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FOOTBALL GENIUS
Tim Green
HarperCollins
ISBN-10: 006112270X
ISBN-13: 9780061122705
Ages 10-14
256 pages

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Troy White has a phenomenal gift: he can predict any football play before it happens. When Troy's single mom gets a job working in public relations for the Atlanta Falcons, Troy figures it's his chance to prove what he can do. But first he has to get to the Falcons --- and with tight security and a notoriously mean coach, even his mom's field passes aren't much help. Then Troy and his best friends devise a plan to get the attention of star linebacker Seth Halloway. With Seth's playing and Troy's genius, the Falcons could be unstoppable --- if they'll only listen.

THE GOLDEN RAT
Don Wulffson
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
ISBN-10: 1599900009
ISBN-13: 9781599900001
Ages 11-up
176 pages

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Since the death of his mother, Baoliu has grown apart from his family and is bitterly resentful of his father’s new wife, who wears his mother’s clothing and even her jewelry. One night, Baoliu’s stepmother is attacked and murdered. The most obvious suspect, Baoliu is tried for the crime, convicted and sentenced to death by beheading. With no one on his side, how will Baoliu prove his innocence? How will he avoid his violent and horrid fate? Who, if anybody, will help him? And if the murderer wasn’t Baoliu, then who was it?

INTERWORLD
Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Eos
ISBN-10: 0061238961
ISBN-13: 9780061238963
Ages 12-up
256 pages

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Joey Harker has always had a terrible sense of direction. And one day he gets lost in his own town and walks right out of his universe. When a version of himself from another dimension tracks Joey down, Joey learns he has the power to travel between dimensions --- and that an army of alternate versions of himself is battling the two evils that want to conquer all the many worlds. Joey finds himself in a fight against powerful forces of magic and science that could destroy him and all the others like him.

LOVE, MEG
C. Leigh Purtill
Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-10: 1595141162
ISBN-13: 9781595141163
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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Fifteen-year-old Meg Shanley knows two things: her older sister Lucie is the only family she has, and Lucie will uproot her to a new town and a new school at least once a year. This time, it's Hollywood. Alone and lonely in LA, Meg settles into a familiar routine. But then Meg discovers a secret that turns her whole world upside down. She has a family she never knew about --- an uncle and a grandmother --- in Queens, New York. Convinced she can have the dream life she's always wanted, Meg defies Lucie and flies to Queens.

M IS FOR MAGIC
Neil Gaiman
HarperCollins
ISBN-10: 0061186422
ISBN-13: 9780061186424
Ages 12-up
272 pages

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Bestselling author and master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of stories for young readers. These tales may chill or amuse, but they always embrace the unexpected. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find in M IS FOR MAGIC:

- A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at a rather unusual party.

- A sinister jack-in-the-box haunts the lives of the children who owned it.

- A boy raised in a graveyard makes a discovery and confronts the much more troubling world of the living.

- A stray cat fights a nightly battle to protect his adopted family from a terrible evil.

PARROTFISH
Ellen Wittlinger
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 1416916229
ISBN-13: 9781416916222
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming out as transgendered feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the reaction he gets from everyone else. His mother is upset, his younger sister is mortified, and his best friend, Eve, won't acknowledge him in public. Why can't people just let Grady be himself? Grady's life is miserable until he finds friends in some unexpected places.

THE SECRET LIFE OF SPARROW DELANEY
Suzanne Harper
Greenwillow Books
ISBN-10: 006113158X
ISBN-13: 9780061131585
Ages 12-up
368 pages

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When Sparrow begins 10th grade at a new school full of strangers, she thinks her dreams of anonymity and a fresh start are finally coming true. She doesn’t have to follow in her six older sisters' footsteps anymore or worry about keeping her deep, dark secret hidden. Sparrow makes a new best friend and has her eye on an irritatingly appealing guy in her history class. She feels like she's well on her way to a normal life. But it's another boy --- a dead one --- who wants Sparrow's attention, and he won't leave her alone until she has helped him Move On.

SOMEONE LIKE SUMMER
M. E. Kerr
HarperTeen
ISBN-10: 0061140996
ISBN-13: 9780061140990
Ages 12-up
272 pages

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Annabel is from the upper middle class, and Esteban is a migrant worker from Colombia. When the two teens fall in love, they must struggle to forge and preserve a relationship that is opposed by both their families and their communities. Examining the human impact of the issues and challenges faced by immigrants (legal and illegal), M. E. Kerr tells a thought-provoking story of race, the exploitation of immigrants and forbidden love.

THIS IS WHAT I DID
Ann Dee Ellis
Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 0316013633
ISBN-13: 9780316013635
Ages 12-up
176 pages

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Imagine if you had witnessed something horrific that happened to your friend and you did nothing to help. That's what it's like to be Logan, an utterly frank, slightly awkward and extremely loveable outcast enmeshed in a mysterious psychological drama. This story allows readers to piece together the sequence of events that has changed his life and his perspective on what it means to be a good friend and a good person.

TIME OF THE EAGLE
Sherryl Jordan
Eos/HarperCollins
ISBN-10: 006059554X
ISBN-13: 9780060595548
Ages 14-up
480 pages

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Avala’s people have been wandering the deserts and mountains for years. Unless they stay one step ahead of the Emperor’s soldiers, they will all be destroyed. But a prophecy foretells that Avala will change this cruel destiny --- for she is the one meant to initiate the Time of the Eagle and unite the tribes against the Empire. But her fate requires great strength, and only by abandoning everything she loves can Avala save her people.

Series Books

The Clique

SEALED WITH A DISS: The Clique #8
Lisi Harrison
Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 0316115061
ISBN-13: 9780316115063
Ages 12-up
272 pages

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Massie Block: Stands at the threshold of the most amazing secret room at OCD. But to prove the Pretty Committee is worthy of the honor, the girls need dates to Skye Hamilton's "famous couples" costume party.

Kristen Gregory: Loves supersensitive guys. And thanks to ESP, she has her eye on a boy who loves The Notebook as much as she does. So why on earth is she going to Skye's party as the Bride of Chucky?

Alicia Rivera: Dismissed her crush, Josh Hotz, for having a bizarrely clean room. Then ESP tells her Josh's sister is actually the neat freak, and suddenly Josh is looking hotter than ever.

Dylan Marvil: ESP clues her in to the fact that guys like a girl who is not afraid to eat. Will gaining six pounds make her regret trusting her sixth sense?

Claire Lyons: As the only Pretty Committee girl with a real boyfriend, the date-mission should be a breeze. But then her newfound clairvoyance tells her that Cam is hiding a huge secret from her.

Sequel to BRAS & BROOMSTICKS and FROGS & FRENCH KISSES:

SPELLS & SLEEPING BAGS
Sarah Mlynowski
Delacorte Press
ISBN-10: 0385733879
ISBN-13: 9780385733878
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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At long last, Rachel's powers have arrived and she's a real-life witch! And it's happened just in time. Instead of Manhattan, she'll be spending her summer vacation at Camp Wood Lake. But she's having some serious issues: mosquitoes in the Adirondacks are incredibly thirsty, her stepmother keeps sending embarrassing feminine hygiene care packages, she accidentally zapped away all her clothes, and a backstabber in her cabin is intent on making life miserable.