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Growing Up

Stella Mills has a secret! Every night, she goes outside to write. Though Stella fears that she’ll never be a good writer, she likes seeing her words on paper. But what is there to write about in the sleepy, segregated town of 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina? Dark inspiration comes when the Ku Klux Klan begins to hold meetings by the river after years of uncomfortable peace.

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Fig isn't like evryone else. She lives betwwen reality and fantasy with her mom. She lives out in the country secluded from society and normalcy. She learns that her mother is schrizophrenic, and her world turns upside down. She nows has to live this new life and come to terms with herself and her family.

The people of Suala, prosperous and destitute, are in a state of shock. It has been recently learned that there is not just one heiress to the throne in the Palace of Mirrors; there are twelve other hidden heiresses! Princess Desmia, the only girl who grew up in the palace, is joyous to meet her new sister-princesses. However, she’s used to a life full of lies and corruption.

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Ash wishes more than anything in the world to be normal. But it seems that he is meant to be anything but normal. His life begins to rapidly change when his strange aunt gives him a mysterous history book. At first, he is bored by the gift; however, he soon realizes that the book has the power to transport him into the past as a ghost! It sends him to America in the late 1700's, and there he meets his ancestor, Sara, whom he is destined to protect from dark shadows trying to cause catastrophy.

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Monstrous Affections is a series of darkly themed short stories, all unrelated but including ‘monsters’. This anthology pushes the question as to whom the real monsters are.

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"Gaby and The Best Middle School Self-defense Book Ever" is about Lily and Gaby as they go through the troubles of middle school. Lily and Gaby write a book about their troubles for their English class grade, and to help others. Will Gaby and Lily become friends? Or will middle school drama tear them apart?

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"Trailing Tennessee" by Cory Wheeler Mimms is a must read for anyone who loved "Hachet" by Gary Paulsen.  This is a story of survival against nature.  The setting for this story is the beautiful yet brutal Appalachian mountains.  Eli is devastated after the sudden loss of his father.

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This book is about a girl neamed Leila who is on a road trip to see the Northern lights. The story is then told in the perspective that she meets on her trip. All of the people see meets need Leila to help them and she helps them all find what they missing.

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Life is hard when you are a teenage vampire. Even as a vampire, he has problems like any other monster/kid. Nox has a crush on Lily the Werewolf, but is bullied by Chug the Thug.  Chug the Thug is demanding 50 dollars by the end of the week or Chug will tell everyone Nox likes Lily the Werewolf. And to top it all, the Battle of the Bands venue will not allow vampires to perform or even go to the event.  This is annoying and irritating for Nox since he is the lead singer of the band. He created the band, naming it Nox and the Day Breakers.

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