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The odds of lightning
by Jocelyn Davies
Torn apart by life-defining events that took place three years earlier, four teens are reunited by a wild thunderstorm and a bizarre lightning strike that catapults them into an all-night adventure filled with dreams, romance, fears and reconciliation. By the author of the A Beautiful Dark trilogy. Simultaneous eBook.
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You in Five Acts
by Una LaMarche
A group of friends at a performing arts school train throughout the high-pressure months leading up to a performance that will determine their futures while reflecting on an unexpected event that has upended everything. By the author of Five Summers. Simultaneous eBook.
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The lost & found
by Katrina Leno
Forging a friendship through an online support group, Frannie and Louis, teens whose losses are tied to mysterious disappearances, search for answers during a road trip to Austin, where they find magical things that the other has lost. By the author of The Half Life of Molly Pierce. Simultaneous eBook. 20,000 first printing.
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The bad decisions playlist
by Michael Rubens
When his believed-dead famous musician father suddenly reappears in his life, 16-year-old Austin, a talented guitarist who uses humor to cover up his frequent missteps, is pulled into his father's overwhelming world in ways that compromise Austin's dreams and relationship with his girlfriend. Simultaneous eBook. 20,000 first printing.
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How to hang a witch
by Adriana Mather
Bullied by a group of girls who claim that the Salem Witch Trial victims are their ancestors, Sam, a descendant of witch-hunter Cotton Mather, is also targeted by an angry ghost before realizing that she is at the center of a curse tracing back to the original trials. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Focus on: Artificial Intelligence
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| The Scorpion Rules by Erin BowScience Fiction. In the far future, an artificial intelligence called Talis has achieved world peace...by holding hostage the children of world leaders. Princess Greta has grown up as one of these "Children of Peace," but now her country is on the brink of war and her life could be forfeit. Enter Elián, a new, rebellious hostage who inspires Greta to question who she loves and where her duty truly lies. With an international cast of characters, Canadian author Erin Bow crafts an intricate world filled with impossible decisions and shocking twists. If you can't get enough dystopian fiction but are tired of the same old, same old, don't miss The Scorpion Rules, the 1st in the Prisoners of Peace series. |
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| Incarceron by Catherine FisherScience Fantasy. Finn is trapped in Incarceron, a brutal, futuristic prison imbued with artificial intelligence and so vast that it's like a city. Claudia, the daughter of Incarceron's ruthless warden, is being forced into an arranged marriage for political reasons. The two of them live in completely separate worlds, but each is desperate to escape -- and they may be each other's only hope. Readers of either science fiction or epic fantasy who love twisting plots, intricate world-building, romance, and plenty of political intrigue are sure to be hooked by this riveting read and its sequel, Sapphique. |
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| Willful Machines by Tim FloreenScience Fiction. You'd think that being the President's son would offer a life of ease, but things are far from easy for Lee Fisher. For one thing, he's been targeted by a rogue "artificially conscious" terrorist (ironic, since Lee is a robotics geek). Then there are his dad's ultra-conservative politics, which force Lee to hide the fact that he's gay and falling fast for his eccentric new classmate, Nico. And those are just the first of many thorny situations Lee has to face in this near-future techno-thriller filled with star-crossed romance and thought-provoking questions about artificial intelligence. |
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| Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay KristoffScience Fiction. Ugh, you know that feeling when your break-up is overshadowed by the destruction of your planet? No? Well, it isn't what Kady and Ezra are expecting either, but when their home on the mining colony Kerenza IV is annihilated by corporate rival BeiTech, their personal issues take a back seat to survival. Yet even after they escape on separate spaceships, survival is a tall order: the ships are afflicted with unrest, conspiracies, a crazed artificial intelligence, and a virus that turns people into rage-filled zombies. First in a trilogy and told through message transcripts, surveillance logs, and other "found documents," Illuminae is a gripping, unconventional science fiction thriller. |
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