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Motorcycles, Sushi & One Strange Book

Nancy N. Rue

Fifteen-year-old Jessie Hatcher, forced to go to Florida with the father she thought was dead, finds that his faith, a book that seems to speak to her heart, and new friends help her get control of her ADHD and her life.

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Shrinking Violet

Danielle Joseph · 304 pages

Painfully shy, eighteen-year-old Teresa dreams of becoming a radio disc jockey, but when her big break comes it threatens her budding relationship with the first boy ever to notice her, as he speaks of honesty while she hides her on-air identity.

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Embers and Echoes

Karsten Knight · 496 pages

In Miami, Florida, seeking her younger sister, sixteen-year-old Ashline Wilde, a Polynesian volcano goddess, joins forces with other reincarnated deities but trickster Colt's diabolical plans threaten them all.

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That Time I Joined the Circus

J.J. Howard

After her father's sudden death and a break-up with her best friends, seventeen-year-old Lexi has no choice but to leave New York City seeking her long-absent mother, rumored to be in Florida with a traveling circus, where she just may discover her destiny.

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How to Be Bad

E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle · 336 pages

From the authors of ttyl, Bras & Broomsticks, and The Boyfriend List come three unforgettable characters — and one exhilarating novelVicks is the wild child whose boyfriend has gone suspiciously quiet since he left for college; Mel is the newcomer desperate to be liked; and Jesse will do anything to avoid a life-altering secret. Each one has her own reason for wanting to get the heck out of their

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The Mara Dyer Trilogy

Michelle Hodkin · 1,520 pages

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What I Saw and How I Lied

Judy Blundell · 275 pages

In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.

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Goldie Vance Volume 1

Hope Larson · 112 pages

When in-house detective Charlie comes up against a case he can't crack, he calls upon sixteen-year-old Goldie, who uses her skills, smarts, and connections to solve the case.

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Drag Teen

Jeffery Self · 261 pages

JT is a gay high school senior determined to get out of Clearwater, Florida, and be the first person in his family to go to college, even though he can not figure out how to pay for it--until his friends convince him to compete in a drag teen competition where the first prize is a college scholarship.

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Fireworks

Katie Cotugno · 344 pages

It was always meant to be Olivia. She was the talented one, the one who had been training to be a star her whole life. Her best friend, Dana, was the level-headed one, always on the sidelines, cheering her best friend along.But everything changes when Dana tags along with Olivia to Orlando for the weekend, where superproducer Guy Monroe is holding auditions for a new singing group, and Dana is dis

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I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader

Kieran Scott · 272 pages

nnisa Gobrowski has a problem - everyone at her new Florida high school is blonde. If Annisa's New Jersey attitude didn't make her stand out enough, her dark pixie cut sure does. Yet no lack of golden highlights is going to stop Annisa from making the best of Sand Dune High, especially once she checks out their competition-level cheerleading squad, and her uberhot, guitar-playing new neighbor Dani

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Candor

Pam Bachorz

In the model community of Candor, Florida, every teen wants to be like Oscar Banks. The son of the town's founder, Oscar earns straight As, is student-body president, and is in demand for every club and cause. But Oscar has a secret. He knows that parents bring their teens to Candor to make them respectful, compliant--perfect--through subliminal Messages that carefully correct and control their be

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Before You

Amber Hart · 312 pages

An unlikely romance between popular dance captain Faith and haunted Cuban immigrant Diego is challenged by their respective ambitions to pursue freedom and Diego's dangerous past.

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South Beach Sizzle

Suzanne Weyn, Diana Gonzales · 249 pages

Lula Cruz and Jeff go to South Beach, Florida where they enter a band contest. There, Lula falls in love with Enrique. Is Enrique trying to win her over -- or just trying to win? Road trip! Lula Cruz has her last summer before college all mapped out. She's checking out of NYC and checking in to the sizzling hot "SoBe" scene with her best friend, Jeff. When their day jobs get to be a drag, they spi

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Diva

Alex Flinn · 288 pages

Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin determines to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami.

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Touching the Waves

Ben M. Baglio · 168 pages

Young Jody McGrath tries to free a dolphin from a net at a special dolphin center in Key West, Florida, during her family's research travels.

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Between the Land and the Sea

Derrolyn Anderson

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Seeking Mansfield

Kate Watson · 302 pages

"In this contemporary retelling of Mansfield Park, 15-year-old Finley Price's efforts to step out of the shadows and join the prestigious Mansfield Theater capture the attention of an infuriating Hollywood It-Boy instead of the adorable boy next door"--Provided by publisher.

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The Pace

Shelena Shorts · 302 pages

Weston Wilson is not immortal and he is of this world. But, aging is not part of his existence, and eighteen-year-old Sophie Slone is determined to find out why. In doing so, she could also uncover something about her own life expectancy that she may not want to know. Suddenly, immortality will mean everything and nothing all at the same time. Intensely fascinating and rich with determination, The

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Behind the Scenes

Dahlia Adler · 328 pages

High school senior Ally Duncan's best friend may be the Vanessa Park - star of TV's hottest new teen drama - but Ally's not interested in following in her BFF's Hollywood footsteps. In fact, the only thing Ally's ever really wanted is to go to Columbia and study abroad in Paris. But when her father's mounting medical bills threaten to stop her dream in its tracks, Ally nabs a position as Van's on-

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Putting Boys on the Ledge

Stephie Davis · 184 pages

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Fool Me Twice

Mandy Hubbard · 235 pages

After a whirlwind summer romance, Landon broke up with Mackenzie and now, working together again at Serenity Ranch and Spa, Mack and her best friend Bailey are fantasizing about revenge when a fall gives Landon amnesia that has him thinking he and Mack are still together.

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Atlantis Rising

Gloria Craw · 352 pages

Seventeen-year-old Alison McKye isn't normal--in fact, she isn't even human. She's a Dewing, the offspring of descendants of Atlantis, left to grow up in the care of humans. She also has mental abilities that she doesn't understand. After a chance encounter with another Dewing who warns her that her abilities make her dangerous to her adoptive family, Alison tries to make herself as invisible as p

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