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• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus,

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  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.

• Bronx Masquerade

  Grimes, Nikki

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  While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.

• Eleanor & Park

  Rowell, Rainbow

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  Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

• Feed

  Anderson, M. T

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  In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K

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  Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

• The Hunger Games

  Collins, Suzanne

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  Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

• The Maze Runner

  Dashner, James, 1972-

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  Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

• Monster

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, 16-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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  The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant "wallflower" Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama and new friends. Sex, drugs and "The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Poet X

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  When Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's expectations and her need to be heard.

• Shadow and Bone

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken to become the protege of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

• Speak

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

• We Were Liars

  Lockhart, E

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  Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her 15th summer.