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Abby is starting high school-it should be exciting, so why doesn't she care? Everyone tells her to "make an effort," but why can't she just be herself? Abby quickly feels like she's losing a grip on her once-happy life. The only thing she cares about anymore is talking to Luke, a guy she met online, who understands. It feels dangerous and yet good to chat with Luke-he is her secret, and she's his. Then Luke asks her to meet him, and she does. But...
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In England in 1346 Adrian has three problems: he is small for his twelve years, he is an albino, so people are suspicious of him, and his father wants him to be a scribe, while he wants to be an archer--but when he runs away to join his friend in the fight against the invading Scots, he learns that war can be a lot more complicated then he imagined.
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When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him.
In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their...
85) Let's get lost
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During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers -- Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself.
86) American girls
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Fifteen-year-old Anna runs away to Los Angeles where her half-sister takes her in, but after spending days on television and movie sets, she learns LA is not the glamorous escape she imagined.
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Rory Harrison's beautiful novel about identity, home, and fresh starts recounts one boy's quest to discover a world where he can thrive, one adventure at a time.
Dylan doesn't have a lot of experience with comfort. His room in the falling-down Village Estates can generously be categorized as squalid, and he sure isn't getting any love from his mother, who seemed to-no, definitely did-enjoy the perks that went along with being the parent of a "cancer...
89) The Runaway
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Leroy "Doodlebug" Barnstable likes to call himself the quickest draw in the west-with a crayon. It's 1923 and Doodle is on the run from a couple of abusive cousins. He stumbles into a travelling Chautauqua show where it's easy to get lost in a crowd-but also easy to lose your heart. This funny and endearing novel by Governor General's Award-winning novelist Glen Huser will make an absorbing read for fourteen and fifteen year olds, boys and girls alike....
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A lonesome boy disappears on the night of his high school graduation - longing for a stranger he can tell his story to. He practices the make-or-break greetings he will use in this land of exile - the Arizona desert - where he spends his nights meeting the bus from Yuma. The next bus is due a few minutes after Henry turns 18, which gives him a birthday wish: that the stranger will step off.
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What would you do if the Authorities took your twin brother away on his 12th birthday? And all because he was born without the MAOA gene. How would your family feel? How would your brother feel? Follow the story of Zoe and Logan who are pulled apart in the most terrible circumstances. Is there any chance of Logan reuniting with his family? And is their any way that his sister can help him? It seems he has only three choices: undergo emotional surgery...
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When Hanley Helton discovers a boy living in her garage, she knows she should kick him out. But Nate is too charming to be dangerous. He just needs a place to get away, which Hanley understands. Her own escape methods-vodka, black hair dye, and pretending the past didn't happen-are more traditional, but who is she to judge? Nate doesn't tell her why he's in her garage, and she doesn't tell him what she's running from. Soon, Hanley¹s trading her late-night...
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American Girl history mysteries volume 11
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In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.
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Chicagoland detective agency volume 5
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Raf, Megan, and talking-dog pal Bradley are abducted by aliens from the planet Fnarf III, where dogs are in charge and people are pets, to help locate the missing Princess Zu-La.
95) Above
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When insane exile Corner and his army of mindless, whispering shadows invade Safe, a secret, underground community of freaks and disabled outcasts, Matthew, traumatized shapeshifter Ariel, and other misfits go to the dangerous place known as Above, where Matthew makes a shocking discovery about the histories entrusted to him.
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In this tale, a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster have all become too old to be useful on their farms. They decide to go on a journey to Bremen together where they will all become musicians. Along the way, they find a home that has been robbed! The animals use all of their power to sing and frighten the robbers away. After doing their good deeds, the animals make it to Bremen where they succeed in the dream of becoming famous musicians. While young...
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"Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan. In her North American debut, illustrator Banafsheh Erfanian brings ornate artistry to the cage and birds that inhabit this surprisingly human story."--
98) Out of reach
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Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.
99) Absolutely maybe
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When living with her mother, an alcoholic ex-beauty queen, becomes unbearable, almost seventeen-year-old Maybelline "Maybe" Chestnut runs away to California, where she finds work on a taco truck and tries to track down her birth father.
100) The Classic Morpurgo Collection (six novels): Kaspar; Born to Run; The Butterfly Lion; Running Wi
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Six best-loved novels by award-winning author of 'War Horse', brought together in this ebook collection.
A perfect introduction to Michael Morpurgo's enthralling storytelling for new readers and a classic collection for fans.
'Kaspar': Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bellboy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room,...
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