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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

9/17/2017

 
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​Based on the Tumblr site of the same name, this book pays tribute to the supreme court justice,and tireless advocate for gender equality and civil rights. The book is a hybrid of stories, documents, photos and illustrations by the founder of the Notorious RBG site and an award winning journalist.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

9/17/2017

 
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Kaz Brecker is offered wealth beyond his wildest dreams if he can pull off an impossible heist: rescue a prisoner from the Ice Court, a scientist whose work could help his country win a war. He recruits a top notch crew from his criminal gang.: a thief, a sharpshooter, a Heartrender who has some useful magic, and a spy, as well as ex-soldier and a runaway both of whom have inside knowledge of the Ice Court. They might just pull it off too...if they don't kill each other first.

Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee

9/17/2017

 
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As seventeen-year-old Carr 'the Raptor' Luka rises to fame in the combat sport of zeroboxing (zero-gravity boxing), he learns a devastating secret that jeopardizes not only his future in the sport, but interplanetary relations.

The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

9/17/2017

 
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Coming of age in a land where the Caliph of Khorasan takes a new bride each night and executes her at sunrise, 16-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry him in order to break the cycle and exact revenge for the murder of her best friend.

When We Collided by Emery Lord

9/17/2017

 
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Vivi would stand out anywhere with her Marilyn Monroe hair and effervescent personality, and its no different when she moves to a small California beach town. When she meets Jonah, still grieving his father's death six months ago and holding his family together, Vivi infuses his life with joy, love, and adventure. But there's a dark side to Vivi's intensity.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

9/17/2017

 
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Lara Jean writes plenty of love letters, but she never sends them, as it’s just her way of
moving on from a crush. When her secret box of letters goes missing and she discovers they've been mailed, she has to come face-to-face with her past and in the process learn more about her future.

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

9/17/2017

 
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A young woman in nineteenth-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide, and she believes there is more than meets the eye, so in order to uncover the truth she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

9/17/2017

 
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When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on--then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

9/17/2017

 
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Racing to freedom with thousands of other refugees as Russian forces close in on their homes in East Prussia, Joana, Emilia, and Florian meet aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a doomed ship, and are forced to trust each other in order to survive.

The Rest of U Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

9/17/2017

 
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The best friend of a kid with superhuman qualities endeavors to have a life of his own that is both normal and extraordinary in the face of constant world-shaking challenges, threats against his school, and an elusive pretty girl.

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