October 2020 list by K. Pearson
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Breathless
by Jennifer Niven
When her college ambitions are upended by her father’s sudden abandonment, an aspiring writer relocates with her mother to a mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia, where her efforts to rebuild are complicated by a local photographer’s complicated secret.
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The Code for Love and Heartbreak
by Jillian Cantor
When math genius Emma and her coding club co-president, George, are tasked with brainstorming a new project, The Code for Love is born.
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Dear Justyce
by Nic Stone
A sequel to the best-selling Dear Martin finds incarcerated teen Quan writing letters to his neighbor, Justyce, about the former’s experiences in the American juvenile justice system while the latter attends Yale University.
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Disclose
by Joelle Charbonneau
Losing her family to an overbearing government that enforces order through censorship and dark secrets, Meri and her band of truth-seeking Stewards orchestrate a daring plan to reveal leader corruption to a public that is not yet ready for the truth.
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Early Departures
by Justin A. Reynolds
When the estranged best friend he blames for a fatal accident drowns, Jamal is given an unexpected chance to reconnect with his best friend and find closure through a temporary reanimation technology that allows his friend to come back to life for a short duration.
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Everything I Thought I Knew
by Shannon Takaoka
Attending summer school months after a heart transplant derails her ambitions, 17-year-old Chloe pursues a sudden passion for surfing alongside an attractive instructor, before experiencing vivid nightmares about unfamiliar people and places.
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Girl On the Run
by Abigail Johnson
Sixteen-year-old Katelyn, who has been subjected to her mother's "wanderlust" all her life, discovers that Mom might not be who she says she is, and that someone is hunting them both.
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The Glass Queen
by Gena Showalter
A follow-up to The Evil Queen finds reluctant heroine-turned-rebel Cinderella waging war against Everly and Roth in an attempt to overthrow her stepfamily and stake her claim as Enchantia’s rightful Dragon Queen.
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A Golden Fury
by Samantha Cohoe
When her once-famous alchemist mother loses her sanity while attempting to create the legendary Philosopher’s Stone, young Thea is sent to live in her estranged father’s home in 18th-century Oxford, where her fellow scholars ignore her safety warnings.
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Hush
by Dylan Farrow
Journeying to the home of her world’s magic wielders when her family members succumb to magical deaths, justice-seeking Shae accepts a High Lord offer to train as a magical Bard before a forbidden relationship leads to dangerous revelations.
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The Key to Fear
by Kristin Cast
For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don't kiss, or even hold hands. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you'll face execution.
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Kingdom of Sea and Stone
by Mara Rutherford
Ever since Nor was forced to go to a nearby kingdom in her sister’s place, she’s wanted nothing more than to return to the place and people she loves. But when her wish comes true, she soon finds herself cast out from both worlds, with a war on the horizon.
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Lightbringer
by Claire Legrand
Two queens, separated by a thousand years, must face their ultimate destinies--a second chance for salvation, or the destruction their world has been dreading.
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Miss Meteor
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A teen who secretly arrived with the meteor that gave her small hometown its name discovers that she is turning back into stardust and teams up with her best friend in an effort to secure her human existence by entering a local beauty pageant that has always been won by thin, blonde, white girls.
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A Neon Darkness
by Lauren Shippen
Welcomed into a group of strangers who have supernatural abilities, a youth with uncanny powers of persuasion is given a new identity and a sense of belonging that is challenged by the requirement for him to keep his influence under control.
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The Puppetmaster’s Apprentice
by Lisa Deselm
Impressed by the work of the puppetmaster and his apprentice, Tavia’s ruler, The Margrave, has ordered dozens of life-size marionette soldiers to be sent to Wolfspire Hall. When the orders for more soldiers come in with increasingly urgent deadlines, the puppetmaster’s health suffers and Pirouette, his daughter and protégé, is left to build in his stead.
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Return of the Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds high king Eugenides preparing to defend the Lesser Peninsula from an invasion by the ruthless Mede empire, an effort that is complicated by a prophecy that foretells a king’s death.
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The Scapegracers
by Hannah Abigail Clarke
Forging an unexpected coven with the three most popular girls in school, an outcast lesbian witch casts curses, searches for love and eludes fundamentalist witch hunters while privately struggling with the realities of human friendships and supernatural perils.
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This Is All Your Fault
by Aminah Mae Safi
When Rinn, Daniella, and Imogen clock into work at Wild Nights Bookstore on the first day of summer, they’re expecting the hours to drift by the way they always do. Instead, they have to deal with the news that the bookstore is closing. Before the day is out, there’ll be shaved heads, a diva author, and a very large shipment of Air Jordans to contend with.
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