Young Adult
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TIN STAR – Cecil Castellucci
Tula Bane is a young girl who is a part of a colonization plan. She is traveling with her family on a ship called Prairie Rose headed to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. The ship stops at a remote space station to take on supplies. Tula, a bit of an explorer and tired of being cooped… Continue reading
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FOREST SECRETS – Laurie Woodward
Daisy Castillo is a preteen girl embarking on a new (unwanted) adventure. Her parents are divorcing and she’s moving with her mom to a new home. There’s an ancient forest near the new home and Daisy retreats to the woods and there she meets and befriends Calliandra, a magical half-tree/half-human creature. Calliandra is upset because her parents… Continue reading
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OBSIDIAN – Sarah J. Daley
Shade Nox is wielder of blood magic – a Bloodwizard, known as the Black Witch by most. Her intent is to create a Veil over her community to protect them from all sorts of danger, especially the Unseen. But no one has raised such a Veil in over a hundred years. Also, Veils are controlled… Continue reading
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ALL THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD – Steve Almond
Steve Almond has written a novel? That’s really good news. It’s better news that this is a really powerful, epic novel. The book begins almost as a YA angst story when two 13 year-olds from very different social and economic backgrounds are assigned to work together on a school project. The teacher believes it is… Continue reading
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THE CARTOGRAPHERS – Amy Zhang
Ocean Wu has graduated from high school and, now looking to put the pressure to succeed and the heaviness of depression behind her, moves to to New York. She has been accepted to a very prestigious university and will receive a very nice scholarship. But Ocean is still uncertain about what she wants to do,… Continue reading
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CITY OF MAGIC – Avi
It is 1492 and King Claudio has heard that someone in Venice has written a manuscript that explains a magical method for making money. King Claudio then orders Magnus the Magnificent (and Fabrizio, Magnus’s assistant) to go to Venice and steal the manuscript. To fail will mean death, but Venice doesn’t look kindly on magic or magicians and to… Continue reading
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SHADOW AVENGERS – Carrie Harris
Doctor Strange has been preparing for the arrival of Dormammu – a being who rule the Dark Dimension – and formed the Shadow Avengers as a small, super-hero army to do battle with the dark entity and his supporters when the time comes. The team consists of Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and the Black Panther.… Continue reading
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SPOIL THE KILL – Oisin McGann
It is getting harder and harder to run an illegal empire what with cameras and drones everywhere. But Move-Easy – one of London’s most notorious criminals – sends ‘rat runners’ (youngsters who move about ‘the Void’ to evade detection) to do his work. Now he has sent Scope, a teenage girl who spends most of… Continue reading
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SO DARK THE SKY – Cidney Swanson
Second grade teacher Penny Wanjiru encourages her students to follow their dreams, so when the surprising opportunity for Penny to become a Mars Colony astronaut comes her way, she knows she must follow her dream. It is not a cut and dry decision, however, as Penny’s grandmother (who she’s quite close to) is having health… Continue reading
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THE BLOOD GUARD – Carter Roy
Ronan Truelove is just an ordinary thirteen year old, with very ordinary parents – or so he believes, until one day when his mother ‘abducts’ him from school and tears off on a high speed car chase. His father, she informs Ronan, has been kidnapped, and those kidnappers are now after Ronan as well. Kidnapped?… Continue reading
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THE CLACKITY – Lora Senf
Evie Von Rathe lives with her aunt Desdemona in the seventh most haunted town in America – Blight Harbor. Desdemona is Blight Harbor’s local paranormal expert. Living with Desdemona (“Des”) has been an interesting experience and pleasant enough, And Des hasn’t had too many rules for Evie, the main one being “Stay away from the… Continue reading
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THE WISDOM OF DEAD MEN – Oisin McGann
Once again I managed to select a book that is the middle of a series without realizing it. That’s a problem with ARC’s sometimes – you don’t see a cover boasting “Book Two” or “”Continuing the Saga.” We are in Victorian era Ireland following the Wildenstern family. Brothers Nate (who has been traveling), and Berto… Continue reading
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