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Brighter Than Nine
by June CL Tan
Rui has her life back together -- or so it seems. Hailed as a hero, she's finally on her way to becoming an important member of the Exorcist Guild. But she knows the Hybrid Revenants are still out there, and they're planning something big. Something evil. Zizi is trapped in the underworld. As his mortal body deteriorates, he realizes he can access the Fourth King's memories, which may be the key to keeping the mortal realm safe. To save the girl he loves, he must defy fate -- and escape Hell. Yiran watches from the shadows, magicless once more. When he discovers a dark family secret that changes everything he thought he knew, his hunger for power tempts him toward a possible betrayal. And he must decide what he truly stands for -- before it's too late.
Darker by Four, Book 2
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A Deadly Inheritance
by Kelley Armstrong
In the wake of her mother's death, Liliana Chamberlain's estranged (and very wealthy) grandparents swoop in. Or their lawyer does. Her grandparents aren't ready to meet her, but they want her to have the life her mother walked away from, starting with Westdale Academy, the elite boarding school her mother attended. It should be a Cinderella dream come true, but Lili has serious misgivings. Yet she doesn't have a choice, being under eighteen and dead broke. Westdale Academy is a school of secrets as well as intriguing classmates, including Hollywood golden boy Theo Dubois and the mysterious Maddox Moreno. As she gets to know them all, Lili realizes there's more to the school than elite-level networking. Something deadly.
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The Faraway Inn
by Sarah Beth Durst
When 16-year-old Calisa arrives at her great-aunt's B&B in rural Vermont for the summer, she's shocked to find a rundown inn rather than the cozy bed-and-breakfast she was expecting. Grumpy and eccentric, Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn... even though she clearly needs the help. To convince her great-aunt to keep her around, Calisa sets to work fixing up the inn, enlisting extra help from the groundskeeper's (handsome) son. But the longer she stays, the surer she is that there's something strange about the B&B -- and its guests. Something almost... otherworldly. The inn is keeping a magical secret, but to protect the place she's come to love, Calisa must unravel the truth before it's too late.
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Adventure Is Out There!: A Twisted Tale
by Liz Braswell
Sixteen-year-old Ellie McGill is fed up with life in small town Americana. She has long dreamed of towering mountains, tangled jungles, and, most of all: traveling to the incredible South American landmark, Paradise Falls. Ellie thought these dreams made her strange, until she met her sweet best friend Carl, who's the only one able to talk her off a ledge. But things between them seem weird lately; is it just her, or are there new feelings bubbling up between them? Then Ellie begins her dream internship at the local zoo, where the flashy millionaire owner organizes an expedition to Paradise Falls to collect new specimens. But the star newcomer, a bird given to him by Charles Muntz himself, doesn't adjust well to his new home and Ellie is put in charge of its seemingly hopeless recovery. Carl advises Ellie to lay low, to not make waves. But that's not something Ellie has ever been good at. And when an opportunity comes for a last minute, emergency rescue mission, she decides to take it.
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The Escape Game
by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set. Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show's trickiest escape rooms. There's Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master; and... Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister's murder. Or so everyone believes. But Sierra's not just here to win. She's here for justice. When the contestants begin uncovering clues that hint at the identity of Alicia's true killer, it becomes clear that the stakes aren't high in this competition, they're deadly. If these teens want to win -- and survive -- the game, they must solve the biggest mystery of all: who killed Alicia Angelos?
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Piper at the Gates of Dusk
by Patrick Ness
It's been twenty years since the monstrous war that almost tore New World apart, and there's a new generation on the planet. Todd and Viola's sons Ben and Max have known only peace growing up on the family farm outside a bustling human settlement. They dream of the usual things, like school and adventure, until the nightmares begin... A sudden sickness has infected the young people of New World with Noise in the form of their worst thoughts about themselves. Some suspect the Spackle, the indigenous people with whom humans have a very uneasy truce. Others wonder about a connection to a mysterious object looming in the sky. And then, one by one, the children of New World begin to disappear. Ben, with his mother's logical mind, and Max, with his father's courageous heart, become caught up in separate quests for answers, journeys that will test their beliefs in their parents, each other, and in their very existence on the planet.
