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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT
VIRTUOSITYFormer child violin prodigy Martinez brings this overwrought world to tense, quivering life and guides readers through it... Full review >
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WINTER TOWNby Stephen Emond & illustrated by Stephen Emond
Compelling, honest and true—this musing about art and self-discovery, replete with pitch-perfect dialogue, will have wide... Full review >
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TILTby Alan Cumyn
The comedy and drama are both mild, but the two eminently likable teens at the center of it look capable of keeping heads... Full review >
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STAY WITH MEby Paul Griffin
An outstanding love story peopled by a wealth of memorable characters. Full review >
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WHY WE BROKE UPby Daniel Handler & illustrated by Maira Kalman
A poignant, exhilarating tale of a love affair gone to the dogs. Full review >
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WHITE CROWWickedly macabre and absolutely terrifying. (Horror. 14 & up) Full review >
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TIGHTERA contemporary reboot that does the original proud. Full review >
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DREAMLAND SOCIAL CLUBThe result is a memorable tale of personal growth and acceptance that will make teens eager to join a Dreamland Social Club... Full review >
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BEAUTY QUEENSby Libba Bray
The humor is both dark and madcap, including footnote asides and commercial scripts that keep the laughs coming. Full review >
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BROOKLYN BURNINGEarly in the summer of 2006, Scout comes to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, looking for someone to make music with. Kid, who plays... Full review >
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BUNHEADSby Sophie Flack
A multi-layered and absorbing good read by a promising debut novelist. Full review >
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ISLAND'S ENDRefreshingly hopeful and beautifully written. (Fiction. 12 & up) Full review >
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NOW IS THE TIME FOR RUNNINGWilliams, a renowned dramatist, gives readers compelling characters and, in simple language, delivers a complicated story... Full review >
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FINDING SOMEWHEREHorse story, road trip, coming-of-age tale: It's any and all of these, but mostly a tender and authentic voyage into the... Full review >
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