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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 popped up since Simon di...

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

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 voice, acclaimed aut...

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

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

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

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

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 Readers One of the Be...

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

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

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 after midday. When the ...

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 it. Her aunt went m...

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

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he wa...

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 lived in the Roseland ...

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 what promised to be a ...

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

Listen to the First Chapter: From the Book Jacket: Three screws in her hip. Two months until spring training. One answer to all her problems. Micky Catalan's...

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

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: his father, who has ...