September 2017 list by L. Buehler
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The Darkest Path
by Jeff Hirsch
Since he was captured by the Glorious Path, a militant religion based on the teachings of a former soldier, 15-year-old Cal has served the Path in its brutal war with the remains of the United States government, but when he kills an officer to protect a stray dog, Cal is forced take his brother and the dog and run.
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The Incredible Magic of Being
by Kathryn Erskine
Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen)happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who is in desperate need of healing.
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Olive and the Backstage Ghost
by Michelle Schusterman
Running away after freezing up during a theater camp audition, Olive finds herself at a beautiful old theater that inspires her to sing on its stage before a glamorous actress who overhears her recruits her into a cast of eclectic misfits for an increasingly unsettling, history-inspired production.
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Secret Service
by Stuart Gibbs
Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is assigned to protect the president from an assassination attempt in his first solo mission, but he may be in over his head.
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Snow & Rose
by Emily Winfield Martin
Snow and Rose search the forest for their missing father and discover there is a sinister magic at work in the woods.
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Tumble and Blue
by Cassie Beasley
Two descendants of a cursed family whose hapless encounter with a golden swamp gator centuries earlier has consigned them to lives of hopeless bad luck attempt to reclaim their rightful destinies on a quest that forces them to consider if the story is pure legend.
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