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La Belle Sauvageby Philip PullmanA highly anticipated latest series set in the parallel world of His Dark Materials begins 10 years before the events of The Golden Compass and centers on the early childhood of Lyra, her daemon Pantalaimon, and the struggle between totalitarians and supporters of free speech.
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The year is 2014 and Tanner Kurtz finds himself residing at a farm for troubled youth, Halton House, in Washington State. It's run by Brad Conroy, a retired marine and advocate for alternative sentencing. An accident mysteriously propels them to a mysterious world, and they must survive their dangerous new surroundings long enough to find a way home, a journey that will test their character, beliefs, faith in themselves, and faith in one another.
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Star Wars : Screaming Citadel by Kieron GillenAn offer from Doctor Aphra sends Luke to a rare gathering at the heart of the Screaming Citadel, where they risk becoming victims of the Citadel's queen.
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Focus on: Australian Fiction
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| The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-FattahWhat it's about: the unlikely romance between Mina, a smart prep school student whose family came to Australia as refugees from Afghanistan, and Michael, a white classmate whose family founded a very vocal anti-immigrant group.
Why you might like it: Along with realistic dialogue and alternating narration, this love story offers insight into the deeply personal side of politics. |
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| The Dead I Know by Scot GardnerWhat it's about: Even as Aaron Rowe struggles with sleepwalking, repressed memories, and an unstable family situation, his new job at a funeral parlor provides him with an unexpected sense of belonging.
Who it's for: If you appreciate dark humor, psychologically complex characters, and you're not squeamish about corpses, this book is for you.
Try this next: Jason Reynolds' The Boy in the Black Suit for another teen guy who finds solace at a funeral home. |
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| The Dark Days Club by Alison GoodmanStarring: Lady Helen Wexhall, whose supernatural abilities complicate her social debut in 1812 London and provoke a personal dilemma: should she marry the Duke of Selburn and be a respectable lady, or join the rakish Earl of Carlston as a demon-fighter with the Dark Days Club?
For fans of: Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy.
Series alert: This atmospheric historical fantasy series continues in The Dark Days Pact. |
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| Lucy and Linh by Alice PungWhat it is: a series of letters from Lucy Lam to her friend Linh, describing Lucy's experience as a poor, Chinese-Australian scholarship student at a wealthy, mostly-white prep school in Melbourne -- a place where fitting in comes at the cost of being yourself.
Why you might like it: Whether or not you've experienced mean girls and microaggressions like the ones Lucy faces, you can relate to her attempts to figure out who she is and who her real friends are. |
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