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Ages 12–18

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Ages 13–17

Ages 13–18

From the Earth to the Moon

Ages 10–15

Ages 12–16

Ages 12–18

Ages 12–18

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–16

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ages 13–18

Ages 10–14

Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

Noelle Stevenson

Ages 10–14

Safe

When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up

Ages 10–14

Ages 13–17

Sexual contentStrong violence

Ages 13–17

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Ages 12–16

Ages 11–14

Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 10–14

Safe

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Ages 10–14

Ages 13–18

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Ages 10–14

Caution

Sexual contentStrong violence

The Death Cure

James Dashner

Ages 13–17

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