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381) Chicken boy
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Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.
382) Because of the sun
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Seventeen-year-old Dani struggles with how to process the ambiguous grief she feels in the aftermath of her mother's death after moving to New Mexico with an aunt she never met.
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"Sera does not always like being at home, where her dad's anger feels like the strongest thing. School feels better. But when Sera gets into an argument with a friend and finds herself acting like the bully at home, she discovers the strongest thing is not loud or angry at all."--
386) My Quiet Ship
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When his parents yell, Quinn escapes in his Quiet Ship but one day, the ship is broken and he must find a way to stop the fighting.
388) Over you
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"A novel about two girls on the run from their problems, their pasts, and themselves. Max and Sadie are escaping to Nebraska, but they'll soon learn they can't escape the truth"--
389) The root of magic
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In Kismet, Maine, where a blizzard stranded twelve-year-old Willow's family, she seeks to understand the magic the townspeople have, to cure her little brother's mysterious illness and return her life to normal.
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Told in separate voices, Azure, who is a lesbian, and Luke, who is bisexual, help plan an inclusive senior prom while Luke is writing and producing a musical about his life, both are working through the crush they have on their friend Radhika, and all three are dealing with problems at home.
391) Meet me at the river
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Stepsiblings Tressa and Luke, close as children, fell in love as teens, and neither the disapproval of those around them nor even Luke's death can keep them apart as long as Tressa needs him.
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Avalon James and Atticus Brightwell are ten years old, and ever pair of best friends know that during their tenth year on the planet, they are granted one special, magical power. This is called the Infinity Year, and you might have a power to use over and over again, or one special one to use once in a lifetime. However, Avalon is closing in on age eleven, and her power hasn't yet appeared. With bullying at school and a family disintegrating, Avalon...
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Seventeen-year-old Anna O'Mally is a gifted writer but for the past year, since her beloved uncle Joe died, she's been wrapped in grief that seems impenetrable until a strange email suggests she didn't know Joe as well as she thought--and he wasn't the saint she believed he was.
394) Wish girl
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Peter Stone is an introvert among a loud, extroverted family, but when they all move to the Texas Hill Country, Peter discovers a peaceful, natural valley where he can finally hear himself think. He also discovers Annie, a girl his age who is in the Make-A-Wish program for her cancer. When her treatments threaten to permanently harm her brain, Annie and Peter plan to escape into their valley, which they come to believe is magical.
395) Claro de luna
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Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.
396) Paper chains
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Ana attempts to hold her family together after her father's departure while her best friend, Katie, begins wondering about her birth parents, and the two must work through the tangles of their secrets before it tears them apart.
397) Joseph's grace
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Now a high school junior, Joseph Flood contends with grief over his late cousin Jasmine, his mother's addictions and pleas for money, the distance between himself and his father in Iraq, making the tennis team, and a new relationship.
398) Ribbons
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A promising young ballet student cannot afford to continue lessons when her Chinese grandmother emigrates from Hong Kong, creating jealousy and conflict among the entire family.
400) Deadly little games
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Before Camelia and Ben can fully grasp the powerful bond brought about by their psychometry, an unresolved family tragedy resurfaces in Camelia's life, irrevocably changing everything she cares about.