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    April 23, 2026

    Discover interconnectedness of nature in The Animals Speak: The Lakota Way

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    Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss team up for entertaining Escape Game

    Teens set out to win a reality TV escape room competition and solve last season’s murder in The Escape Game, by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss.

    April 14, 2026

    We Are Never Getting Together is fun contemporary YA rom-com

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    Dear America series transports readers to Valley Forge, Mayflower

    For years, the Dear America series has been introducing readers to American history. Now, two of the novels, The Winter of Red Snow and A Journey to the New World have been released in deluxe paperback form.

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    Sara Amini’s Mixed Feelings humorous & heartfelt graphic novel

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    Jess Lourey’s The Verdant Cage is atmospheric upper YA

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    Discover interconnectedness of nature in The Animals Speak: The Lakota Way

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