January 2018 list by S. Ward
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Alex and Eliza : A Love Story
by Melissa De la Cruz
The New York Times best-selling author brings to life the romance between young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler.
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Caraval
by Stephanie Garber
Fleeing an abusive father and an arranged marriage, Scarlett and her sister Tella arrive at Caraval expecting to be dazzled. Their expectations turn to terror, however, when Legend kidnaps Tella and makes her the subject of that year's Caraval.
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Carve the Mark
by Veronica Roth
Though the energy of the Current provides singular powers to everyone in the nearby nation-planets, Cyra's "currentgift" is more of a curse: it plagues her with constant pain that she can transfer to others by touch. Cyra's power-hungry brother, the ruler of the Shotet people, uses her as a weapon.
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City of Saints and Thieves
by Natalie C. Anderson
Years after her beloved mother is murdered by her corrupt businessman employer, Tina, a girl who fled Congo during childhood, becomes an expert thief in order to support her younger sister and pursue a dangerous opportunity to exact revenge.
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A Crown Of Wishes
by Roshani Chokshi
Taken prisoner in a neighboring hostile kingdom, Gauri, the princess of Bharata, agrees to help a cunning prince by teaming up with him in a mythical competition that will grant a magic wish to the victor.
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Empress of a Thousand Skies
by Rhoda Belleza
Determined to reclaim her crown from a corrupt government and exact revenge for the deaths of her parents, Crown Princess Rhiannon narrowly escapes an assassination attempt and finds herself on the run.
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Gem & Dixie
by Sara Zarr
How would finding a bag full of cash change your life? For 17-year-old Gem, it's a chance to reconnect with her 14-year-old sister, Dixie. They've been growing apart, even though Gem has spent most of her life trying to shelter Dixie from their parents neglect.
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Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns
by Julie C. Dao
Beautiful, Xifeng, raised by a cruel aunt who says the stars destine her to be Empress of Feng Lu, chooses to spurn the man who loves her and exploit the dark magic that can make her dream real.
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
by Mackenzi Lee
A "Grand Tour" of 18th-century Europe offers Lord Henry Montague's one last chance to cut loose. Once he returns, Monty will have to abandon his scandalous life and take over his family's British estate. The Tour is barely underway when Monty makes a powerful enemy, turning the journey into a life-or-death mission.
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Lord Of Shadows
by Cassandra Clare
A sequel to Lady Midnight finds Emma torn between her love for Julian and her need to protect him from the consequences of their forbidden relationship.
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Now I Rise
by Kiersten White
A vengeful Lada strikes out at anyone who stands in her way and finds herself unexpectedly rejected by her skillful brother, Radu, who reluctantly works as a spy for power-hungry Mehmed.
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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.
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Renegades
by Marissa Meyer
In a ruined world where humans with extraordinary abilities have become the world's champions of justice, a vengeance-seeking girl and a justice-seeking boy team up against a villain who has the power to destroy everything.
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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.
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.
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Thick As Thieves
by Megan Whalen Turner
Kamet, an ambitious secretary and slave to his Mede master, is forced onto a very different path that compels him to undertake an extraordinary mission far from the future he envisioned.
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The Upside of Unrequited
by Becky Albertalli
After 26 crushes and not a single kiss, Molly Peskin-Suso is ready to take a chance…or at least she wants to be ready. Though she's backed by loyal friends and her caring, multiracial family, her confidence is undermined by anxiety, not to mention a society which claims that "chubby girls don’t get boyfriends."
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Turtles All The Way Down
by John Green
Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire
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Wonder Woman : Warbringer
by Leigh Bardugo
Determined to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters, Diana throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law, risking exile, to save a mere mortal who is unwittingly fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.
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When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
Told from the alternating perspectives of two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged their marriage follows the efforts of one to distance herself from the agreement and the other to woo his intended during the summer.
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