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Inside Divergent: The Initiate's World by Cecilia Bernard, Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsVeronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling novel Divergent is now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet! This eye-catching volume takes you inside the film version of Divergent...Categorized as:
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The Girl Who Dared to Rise by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe stakes grow ever higher for Liana Castell... and she must rise to meet them.Return to the Tower in the gripping fourth book of The Girl Who Dared series, where Liana will face her greatest challenge yet:Become Ambrose's replacement, or die trying.Pre-order now... -
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Four: The Initiate by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsComplete your Divergent library with the Four stories! Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be delighted by "Four: The Initiate," the second of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's point of view... -
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Middle Ground by Katie Kacvinsky
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFor four weeks Maddie has been living in Los Angeles, trying to be good. But no matter how hard she tries, something inside her won't be sated. She can't live a life of half-truths and false pretenses. So one night, she says how she really feels. That's all it takes. One night... -
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![The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest]()
The Girl Who Dared to Think by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow do you fight an enemy when they're inside your mind? A gargantuan glass-walled tower looms over a deadly wilderness. They say it's all that's left. The Tower's survival is humanity's survival, and each must serve it faithfully... Twenty-year-old Liana Castell must be careful what she thinks... -
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The Gender Plan by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"I just had to believe we'd dealt a death blow of our own. That today would be the beginning of the end..." Ready for the explosive PENULTIMATE BOOK in The Gender Game series? (As we move toward the grand finale in Book 7: The Gender End)... -
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The Gender End by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe breathtaking, earth-shattering GRAND FINALE of the bestselling Gender Game series.Return to Matrus and Patrus one last time.. -
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The Wanted by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat would you be willing to sacrifice to get what you Wanted? It’s the question facing both Rosa and Joseph as they are pushed and pulled in unimaginable directions. It’s the question Superior Grant answered with a resounding, “Anything and everything.” The only thing they want is to be back in each other’s arms... -
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Psyren #04: Melchsee's Door by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T. Ageha Yoshina just got transported to a warped alternate dimension where you've got to fight your way back to our world--or die trying. Melzez's Door Ageha's fully aware of how little he understands his newfound abilities...Categorized as:
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Eve of Man by Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE SURVIVED.THE FIRST GIRL BORN IN FIFTY YEARS.THEY CALLED HER EVE . . . All her life Eve has been kept away from the opposite sex. Kept from the truth of her past. But at sixteen it's time for Eve to face her destiny. Three potential males have been selected for her. The future of humanity is in her hands. She's always accepted her fate. Until she meets Bram... -
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Psyren #05: Visions by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. Ageha Yoshina just got transported to a warped alternate dimension where you've got to fight your way back to our world--or die trying. Visions A video recording shows a dark vision of the future, where many of Ageha’s friends are ruthlessly killed. To escape the danger posed by W.I.S... -
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Wired by G.P. Ching
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFaith kept her plain. Science made her complicated. Lydia and Korwin are the Liberty Party’s only hope of stopping Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic from developing a new genetically engineered weapon. But the already high stakes become personal when Konrad turns his thirst for power and revenge on what Lydia holds most dear... -
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Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIt’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa...Categorized as:
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Het Gulden Vlies van Thule by Thea Beckman
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDe Badeners zijn er tenslotte in geslaagd de Thuleense hoofdstad Gothab en enkele andere kustplaatsen te veroveren. Elvira komt naar Thule als dochter van ondergouverneur Upernavik, een kustplaats in het noorden. 's Nachts worden de Badeners opgeschrikt door sabotagedaden van de Thulenen. De kolonosatie stagneert. Het lijkt Elvira verstandig Thuleens te leren... -
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Rebel by Marie Lu
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsRespect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel. Eden Wing has been living in his brother’s shadow for years. Even though he’s a top student at his academy in Ross City, Antarctica, and a brilliant inventor, most people know him only as Daniel Wing’s little brother...Categorized as:
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Worlds Collide by S.M. McEachern
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCenturies old secrets and forbidden love collide in the action-packed sequel to Sunset Rising.In Worlds Collide, the second book of the Sunset Rising Trilogy, Sunny and Jack must continue a life of subterfuge in order to stay alive and find a way to free the Pit... -
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The Wounded by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou think you’re in control. That it’s your hands on the reins. But I’m starting to think either someone else is driving, or the reins are attached to nothing. Just flapping and snapping in the breeze. What could be simple, never is. Rosa doesn’t want to get used to being separated from Joseph, from Orry... -
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Reign by K.A. Gandy
Kidnapped from their honeymoon resort, nothing is as it seems. Betrayal, intrigue, and secrets abound as Sadie works to free the captive women. But will she end up the savior, or the next captive?★★★★★With Patrick as the only solid ground in a sea of uncertainty, the two of them must work to come together, or they’ll fall apart...Categorized as:
