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Louisiana

"Sorry, John Green fans, but McDaniel's been making us cry . . . for decades." --Bustle.com

An inspirational story about love, tragedy, heartbreak, and renewal as a young woman deals with her serious health issues, a fractured family life, and the prospect of romantic love while trying to remain focused on her studies and a lifelong dream.

Kenzie Caine is enrolled at Vanderbilt University, with the goal of becoming a veterinarian. When she lands a summer job caring for and helping to rehabilitate abused horses at the Bellmeade Estate stables, she is over-the-moon happy. One place she does not want to be is at home with her parents. Since the tragic death of Kenzie's younger sister, her mother has unraveled and her father has lost Kenzie's trust.

At the stables, Kenzie is in her element. But a serious heart condition limits her ability to complete the more physical aspects of the job, so her employers have tasked the charming Austin Boyd with helping her. But Austin has secrets. And as Kenzie and Austin become closer, those secrets threaten to harm their relationship, as well as reveal other startling truths.

Once again Lurlene McDaniel delivers the type of story for which she is famous--and readers everywhere will be reaching for their tissues.

The Girl with the Broken Heart

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Georgia

In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy living by himself at the edge of the sea.

What I was

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Tennessee

When does truth become gossip?

Maggie’s parents have just split up, and she’s moved from New Jersey to New York City with her mom. Desperate to make new friends and to distract herself from troubles at home, she falls in with a group of social butterflies at the ritzy private school she now attends. These girls keep a top-secret record of their classmates’ most intimate details on a wall in one of their apartments. Maggie’s friends insist they are collecting the truth—not gossip—about the lives of today’s teenagers. But she soon learns that certain information in the wrong hands can do irreparable damage.

This is the second novel from Publishers Weekly“Flying Start” author and literacy legacy Lizabeth Zindel.

The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies

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Brand new and with a letter from the author.  #paperback #friendship #comingofage #youngadult #comingofage #ya #fiction #indie #generalfiction #signed

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

Friends question each other's trust and respect as life presents serious challenges. Arturo and Sophia plan a spiel night following their senior party but circumstances prevent this from transpiring. Sophia then finds a suggestive photo of Arturo, which strains their relationship. Renaldo deals with alcoholic parents and his own temptation to drink, especially during a crisis with his girlfriend. Millicent struggles with her introversion and an overprotective mother. Conrad is out to prove his manhood. Wyatt has strong principles tested by the lure of the flesh. And Andrea thinks ever guys she meets is Mr. Right - until after a few dates, when he becomes Mr. Wrong. Impatient, she wonders if she will ever find her man. The responsibilities of adulthood have these friends drifting apart and feeling alone, even helpless. When the most formidable situations arise, will friendship last?

Friendship

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Texas

A searing scientific murder mystery packed with heartpounding twists

Who You Might Be 

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A story infused with warmth and emotion about finding something all your own while the world changes around you.

2015 BCCBBulletinBlue Ribbon Selection

Determined to make some extra money, twelve-year-old Missy and her older brother Patrick get summer jobs picking blueberries at a local farm. For Missy, though, blueberry picking quickly becomes about more than just money- it's the perfect distraction from the fact that her two best friends have gone off to summer camp without her and that her dad is getting remarried. Why can't everything go back to the way it used to be? Back to normal?

Missy soon discovers, though, that the summer is full of secrets- the secrets to making her family feel whole again; the secrets to keeping her two best friends from changing and leaving her behind; the secrets of a local farm's blood feud; and most importantly, the secrets of blueberries.

"Heart-rendingly unflagging in the face of life-changing events, Missy's a funny, compelling heroine that readers will cheer for." -Kirkus Reviews

" A quiet, deftly written coming-of-age novel." -School Library Journal

"The Secrets of Blueberriesis a new twist on growing up." -VOYA

The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose and Me

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Oregon

Juniors 

#hardcover #fantasy #Thetellingpool #DavidClementDavies #comingofage #juvenilefiction #adventure #GreatBritain #Richard1 box 84 There is a $7.50 purchase minimum when buying from my shop. There is a platform fee, packaging, travel costs and of course my time. My prices are extremely low, and so please if you don’t need another book, please buy one for a friend. Thanks for understanding. 😊I'm on Instagram as karrisbookstore. https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=1en2bac5na0c2&utm_content=oevzh6i

