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Hot Summer Reads 2020
Attention junior high students. From hundreds of new books, we've chosen 10 we know you will love. Sci-fi, horror, fantasy, romance–they're all here.
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Allies
2019 by Gratz, AlanGet this itemD-Day was a single day in 1944 that changed history. Four teens tell us what it was like to be in the thick of the bloodiest, deadliest invasion of World War II.
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The Best at It
2019 by Pancholy, MaulikGet this itemRahul is desperate to prove that he is good–really good–at something, anything! But how do you find out what you’re good at when you have no idea where to start looking?
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Somewhere Only We Know
2019 by Goo, MaureneGet this itemShe’s an ambitious and famous K-Pop star, tightly controlled by her handlers. He’s just a regular teen with no clue what his future holds. When they meet, nothing will ever be the same.
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No Fixed Address
2018 by Nielsen, SusinGet this itemFelix and his mother are hiding their homelessness from everyone, but the lies they have to tell are taking a toll on Felix.
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Verify
2019 by Charbonneau, JoelleGet this itemThe Chicago of the future is beautiful, gleaming, and perfect, and Meri loves her city. Then a stranger hands her a piece of scrap paper with a single word written on it. Suddenly things don’t seem so perfect anymore.
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Hotel Dare
2019 by Blas, TerryGet this itemOlive and her siblings are spending the summer helping their grandmother fix up her run-down hotel. They're so bored! Then they start to discover what’s behind all those locked doors. Not so boring after all!
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What You Hide
2019 by Richards, Natalie D.Get this itemSpencer is doing community service at the public library. Mallory is a runaway, with no other place to go. A mysterious death in the library, followed by strange noises and frightening messages, forces them to team up to find out what it all means.
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The Forgotten Girl
2019 by Brown, India HillGet this itemIris and her friend Daniel sneak out one night to play in new-fallen snow, a rare event in North Carolina. In the darkness, they stumble upon the long-forgotten headstone of a girl whose loneliness reaches beyond the grave.
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The Babysitters Coven
2019 by Williams, Kate M.Get this itemAll Esme wants to be is a normal teen babysitter. She just wishes she could stop moving objects with her mind!
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Stepsister
2019 by Donnelly, JenniferGet this itemDid Cinderella really live happily ever after? And what happened to her stepsisters? Find out in a gripping, suspenseful take on the old story–not the fairy-tale kind–refashioned for real people like you.
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