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New High School Books August 2025 |
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The Boyfriend Contract
by Jenn P. Nguyen
Before I even opened my eyes, I knew something was wrong. Taylor Simmons is screwed. Things were hard enough when her dedication to her studies earned her the title of Ice Queen, but after she got drunk at a party and woke up next to bad boy surfer Evan McKinley, the entire school seems intent on tearing Taylor down. Desperate to salvage her reputation, Taylor persuades Evan to pretend they're in a serious romantic relationship, complete with a love contract. But as they begin to spend more time together, Taylor begins to fall, hard. As the lines between contractual dates and real feelings begin to blur, will Taylor be able to save her reputation... and her heart?
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The good vampire's guide to blood & boyfriends
by J. L. D'Amato
Nineteen-year-old Brennan, a college freshman who becomes a vampire after a suicide attempt, navigates his new life in an underground vampire society, keeps his secret from Cole, the cute campus librarian, and deals with rising dangers while balancing his humanity and growing feelings for Cole
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Medici Heist
by Caitlin Schneiderhan
There's nothing 'impossible' in this world. There are only things that very clever people have not done yet. Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder and betrayal. Seventeen-year-old conwoman Rosa Cellini arrives in the city the same day that the Medici Pope, Leo X, returns to take up the reins of power. This is not a coincidence. The new Pope is extorting a mountain of indulgence money from the people of Florence to bolster his power and standing, and Rosa has a plan to take it back. To pull off the Renaissance's greatest robbery, she'll recruit a team of specially-chosen, highly-skilled misfits: Sarra the tinkerer, Khalid the fighter, and Giacomo, the irrepressible master of disguise. To top it all off, and to smooth their entrance into the fortress-like Palazzo Medici, Rosa even enlists the reluctant help of the famed artist Michelangelo. But as the authorities draw closer and the Medici's noose pulls tighter around the land, old secrets resurface and tensions in the group start to flare. What began as a robbery could be the key to saving the city itself--if Rosa and company don't destroy each other first.
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Mistress of bones : a novel
by Maria Z. Medina
Nineteen-year-old Azul, a necromancer seeking to resurrect her sister, becomes entangled in a world-ending plot involving gods, a deadly emissary, and a web of secrets that could reshape the world
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The world inside
by Jan Fields
"An aspiring artist must investigate ghostly paintings in order to find a way to help her great-aunt--the painter of the images-wake up from a coma"
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Scorched earth
by Danielle L. Jensen
As a deadly blight spreads and the Empire tightens its grip, Lydia and Killian must escape the Corrupter's influence, Teriana and Marcus confront their inner demons, and Marcus attempts to save those he condemned, as each makes heartbreaking choices to save their world from destruction
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Death in the dark
by Bryce Moore
"When multiple women are found murdered in their London homes during The Blitz, seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill vows to uncover the identity of the Blackout Ripper, even if it puts her own life at risk"
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Rosa by any other name
by Hailey Alcaraz
"In this Romeo and Juliet-inspired retelling set during the civil rights era, a Mexican American girl is driven to join a movement for justice after her white classmate and best friend from the barrio are tragically murdered"-- Provided by publisher
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