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American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales   Social media and dating apps are putting unprecedented pressures on America's teen girls, In the 2 1/2 years she spent researching her book, Sales interviewed more than 200 teenage girls around the country about their social media and Internet usage. The data is shocking how the atmosphere has really changed in social situations with girls and boys.	The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle    Growing up, Victor LaValle loved reading the horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft. It wasn't until later that LaValle recognized the racism in Lovecraft's work and felt the need to respond. His new book  'The Ballad Of Black Tom' Offers both a tribute and a critique of lovecraft.
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The Trials of Apollo: Book 1 The Hidden Oracle is set in the world of Percy Jackson.
 How do you punish an immortal?

By making him human.

After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor.

But Apollo has many enemies-gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.

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