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A thrilling new fantasy from the author of the cult favorites Fire Bringer and The Sight.
From the author known for his popular, intricately crafted novels, as praised by The Boston Globe, comes a new tale set against the backdrop of Richard the Lionheart's Crusade to Jerusalem. The Telling Pool's richly atmospheric tale draws on Authurian legend and pagan belief, following the fate of young Rhodri Falcon and his crusader father as they become entangled in the war of a king and the machinations of a seductive sorceress who literally steals men's hearts. Its up to Rhodri to defeat the sorceress and save his father before all is forever lost. As Rhodri discovers the evils of war fought in the name of religion with enemies who will stop at nothing to defeat him, he must dig deep within to discover the hero who will save his father and lead himself toward the man he will become.
Expertly told, The Telling Pool transports young readers to the days of the Crusades, magic sorcery and the land where legends were formed. In the best-selling tradition of his previous books, Clement-Davies introduces readers a new character, Rhodri Falcon, who will forge ahead, determined to find good and in a land of evil.

The Telling Pool

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New Jersey

A Novel

Hannah Gavener's fantasies about family, romance, and love collide headlong with the challenges, complexities, and realities of adult life and relationships, in an insightful coming-of-age novel by the author of Prep. 150,000 first printing.

The Man of My Dreams

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Virginia

Is he a girl? Is she a boy? Matthew's American cousin, Sam, has come to London to live with the family. Sam is a charismatic, funny kid, but can he be trusted to be a reliable friend? Matthew and his "mates" decide that Sam must undertake a challenge in order to prove himself: he must start off his new year at their school posing as a girl. It turns out that Sam makes a great girl. He fools everyone and has an electrifying effect at Bradbury Hill School. And the longer the prank goes on, the more hilarious -- and serious -- the repercussions. This brilliant novel shines a laser-sharp beam into the perilous territory of early-teen life, in an unforgettable story of chaos, confusion, and cross-dressing.

Boy2Girl

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North Carolina

Hurt when her best friend suddenly moves away, Tamara cannot accept the ten-year-old whopper-telling new kid on the block, until her view of the way things are changes.

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me

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Pennsylvania

Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, 14-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers; falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid; and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dormmates, including the biggest bully on the team.

Winger

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A moving and "whip smart" (Sunday Telegraph) debut novel, following a former competitive swimmer and granddaughter of a famous Irish poet as she comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, Lily King's Writers & Lovers, and Elif Batuman's The Idiot.

"A joy to read. ... Emotional, clever, and humorous, Holding Her Breath will engross readers with its academic atmosphere and family drama." -- Booklist

When Beth Crowe starts university, she is haunted by the ghost of her potential as a competitive swimmer. With her Olympic dreams shattered after a breakdown, she is suddenly free to create a fresh identity for herself outside of swimming. Striking up a friendship with her English major roommate, Beth soon finds herself among a literary crowd of people who adore the poetry of her grandfather, Benjamin Crowe, who died tragically before she was born. Beth's mother and grandmother rarely talk about what happened to Benjamin, and Beth is unsettled to find that her classmates may know more about her own family history than she does.

As the year goes on, Beth embarks on a secret relationship with an older postdoctoral researcher--and on a quest to discover the truth about Benjamin and his widow, her beloved grandmother Lydia. The quest brings her into an archive that no scholar has ever seen, and to a person who knows things about her family that nobody else knows.

Holding Her Breath is a razor-sharp, moving, and seriously entertaining novel about complicated love stories, ambition, and grief--and a young woman coming fully into her powers.

Holding Her Breath

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White Ivy

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Oklahoma

From Twinkle, With Love

#hardcover #comingofage #Canada #literaryfiction #Ojibway #love #courage #journey #friendship 

Michigan

"A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by." --Globe and Mail

When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking.

