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Glitter
by Aprilynne Pike
Blackmailed into becoming a murderous young king's new queen in a near-future Versailles where people live in accordance with 18th-century culture but use technology to render court life frivolous, Dani is given six months to raise money by selling drugs so that she can escape her treacherous existence. By the best-selling author of the Wings series.
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Shutter
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Day Connor is convinced that a boy she has met is not the murderer the police say he is, but can she prove his innocence--or will the truth change everything?
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Useless Bay
by Mary Jane Beaufrand
Serving as Whidbey Island's unofficial search-and-rescue team, the brawny Gray quintuplets embark on a search for a missing boy and realize that something sinister has happened when they discover the body of the child's mother instead. By the Edgar Award-winning author of The River.
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Kiss Cam
by Kiara London
Seventeen-year-old best friends Juniper, Jasper, and Lenny run a popular vlog, but when their fans want Juniper and Jasper to kiss, their relationship changes.
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The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet
by Natasha Farrant
A spirited reimagining of Austen's beloved classic, written from the perspective of Lizzie's wild youngest sister, Lydia, follows her efforts to defy convention and win the hand of the scoundrel Wickham during a summer by the seaside in fashionable Brighton.
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Focus on: Artificial Intelligence
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| The Scorpion Rules by Erin BowScience Fiction. In the far future, an artificial intelligence called Talis has achieved world peace...by holding hostage the children of world leaders. Princess Greta has grown up as one of these "Children of Peace," but now her country is on the brink of war and her life could be forfeit. Enter Elián, a new, rebellious hostage who inspires Greta to question who she loves and where her duty truly lies. With an international cast of characters, Canadian author Erin Bow crafts an intricate world filled with impossible decisions and shocking twists. If you can't get enough dystopian fiction but are tired of the same old, same old, don't miss The Scorpion Rules, the 1st in the Prisoners of Peace series. |
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| Incarceron by Catherine FisherScience Fantasy. Finn is trapped in Incarceron, a brutal, futuristic prison imbued with artificial intelligence and so vast that it's like a city. Claudia, the daughter of Incarceron's ruthless warden, is being forced into an arranged marriage for political reasons. The two of them live in completely separate worlds, but each is desperate to escape -- and they may be each other's only hope. Readers of either science fiction or epic fantasy who love twisting plots, intricate world-building, romance, and plenty of political intrigue are sure to be hooked by this riveting read and its sequel, Sapphique. |
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| Willful Machines by Tim FloreenScience Fiction. You'd think that being the President's son would offer a life of ease, but things are far from easy for Lee Fisher. For one thing, he's been targeted by a rogue "artificially conscious" terrorist (ironic, since Lee is a robotics geek). Then there are his dad's ultra-conservative politics, which force Lee to hide the fact that he's gay and falling fast for his eccentric new classmate, Nico. And those are just the first of many thorny situations Lee has to face in this near-future techno-thriller filled with star-crossed romance and thought-provoking questions about artificial intelligence. |
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| Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay KristoffScience Fiction. Ugh, you know that feeling when your break-up is overshadowed by the destruction of your planet? No? Well, it isn't what Kady and Ezra are expecting either, but when their home on the mining colony Kerenza IV is annihilated by corporate rival BeiTech, their personal issues take a back seat to survival. Yet even after they escape on separate spaceships, survival is a tall order: the ships are afflicted with unrest, conspiracies, a crazed artificial intelligence, and a virus that turns people into rage-filled zombies. First in a trilogy and told through message transcripts, surveillance logs, and other "found documents," Illuminae is a gripping, unconventional science fiction thriller. |
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