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August 23, 2017 4:00PM to 5:00PM
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Nevertheless : a memoir
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The sea of monsters
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The mark of Athena
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The hidden oracle
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Everything, everything
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The Hammer of Thor
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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The House of Hades
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The Titan's curse
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Tower of dawn
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Wonder Woman : warbringer
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City of Glass
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The alchemist
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Eleanor & Park
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Once and for all
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Divergent
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The crown
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The Sun is also a star
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City of ashes
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Mockingjay
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Insurgent
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The heir.
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Lady midnight
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