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BlastFromthePast:

Chernow, Ron Alexander Hamilton

Donnelly, Jennifer Revolution

Hinds, Gareth The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Kleist, Reinhard The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft

Larson, Erik Thunderstruck

Taylor, Chris

How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise

Black-EyedSusan:

Berry, Nina The Notorious Pagan Jones

Dessen, Sarah Saint Anything

Harmon, Michael Stick

Magoon, Kekla How it Went Down

Murphy, Julie Dumplin'

Reynolds, Jason The Boy in the Black Suit

Stratton, Allan Dogs

Tahir, Sabaa An Ember in the Ashes

Toten, Teresa The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

Yoon, Nicola Everything, Everything

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Double-take:

Atwood, Kathryn Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue

Engle, Margarita Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

Gantos, Jack The Trouble in Me

Hohn, Donovan Moby Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea

Myers, Walter Dean Monster

Pyle, Kevin C. Bad for You: Exposing the War on Fun!

HeroesAmongUs:

Brown, Daniel

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Carmon, Irina Notorious RBG

Casey, Susan

Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue

Westerfeld, Scott Zeroes

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Out-shoot,Out-think,Out-play:

Casey, Susan The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Oceans

Morgan, Alex Breakaway Skinner, Gard Game Slaves

LookAgain:

Abel, Jessica

Drawing Words & Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond

Kaufman, Amie Illuminae Moskowitz, Hannah Not Otherwise Specified

Murray, Elizabeth

Overturning Wrongful Convictions: Science Serving Justice

Sedgwick, Marcus She Is Not Invisible

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OutofYourComfortZone:

Anderson, M.T.

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

Hanel, Rachel

Love & Profanity: A Collection of True, Tortured, Wild, Hilarious, Concise, and Intense Tales of Teenage Life

Hoose, Phillip M.

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

King, A. S. I Crawl Through It

Shusterman, Neal Challenger Deep

Weir, Andy The Martian

NotAsItSeems:

Cypess, Leah Death Sworn

Donnelly, Jennifer These Shallow Graves

Knudsen, Michelle Evil Librarian

Seidman, David What if I'm an Atheist?: A Teen's Guide to Exploring a Life Without Religion

Sharpe, Tess Far From You

Home,Sweet,Home:

Arnold, David Mosquitoland

Bausum, Ann Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights

Frydenborg, Kay Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat

Kinsella, Sophie Finding Audrey

Maberry, Jonathan Rot & Ruin Mandel, Emily St. John Station Eleven: A Novel

Oakes, Stephanie The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

TheStruggleIsReal:

Grisham, John The Firm

Lu, Marie Young Elites Reber, Deborah

Chill: Stress-Reducing Techniques for a More Balanced, Peaceful You

Smith, Rachelle Lee Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus Thrash, Maggie Honor Girl

Joy&Pain:

Benwell, Sarah The Last Leaves Falling

Gardner, Sally Maggot Moon

Niven, Jennifer All the Bright Places

Reynolds, Jason All American Boys

GameChanger:

Gallagher, Monica Part-Time Princesses

Gilliland, Ben Rocket Science for the Rest of Us

Jackson, Aurelia Google: How Larry Page & Sergey Brin Changed the Way We Search the Web

Keil, Melissa Life in Outer Space

Maushart, Susan The Winter of Our Disconnect

Plain, Nancy This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon

Wein, Elizabeth Black Dove, White Raven

FindYourself:

Abel, Jessica Mastering Comics

Albertalli, Becky Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Dunkle, Elena Elena Vanishing

Manzano, Sonia Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

Rowell, Rainbow Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow

Woodson, Jacqueline Brown Girl Dreaming