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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
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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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 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
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
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
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
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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Wizards of Hastin
P. Ashar
This is an epic tale about two mighty warring families who are descendants of King Sudry of Hastin. The forces of evil represent the Telhoths and the forces of good represent the Prols. They use supernatural powers, plots, cunning, bravery and wisdom against each other. Welcome to the world of mysticism and adventure.
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Grand and Humble
Brent Hartinger
Alternating chapters follow the lives of two very different high school boys, popular Harlan and geeky Manny, whose recent nightmares and premonitions of disaster are linked to mysterious past events. By the author of Last Chance Texaco.
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