March 2019 list by L. Buehler
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Angel Thieves
by Kathi Appelt
The diverse perspectives of an ocelot, a slave and an angel thief are united across time through themes of freedom, hope and faith.
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The Black Coats
by Colleen Oakes
The cousin of a girl whose killer went free is invited to join a covert society of assassins who exact revenge on men who hurt women, an organization that tests her resolve with their escalating levels of brutality.
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Deathcaster
by Cinda Williams Chima
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds the warrior Lyss forced to choose between her homeland and her family line, while spymaster Destin pursues a mysterious agenda to protect the Seven Realms from enemies inside and outside the castle.
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The Deceiver's Heart
by Jennifer A Nielsen
A follow-up to The Traitor's Game finds Kestra attempting to use the Olden Blade to defeat the tyrannical Lord Endrick only to lose her memory and land under the king's control, prompting a heartbroken Simon to make a devastating choice.
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If You're Out There
by Katy Loutzenhiser
After Zan's best friend moves to California, she is baffled and crushed when Priya suddenly ghosts. Worse, Priya's social media has turned into a stream of ungrammatical posts chronicling a sunny, vapid new life that doesn't sound like her at all. Everyone tells Zan not to be an idiot: Let Priya do her reinvention thing and move on. But until Zan hears Priya say it, she won't be able to admit that their friendship is finished. It's only when she meets Logan, the compelling new guy in Spanish class, that Zan begins to open up about her sadness, her insecurity, her sense of total betrayal. And he's just as willing as she is to throw himself into the investigation when everyone else thinks her suspicions are crazy.
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Internment
by Samira Ahmed
Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into a camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp's Director and his guards.
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The Near Witch
by V. E. Schwab
There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.
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The Rebel Mages
by Laurie Forest
Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at the illustrious Verpax University, Erthia was rent asunder during the devastating Realm War. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had…and an irresistible draw toward Vale Gardner, the son of the most powerful mage her people have ever known, the Black Witch. Before Elloren Gardner came to possess the White Wand of myth, the Wand was drawn to another bearer: Sagellyn Gaffney. Sage's affinity for light magery, a rare skill among Gardnerians, makes her the perfect protector for the one tool that can combat the shadows spreading across Erthia. But in order to keep the Wand safe from the dark forces hunting for it, Sage must abandon everything she once knew and forge a new path for herself, a dangerous course that could lead to either triumph or utter ruin.
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Sky Without Stars
by Jessica Brody
This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.
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When the Sky Fell on Splendor
by Emily Henry
Seventeen-year-old Franny and her friends, The Ordinary, fill their time in traumatized Spendor, Ohio, filming their investigations of local legends for YouTube, but when they investigate a cosmic event, everything changes.
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