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1) The teacher
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"Something isn't right at Caseham High School. Last year, the school was rocked by scandal: a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Now, Addie is a pariah and will do anything to get through the year. More than that, she's desperate to keep the truth from coming to light. Eve, a colleague of the disgraced teacher, is horrified to find Addie in her class. She knows the girl can't be trusted and soon realizes she's...
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There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn't be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch; Kelly, the bookworm next door; James, a cynical burnout; Casey,...
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Persona 5 volume 11
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Akira and his friends dive into the palace of Kunikazu Okumura, who is Haru's father and the CEO of the Okumura Foods megacorp. Haru joins the Phantom Thieves, and the battle reaches its climax! Will Haru's father be able to escape the chains of greed that bind him? Meanwhile, at school, Akira notices something odd about his classmate Kasumi Yoshizawa. Following her leads him to a mysterious palace...
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Based on the book series by Edo Van Belkom, Wolf Pack follows a teenage boy and girl whose lives are changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature and drives it to attack a highway traffic jam beneath the burning hills. Wounded in the chaos, the boy and girl are inexplicably drawn to each other and to two other teenagers who were adopted sixteen years earlier by a park ranger after another mysterious wildfire....
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Insomniacs after school volume 4
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Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap--but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things. After discovering the source of Magari's insomnia, Nakami...
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Preparation for Mission: Yozakura Front Lines to capture Kawashita is underway, and the family is getting help from all its allies--and even some old enemies. While the rest of the family is at work, Taiyo receives special training from Grandpa Ban to unlock the Yozakura family's secret power--Blooming. Every family member, including those married into the family, has their own Blooming, and Taiyo must unlock his before the mission begins. Time is...
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Yo didn't expect high school life to be a whirlpool of lust and regret. He feels trampled on by Mitani, the girl he has had a crush on for as long as he can remember. He also can't forgive himself for upsetting Kei, the one person who seems to fully understand him. And when Yo realizes how much he has hurt the people around him, anguish and panic lead him to do something that shocks not only Kei and Mitani, but his entire class.
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Cocoon entwined volume 5
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The timeless little garden known as Hoshimiya Girls' Academy, where uniforms are woven from students' hair. There, "school prince" Hana and "queen of the dorms" Ayane are held emotionally captive by the Lady of the Cocoon, whose disappearance turned the school upside down. In her abandoned room, the two make secret trysts ... but Youko still hasn't given up on Hana. What will happen in this dance of true love and twisted feelings?
10) Sakura, Saku: 1
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The bud of bittersweet first love takes bloom! A mysterious boy comes to Saku Fujigaya's rescue when she falls ill on a train, but he leaves before she can thank him. After this experience, Saku never ignores strangers in need of help to emulate the boy who helped her. Saku Fujigaya would like to thank the boy who helped her, but all she has is a note signed "Ryosuke Sakura." She discovers that a boy at her high school, Haruki Sakura, has an older...
11) Sakura, Saku: 2
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A mysterious boy comes to Saku Fujigaya's rescue when she falls ill on a train, but he leaves before she can thank him. After this experience, Saku never ignores strangers in need of help to emulate the boy who helped her.
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Teenager Clawdeen Wolf never felt like she fit in, until her instincts led her to Monster High, where she discovered she's a werewolf and a human, and now feels at home in both worlds. She is befriended by Draculaura, Frankie Stein and Deuce Gorgon. These young monsters are learning who they are, defying expectations, disrupting the norm, and embracing their differences to make a difference. Together, they'll learn to be fierce and fearless at the...
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Darwin incident volume 4
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Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie is at the center of a maelstrom: the ALA want to turn him into a terrorist figurehead, the FBI want to bring him in, and the people of Shrews want nothing to do with him... Amid the chaos, Charlie has lost his family. But who took them from him? The answer could change the world ... !!Back cover.
14) Pretty furious
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Five high school friends who've experienced the worst abuse, bullying and gaslighting their small town of Eganston, Ontario, has to offer, put their survival tactics to good use as they plot their revenge.
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Suiren Shibazeki is often compared to a beautiful flower--but one that grows on the tallest peak of a mountain, forever out of reach. When Suiren develops feelings for the quiet Taichi Kawasumi, however, she doesn't want to be a distant flower. She'd rather leave her lofty perch and fly toward him like a butterfly. Suiren finally felt closer to Kawasumi the night of the fireworks festival, but now that school has started again, the distance between...
17) Carrie
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Carrie White, has a shy and awkward demeanor, obscured by the fact that she is "gifted" with awesome telekinetic powers. As part of a cruel and vicious student prank, Carrie's better-looking and more socially savvy classmates arrange for her to be elected prom queen. Once she is crowned, Carrie unleashed a terror that includes burning down most of the school and all but 11 students attending the prom that night.
18) Boy's abyss: 4
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Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss.
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"Channeling her frustrations into email drafts--ones that she'd never send--seemingly perfect Sadie Wen finds her carefully crafted, conflict-free life turned upside down when the email is sent out accidentally, and the only person growing to appreciate the 'real' Sadie is the only boy she's sworn to hate"--
20) Carrie
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Based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, Carrie catches the mind, shakes it and refuses to let it go. Starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie, John Travolta and Amy Irving, this ultimate revenge fantasy is one of the all-time great horror classics! At the center of the terror is Carrie, a tortured high-school misfit with no confidence, no friends ... and no idea about the extent of her secret powers of telekinesis. But when her psychotic mother...
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