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The Wall by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoseph, wake up, wake up, wake up... She says it over and over. It’s her mantra, her prayer, her plea. But life doesn’t stop while he’s sleeping. With a newborn baby in her arms, Rosa's thrown into a new world, with new rules and a philosophy that sounds too good to be true. She’s sure they didn’t rescue her out of the goodness of their hearts. The Survivors must want something in return... -
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Slave by Laura Frances
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is no sun. There is no moon. There is only gray—the smog belched from coal-fueled factories. The Workers silently shuffle to their assigned posts. The Outcasts watch from the alley walls. On every corner, a Watcher stands stone-faced, a rifle in hand. This is the only life that exists. Beyond the mountains is a dream. But dreams are foolish in a place like this... -
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Solar Fury: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Romance by E.A. Chance
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNavigating life is no picnic for young widowed surgeon, Riley Poole, so when a global solar flare strikes - destroying the power grid and stranding her in Washington, D.C. with her teenage daughter - it will take near superhuman courage to find safe harbor in a world gone mad... -
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Recon by Tarah Benner
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEli knows corruption runs deep within the compound. It's a reality he's forced to confront every year on Bid Day. But when your job is to go out into the radiation-soaked Fringe so that others can live in peace, you don’t ask too many questions. For Harper, the bid system works just fine...Categorized as:
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Recoil by Joanne Macgregor
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen a skilled gamer gets recruited as a sniper in the war against a terrorist-produced pandemic, she discovers there’s more than one enemy and more than one war. The Game is real. Three years after a series of terrorist attacks flooded the US with a lethal plague, society has changed radically... -
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Starcrossed by Brenda Hiatt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarsha Truitt’s life has changed dramatically over the past few months. Instead of a nerdy nobody, she’s the newly discovered princess of a secret civilization. Even better, she’s dating the hottest guy in school, who just happens to be her literal soulmate. But when a new boy arrives at Jewel High, everything M thought she knew about herself and her future is turned on its head...Categorized as:
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Revolutionary by Krista McGee
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAll her life Thalli thought she was an anomaly. Now she must use her gifts to fulfill the role she was called to play: Revolutionary. Back in the underground State against her will, Thalli is no longer the anomaly she was before. She has proven herself to be a powerful leader aboveground and returns with information that Dr... -
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Outcasts by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince entering the Safe Lands, Mason has focused on two things: finding a way to free his village from captivity and finding a cure for the disease that ravages many within the walls of the Safe Lands. After immune-suppressive drugs go missing in the clinic, Mason discovers his coworker, Ciddah, may know more about the Safe Lands than imagined...and may have an agenda of her own... -
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Rebels by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this third book in the series of fantasy/dystopian novels from award-winning author Jill Williamson, three teens must try to hold on to their values amidst the subjugation and lies of the government... -
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Reclaim by Casey L. Bond, Indie Books Gone Wild
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Greaters have ruled over the Lessers since The Fall. They’ve taken Abby’s family. They’ve taken her friends. They’ve taken her hostage and threatened the villages. Enough is enough. Freedom is worth fighting for. Love is worth dying for. And the Lessers are done taking orders from the Greaters. Reclaim…the epic conclusion of the award-winning Harvest Saga... -
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Refuse by Joanne Macgregor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone wants Jinxy, except the one she loves.In a near-future USA decimated by an incurable plague and tightly controlled by a repressive government, teenagers with special skills are recruited and trained to fight in the war against terror.Now a rebellion is brewing... -
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Sunset Rising by S.M. McEachern
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFebruary 2024: Desperate to find refuge from the nuclear storm, a group of civilians discover a secret government bio-dome. Greeted by a hail of bullets and told to turn back, the frantic refugees stand their ground and are grudgingly permitted entry. But the price of admission is high. 283 years later… Sunny O'Donnell is a seventeen-year-old slave who has never seen the sun...Categorized as:
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Three by Kristen Simmons
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsEmber Miller and Chase Jennings are ready to stop running. After weeks spent in hiding as two of the Bureau of Reformation’s most wanted criminals, they have finally arrived at the safe house, where they hope to live a safe and quiet existence. And all that’s left is smoking ruins... -
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Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsTrapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope... -
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Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe stunningly fierce conclusion to Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14 trilogy. The survivors of the Monument 14 have finally made it to the safety of a Canadian refugee camp. Dean and Alex are cautiously starting to hope that a happy ending might be possible. But for Josie, separated from the group and trapped in a brutal prison camp for exposed Type Os, things have gone from bad to worse...Categorized as:
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The Choosing by Rachelle Dekker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratings“Not to be Chosen would yield a cruel fate of my own making.” Like all citizens since the Ruining, Carrington Hale knows the importance of this day. But she never expected the moment she’d spent a lifetime preparing for—her Choosing ceremony—would end in disaster. Ripped from her family, she’ll spend her days serving as a Lint, the lowest level of society...Categorized as:
