Alyssa Sheinmel
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Told in multiple voices, when popular Mike Parker's girlfriend informs North Bay Academy's principal that he has been hitting her, students react differently, revealing their own insecurities and problems." -- When Mike Parker's girlfriend shows up at school with a bruise on her face, she walks into the principal's office and said Mike hit her. The students have questions. Why did she go to the principal and not the police? Why did she stay so long...
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Ellie Sokoloff is attending Ventana Ranch School in Big Sur, because she hopes that the wide-open setting will cure her claustrophobia and she was delighted to find Eliza Hart her childhood friend also in attendance; but Eliza has changed and for no apparent reason starts spreading rumors about Ellie, until one day she is found dead--now Ellie must find out what happened to her one-time best friend, and who killed her, not least because she herself...
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Four walls. One window. No way to escape.
Hannah knows there's been a mistake, she doesn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at that summer program was an accident. As soon as the doctor and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, she can go home to start her senior year. Those college applications aren't going to write themselves. Until then, she's determined to win over the staff and earn some privileges...
4) Faceless
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Faceless is an emotionally gripping novel about a girl who gets a face transplant -- and has to rediscover her identity.
While on a run one day, Maise gets into a terrible accident. A hot-burning electrical fire consumes her, destroying her face. Where her nose, cheeks, and chin used to be, now there is . . . nothing.She is lucky enough to qualify for a face transplant. But with someone else's features staring back at her in the mirror, Maise looks...
5) Lights Out
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An original YA novel based on the hit Netflix series, Outer Banks, written by New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel, featuring JJ and John B in a brand-new, high-octane adventure
It's spring break in the Outer Banks, and the islands are swarming with rich tourists. The last thing JJ and John B want to do is spend their week watching Kooks in action, so they plan a fishing getaway to the notoriously dangerous Frying Pan Shoals-nicknamed...
6) Young Blood
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The official prequel novel to the hit Umbrella Academy series on Netflix, starring a teenaged Umbrella Academy in an original, darkly comic adventure written by New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel.
The Umbrella Academy has always been extraordinary-ready to leap to superpowered action at a moment's notice. But now that Five has disappeared and their fame has crested, sometimes the only thing Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben,...
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Back to School - Young Adult
Jewish American Heritage - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Jewish American Heritage - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
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From New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel comes the emotional story of a grieving teenager sent to a boarding school that is nothing like she expected.
When Moira Dreyfuss's parents announce that they're sending her to an all-girls boarding school deep in the Maine woods, Moira isn't fooled. She knows her parents are punishing her; she's been too much trouble since her best friend, Nathan, died-and for a while before that. At the Castle...
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Paige McKenzie's Sunshine Girl series is a must-read for fans of paranormal and horror fiction. Here 16-year-old Sunshine is reluctantly gaining control over her powers as a Luiseach. But while she explores her mystical lineage, Sunshine discovers a dangerous discordance-one only she can heal.
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Based on the wildly popular YouTube channel, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl has been described as “Gilmore Girls meets Paranormal Activity for the new media age." YA fans new and old will learn the secrets behind Sunshine-the adorkable girl living in a haunted house-a story that is much bigger, and runs much deeper, than even the most devoted viewer can imagine.
10) Second Star
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A radical reinvention of J. M. Barrie's classic tale, Alyssa B. Sheinmel's Second Star is an irresistible summer romance about two young men who have yet to grow up-and the troubled beauty trapped between them.
A twisty story about love, loss, and lies, this contemporary Oceanside adventure, is tinged with a touch of dark magic as it follows seventeen-year-old Wendy Darling on a search for her missing surfer brothers. Wendy's journey leads her...
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Haunting of Sunshine girl volume 1
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When Kat Griffith and her adopted daughter Sunshine move into their new home, eerie things begin to happen inside the house.
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Haunting of Sunshine girl volume 2
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"Sunshine Griffith can communicate with ghosts. Even more amazing, she recently discovered--with the help of her would-be boyfriend, Nolan--that's she's a luiseach, one of an ancient race of creatures who have lived among humans for centuries, protecting them from dark spirits and helping them move on to the afterlife. Now, Sunshine's powers are awakening and she feels spirits everywhere--intense and sometimes overwhelming. Eager to get her supernatural...