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A Song in the Dark
by Brooke Archer
Every summer for the past twenty years, a kid from Blackridge has disappeared, snatched away and never seen again. It's not the ideal town to relocate to, but after a tragic accident kills Jo's best friend, her mom drags Jo and her siblings to the small, haunted town to start fresh. They move into an old house, and quickly, Jo learns they are not alone. Flickering lights. Radio stations that inexplicably change. A cold, faint breath across her ear... Then she meets Finn. Finn is mysterious and sweet, and he shares Jo's passion for music and songwriting. There's just one problem -- he's a ghost. And he's not the only one in the house. There are two others, and more that came before them. As Jo and Finn grow closer, Jo believes that he and the other spirits are connected to the missing kids whose disappearances have devastated Blackridge. Desperate to hold on to the one bright spot in her dark world, she must unravel the mystery of what happened to them all before she loses Finn forever.
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I Could Give You the Moon
by Ann Liang
Everyone loves Chanel Cao -- except Ares Yin. While Chanel has spent her entire life curating a picture-perfect social media personality -- from her body to her hair to her camera-ready smile -- Ares has spent his trying to hide in the shadows. But Ares's brother is missing, and Chanel's parents have secretly separated, and their only hope is each other. Ares is willing to do whatever it takes to find his brother, and Chanel will do anything to keep her parents' secret. When the two meet and share a vision of the future -- where Ares's brother appears, as Chanel's house burns to the ground -- they are determined to use each other. Ares believes Chanel is the key to finding his brother, but Chanel is convinced if she gets Ares to fall in love with her, she'll save her family house -- and her parents' crumbling marriage. But Ares isn't interested in the fake personality that Chanel has used her entire life to get affection and adoration. If she's going to save her reputation, she's going to have to let Ares get to know the real her... and risk real feelings.
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Soundtrack
by Jason Reynolds
Stuy Grey plays the drums, just like his mom, a founding member of the all-black punk band the Bed-Stuy Magic Dusters. He teaches himself by watching videos of tap dancers. Now he's left home, estranged from his mom and her abusive boyfriend. He's camping out with his uncle on the Lower East Side. His landlord, Dunks, has chops: He shreds on only five strings. Add Alexis on bass guitar and Keith on horn: These teens are a band, busking in New York City subway stations to scrape enough money to record an album.
As their popularity grows, so do the pressures, from complicated family dynamics to the glare of unexpected public attention. And when the police start looking for their bassist, Stuy faces his toughest decision yet.
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Summer Official
by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Saylor Ford is bubbly, popular, athletic, and always coupled up. Meanwhile, Heaven Goo-Campbell is grumpy and artistic, prefers her skateboard to people, and is perpetually single. So obviously, sparks fly when they must spend the entire summer together. When Saylor, distracted by her mom's viral video about Saylor's coming out, breaks her arm at basketball camp, she becomes determined not to spend the summer stuck at home with the social media star. Her best escape is the girl she's pretty sure can't stand her but whom she finds absolutely irresistible: Heaven. Thankfully, Heaven is willing to let Saylor in on her summer plans, if she helps Heaven establish her social media presence, showcasing her art for her future career as a tattoo artist. They didn't anticipate the deepening feelings that followed. But do the girls have a future together if Saylor is wary of bringing a relationship out into the open -- too afraid that her mom's influencer status will attract more attention than Saylor and timid Heaven can handle?
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Gods & Comics
by Kat Cho
To cope with the grief of losing her grandmother, Grace starts a webcomic inspired by the Korean myths her halmeoni used to tell her as a child. In Sun God, Grace spins the tale of Korean god Haemosu and his love Yuhwa, but with a twist -- the two gods are trapped in the bodies of teenagers and, worst of all, cursed to attend high school. Grace never expected her comic to go viral, but it has, and the new fandom has somehow conjured the real Haemosu. Now it's up to Grace to get him back home. But when she starts to fall for Hae, sending him home is the last thing she wants to do. More troubling, Hae isn't the only god to suddenly reappear. Hae's sworn enemy -- also brought back to the mortal realm by Grace's comic -- is set on destroying Hae, all while infecting humanity with a deadly disease. As an epic battle between gods looms, Hae is without his powers, so it may fall to Grace to fight back against a vengeful god hell-bent on punishing anyone who gets in his way.
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Ambrosia Lee Drops the MIC
by Patricia Park
They say Hollywood is like high school, and has-been child actor Ambrosia Lee feels like she's at the bottom of the social ladder. Her acting career peaked at the age of eleven -- then she was unceremoniously fired from her big break due to her weight.
Now after years of rejections and backstabbing auditions, teenage Ambrosia turns to stand-up to speak her truth. It's the perfect way to rant about everything that's been bothering her: divorced parents dynamics, Asian stereotypes, and Hollywood drama. It also doesn't hurt that a cute boy is helping her learn the ropes of a comedy routine. It's all laughs... but comedy clubs can be just as toxic as the Hollywood complex she always mocks. Can Ambrosia be her true self both on and off the mic?
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