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Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this. A ton of copycat gossip apps have popp...

A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: A half-Japanese teen grapples with social anx...

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book A Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: In her own ...

The 2020 Michael L. Printz Award winner for excellence in young adult literature. Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: The ...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himse...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: A big-hearted dystopian novel about the corrosive effects of fear and the redemptive p...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Life is harsh in Chennai’s teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arr...

Listen to the First Chapter: Awards: New York Times Bestseller 2019 Edgar Award for Best YA Mystery A Booklist Top 10 YA Book for Adult R...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: June 6, 1944: The Nazis are terrorizing Europe, on their evil quest to conquer the wor...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just aft...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and pas...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father bef...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Author's Note: Robert "Yummy" Sandifer was a real person. He was born in 1983 and li...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: It has been a year since the mysterious godsgem cured Cadrium’s king and ushered in wh...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: For the last three years, best friends Noah and Walt have been searching for cool... W...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Three screws in her hip. Two months until spring training. One answer to all her probl...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Jim Thorpe: Super Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist, Native American Pop Warner: Indomit...

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: In an isolated cabin in an Arctic wilderness, 14-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: ...