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Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older

Sierra Santiago is not the average teenager: she has taken on her family’s legacy of being a shadowshaper – someone who can command spirits through art. Since Sierra learned of her talents and taken...

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The Guardian and the Oak Tree by Ty Dubowsky

Try lives with his mother, sister, and two brothers in a small house in a village by the sea. Try’s father vanished at sea several years prior, but Try is not lonely because he has two good friends:...

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The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Emily Lloyd-Jones’ The Hearts We Sold is a young-adult novel that combines science fiction, fantasy, horror, adventure, suspense, and romance. This story follows Dee Moreno, who lives mostly at...

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The Ocean in My Ears by Meagan Macvie

Seventeen-year-old Meri Miller is way past ready to leave her tiny town of Soldotna, Alaska. She’s not sure what she wants to do but she knows she wants to do it elsewhere. All Meri wants to do is...

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The Brambles by Leah Erickson

The presumed suicide of seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Gray shocks the residents of her town. Not that they really knew her; no one really knew Elizabeth. She lived with her mother in a house and they...

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Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 2: A Recipe for Disaster by Natalie Riess

Have you ever wanted to have aliens sweep you away to compete on an intergalactic cooking show, while developing a sweet romance and dodging your rival’s plots to end your existence? In Space Battle...

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This Is Our Constitution: Discover America with a Gold Star Father by Khizer...

A Pakistani immigrant, a naturalized citizen of this country, a lawyer and a Gold Star father has written this book about the significance and importance of our Constitution. This is a small book, but...

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Haunting the Deep by Adriana Mather

Adriana Mather’s sequel to How to Hang a Witch is just as riveting as its predecessor, taking place in modern day Salem, while combining history, mystery, suspense, paranormal elements, and magic....

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Kid Alone: A Garvie Smith Mystery by Simon Mason

Simon Mason’s sequel to the Running Girl, Kid Alone, features Garvie Smith, a high school student who has a high I.Q. and photographic memory, but is easily uninterested, bored, and lazy when it comes...

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The Engine Woman’s Light by Laurel Anne Hill

Juanita is a mystic, one of the chosen people who can communicate with the spirits of the dead. Her family’s spirits impart wisdom, guidance, and in this case, a mission from God to help save the lives...

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Meet Me in The Strange by Leander Watts

Davi is a teenager who spends most of his days in his family’s hotel listening to music. He has no particular ambition or purpose in life. Things change when he sees a girl at a concert of his favorite...

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The Seethe by Mike Gullickson

Kacey Edwards yearns to find a way to break free from the small town she has known her entire life. Her hopes of becoming a veterinarian and finally escaping from her broken family are constantly...

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Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter

Ally Carter’s suspenseful thriller, Not If I Save You First, is a young adult novel that combines action, adventure, and survival as well as the elements of friendship and hope. Madeleine (Maddie) Rose...

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The Sacrifice of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie with Nancy Ohlin

Paige McKenzie’s third installment, The Sacrifice of Sunshine Girl, is just as riveting and satisfying as its predecessors, with a unique and quirky main character, great character development, as well...

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The Fandom by Anna Day

Anna Day’s, The Fandom, is a young adult novel that combines adventure, fantasy, and four friends that are transported into the dystopian world of The Gallows Dance. Violet and her friend, Alice, are...

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