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• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

  Blume, Judy,

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  For Teens. Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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  Rated PG-13. For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Knife of Never Letting Go

  Ness, Patrick, 1971-

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  For Teens. Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chaos Walking

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  Rated PG-13. In the not too distant future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by 'the Noise,' a force that puts all their thoughts on display.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  Wood, Laura,

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  For Teens. A retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women, expertly designed to engage readers and provide an accessible reading experience for all. When you’re one of four sisters, it can be difficult to find your own identity. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Women

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  Rated PG. Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

  Collins, Suzanne,

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  For Teens. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunger Games. The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

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  Rated PG-13. In this prequel to The Hunger Games, a young Coriolanus Snow - decades before becoming the tyrannical President of Panem - battles his instincts between good and evil as he mentors Lucy Gray Baird in the 10th Hunger Games.

• There You'll Find Me

  Jones, Jenny B., 1975-

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  For Teens. Eighteen-year-old Finley, seeking God, quiet time to prepare for an audition at a prestigious music conservatory, and knowledge of the land her deceased brother loved, spends senior year in Ireland, where teen movie idol Beckett Rush,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finding You

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  Rated PG. Talented aspiring violinist Finley meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small village in Ireland. An unexpected romance develops as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sun Is Also a Star

  Yoon, Nicola,

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  For Teens. Natasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sun Is Also a Star

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  Rated PG-13. College-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet, and fall for each other, over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Feet Apart

  Lippincott, Rachael,

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  For Teens. Two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within a few feet of each other without risking their lives. What Stella Grant needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Feet Apart

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  Rated PG-13. Stella Grant is every bit a seventeen-year-old. She's attached to her laptop and loves her best friends. But unlike most teenagers, she spends much of her time living in a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Umbrella Academy. Volume 1, Apocalypse Suite

  Way, Gerard

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  For Teens. In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who had previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Umbrella Academy. Season 1

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  Not Rated (NR). On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  For Teens. After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

• The Hate U Give

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  Rated PG-13. Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus

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  For Teens. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Thief

  Rush, Geoffrey

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  Rated PG-13. To escape the horrors of World War II Germany, a young girl steals books to read and visits with the Jewish refugee hiding in her house.