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2) Parachutes
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English
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A wealthy Chinese teen is sent to America on her own to attend private school. Claire is a rich 11th grader in Shanghai; Dani is a scholarship student at a private school in Southern California who helps her mother clean houses. When Claire is parachuted into America to finish high school and Dani's mother needs the income from a boarder, they become unlikely housemates.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can't help but be totally herself... except when she's online. Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend--a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg--doesn't know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn't know his real name either, and it's not like they're...
4) New kid
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English
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Baby-Sitters Club Read-Alikes (Graphic Novels)
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author
MCL - John Newbery Medal
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author
MCL - John Newbery Medal
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2020 Audie Awards® Finalist—Middle Grade
Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature, and an Audie Award finalist!
An original full-cast audio adaptation of the graphic novel from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft, performed by the author with Jesus Del Orden, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles,
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At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on track toward valedictorian and bright college futures, but this prank quickly turns into a very dangerous game and they are at more than one disadvantage as it looks like things could turn deadly.
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Gossip Girl novels. Original series volume 2
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English
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Blair and Serena, who go to an exclusive private school in Manhattan, are no longer best friends but are still both consumed with thoughts of boyfriends and college. In this sequel to "Gossip Girl, " brunette vixen Blair Waldorf is turning 17, and she knows exactly what she wants--Nate, her studly, troubled boyfriend of three years. But Blair's been too busy filling out Ivy League college applications to notice that Nate has found himself another...
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English
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"Henri 'Halti' Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at the prestigious FATE academy, the dutiful first-generation Haitian son, and the trusted dog walker for his wealthy New York City neighbors. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his 'intense' classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When...
8) School trip
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Series
New Kid volume 3
Language
English
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"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher....
9) Get dirty
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Series
Don't get mad volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After forming a secret society that takes revenge on school bullies, mean girls, and tyrannical teachers, four very different teenaged girls must discover the killer who is coming after them and the ones they love.
10) Keeping 13
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Series
Boys of Tommen volume 2
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English
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"Stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh, whose first love was always rugby until a devastating injury, sets his sights on unraveling the mystery of Shannon Lynch, who was traumatized beyond repair after her return to Dublin and haunts his every waking hour"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Eighteen-year-old Adina Walker, a scholarship student at a prestigious academy, faces the consequences of a single mistake and competes in a high-stakes contest hosted by the wealthy Remington family, where she uncovers unsettling truths about the sponsors and the contest's high stakes.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Friday night. The party of the summer. Four teens ride home together. Only one never makes it. When high school sophomore Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Armstrong Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumors swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the reckless driver, she can’t bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Black Voices | YA PEQ
JEF - Black Voices (Children)
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author
NPM - YA Black Voices
JEF - Black Voices (Children)
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author
NPM - YA Black Voices
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Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for...
14) Binding 13
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Series
Boys of Tommen volume 1
Language
English
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"Johnny Kavanagh is the definition of popular...But what people don't know is that he has been dealing with a painful injury that could halt the magnificent trajectory of his career...Shannon Lynch has been bullied all her life. She is shy and would rather hide herself away to make it through school. But when she arrives at Tommen College for a fresh start, she meets the notorious Johnny Kavanagh on her first day...What follows is a complicated friendship...
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Clue mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"When a storm strikes at Blackbrook Academy, an elite prep school nestled in the woods of Maine, a motley crew of students--including Beth 'Peacock' Picach, Orchid McKee, Vaughn Green, Sam 'Mustard' Maestor, Finn Plum, and Scarlet Mistry--are left stranded on campus with their headmaster. Hours later, her body is found hanging in the conservatory and it's very clear her death was no suicide. With this group of students who are all hiding something,...
16) Get even
Author
Series
Don't get mad volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Bree Deringer, Olivia Hayes, Kity Wei, and Margot Me Jia have nothing in common, At least that's what they'd like the students and administrators of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals, different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big secret: They're all members of Don't Get Mad, a secret society that anonymously takes revenge on the school's bullies, mean girls, and tyrannical teachers.
17) Debating Darcy
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Series
Pub. Date
c2022.
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English
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"A life-long speech competitor, Leela loves nothing more than crushing the competition, all while wearing a smile. But when she meets the incorrigible Firoze Darcy, a debater from an elitist private school, Leela can't stand him. Unfortunately, he'll be competing in the state league, so their paths are set to collide. But why attempt to tolerate Firoze when Leela can one-up him? The situation is more complicated than Leela anticipated, though, and...
18) Zombie invasion
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Series
Minecrafters Academy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Lucy is invited to study at the prestigious Overworld Academy, which offers her the opportunity to learn all of the secrets of the Overworld. She's sad to leave behind her friends Henry and Max, but its time for her to have an adventure on her own.
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Series
Gallagher girls volume 4
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English
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When danger follows Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan to London, she must again face off with the Circle of Cavan to find the rogue operative who may have infiltrated the halls of the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Moving to Hong Kong for her mother's job, Holly-Mei Jones couldn't be happier until she makes a frenemy at school and must use all of her determination, stubbornness, and sparkle to turn her life in this new city into the ultimate adventure.
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