Elizabeth Acevedo

This paperback copy of The Poet X is in excellent condition and a wonderful way to diversify your bookshelf with challenged books.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

A National Book Award Longlist title! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. “Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation “An incredibly potent debut.” —Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost “Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” —Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street

The Poet X

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Angie Thomas

Amandla Stenberg

This hardcover copy of The Hate U Give is in excellent condition with its dust jacket.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The acclaimed, award-winning novel is now a major motion picture starring Amandla Stenberg, Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, and Common. This hardcover edition features the movie poster art, full-color photos, and Angie Thomas in conversation with Amandla Stenberg and director George Tillman Jr. 8 starred reviews ∙ William C. Morris Award Winner ∙ National Book Award Longlist ∙ Printz Honor Book ∙ Coretta Scott King Honor Book ∙ #1 New York Times Bestseller (60+ weeks on the list!) "Absolutely riveting!" —Jason Reynolds "Stunning." —John Green "This story is necessary. This story is important." —Kirkus (starred review) "Heartbreakingly topical." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A marvel of verisimilitude." —Booklist (starred review) "A powerful, in-your-face novel." —Horn Book (starred review) Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life. And don't miss On the Come Up, Angie Thomas's powerful follow-up to The Hate U Give.

The Hate U Give Movie Tie-In Edition

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Malala Yousafzai

Christina Lamb

This paperback copy of I Am Malala is in excellent condition and large print for easier reading 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

I Am Malala

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Diversify Your Library

Chad Morris

This hardcover copy of The Avatar Battle is in pristine like new condition with its dustjacket.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Avatar Battle

In book 2 of this trilogy, Abby and Derick begin their second semester at Cragbridge Hall, the most prestigious secondary school in the world. But when Grandpa Cragbridge admits them to the Council of Keys--a secret group of people who have keys to travel back in time--strange things begin to happen. One by one, members are found unconscious and unable to wake, their keys stolen. Now Abby and Derick must scramble to figure out who is behind the attacks before they become the next victims, which would give their enemy the power to change the past forever.



This is a page-turning, time-traveling history adventure with themes about choice and consequence and believing in yourself to do hard things.

Cragbridge Hall, Book 2

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E. B. White

This hardback copy of The Trumpet of the Swan is in excellent condition with its dust jacket 

Notable Children's Books of 1970 (ALA) "Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966–1978 (SLJ) Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT) Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress) 1973 William Allen White Children's Book Award 1973 Sequoyah Children's Book Award (Oklahoma)

The Trumpet of the Swan

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This hardback copy of The Trumpet of the Swan is in excellent condition with its dust jacket.

Novels for your middle schooler

Aaron Zenz

This hardback copy of the Hiccupotamus is in pristine condition with its dust jacket.

"There was a hippopotamus who hiccupped quite-a-lotamus. And every time he got'emus... he'd fall upon his bottomus!" Calamity ensues when an elephant, a centipede, and a rhinoceros try finding a cure for hippo's colossal case of hiccups. Author-illustrator Aaron Zenz's creativity shines through in his colored pencil artwork in this off-the-wall read-aloud. HIC! HIC! HIC!

The Hiccupotamus

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This hardcover copy of This Book Will Not Be Fun is in pristine like new condition.

This book will not be fun

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Jon Scieszka

This educational math picture book is in excellent condition, with only minor wear and a stamp resding "this book belongs to Mrs. Trudy Burton" on the page preceding the title page. 

Math Curse

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Picture Books

Joshua David Bellin

This hardcover copy of Survival Colony 9 is in pristine like new condition with its dust jacket.

In a futuristic landscape ravaged by war, a colony's hopes for survival hinge on one teenage boy in this fast-paced, action-packed story.

Querry Genn is in trouble. He can't remember anything before the last six months. And Querry needs to remember. Otherwise he is dead weight to the other members of Survival Colony 9, one of the groups formed after a brutal war ravaged the earth. And now the Skaldi have come to scavenge what is left of humanity. No one knows what the Skaldi are, or why they are here, just that they impersonate humans, taking their form before shedding the corpse like a skin.

Desperate to prove himself after the accident that stole his memory, Querry is both protected and tormented by the colony's authoritarian commander, his father. The only person he can talk to is the beautiful Korah, but even with her, he can't shake the feeling that something is desperately wrong. Whatever is going on, Querry is at the center of it, for a secret in his past not only makes him a target of the Skaldi's wrath, but the key to the colony's future.

Survival Colony 9

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Kristen Simmons

This paperback copy of Article 5 is in excellent condition with minor wear to the front cover.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

In Kristen Simmons's Article 5, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been revoked and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police-instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior-instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. That life in the United States used to be different. Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings...the only boy Ember has ever loved.

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