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1) Ace takes flight

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Eleven-year-old Ace Wells's dream has finally come true: he is a new cadet in the B.E.S.T. (Biological Enhancement Systems Technology) Program. Until now, he's been living in the shadow of his superstar brother, Finn--but not for long. This is new Ace! He knows he can make his mark on the world with SuperSoar wings, but on day one, nothing goes as planned. The antagonistic elevator AI Otis wants to eat his belongings, the physical feats set by his...

2) Under pressure

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McCarthy, Cory

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Told through the alternating perspectives of Leo (they/them) and Jayla (she/her), the boxmates from the B.E.S.T. Academy are lost at sea and their best friend, Grayson Bix, is missing. Their hoverpod is busted, their stomachs are empty, and their hopes are crushed. When a mysterious vessel approaches, Ace, Leo, and Jayla are certain they'll be carted back to the Tower of Power, with their punishments for escaping awaiting. But a twist: The crew is...

3) Some assembly required

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McCarthy, Cory

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As they each face individual decisions that could dictate their destinies, the boxmates find their augs put to the test against a global corporate superpower, taking them from the Tower of Power to the Resistance base to Bixonics HQ international space station for their final adventure.

4) You Were Here

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McCarthy, Cory

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You Were Here is a gripping, emotional novel perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon, Jennifer Niven, and Adam Silvera, that moves seamlessly from prose to graphic novel panels and word art poetry.

Jaycee is about to accomplish what her older brother Jake couldn't: live past graduation.

Jaycee is dealing with her brother's death the only way she can—by re-creating Jake's daredevil stunts. The ones that got

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5) Man o' war

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McCarthy, Cory

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Arab American Heritage Month for Young People

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River McIntyre has grown up down the street from Sea Planet, an infamous marine life theme park slowly going out of business in small-town Ohio. When a chance encounter with a happy, healthy queer person on the annual field trip lands River literally in the shark tank, they must admit the truth: they don’t know who they are—only what they’ve been told to be. This sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized...

6) Ace Takes Flight

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McCarthy, Cory

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Welcome to 2048. Every graduate of the B.E.S.T. Program can receive a bionic enhancement as a rite of passage in this inclusive tween series. For Ace Wells, it is just the beginning of his epic augmentation journey in book one of this near-future sci-fi trilogy.

Eleven-year-old Ace Wells's dream has finally come true: he is a new cadet in the B.E.S.T. (Biological Enhancement Systems Technology) Program. Until now, he's been

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7) Hope is an arrow: the story of Lebanese American poet Kahlil Gibran

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McCarthy, Cory

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Before Kahlil Gibran became the world's third-best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, an immigrant child from Lebanon with a secret hope to bring people together despite their many differences. Kahlil's life highlights the turn of the twentieth century, from the religious conflicts that tore apart his homeland and sent a hundred thousand Arab people to America, to settling in Boston, where the wealthy clashed headlong with the...

8) PostScript

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McCarthy, Cory

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"On a depopulated archipelago off the coast of Massachusetts, a tiny handful of sapiens sift the remnants of civilization for scraps of comfort and joy in this fleeting postscript about the last of us"-- Provided by publisher.

9) Breaking sky

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McCarthy, Cori

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In the year 2048 Chase Harcourt, call sign "Nyx," is one of only two pilots chosen to fly the experimental "Streaker" jets at the junior Air Force Academy, but few know the pain and loneliness of her past or the dark secret about her father, and as the world tilts toward war, Chase cracks open a military secret.

10) Now a major motion picture

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McCarthy, Cori

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In Ireland with her brother during the filming of a movie based on her grandmother's wildly popular Elementia trilogy, Iris, seventeen, decides to shut down production and end the annoying craze.

11) Once & future

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Capetta, A. R

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Resets the Arthurian legend in outer space, with King Arthur reincarnated as seventeen-year-old Ari, a female king whose quest is to stop a tyrranical corporate government, aided by a teenaged Merlin.

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Cory McCarthy

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2) Under pressure

3) Some assembly required

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7) Hope is an arrow: the story of Lebanese American poet Kahlil Gibran

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10) Now a major motion picture

11) Once & future