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Fringe Girl In Love
Valerie Frankel
As she learns about tragic love stories in English literature, sixteen-year-old Dora experiences her own romantic misery with boyfriend Noel and witnesses the fracturing and mending of relationships of those close to her at home and at her exclusive Brooklyn private school.As she learns about tragic love stories in English literature, sixteen-year-old Dora experiences her own romantic misery with boyfriend Noel and witnesses the fracturing and mending of relationships of those close to her at home and at her exclusive Brooklyn private school.
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Split Screen: Bride of the Soul-sucking Brain Zombies
Brent Hartinger
In a flip book with two stories back to back, best friends Min and Russel sign up to be extras on the set of a zombie film and then learn that there's nothing scarier than high school romance! Original.
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Stuck in the 70's
D. L. Garfinkle
Waking up one morning in 1978 to find a girl from the year 2006 in his room, Tyler strikes a deal with his new friend, Shay, to get her back to where she belongs in exchange for assistance in his becoming more popular at school, but when things soon get out of hand, Tyler scrambles to send her home as quickly as he can!
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A Fine Night for Dying
Jack Higgins
When the body of gangland boss Harvey Prestion is found caught in the nets of a local fishing boat, British intelligence suspects a connection with a cross-channel smuggling ring and sends in undercover agent Paul Chavasse to investigate. Reprint.
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Falling
Doug Wilhelm
Everyone expected fifteen-year-old Matt Shaw to be Jeffords Junior High's star basketball player. But Matt never went out for the team. He won't even touch a ball anymore, and he hardly talks to anyone. No one understands why he's changed, but Matt knows that it's his "golden child" older brother who's really been doing all the changing. Matt can't imagine what would happen to his family if word got out about Neal's drug habit and the strung-out strangers he's seen coming and going from the house when their parents aren't home. Matt can't tell anyone what he knows - not his parents, not the police detective who refuses to leave him alone, not even Katie, the one girl he's ever really had feelings for. But even Matt has to wonder eventually if he's holding on to someone he may already have lost.With his unparalleled ear for teen dialogue and emotions, Doug Wilhelm's new novel is a captivating look at falling apart, falling in love, and all the falling in between.
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How To Steal A Dog
Barbara O'Connor
Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don't do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you're in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it.Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O'Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what's right when everything else seems wrong. How to Steal a Dog is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Girl of the Moment
Lizabeth Zindel
When her father hooks her up with the opportunity to intern for a famous sixteen-year-old starlet, Lily thinks her summer is going to be filled with exciting people and places, but it's not long before she comes to realize that she was wrong in so many ways after experiencing "glamour" from an insider's point of view.
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Twisted
Laurie Halse Anderson
High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn’t believe. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father’s boss’s daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy—and Tyler’s secret crush. And that sets off a string of events and changes that have Tyler questioning his place in the school, in his family, and in the world. In Twisted, the acclaimed Laurie Halse Anderson tackles a very controversial subject: what it means to be a man today. Fans and new readers alike will be captured by Tyler’s pitchperfect, funny voice, the surprising narrative arc, and the thoughtful moral dilemmas that are at the heart of all of the author’s award-winning, widely read work.
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Shirt and Shoes Not Required
A house at the beach.A bunch of hot strangers.A three-month party that'sOff The Hook.Seven randoms cram into a house down the shore, and they've all got agendas. Curt wants a gig. Polly wants a life. Owen's jonesing for someone he can't have. And everyone's geared up for one wicked summer.Surfing all day, partying all night. Here's the real question: If your boyfriend's cheating but you're too busy hooking up, does it really count? And if people aren't who they say they are, does it really matter?
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Homefront
Doris Gwaltney
When her British uncle and cousin flee London during World War II and come to live in her family's farmhouse in Virginia, Margaret Ann is unhappy with having to share a room and having her life disrupted by a relative she hardly knows, but when Margaret Ann's brother goes off to the Pacific to fight, the cousins bond in ways neither ever expected.
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