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Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games,

a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls

are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death." title="The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: Sixteen-year-old Katniss

Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games,

a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls

are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death." />

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retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes

dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the

king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse."title="The Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George: A

retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes

dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the

king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse." />

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alt="The Compound by S.A. Bodeen: Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside

a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe

following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as

his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily

disintegrates over the course of six years." title="The Compound by S.A. Bodeen: Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside

a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe

following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as

his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily

disintegrates over the course of six years."/>

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President by Josh Lieb: Twelve-year-old evil genius, Oliver, uses his

great brain to become the third richest person in the world, and finds

that overthrowing foreign dictators is easier than getting the kids in

his middle school to vote him class president." title="I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I want to be Your Class

President by Josh Lieb: Twelve-year-old evil genius, Oliver, uses his

great brain to become the third richest person in the world, and finds

that overthrowing foreign dictators is easier than getting the kids in

his middle school to vote him class president." />

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alt="Scat by Carl Hiaasen: Nick and Marta are both suspicious when

their biology teacher, the feared Mrs. Bunny Starch, disappears, and

try to uncover the truth despite the police and headmaster's

insistence that nothing is wrong." title="Scat by Carl Hiaasen: Nick and Marta are both suspicious when

their biology teacher, the feared Mrs. Bunny Starch, disappears, and

try to uncover the truth despite the police and headmaster's

insistence that nothing is wrong." />

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alt="Viola in Reel LIfe by Adriana Trigiani: When fourteen-year-old

Viola is sent from her beloved Brooklyn to boarding school in Indiana

for ninth grade, she overcomes her initial reservations as she makes

friends with her roommates, goes on a real date, and uses the

unsettling ghost she keeps seeing as the subject of a short film--her

first." title="Viola in Reel LIfe by Adriana Trigiani: When fourteen-year-old

Viola is sent from her beloved Brooklyn to boarding school in Indiana

for ninth grade, she overcomes her initial reservations as she makes

friends with her roommates, goes on a real date, and uses the

unsettling ghost she keeps seeing as the subject of a short film--her

first." />

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up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work

with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape." title="The Maze Runner by James Dashner: Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes

up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work

with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape."/>

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fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his

father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for

African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black

Panther Party." title="The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon: In 1968 Chicago,

fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his

father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for

African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black

Panther Party." />

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alt="Pop by Gordon Korman: Lonely after a midsummer move to a new

town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes

friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at

training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water." title="Pop by Gordon Korman: Lonely after a midsummer move to a new

town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes

friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at

training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water."

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alt="Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray: After their best friend Ross dies,

English teenagers Blake, Kenny, and Sim plan a proper memorial by

taking his ashes to Ross, Scotland, an adventure-filled journey that

tests their loyalty to each other and forces them to question what

friendship means." title="Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray: After their best friend Ross dies,

English teenagers Blake, Kenny, and Sim plan a proper memorial by

taking his ashes to Ross, Scotland, an adventure-filled journey that

tests their loyalty to each other and forces them to question what

friendship means."/>

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