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Girl as main character

Kate and Marilyn are best friends. That is, they used to be. This book delves into the shaky relationship of two girls with a history together that is speeding farther into the distance each day. One minute they hate each other, the next they need their past friendship desperately. One thing is certain, they are growing apart, and neither is sure how to cope with this fact. A coming of age story that approaches the common teenage dramas that many girls growing up encounter.

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Naya Adams is starting anew. After her parents deaths years before, she leaves for a fresh start in one of the most respected theater schools in New England. With her follows her abusive, controlling boyfriend, Seth. While walking into her first class she feels this pull, pulling her towards Etash, her Twin Flame. Twin Flames, they later learn, are two parts of one soul, who look for each other for eternity. They are meant to be together but there is one problem, Seth, so they constantly try to avoid one another and the pull.

In the ‘Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop’ there are two main characters: Lily and Oz, which is short for Oscar.  They are asked to help destroy a plot from their evil Great-Great Uncle. Soon they find out that they both have magical powers and that is why they are specifically needed to foil the plot. Lily and Oz also need these powers to help save their family and the world!  The author, Kate Saunders, purpose of the book was to entertain a young reader with a magical story.  The book fits into a fun, adventure kind of category.        

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Girl Z, by C.A. Verstraete, is about a time where there is a virus that can turn you into a zombie. However, if you are young and strong, there is a chance that it will only make you part zombie. This is what happens to the main character, Becca. The book is about her living with her aunt, dealing with her problems, and trying to find her mother who has gone missing. They meet up with a few more people on the way, some human and some part Z, as they're called.

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When four girls, Kait ,Lainey, Mai and Gabby, get swept into Never Land extraordinary things begin to happen. The girls get to fly, visit, and live with fairies. While they are in Never Land, Kait chooses not to follow the rules and talks to Vidia. Vidia a rebellious fairy,  tells Kait to take the Pixie dust because it belongs to everyone. In reality the Pixie Dust, which the fairies use to fly, does belong to everyone but they are only allowed to use a cupful a day so it will last. Kait steals a whole sock full of Pixie Dust.

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Earth Girl, set hundreds of years in the future, offers a stunning vision of humanity’s future. We can regrow limbs, we have marvelous technology, and we have colonized many other planets. In a matter of seconds, we can transport between these planets  through special portals…. All except for the taboo “apes,” humans who were born without the immune system needed to survive on other planets. They are abandoned at birth on Earth.

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Emma is shy. She keeps to herself and tries to stay out of the spotlight. Unfortunately, the spotlight would prefer to shine directly on her. She learns that she is from a special bloodline, meant to fullfil a prophecy. She must find her way even when no one can give her the answers. With the help of her friend Sarah, her boyfriend Jordan, Sebastian, Kiana, and mysterious Griffin, Emma must solve the mystery.

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Kylie Galen has been fighting for her life for so long she knows nothing else. Of course, she’s always had help from her best friends, like a snarky vampire and a witch in training. Not to mention the blue-eyed werewolf and a green-eyed fey fighting for her love. It’s just another day for Kylie when an old enemy comes back stronger, obsessed with destroying her. But this time, she doesn’t want help. This time, she wants to do it alone, but will her ambition get her killed?

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A young girl named Kaya has been away from her village for a while and when she comes back her first sight of it is not good. When she sees it, she can see smoke coming from the village buildings and that the ancient pine was pulled down and burned. All of this was the result of the Ookami- the wolf clan. The wolf clan had taken many of Kaya's people as slaves and some of the ones that were taken were part of her family-the chieftain’s family.

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After Sophia Petheram's father dies, she receives a letter from her mysterious and wealthy godfather, Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, inviting her to stay with him in his lavish estate, Wyndriven Abbey, in Mississippi. Money is tight, so Sophie has no choice but to accept, leaving behind her sister and two brothers in their tiny home for a life of luxury with M. de Cressac. Sophie has always dreamed of a life where she could have anything she wanted, and as her dreams become her reality, she is entranced by M. de Cressac's charming yet cunning personality.

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