Love with Matthew while winning both Matthew’s heart and the science fair. But love has other plans. (Doesn’t it always?)

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The Rise of Lubchenko
The Rise of Lubchenko
Michael Simmons
Slacker Evan Macalister receives an anonymous call warning him that his father's partner, Jim Richmond, has smuggled live smallpox virus into Europe and is planning to sell it to a terrorist group--and kill Evan's father to cover his tracks--so with his best friend Ruben and new girlfriend Erika in tow, Evan jets off to Europe to save the day. By the author of Finding Lubchenko.

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LBD: Friends Forever
LBD: Friends Forever
Grace Dent
Now sixteen years old, Ronnie, Fleur, and Claude try to repair an unexpected rift in their friendship by getting summer waitressing jobs together at a seaside resort.

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Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox
Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox
Bennett Madison
Lulu Dark's summer of relaxation is cut short when her B-list celebrity mom drops into town to shoot a movie and then mysteriously disappears, but a note from an unknown figure who calls himself "The Fox" may hold the clues Lulu needs to find her mother.

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The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2)
Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge
John Flanagan
The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom’s allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn – the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his legions over the once impassible eastern mountains and is planning to ambush the king’s army in a rout. Now with help many miles away, Will and Horace are the only ones standing in the way of the dark lord’s plans.They have shown great skill and courage in their training, but how will they fare in the face of true evil?Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.

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Frogs & French Kisses (Magic In Manhattan)
Frogs and French Kisses
Sarah Mlynowski
Rachel has finally come to terms with the outrageously unfair fact that her younger sister, Miri, has inherited magical powers from their mom. But now the whole witchcraft thing is spiraling out of control. Mom is a magicaholic, Miri’s on a Save the World kick, and the one teeny tiny love spell that Rachel begged for has gone embarrassingly, horribly wrong.Suddenly, the fate of everything is in Rachel’s hands.Her family.The world.Senior prom.

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Under The Baseball Moon
Under the Baseball Moon
John Ritter
Andy Ramos, a free-style skateboarding trumpeter, has dreams as big as a baseball moon. Born into a family of musicians, Andy wants to take his unique fusion of Latin jazz, rock, and hip-hop straight to the top. But when he crosses paths with Glory Martinez, a softball pitcher who has Olympian dreams of her own, the mysterious fusion of their athletic and musical skills changes everything. Or is that due to the elegant, but eerie man in black?

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Journey Between Worlds
Journey Between Worlds
Sylvia Engdahl
When Melinda Ashley receives a ticket to Mars as a high school graduation gift from her dad, she isn't at all eager for the trip. But he is going himself, and because she hasn't had much opportunity to get to know him in the past, she agrees to accompany him. She has little interest in the Martian colonies until, aboard the ship, she meets Alex Preston, a second-generation colonist who is going home. During her stay on Mars she finds herself more and more drawn to Alex and begins to understand why he and his family believe so strongly in the future they are working toward. Ultimately, after she has faced tragedy and sorrow, a terrifying experience on the Martian moon Phobos shows Melinda what is really important to her.This timeless novel of a young woman'’s journey between two worlds has stirred readers’' imaginations for generations. This edition has been updated to reflect discoveries about Mars and changes in attitudes toward women's roles that have occurred since the original 1970 edition.

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The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey
The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls From Jersey
Lisa Papademetriou
While fighting over the last copy of Queen of Twilight, mortal enemies Veronica Lopez and Heather Simms find themselves transported into the story, where, after accidentally killing the story's heroine, they must find a way to the end of the story without killing anyone else, especially each other. Original.

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Girl in Development
Girl in Development
Jordan Roter
Samantha Rose, a bookish recent high-school graduate from Massachusetts, moves in with her cousin Kate and uncle in California in order to undertake an internship at a Hollywood production company.

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