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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston's survival story of his devastating hike through a southeastern canyon in Utah in 2001.
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The Agency: A Spy in the House
A house thief is spared the gallows when she's groomed to be a spy in this Victorian history mystery.
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Airman
Conor Broekhart is a loyal bodyguard to the king until he is falsely accused of plotting to assassinate his king.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781423107514
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Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
Wry observations and self-deprecating British humor pepper diary entries written by 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson.
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The Archived
When the Archive is compromised from within, 16-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must use her skills as a Keeper to identify the traitor and prevent violent Histories from escaping into the world.
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Bad
Dallas is sent to the Girls' Rehabilitation Center after holding up a convenience store at gunpoint.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780374404758
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Dramatic account of E Company of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army through the European theater during WWII.
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Beautiful Creatures
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
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Before I Die
Tessa enlists her best friend's help in accomplishing her bucket list when she learns she only has months to live.
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Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Jewish resistance groups throughout Europe organize retaliation against Germany during World War II.
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Blackfin Sky
Presumed dead, Skylar will have to use strange dreams, the past and present to solve the mystery of her existence.
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The Book of Blood and Shadow
In one night, Nora's best friend is murdered and her boyfriend disappears. When she starts looking for answers, she finds cryptic clues that lead to more danger and, perhaps, the answers to much more than she bargained for.
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The Book Thief
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Boot Camp
Garrett, sent to Harmony Lake, has hopes of a risky escape plot after being beaten and humiliated.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781442433588
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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation.
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Born of Illusion
Budding magician hides the fact that she possesses magnificent powers from her mother.
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The Butterfly Clues
An obsessive-compulsive teen uncovers the secret behind her brother's tragic death.
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The Caged Graves
When Verity Boone returns to her hometown in 1867, nothing is as it seems, especially the cage around her mother's grave.
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Catching Fire
Katniss Everdeen and her co-victor Peeta are thrown back into the Hunger Games in the 75th Quarter Quell.
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Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
After creating a list of the pros and cons of marriage, science-minded Charles Darwin chooses to marry his strictly religious first cousin. Little does he know that he is about to embark upon the most loving, creative, and intellectually important relationship of his life.
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Clarity
When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's cheating ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case.
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Clockwork Scarab
If Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes don't figure out why London's finest 16-year-old women are in danger, they'll become the next victims.
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Criminal
Nikki's reaction to an unthinkable crime and how her perceptions of the life she had change after her arrest.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781442421639
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The Dark Unwinding
Katherine discovers her uncle is a genius with childlike tendencies when she is sent to commit him to an asylum.
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Death Cloud: The Legend Begins
A teenage Sherlock Holmes uncovers a plot against the British Empire while staying with relatives in Hampshire.
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and Murder of a President
A president, an assassin, and an inventor are brought together in this little known historical event.
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
Story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family living in Amsterdam who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
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Divergent
Abnegation (selfless), Erudite (intelligence), Candor (honesty), Amity (peace), or Dauntless (brave): where would you fit? Beatrice lives in a society where she must choose either to remain with her family's faction or set off towards independence and her beliefs. And what happens when the unity between these factions begins to fall apart? -
The Dumbest Idea Ever!
This is the real-life story of how the DUMBEST idea ever became the BEST thing that ever happened to Jimmy Gownley.
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Ella Enchanted
Ella begins a quest determined to break the curse of obedience given to her at birth.
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Ender's Game
Ender is drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training in order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack.
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Etiquette & Espionage
Sophronia discovers her finishing school teaches more than just proper decorum.
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Revelation of how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world.
- Nonfiction
- Book to Movie: Ripped From the Pages
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780547750330
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The Fault in Our Stars
Hazel and Augustus meet and forge a relationship at a support group for kids battling cancer. As Hazel and Augustus struggle with the “side-effects of dying,” they come to learn the strength of wishes, the complexities of long human lives, and the wondrous ways of the universe.- Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, Teens' Top Ten 2012
- ISBN: 9780525478812
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Fire and Hemlock
Polly must uncover the secrets in her memory, or her true love — and perhaps Polly herself — will be lost.
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Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories
Oral histories from 50 African Americans who were children and teens in the Deep South during the 1950s-1960s.
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
The ups and downs of a beloved hometown high school football team from Odessa, Texas.
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Frozen in Time LP: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
Bodies of World War II airmen who crashed in Greenland in 1942 are reclaimed in a 2012 expedition.
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George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
An account of espionage, counter-espionage, codes, and ciphers during the American Revolution.
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Girl in a Cage
Marjorie Bruce tells the story of her weeks being held as a hostage by the King of England.
- Historical Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780142401323
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
This empowering memoir recounts the strength and creativity of the Walls children as they overcome the poverty and social challenges their parents brought upon them.
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The Hobbit: or, There and Back Again
Bilbo Baggins sets off with a band of Dwarves to help win back their home from a great dragon.
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Hole in My Life
Prizewinning author Jack Gantos confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth, his time in prison, and how he moved on.
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House of Stairs
Five teens find themselves incarcerated in a bizarre labyrinth of stairs, subjected to an increasingly disturbing psychological experiment.
- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780140345803
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Howl's Moving Castle
Sophie must break her curse and her answers lie in the ever-moving castle in the hills.
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The story of Malala's fight for education.
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I Am Number Four
John must develop his legacies before the Mogadorians find and kill him and the other surviving Loric children.
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I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup
A veteran teacher's view of the lives of juveniles sentenced as adults.
- Nonfiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780807001233
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I Hunt Killers
Jazz, the son of one of the most notorious of all serial killers, must come to terms with his upbringing by hunting down a new serial killer in his hometown.
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If I Stay
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.