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Series series Tristan Strong Novel, A
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Peace, Locomotion

by Jacqueline Woodson ...

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by Torrey Maldonado ...

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by Katherine Marsh ...

Series Book 1 - The Myth of Monsters
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A Long Walk to Water

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by Linda Sue Park ...

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The Cydonian Pyramid

by Pete Hautman ...

Series Book 2 - Klaatu Diskos
The much-anticipated sequel to The Obsidian Blade transports readers to the terrifying and thrilling world of Lah Lia, the enigmatic girl who changed Tucker Feyes life. More than half a millennium in the future, in the shadow of the looming Cydonian Pyramid, a pampered girl named Lah Lia has been raised for one purpose: to be sacrificed through one of the mysterious diskos that hover over the ... Read more

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