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NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST

Parker Grant doesn’t need 20/20 vision to see right

through you. That’s why she created the Rules:

Don’t treat her any differently just because she’s

blind, and never take advantage. There will be no

second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy

who broke her heart.

When Scott suddenly reappears in her life after

being gone for years, Parker knows there’s only

one way to react—shun him so hard it hurts. She has enough on her mind

already, like trying out for the track team (that’s right,

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THE SCORPION RULES

Greta is a Duchess and Crown Princess—and a

hostage to peace. This is how the game is played: if

you want to rule, you must give one of your children

as a hostage. And you must keep the peace; start a

war and your hostage dies.

Greta will be free if she can survive until her

eighteenth birthday. Until then she is prepared to

die with dignity, if she must. But everything changes

when a new hostage arrives, a boy who refuses to play by the rules,

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THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH

One of our recommended books is The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Now available in paperback, this 2015 National Book Award finalist and instant New York Times bestseller is a stunning debut novel about grief and wonder.

Everyone says that it was an accident… that sometimes things “just happen”. But Suzy won’t believe it. Ever. After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy was a rare jellyfish sting. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory—even if it means traveling the globe, alone. Suzy’s achingly heartfelt journey explores life,

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THIS RAGING LIGHT

For fans of Jandy Nelson and Rainbow Rowell comes a gorgeous debut novel about family, friends, and first love.

Lucille Bennett is pushed into adulthood after her mom decides to “take a break”…from parenting, from responsibility, from Lucille and her little sister, Wren. Left to cover for her absentee parents, Lucille thinks, “Wren and Lucille. Lucille and Wren. I will do whatever I have to. No one will pull us apart.”

Now is not the time for level-headed Lucille to fall in love. But love—messy, inconvenient love—is what she’s about to experience when she falls for Digby Jones,

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2 A.M. AT THE CAT’S PAJAMAS

NPR’s Best Books of 2014 selection

PopSugar 2014 Must Reads selection

L Magazine 2014 Gift Guide

Kansas City Star – 100 best books of 2014 Selection

BuzzFeed – The 22 Most Exciting Literary Debuts Of 2014 Selection

An enchanting and staggeringly original debut novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters

Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, rebellious nine-year-old who also happens to be an aspiring jazz singer. Still mourning the recent death of her mother,

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LONE STAR

Falling in love was the easy part . . .

Chloe and her three best friends are weeks away from finishing high school and beginning their new grown-up lives apart from one another. They have been friends since they were kids, their families and lives intertwined, but this is their last summer together. They plan a magical trip to sun-drenched Barcelona, with its possibility of adventure and passion. But first, Chloe has an old family promise to keep, and the four of them must detour through historic Eastern Europe.

In this fledgling post-Communist world, Chloe meets a mysterious American vagabond named Johnny,

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