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61) Paper hearts
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Felicity, seventeen, has struggled to meet her mother's expectations since her older sister disappeared but when she connects with Alec Williams, a member of the band Heartbreakers, at a charity ball, she begins to consider what will make her truly happy. After uncovering a shocking family secret, Felicity begins a road trip to find her sister.
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c2009
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Large Print edition
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Two women in a struggling Dallas neighborhood--Sandra Kaye Darden, whose adopted son is missing, and Cass Blue, trying to survive on her own--become unexpected allies when Sandra's home improvement project at her uncle's house transforms it into a place of refuge.
66) Mosquitoland
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2015.
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"When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane"--
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2011
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1st ed.
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Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
68) Voiceless
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Runaway teen Annabel, nicknamed Ghost, doesn't speak. Her interaction with her world is limited to how well she can convey her wants and feelings to others, and how intuitive others are in interpreting her expressions and gestures. Confused by her mother's addictions, and the loss of the guidance of her grandmother, Ghost is driven to the road by a search for love. When she mistakenly thinks she must leave the shelter and safety of a good foster home,...
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Rose Madsen will do anything to keep from being married off to one of the men in her Fundamentalist Mormon (FLDS) community, even endure the continued beatings and abuse of her mother. But when her mentally handicapped baby sister is forced to strangle the bird she loves at the behest of the Prophet, Rose frees the bird and runs away.
Adan Reyes will do anything to escape the abusive foster care system in Phoenix, even leaving his good friends and...
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Magic solves everything…right?
After the events of Unbound: A Siren's Quest for Freedom, the adventures continue with Stefan and Kesia's daughter, Lesley.
Lesley was an average girl who had just started her travels around the world with her best friend, Alex. Everything was perfectly normal for teenagers around their age, that is until a deranged man tried to kidnap Lesley, only to be saved by a strange looking beast, named Evan.
Evan wanted...
72) Dreamwood
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"12-year-old Lucy Darrington goes on a quest to find her missing father in a remote, magical territory in the Pacific Northwest"--
73) Wilder boys
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Wilder boys volume 1
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To evade their mother's abusive boyfriend, brothers Jake, thirteen, and Taylor, eleven, venture from the suburbs of Pittsburgh toward the wilds of Wyoming in search of the father they haven't seen in four years, using their wilderness skills to survive against both natural and human dangers. Includes wilderness tips.
74) A hundred horses
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Eleven-year-old Nell must spend spring break in the country with an aunt and cousins she has never met, but while there she meets a mysterious, wild girl with a strange connection to horses and an uncanny understanding of Nell.
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The advent of the Wall
Heidi's thirteenth birthday is coming up, but she's disappointed, her mother is pregnant and refuses to make the annual summer visit to Heidi's grandmother. What's more, it's 1961 and the government is cracking down on border crossers, people who work in the West but live in the East. Heidi's father is a border crosser, and her best friend, Petra, has been forbidden to see Heidi until her father finds a new job in East Berlin....
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Secret diamond sisters volume 1
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Savannah. Courtney. Peyton. The three sisters grew up not knowing their father and not quite catching a break. But it looks like their luck is about to change when they find out the secret identity of their long-lost dad a billionaire Las Vegas hotel owner who wants them to come live in a gorgeous penthouse hotel suite. Suddenly the Strip's most exclusive clubs are all-access, and with an unlimited credit card each, it should be easier than ever...
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Rose Zarelli 2. 0 here - 2. 0, as in, innovative - superior - improved. Improved how? Glad you asked. This year, I will not:1. Do things just because other people want me to. 2. Randomly shoot off my mouth. 3. Worry about whether I'm someone's girlfriend - or not. So, what will I do this year? 1. Find my thing and be who I want to be. 2. Learn when to speak up - and when to shut up. 3. Tell off Jamie Forta and move on. I'm older and smarter now -...
78) Played
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Sam Tracy likes to stay under the radar and hang out with his friends from the Rez. But when he saves rich suburban princess Riley Berenger from falling off a mountain, she decides to try to save him. Riley promises to help Sam win the heart of the girl he can't get over, and suddenly Sam is mad popular and on everyone's hot list. Except now Riley's trying out some brand-new bad-girl moves and turning both of their lives upside down.
79) Naked
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The best place to hide is in a lie...
I could never fit in to the life my parents demanded. By the time I was thirteen, it was too much. I ran away to New York City...and found a nightmare that lasted three years. A nightmare that began and ended with a pimp named Luis. Now I am Dirty Anna. Broken, like everything inside me has gone bad.
Except that for the first time, I have a chance to start over. Not just with my parents but at school. Still, the...
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Rose Zarelli, self-proclaimed word geek and angry girl, has some confessions to make... 1. I'm livid all the time. Why? My dad died. My mom barely talks. My brother abandoned us. I think I'm allowed to be irate, don't you? 2. I make people furious regularly. Want an example? I kissed Jamie Forta, a badass guy who might be dating a cheerleader. She is now enraged and out for blood. Mine. 3. High school might as well be Mars. My best friend has been...
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