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• Lying, Stealing, and Other Ways to Save the Planet

  Campbell, Curtis

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  Teen reporter John O’Neil teams up with the school birdwatching club to stop a country club’s expansion into a conservation area, navigating blackmail, heists, and high-stakes chaos with former friend Rachel.

• Frankenstein

  Landman, Tanya,

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  A young man's search for the spark of life leads him to a horrific experiment, which quickly turns monstrous. A gripping and gruesome retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

• Dear Manny

  a Novel

  Stone, Nic

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  While running for junior class president at his university, Jared falls for his opponent who has a similar platform based on equity and inclusion, and processes his feelings by writing letters to his deceased friend Manny.

• An Unbalanced Force

  Sherrard, Valerie

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  There's a reason for every lie. Most of the time you don't have to look very hard to find that reason. But now and then you come across a lie you can't explain. This is the situation Ethan Granger finds himself in the day he discovers his father's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dancehall Rebel

  Robinson, Stacey Marie, 1978-

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  Dancehall DJ is a groundbreaking novel portraying a Caribbean Canadian teen challenging the ongoing legacy of homophobia in her musical and cultural community. Dancehall music and culture is undergoing a large shift. This book is a smart and savvy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cardboard City

  Jovanovic, Katarina, 1962-

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  Cardboard City follows the lives of two young teens, members of a Romani family. Saida and Nikola experience harsh discrimination at school and crushing poverty in their improvised settlement, spread out under a bridge in Belgrade. But then their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shades of Black

  Anthony, Carlos

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  Shades of Black is an honest portrayal of life as a young Black male teen in today's culture and environment at an urban school in Toronto's Etobicoke neighbourhood.

• Tiger Rock

  Cawthon, Scott, 1971-

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  Kai, Kane, and Danny experience strange thoughts after spending time at the Mega Pizzaplex. In the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, truth is often scarier than fiction...

• The Mysteries of Thorn Manor

  Rogerson, Margaret

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  Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball.

• Last Violent Call. This Foul Murder

  Gong, Chloe

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  Benedikt and Marshall have been summoned by Roma to find the elusive scientist, Lourens, and bring him to Zhouzhuang. But when someone is murdered on board, Benedikt and Marshall pretend that they are investigators and promise they can solve the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Standing on Neptune

  Sherrard, Valerie

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  Am I pregnant? This question shatters the peace of seventeen-year-old Brooke Palinder's life one Monday morning when she realizes her period is late. In an effort to distract herself, Brooke throws herself into a school project about Neptune, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Antuna's Story

  Birdgenaw, Terry

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  Antuna and her unlikely bee, spider, and termite pals face struggles between instinct and intelligence, and altruism versus aggression. Will Antuna save her friends from impending doom?

• Wild Waters

  Inside a Voyageur's World

  Loyie, Larry, 1933-2016

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  Tomma, a young Iroquois voyageur, signs his first contract with the Hudson's Bay Company. Does his loyalty lie with the almighty Bay or with his love of freedom? For Governor George Simpson, profits always come first, but for the Iroquois and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Things She's Seen

  Kwaymullina, Ambelin, 1975-

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  The ghost of a girl who recently died in an accident makes contact with her grieving father to help solve a mystery in a remote Australian town, where a girl who speaks entirely in riddles is the only witness to a fatal fire.

• Jamilah at the End of the World

  Zeitoun, Mary-Lou

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  Set against the backdrop of a brutal Toronto summer heatwave, seventeen-year-old Jamilah Monsour makes plans for what she's certain is the beginning of the climate change catastrophe that will end the world.

• The Humiliations of Welton Blake

  Wheatle, Alex, 1963-

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  Welton Blake has done it! He's asked out Carmella McKenzie - the best-looking girl in school - and she's only gone and said yes! But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change, Welton's phone breaks, kick-starting a series of unfortunate and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

  Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue

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  From the repercussions of wildfire to the ordinary actions such as ice-skating or going to church, this book explores fury, secrets, and love so strong it burns a path to the future.

• Poison for Breakfast

  Snicket, Lemony

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  Lemony Snicket investigates his own possible murder after receiving a note under his door stating that his breakfast was poisoned.

• Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre

  a Retelling

  Landman, Tanya

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  A Victorian governess's love for her mysterious employer is threatened by the tragic secret of his mansion.

• The Outsiders

  Hinton, S. E.

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  Three boys who lost their parents, find themselves outsiders in society.