Young Adult
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TRAVELERS – Brett Riley
The high school friends who self-titled their group of friends “Freaks” have survive the summer (despite the otherworldly figure trying to kill them) and now school is back in session and they are looking are starting their sophomore year. While the appearance is that they are ordinary, if borderline outcast students, the truth is quite… Continue reading
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THE PLANET THIEVES – Dan Krokos
Mason Stark is a thirteen-year-old cadet from the Academy for Earth Space Command. He and seventeen of his fellow cadets have boarded the SS Egypt for a short voyage – just enough for the cadets to log their requisite space hours. Mason’s sister serves aboard the ship and the two of them can’t help playing practical jokes on… Continue reading
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STARS AND SMOKE – Marie Lu
Sydney Cossette is a spy with an elite undercover organization (Panacea). She was the youngest ever to join the ranks and she has a knack for picking up languages. She’s tough and no-nonsense and her good looks have her breaking as many hearts as her combat skills breaks bones. Panacea wants to infiltrate a major… Continue reading
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OPERATION OVERLORD – Francis Moss
Tommy Collins is the son of Royal Naval Lieutenant Commander Lawrence Collins. Britain is deep in World War II and Lawrence Collins is attending “Most Secret” meetings. There is rumor that an Allied invasion will be taking place soon. Despite the active dangers in England, and the sensitive nature of Lieutenant Commander Collins’ current work,… Continue reading
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HEIR OF UNCERTAIN MAGIC – Charlie N. Holmberg
The Whimbrel House – a once haunted estate in Rhode Island and inherited by Merritt Fernsby. In the previous book (Keeper of Enchanted Rooms), Fernsby acquired the help of an agent from BIKER (Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms), Hulda Larson. Now, the home is no longer haunted the way it had been. … Continue reading
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KEEPER OF ENCHANTED ROOMS – Charlie N. Holmberg
It is the mid-1800’s and Merritt Fernsby has inherited a family estate in remote Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. No one has lived there in at least a century, but Merritt, happy to have something of this magnitude, is ready to move in. But once he’s in he can’t leave … the house is holding him there. … Continue reading
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FREAKS – Brett Riley
High school sucks. And if you aren’t one of the jocks … worse, if you are branded as one of the outcasts or freaks by your ‘peers’ … then school years are miserable. It’s not uncommon for students in a situation like this to have fantasies of getting special powers that would allow them to… Continue reading
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THE Q – Amy Tintera
Lennon Pierce is the son of U.S. Presidential candidate, Senator Camden Pierce. He’s a bit of a wild child (he’s been arrested a few times for things like drag racing) and doesn’t seem to take life too seriously. That’s about to change when he’s kidnapped, put on a place and strapped into a parachute and… Continue reading
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CHILDREN OF RAGNAROK – Cinda Williams Chima
The problem with being an ancient god, even a Norse one, is that people stop believing in you are your power. It is a thousand years after Ragnarok and the magic that the gods once wielded is dying out. Reggin is a young woman with some power but she is enslaved to Asger, a powerful… Continue reading
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LACKADAISY – graphic novel
Lackadaisy is a historical fiction graphic novel set during the U.S.’s Prohibition era. Bootleggers, and speakeasies and budding romances. And the story is told with anthropomorphic cats. Yeah, you read that right. Walking, talking, shooting, loving, dressed to the nines … cats. In an introduction to the ARC reader, author/artist Tracy Butler notes that “grown-up stories… Continue reading
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THE NOTORIUS SCARLETT & BROWNE – Jonathan Stroud
Move over J.K.! Jonathan Stroud is here, writing incredible dark fantasy for young readers with a pair of strong, identifiable lead characters. Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne are an unlikely pair, often getting on each other’s nerves, but the two need each other more than they likely can see or would care to admit. Scarlett… Continue reading
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ENOLA HOLMES AND THE ELEGANT ESCAPADE – Nancy Springer
I am late to the Enola Holmes bandwagon, but having recently seen the first Netflix movie, which I quite enjoyed, I was thrilled to read a book or two. This is the eighth book in the series, but my first journey into the series (other than the film). Enola Holmes is the (much) younger sister… Continue reading
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