September 2019 list by K. Pearson
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10 Blind Dates
by Ashley Elston
After an unexpected breakup, Sophie lets members of her large, eccentric extended family set her up on ten blind dates during Christmas vacation.
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American Royals
by Katharine McGee
An alternate-history tale reimagines America as a monarchy and follows the experiences of a princess who struggles with her feelings for an off-limits boy, while her handsome twin brother is pursued by two very different girls.
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Beyond Babylon
by Igiaba Scego
Describes Argentina's horrific dirty war, the chaotic final years of brutal dictatorship in Somalia, and the modern-day excesses of Italy's right-wing politics through the words of two half-sisters, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties their stories together.
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A Dream So Dark
by L. L. McKinney
A high-suspense follow-up to A Blade So Black continues the dark adventures of Alice, whose efforts to save her Wonderland friends are complicated by a Nightmare-summoning poet’s schemes to raise the dead.
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Eclipse the Skies
by Maura Milan
Criminal mastermind and unrivaled pilot Ia Ccha and her allies make unpredictable choices as they fight to keep darkness from eclipsing the skies.
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Exile From Eden: Or, After the Hole
by Andrew Smith
All he has are mysterious letters from Breakfast, a naked, wild boy traveling the countryside with his silent companion, Olive. Together, Arek and his best friend Mel, who stowed away in his van, navigate their way through the ravaged remains of the outside world.
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Frankly in Love
by David Yoon
Torn between his love for his white girlfriend and his sense of duty to the matchmaking parents who made hard sacrifices to move to the United States, a Korean American teen looks for solutions along with a friend who has a similar problem.
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The Hive
by Barry Lyga
Social media used to be out of control, after all. People were torn apart by trolls and doxxers. Even hackers --- like Cassie's dad --- were powerless against it. But then the Hive came. A better way to sanction people for what they do online. Cause trouble, get too many "condemns," and a crowd can come after you, teach you a lesson in real life. It's safer, fairer and perfectly legal.
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The Infinite Noise
by Lauren Shippen
Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability is extreme empathy―he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard enough, but Caleb's life becomes even more complicated when he keeps getting pulled into the emotional orbit of one of his classmates, Adam.
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The Iron Flower
by Laurie Forest
Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs when they rescued a Selkie and freed a military dragon. The last thing they expected was to be thrust into a realm-wide underground resistance against Gardnerian conquest.
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A Kingdom for a Stage
by Heidi Heilig
Caught in a war between the rebels and the invading colonizers, Jetta must make an impossible choice—save her people or protect her sanity.
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Red Skies Falling
by Alex London
Kylee navigates court drama while training with Mem Uku, while her twin, Brysen, helps desperate refugees in The Villages only to be tested by a new gift, a crush and an unexpected betrayal.
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Seeker
by Kim Chance
Teenagers Lainey, Ty, and Maggie struggle against the Master, an evil force who could destroy the world.
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Steel Tide
by Natalie C Parker
Rescued by the Blades, a nomadic crew hiding from Aric Athair, Caledonia seeks their help to find the Mors Navis and her sisters, defeat Aric's fleet, and take back the Bullet seas.
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Supernova
by Kass Morgan
As the war draws closer and secrets are revealed, Orelia, Arran, Vesper, and Cormak, along with others at the Quatra Fleet Academy, face significant changes and new challenges.
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Sword and Pen
by Rachel Caine
The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble.
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Tiger Queen
by Annie Sullivan
In the mythical desert kingdom of Achra, an ancient law forces sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri to fight in the arena to prove her right to rule. For Kateri, winning also means fulfilling a promise to her late mother that she would protect her people, who are struggling through windstorms and drought.
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Verify
by Joelle Charbonneau
Chicago teen Meri Beckley's pride of living in a land of peace, prosperity, and truth crumbles when questions following her mother's death reveal buried facts, especially that words can have great power.
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When She Reigns
by Jodi Meadows
As entire islands rise up from the sea, causing earthquakes, tidal waves, and utter devastation, Mira must use her growing connection with dragons to track a legendary treasure that could stop the destruction—the bones of the first dragon. But finding the treasure means traveling into the land of her greatest enemies.
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