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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Staff Pick
Once I started this book, I couldn't stop reading. Not only is this young adult book funny and touching — it feels so real. Anyone of any age who has struggled to know themselves and has fought for happiness will find resonance in the words and... (read more)

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by Suzanne Collins
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I Am the Messenger
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Staff Pick
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The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
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Shaun Tan, one of my favorite children's book illustrators, draws upon hundreds of years worth of immigrant stories to tell this single but universal tale: one of alienation, magic, and bravely bearing the wonderful and frightening strangeness of a new... (read more)

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Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4)
by Jeff Kinney
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How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Staff Pick
A gritty, funny, and widely influential novel (it caused quite a stir!) that I guarantee you'll read time and time again. Powerful and worthy of many re-readings.... (read more)

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Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Tales from Outer Suburbia
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An Abundance of Katherines
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All Kinds of Families!
by Mary Ann Hoberman
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The Liberation of Gabriel King
by K L Going
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