The two undertake a difficult journey into the mountainous backcountry, in search of a place for Eldon to die and be buried in the warrior way. As they travel, Eldon tells his son the story of his own life--from an impoverished childhood to combat in the Korean War and his shell-shocked return. Through the fog of pain, Eldon relates to his son these desolate moments, as well as his life's fleeting but nonetheless crucial moments of happiness and hope, the sacrifices made in the name of love. And in telling his story, Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen, a history he has never known.

Medicine Walk

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Massachusetts

With his mother in jail for killing his abusive father, nineteen-year-old Harley Altmyer is charged with caring for his three sisters in a backwards Pennsylvania coal town, but despite his fatherly responsibilities, he is still a teenage boy and lusts after the mother of two who lives down the road

Back Roads

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #comingofage #contemporary #lgbt #mlm #teen 

Ohio

"A story set on the American border with Mexico, about family and friendship, life and death, and one teen struggling to understand what his adoption does and doesn't mean about who he is"--

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life SIGNED

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New Hampshire

For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway. Arthur Louis Pullman the Third is on the verge of a breakdown. He’s been stripped of his college scholarship, is losing his grip on reality, and has been sent away to live with his aunt and uncle. It’s there that Arthur discovers a journal written by his grandfather, the first Arthur Louis Pullman, an iconic Salinger-esque author who went missing the last week of his life and died hundreds of miles away from their family home. What happened in that week—and how much his actions were influenced by his Alzheimer’s—remains a mystery. But now Arthur has his grandfather’s journal—and a final sentence containing a train route and a destination. So Arthur embarks on a cross-country train ride to relive his grandfather’s last week, guided only by the clues left behind in the dementia-fueled journal. As Arthur gets closer to uncovering a sad and terrible truth, his journey is complicated by a shaky alliance with a girl who has secrets of her own and by escalating run-ins with a dangerous Pullman fan base. Arthur’s not the only one chasing a legacy—and some feel there is no cost too high for the truth.

A Lite Too Bright

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“Weepingly funny.” —The Wall Street Journal “Delightful.” —Buzzfeed “Charmed my socks off.” —David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland Four starred reviews for this incisive, laugh-out-loud contemporary debut about a Taiwanese-American teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer despite her squeamishness with germs and crush on a Japanese classmate. At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents’ master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies. With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can’t bring herself to tell them the truth—that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese. But when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels? From debut author Gloria Chao comes a hilarious, heartfelt tale of how, unlike the panda, life isn’t always so black and white.

American Panda

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What we lose

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#hardcover #fiction #comingofage #contemporary #fantasy #humor #magicalrealism #realisticfiction 

"Parker hasn't spoken since he watched his father die five years ago. He communicates through writing on slips of paper and keeps track of his thoughts by journaling. A loner, Parker has little interest in school, his classmates, or his future. But everything changes when he meets Zelda, a mysterious young woman with an unusual request: 'treat me like a teenager'"--

Thanks for the Trouble

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#fiction #youngadult #hardcover #owlcrate #comingofage #contemporary #owlcrateexclusive Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. 

When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. 

Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? 

Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.

Utah

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Minnesota

"Now a major motion picture! Includes full-color movie photos and exclusive content!"--Dust jacket.

Lurlene McDaniel

The Girl with the Broken Heart

Meg Rosoff

What I was

Lizabeth Zindel

The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies

David DeGeorge; Dave Field (Editor); Molly Courtright (Illustrator)

Friendship

Leigh N. Gallagher

Who You Might Be

Sara Nickerson

The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose and Me

Kaui Hart Hemmings

Juniors

David Clement-Davies

The Telling Pool

Curtis Sittenfeld

The Man of My Dreams

Terence Blacker

Boy2Girl

Nan Marino

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me

Andrew Smith; Sam Bosma (Illustrator)

Winger

Eimear Ryan

Holding Her Breath

Susie Yang

White Ivy

Sandhya Menon

From Twinkle, With Love

Richard Wagamese

Medicine Walk

Tawni O'Dell

Back Roads

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life SIGNED

Samuel Miller

A Lite Too Bright

Gloria Chao

American Panda

Zinzi Clemmons

What we lose

Tommy Wallach

Thanks for the Trouble

Sandhya Menon

From Twinkle, With Love

R. J. Palacio

Wonder Movie Tie-In Edition