July 2019 list by L. Buehler
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The Beckoning Shadow
by Katharyn Blair
Vesper Montgomery can summon someone's worst fear and turn it into a reality, but she's learned the hard way that it's an addicting and dangerous power. But when she earns a spot in the Tournament of the Unraveling, where competitors battle it out for a chance to rewrite the past, Vesper finally has a shot to reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
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The Best Lies
by Sarah Lyu
Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn't even know what tomorrow will look like. She was happy once. Remy had her boyfriend Jack, and Elise, her best friend, her soul mate, who understood her better than anyone else in the world. But now Jack is dead, shot through the chest. And it was Elise who pulled the trigger. Was it self-defense? Or something darker than anything Remy could have imagined?
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Destroy All Monsters
by Sam J. Miller
Ash struggles to remember details about a traumatic tree-house accident that is causing her best friend, Solomon, to retreat into a dark, nightmarish reality.
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How We Became Wicked
by Alexander Yates
A plague, called Wickedness, is pulsing through the world; and in its wake, it's dividing the population into thirds: The WICKED: Already infected by the droves of Singers, the ultraviolet mosquito-like insects who carry the plague, the Wicked roam the world freely. They don't want for much, only to maim and dismember. The TRUE: The True live in contained, isolated communities. They're the lucky ones; they found safety from the Singers. And while the threat of the Wicked may not be eliminated, for the True, the threat has certainly been contained. The VEXED: The Vexed are the truly fortunate ones, they survived the sting of the Singers, leaving them immune. But they're far from safe. The Vexed hold the key to a cure, and there are those who will do anything to get it.
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In the Woods
by Carrie Jones
Witnessing a violent attack by a mysterious enemy in his Oklahoma farming community, Logan teams up with investigator's daughter Chrystal to uncover the cause of a string of disappearances.
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Maybe This Time
by Kasie West
Attending most of her community's milestone occasions through her work as a florist, artistic Sophie bonds with Andrew, a caterer's son, whose difficult attitude complicates Sophie's plans for design school.
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Queen of Ruin
by Tracy Banghart
A sequel to Grace and Fury finds Nomi banished to the prison island of Mount Ruin, where she discovers that her once-submissive sister has become the powerful leader of a women's revolution.
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Superman: Dawnbreaker
by Matt de la Peña
Featuring a limited-edition poster in the first printing, a novelization of a Superman origin story finds a young Clark Kent teaming up with best friend Lana Lang to uncover a dark secret in their Smallville hometown, an effort that is complicated by his increasingly conspicuous super-abilities.
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The Surface Breaks
by Louise O'neill
A dark and beautiful reimagining of The Little Mermaid. Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn toward a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world-building that have won Louise her legions of devoted fans in the UK. A book with the darkest of undercurrents, full of rage and rallying cries - storytelling at its most spellbinding.
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