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Tiger Lily, Jodi Lynn Anderson

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews

Master of Deceit, Marc Aronson

The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi

The Demon Catchers of Milan, Kat Beyer

Black Heart, Holly Black

Girl of Nightmares, Kendare Blake

Above, Leah Bobet

The Diviners, Libba Bray

Devine Intervention, Martha Brockenbrough

Love and Other Perishable Items, Laura Buzo

Call the Shots, Don Calame

Between You and Me, Marisa Calin

Bitterblue, Kristin Cashore

The Crimson Crown, Cinda Williams Chima

Reached, Ally Condie

The Fitzosbornes at War, Michelle Cooper

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar, Kady Cross

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Emily M. Danforth

Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst

My Name is Parvana, Deborah Ellis

Pinned, Sharon G. Flake

The Difference Between You and Me, Madeleine George

The Fault in Our Stars, John Green

The Warrior’s Heart, Eric Greitens

A World Away, Nancy Grossman

The Girl is Trouble, Kathryn Miller Haines

Girl Meets Boy, Kelly Millner Halls

Have a Nice Day, Julie Halpern

Seraphina, Rachel Hartman

The Obsidian Blade, Pete Hautman

Friends with Boys, Faith Erin Hicks

Titanic, Deborah Hopkinson

A Certain October, Angela Johnson

Fourmile, Watt Key

Keeping the Castle, Patrice Kindl

Ask the Passengers, A. S. King

See You At Harry's, Jo Knowles

Enchanted, Alethea Kontis

Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff

The Disenchantments, Nina LaCour

Grave Mercy, Robin LaFevers

The Brides of Rollrock Island, Margo Lanagan

Team Human, Justine Larbalestier

My Book of Life by Angel, Martine Leavitt

Every Day, David Levithan

Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas

Froi of the Exiles, Melina Marchetta

Invincible Microbe, Jim Murphy

No Crystal Stair, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

A Confusion of Princes, Garth Nix

Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You, Joyce Carol Oates

Pandemonium, Lauren Oliver

Such Wicked Intent, Kenneth Oppel

Burn Mark, Laura Powell

Dodger, Terry Pratchett

Boy21, Matthew Quick

The Children and the Wolves, Adam Rapp

Beyond Courage, Doreen Rappaport

The Bronte Sisters, Catherine Reef

This is Not Forgiveness, Celia Rees

A Million Suns, Beth Revis

The Girl with Borrowed Wings, Rinsai Rossetti

Sons of the 613, Michael Rubens

After Eli, Rebecca Rupp

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, Jennifer E. Smith

The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater

Drama, Raina Telgemeier

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, Catherine M. Valente

Double, Jenny Valentine

The Book of Blood and Shadow, Robin Wasserman

Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein

Beneath a Meth Moon, Jacqueline Woodson

Marathon, Boaz Yakin

 

 

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