July 2017 list by Laura Berube
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The Blue Castle
by L. M. Montgomery
In early 1920s Canada, drastic circumstances give Valancy, a twenty-nine-year-old unmarried woman resigned to being an "old maid," the courage to defy her controlling family and escape to a life of her own choosing.
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Daughter of the Pirate King
by Tricia Levenseller
When her pirate king father learns that a legendary treasure map is hidden on an enemy ship, Alosa deliberately orchestrates her own kidnapping and meets her match in the enemy's inconveniently attractive first mate.
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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Julia Defiant
by Catherine Egan
A follow-up to Julia Vanishes finds Julia and her motley companions desperately fleeing a band of assassins while struggling to protect magic-bound Theo from power-hungry Casimir and navigating Julia's increasingly monstrous powers.
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Legion
by Julie Kagawa
Devastated by revelations about the Talon dragon organization, hatchling Ember Hill stands beside the rogue dragon, Riley, against her heir-apparent brother, Dante, who has threatened to unleash the greatest threat dragonkind has ever known.
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Lifeblood
by Gena Showalter
Having chosen her realm in the Everlife, Ten faces the consequences of her decision and endeavors to save her Secondlife while the war between Troika and Myriad rages, a situation that is further complicated by Ten's inability to forget Killian.
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Lost in a Book
by Jennifer Donnelly
When Belle comes across a mysterious book in the beast's library, she finds herself transported to a fantasy world of her dreams, and she must uncover the secrets about the book before she is lost inside forever.
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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 Width of the World
by David Baldacci
Having discovered the truth about Wormwood before surviving the Quag, heroine Vega Jane, who has endured more than anyone before her, is confronted by devastating forces unlike any she has ever encountered.
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The Wish Granter
by C. J Redwine
An illegitimate princess trains to be a fighter so that she can defeat an evil wish granter, save her kingdom and her brother's soul.
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Rebel Rising
by Beth Revis
A group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star in a young-adult adaptation of standalone film, Rogue One.
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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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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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