July 2017 list by Laura Berube
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Bad Romance
by Heather Demetrios
Longing to escape her intimidating stepfather and obsessive mother, an aspiring artist falls in love with a charming young man who gradually reveals a controlling and dangerous nature.
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Cold Summer
by Gwen Cole
Unable to control his ability to travel through time, Kale must deal with the effects of his time serving as a soldier in World War II and his desire to have a normal relationship with his father and Harper, the girl who used to live next door.
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Disruptor
by Arwen Dayton
A conclusion to the Seeker trilogy finds Quin resolving to free herself from her father's machinations and face her enemies, including John's Young Dread forces and the bloodthirsty Watchers.
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The Fallen Kingdom
by Elizabeth May
A conclusion to the popular series finds a resurrected Aileana returning to her homeworld with no memory of her past and struggling to both control her dangerous powers and break the curse that pits fae factions against each other in ways that threaten both the fae and human worlds.
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The Fashion Committee: A Novel of Art, Crime and Applied Design
by Susan Juby
A humorous he-said, she-said story follows an art scholarship competition between a fashion-obsessed girl and a sculptor who could not care less about clothes, a rivalry shaped by a complicated relationship, a soul-crushing job and a legal misunderstanding.
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Felix Yz
by Lisa Bunker
Cloud Library Accidentally connected most of his life to a fourth-dimensional being whose presence would prevent him from reaching adulthood, 13-year-old Felix records in his secret blog their last shared month before a procedure that will separate or kill them. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Haunted
by Alexandra Adornetto
Alexander Reade turns up at Sycamore High not remembering how he got there. But worse, he doesn't remember Chloe Kennedy and believes he has come back to search for his lost love Isobel.
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Liberty
by Andrea Portes
Devastated when the government appears to write off her journalist parents after they are kidnapped by terrorists, Paige is contacted by an undercover operative who offers help in exchange for her assistance investigating the findings of an infamous whistleblower whom Paige admires.
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Our Dark Duet
by Victoria Schwab
August Flynn and Kate Harker are leading the battle between monsters and humans to prevent V-City from succumbing to chaos, only to be confronted by an unusual monster who lures Kate home to confront a former enemy.
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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.
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Such a Good Girl
by Amanda Morgan
Determined perfectionist Riley plans out an idyllic, no-nonsense life marked by a crush on her French teacher, her conviction that she is nothing like a regular teen and a game she fully intends to win at any cost.
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Trusting You & Other Lies
by Nicole Williams
Dreading having to go to family summer camp when her constantly fighting parents decide it may help, Phoenix finds herself partnered with a know-it-all head counselor who she finds attractive in spite of their interpersonal clashes.
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The Valiant
by Lesley Livingston
The 17-year-old daughter of a proud Celtic king is captured by a band of brigands and sold to an exclusive training school for women gladiators under the patronage of Julius Caesar, circumstances that force her to put her survival in the hands of an enemy who was responsible for a beloved sister's death.
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Want
by Cindy Pon
A tale set in a heavily polluted Taipei of the near future follows the efforts of a group of teens to save their city in the face of social divisions that enable the wealthy to secure long, protected lives while the poor suffer illness and early death.
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Words in Deep Blue
by Cath Crowley
Returning to the city and bookstore of her youth, years after tucking a love letter to her crush, Henry, within the pages of his favorite book, Rachel embarks on a revelatory correspondence with Henry as she works alongside him at the bookstore and finds herself falling in love with him all over again.
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