June 2017 list by Shelly Ward
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And Then There Were Four
by Nancy Werlin
Five very different students at a private high school unite under mysterious circumstances and struggle to survive after discovering that their parents are trying to kill them.
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Crazy House
by James Patterson
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.
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Dividing Eden
by Joelle Charbonneau
When their father and older sibling are killed by assassins, a pair of royal twins who were never destined to rule are forced to compete against each other in a dangerous trial that is shaped by the schemes of a power-hungry ruling council.
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Generation One
by Pittacus Lore
A standalone sequel to the I Am Number Four series takes place a year after the events of United as One and finds Earth's teens attending the newly created Garde academy, where they learn to hone abilities triggered by Loric energy.
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The Impossible Vastness Of Us
by Samantha Young
Hiding the unpopularity of her past after moving into the Boston home of her wealthy blended family, India discovers that her new stepsister is struggling with private realities that contrast with the veneer of her high-profile romance.
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Midnight Jewel
by Richelle Mead
When a twist of fate gains her entry into the Glittering Court, war refugee Mira endures persecution from its competitive women and predatory suitors while learning skills that will help her earn anonymity, forging friendships that inspire her to hatch a daring but dangerous plan.
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Now I Rise
by Kiersten White
A sequel to the best-selling And I Darken finds a vengeful Lada striking out at anyone who stands in her way and finding herself unexpectedly rejected by her skillful brother, Radu, who reluctantly works as a spy for a power-hungry Mehmed.
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Obsidian and Stars
by Julie Eshbaugh
A sequel to Ivory and Bone finds Mya working to secure her future with Kol only to find herself facing an impossible choice when her brother arranges a terrible marriage that forces Mya to flee from dangerous past rivals.
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Once And For All
by Sarah Dessen
Gaining considerable experience while working for her cynical mother's successful wedding-planner business throughout her high school years, Louna holds her own wary beliefs about love before charming playboy Ambrose joins the company and dares her to date while he attempts a long-term relationship with one woman.
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Our Dark Duet
by Victoria Schwab
August Flynn and Kate Harker lead a 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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Royal Bastards
by Andrew Shvarts
Despising the illegitimacy that has caused her titled father to abandon her in favor of his trueborn children, 16-year-old Tilla explores long-forgotten tunnels beneath her castle home along with her stablehand half-brother before unexpectedly befriending a visiting princess and stumbling on a crime they were never meant to witness.
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Saints And Misfits
by S. K. Ali
Struggling to secure her identity as an Arab Indian-American hijabi teen who loves pop culture and aspires to a career in photography, Janna Yusuf falls for a boy she cannot date and considers exposing a person with a monstrous nature who is pretending to be a saint in their tightknit Muslim community.
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Song Of The Current
by Sarah Tolcser
When Caroline Oresteia, seventeen, finally has a chance to be a wherryman, she gets caught in a web of politics and lies, with her father's life at stake.
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The Pearl Thief
by Elizabeth Wein
It's 1938, and as 15-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stewart heads off for one last summer at her grandfather's Scottish estate before it's sold, she's suddenly knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, her memories of what happened are missing, along with her family's heirloom river pearls and a scholar who'd been working at the estate.
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Two Roads From Here
by Teddy Steinkellner
Five high school seniors have the opportunity to experience two parallel outcomes of life-altering decisions.
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What I lost
by Alexandra Ballard
Hospitalized after succumbing to severe anorexia, 16-year-old Elizabeth attempts to endure the program in the hope of resuming her anorexic practices after she is released, a plan that is complicated by her mother's unhealthy relationship with food and a secret admirer who may be playing a cruel trick.
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Wildman
by J. C. Geiger
A scholarship winner arrives in a small town where nobody knows him before he embarks on an odyssey of travel and exploration that finds him drifting far from his high-achieving life in the company of the first girl who has ever let him feel like himself.
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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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