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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie  
Powells.com 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...
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The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
Powells.com Staff Pick 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...
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I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
Powells.com Staff Pick I've got to hand it to Australian author Markus Zusak: this book single-handedly made me want to be a better person. As a lifelong reader, I feel a book like this, one that can really change people, comes around so rarely that Zusak must be recognized as...
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How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Powells.com 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. Recommended by Jill S., Powells.com...
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Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher
Powells.com Staff Pick A fellow teen’s suicide is certain to rock a school… but imagine the destruction that follows when the dead girl’s classmates discover her tape recordings are being delivered one by one to each person she felt had a hand in her decision. If you...
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See You Down the Road
by Kim Ablon Whitney
Powells.com Staff Pick Inspired by an article on the Irish-American Travelers, a nomadic group of families whose lifestyle is funded mostly by stealing from and cheating the townspeople in the places they temporarily settle, this novel features Bridget as a sixteen-year-old...
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The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne
by Barry Jonsberg
Powells.com Staff Pick I love Barry Jonsberg because he created the fabulous character Calma Harrison, the Aussie drama queen with more superlatives in her vocabulary than I could think of in my lifetime. I practically died laughing at Calma's adventures as a blindly self...
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The Chicken Dance
by Jacques Couvillon
Powells.com Staff Pick Poor Stanley. He lives on a chicken farm where his mother keeps chickens for "ambience," his father is acting secretive, and neither parent pays any attention to him. I laughed myself silly throughout this book, especially at Stanley's parents — who...
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This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
by Joyce Sidman
Powells.com Staff Pick Inspired by the William Carlos Williams poem of the same title, This Is Just to Say begins with a section of poems of apology, penned by sixth-grade students, and ends with a section of response poems that are usually forgiving — the exception being,...
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An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Powells.com Staff Pick This new novel by Printz Award-winner John Green affirms my belief that he is the new Most Talented Young Adult Author Out There. I fell in love with Colin Singleton, an extraordinary guy learning how to do ordinary things (and while being entertained by...
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The Liberation of Gabriel King
by K L Going
Powells.com Staff Pick When Gabe decides there's no way he can survive fifth grade, his best friend Frita makes him a deal: if they spend the summer facing their fears together, then Gabe must promise to return to school in the fall. And so they face up to the things that...
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Cinderella
by Cynthia (rtl) Rylant
Powells.com Staff Pick In 1950, Mary Blair created the original paintings used in Disney's classic animated movie, Cinderella. Blair's stylish, timeless illustrations are compiled here for the first time, matched with Cynthia Rylant's sparsely beautiful retelling. By far, my...
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Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
by E. Lockhart
Powells.com Staff Pick With a wink and a nod to Kafka, Fly on the Wall is all about exactly what it sounds like — a girl struggling to understand those of the male persuasion one day gets her wish and wakes up as a fly. Marvel comics, nonconformists, and the mystery of...
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Am I Right or Am I Right?
by Barry Jonsberg
Powells.com Staff Pick I love Barry Jonsberg because he created the fabulous character Calma Harrison, the Aussie drama queen with more superlatives in her vocabulary than I could think of in my lifetime. I practically died laughing at Calma's adventures as a blindly self...
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Penguin
by Polly Dunbar
Powells.com Staff Pick Sometimes friendship comes in very mysterious packages: this is what Ben begins to realize as he attempts to communicate with an enigmatic penguin that shows up at his door one day. Polly Dunbar’s sweetly simple illustrations soften the shock of the...
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When the Sky Is Like Lace
by Elinor Land Horwitz
Powells.com Staff Pick A favorite picture book of mine that is both magical and comforting, this classic encourages the whimsy that is so unique to children. And breathtaking illustrations by Barbara Cooney help, too! Recommended by Jill S., Powells.com...
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The Dumpster Diver
by Janet S Wong
Powells.com Staff Pick Behold: the exciting adventures of The Dumpster Diver. Steve and his friends turn other men's junk into their own treasure through creative, if slightly perilous, means. These kids are so hip and trendy, they probably don't even know it — their...
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I'm Exploding Now
by Sid Hite
Powells.com Staff Pick This is the story of Max Whooten, an ennui-filled sixteen-year-old with a long, open summer calendar ahead of him. I loved this story. Craving a quick read populated with unextraordinary characters who make you feel good because you can recognize...
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