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  • Invisibility

    Mix of brutality and tenderness makes fantasy seem real.
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    By David Levithan, Andrea Cremer
  • Truth or Dare

    Popular, rich girls star in shallow, sexy series starter.
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    14
     
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    By Jacqueline Green
  • The Lucy Variations

    Rich teen piano prodigy manages pressure, older crushes.
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    12
     
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    By Sara Zarr
  • A Box of Gargoyles

    Friendship and family in Paris in exciting, creepy sequel.
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    10
     
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    By Anne Nesbet
  • The Reluctant Assassin: W.A.R.P., Book 1

    Exhilarating but bloody tale starts off time travel series.
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    13
     
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    By Eoin Colfer
  • The 13-Story Treehouse

    Madcap mayhem perfect for Big Nate fans.
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    8
     
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    By Andy Griffiths
  • Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace

    Fast-paced coming-of-age tale about finding yourself.
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    8
     
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    By Nan Marino
  • New Lands: The Chronicles of Egg, Book 2

    Gross-out humor and adventure in lively Deadweather sequel.
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    10
     
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    By Geoff Rodkey
  • Doll Bones

    Tween tale is both creepy and sweetly poignant.
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    10
     
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    By Holly Black
  • The Lightning Catcher

    Kids battle severe weather in mild, whimsical fantasy.
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    8
     
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    By Anne Cameron
  • One Plus One Equals Blue

    Upbeat tale about kids coping with disadvantages.
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    9
     
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    By MJ Auch
  • Maid of Secrets

    Engrossing Elizabethan tale of murder and intrigue.
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    12
     
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    By Jennifer McGowan
  • That Is NOT a Good Idea!

    Goose outsmarts fox in funny, perilous story with a twist.
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    4
     
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    By Mo Willems
  • Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl

    Teen's positive turnaround mixes with iffy beauty message.
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    13
     
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    By Carolita Blythe
  • How to Lead a Life of Crime

    School-for-criminals mystery turns very dark and violent.
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    16
     
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    By Kirsten Miller
  • Life After Theft

    Ghost story with a lot of heart.
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    13
     
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    By Aprilynne Pike
  • The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle

    Wacky, gripping sequel has slapstick, swordplay, sweetness.
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    8
     
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    By Christopher Healy
  • The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs

    Garden fantasy casts a strange spell.
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    4
     
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    By William Joyce
  • Mira's Diary: Home Sweet Rome

    Time-travel sequel is intense, suspenseful, and exciting.
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    10
     
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    By Marissa Moss
  • Fragments: Partials, Book 2

    Kira tracks creators of super-soldiers in exciting sequel.
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    14
     
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    By Dan Wells
  • The Slither Sisters: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #2

    Goofy comedy for young boys riffs on horror cliches.
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    9
     
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    By Charles Gilman
  • Navigating Early

    Compelling adventure as two boys cope with loss, loneliness.
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    10
     
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    By Clare Vanderpool
  • Obsidian Mirror

    Complex time travel page-turner starts sci-fi trilogy.
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    12
     
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    By Catherine Fisher
  • The Program

    Dystopian romance links teen suicide and memory.
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    15
     
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    By Suzanne Young
  • Nine Days

    Gripping search for missing dad, based on a true story.
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    12
     
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    By Fred Hiatt