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Roar
by Cora Carmack
Groomed to be an ideal ruler despite an absence of the magical abilities shared by her predecessors, Aurora is committed by her mother to an arranged marriage with a brooding prince from another kingdom whose secrets compel Aurora to investigate allegations of black-market magic. A first young adult novel by the author of the best-selling Losing It. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Bone Queen : Cadvan's Story
by Alison Croggon
A highly anticipated prequel to the Books of Pellinor follows the exile of the Bard Cadvan of Lirigon, who is plagued by guilt for his role in unleashing the Bone Queen on the ancient world of Annar, while a young Bard named Selmana manifests unsettling abilities.
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The light fantastic
by Sarah Combs
Seven interwoven narratives spanning three tense hours on a fateful day explore the pain and pathos of a generation of teens on the brink, including a girl whose rare memory condition causes her to re-experience the traumas of the Boston Marathon bombing, an honor student struggling over an unrequited love and a girl about to embark on a cross-country ploy.
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Wildman
by J. C. Geiger
A scholarship winner arrives in a small town where nobody knows him before he embarks on an odyssey of travel and exploration that finds him drifting far from his high-achieving life in the company of the first girl who has ever let him feel like himself. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook. 50,000 first printing.
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The incident on the bridge
by Laura McNeal
Knowing that her sister was not a victim of suicide despite a bad breakup and a public embarrassment, Ted teams up with new kid Fen to put the pieces together and discover what really happened. By the National Book Award finalist author of Dark Water. Simultaneous eBook.
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Focus on: Organ Donors and Transplants
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| Alive by Chandler BakerParanormal Suspense. Ever since her life-saving heart transplant, 17-year-old Stella has been suffering from heartache -- literally. At the same time every day, she has visions of horrific violence accompanied by agonizing pain. The bizarre symptoms begin to ease, however, after she gets involved with Levi, the magnetic new guy at her prep school. Their steamy relationship distracts Stella so much that by the time she recognizes the red flags surrounding Levi, it may already be too late. Gripping, blood-splattered suspense will keep you reading right up through the end of this supernatural thriller. |
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| Things We Know by Heart by Jessi KirbyRomance. After Quinn Sullivan's boyfriend Trent is killed in an accident, his major organs are donated. Desperate to hold on to Trent however she can, Quinn joins a program that allows her to meet all of the organ recipients -- except for the heart recipient, Colton Thomas, who doesn't respond to her message. Abandoning the rules of the program, Quinn tracks Colton down on her own, and even though she hides her reason for seeking him out, their connection is immediate and powerful. As they fall deeper in love, Quinn's worries loom large -- are her feelings really for Colton, or for Trent? And will Colton still love her when he learns the truth? Pick up this sweet and unusual contemporary romance to find out. |
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| Pieces by Chris LynchFiction. It's been a year since his brother Duane died, but 18-year-old Eric is still lost in grief. Hoping for closure, he reaches out to three people who received Duane's donated organs: grateful teen Phil, hard-drinking jerk Barry, and single mom Malinda. While trying to understand his relationship to these three, Eric also has to figure out his complicated feelings for Martha, Duane's loud and funny former girlfriend. Equal parts profane and profound, Pieces is a memorable story of grief and moving on. Readers looking for another character-driven story about siblings and organ donation might enjoy Hannah Barnaby's Some of the Parts. |
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| Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany SchmidtThriller. Even the lightest touch could damage sheltered, 17-year-old Penelope Landlow -- she has a rare disorder that causes easy bruising and requires frequent blood transfusions. These treatments are funded by the family business: the Landlows are major players in the black market for human organ transplants. Yet the business that enables Penny's safety also makes her family a target, and after a shocking tragedy shatters her protective bubble, Penny discovers that independence is hazardous…and that she's more resilient than anyone suspected. If you relish the pulse-pounding suspense and unexpected romance in this thriller, you won't want to miss the follow-up, Break Me Like A Promise. |
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| Noggin by John Corey WhaleyFiction. Travis Coates is back from the dead, but he still can't get a life. As a terminally ill 16-year-old, Travis had agreed to have his head cryogenically frozen, thinking he'd be revived in the far future. Instead, it's only five years later when he wakes up with his head attached to a donor body. Though Travis is grateful, adjusting to his new reality is confusing: his gay best friend Kyle is back in the closet, his girlfriend Cate is engaged to some other guy, and he's still stuck in high school while everyone else has moved on. If you appreciate angst sprinkled with humor, don't miss this "satisfyingly oddball" (Kirkus Reviews) coming-of-age story. |
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