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| These Violent Delights by Chloe GongWhat it is: a bloody and fantastical retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai.
Featuring: Juliette Cai, ruthless heir to the Chinese Scarlet Gang; her ex, Roma Montagov, leader of the rival Russian White Flowers; and rumors of a guài -- a monster -- inflicting madness on people across the city.
Why you might like it: Combining the intensity of Shakespeare's tragedy with an intriguing mystery and a cast of unrepentant criminals, These Violent Delights offers historical fantasy with an edge. |
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Admission
by Julie Buxbaum
A high school senior on the brink of getting everything she has ever wanted is forced to reckon with the truth and her own complicity when her mother is arrested in a massive college admissions bribery scandal. By the best-selling author of Hope and Other Punch Lines.
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Good Devils
by Chris Lynch
Joining a volunteer commando unit of strong American and Canadian troops, a team of young soldiers build their lives around the tenets of their force’s manual before embarking on an anti-Nazi campaign through Germany. By the author of the National Book Award finalist, Inexcusable.
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| The Cousins by Karen M. McManusWelcome to: Gull Cove Island, the luxe resort where cousins Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story have been summoned.
What happens: The cousins hope to learn why their reclusive grandmother, the resort's owner, disinherited their parents years ago. But will uncovering the disturbing truth about their family mean revealing their own secrets?
Author alert: Clear your schedule before reading this latest twisty tale from the author of One of Us Is Lying -- you won't want to put it down. |
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A Sky Beyond the Storm
by Sabaa Tahir
A conclusion to the best-selling series is set a few months after the events of A Reaper at the Gates and finds Laia of Serra navigating loss and the deadly attacks of Empress Keris Veturia to battle a vengeful Nightbringer.
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Black Canary : Breaking Silence
by Alexandra Monir
A high-adventure DC origin story follows the early life of Dinah Lance, who uses her increasingly powerful singing voice to protect a near-future Gotham under the control of a dictatorship that has outlawed basic rights for women.
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| Super Fake Love Song by David YoonOne tiny lie: Even though he prefers D&D and cosplay to loud music, 17-year-old Sunny Dae doesn't correct Cirrus Soh, the impossibly cool new girl, when she mistakenly thinks he's in a rock band.
One big mess: Getting closer to Cirrus leads Sunny to keep up the deception, and as he forms a makeshift band and pretends to be confident, he almost believes it himself...until his scheme falls apart.
Read it for: smart humor, authentic guy friendships, and hard-won self-realization. |
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Just Our Luck
by Julia Walton
Sent to self-defense training after losing a fight at school, a boy hiding private interests that are incompatible with his father’s views about masculinity makes a secret deal with a girl from a rival Greek family who helps him attend yoga classes in exchange for a mysterious favor.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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