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![Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau]()
Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIn the series debut The Testing , sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies . . . a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization... -
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Flame by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the thrilling conclusion to the Sky Chasers series Waverly, Kieran, and Seth struggle to survive on-board the New Horizon—and take down their enemies before it's too late. Waverly and the other members of the Empyrean have scattered, and their home ship has been destroyed... -
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Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe second installment in Kristen Simmons's fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series. After faking their deaths to escape from prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed... -
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The Calling by Rachelle Dekker
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRemko Brant had never been so sure of anything as escaping the Authority City with Carrington Hale. But bravado comes easy when you have nothing to lose. Now a husband, father, and the tactical leader of the Seers, Remko has never had so much at risk. As he and his team execute increasingly dangerous rescue missions inside the city, they face growing peril from a new enemy... -
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Guardian by Alex London
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe pulse-pounding sequel to Proxy! Inspired by The Whipping Boy and Feed, this adrenaline-fueled thriller will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. In the new world led by the Rebooters, former Proxy Syd is the figurehead of the Revolution, beloved by some and hated by others. Liam, a seventeen-year-old Rebooter, is Syd’s bodyguard and must protect him with his life... -
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Echo in Time by C.J. Hill, Janette Rallison
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter being pulled 400 years into the future, twins Taylor and Sheridan have found some refuge from the government of Traventon, which used the dangerous Time Strainer to yank the girls from the past. Yet the threat of the dangerous technology still looms. Taylor and an ally, Joseph, are selected to go on a mission to destroy the time machine and weapon... -
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Rising: After the Thaw by Tamar Sloan, Heidi Catherine
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour tests. Seven days. Nine teens. Only the chosen shall breed.Humans now live in a super greenhouse. Seas have risen. Oceans have acidified. And the fight for resources is deadly. To ensure nothing of this magnitude ever happens again, only those with enough intelligence and heart will earn the right to bear children and heal the earth... -
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Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsUnder the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don't know it's there. The caldera is so large that it can only be seen from a plane or satellite. It just could be overdue for an eruption, which would change the landscape and climate of our planet...Categorized as:
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The Mind Keepers by Lori Brighton
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCheck out the exciting conclusion to the Mind Readers series! It’s been months since everything familiar in Nora’s life vanished into the unforgiving waters off the Savannah coast, leaving her with nothing but her powers of mind reading. Although she’s lost her mother and her home, Nora has managed to move on, thanks in part to her sister Cameron, the only family she has left... -
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I Am Alive by Cameron Jace
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsI am not my heart rate. I am not my skills. I am not my sleeping problems. I am not my stress. I am not my fears. I am not how I look like. I am the very essence of me. I am my will. I am my passion. I am my beliefs. I am how much I can give and receive love. I am infinite and possible. I am my soul. My name is Decca Tenderstone... -
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![The Sowing by K. Makansi]()
The Sowing by K. Makansi
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Famine may be over, but the Resistance has just begun. When Remy Alexander is fifteen, her older sister is murdered in a cold-blooded classroom massacre. When the Okarian Sector hides the truth behind the attack, Remy's family goes underground to join the clandestine and growing Resistance movement. Now, three years later, Remy is beginning to find clues about why her sister was murdered... -
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Captives by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a dystopian future, eighteen-year-old Levi returns from Denver City with his latest scavenged treasures and finds his village of Glenrock decimated, loved ones killed, and many--including his fiancée, Jem--taken captive. Now alone, Levi is determined to rescue what remains of his people, even if it means entering the Safe Lands, a walled city that seems anything but safe... -
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The Program by Suzanne Young
In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive...Categorized as:
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Blightborn by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCael McAvoy is on the run. He’s heading toward the Empyrean to rescue his sister, Merelda, and to find Gwennie before she’s lost to Cael forever. With his pals, Lane and Rigo, Cael journeys across the Heartland to catch a ride into the sky. But with Boyland and others after them, Cael and his friends won’t make it through unchanged... -
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Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, and Raven by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFor the first time, Lauren Oliver's short stories about characters in the Delirium world appear in print. Originally published as digital novellas, Hana, Annabel, and Raven each center around a fascinating and complex character who adds important information to the series and gives it greater depth... -
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Quanta Reset by Lola Dodge
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuanta has escaped her laboratory prison, but that’s where the good news ends. Life at the Shadow Ravens’ compound is a disaster. She’s drowning in visions of the dark pasts and darker futures of her fellow Ravens and is plagued by her own panic-inducing memories, but Lady Eva still expects her to “train” and “participate in missions.” Plus, the food tastes like burnt plastic...
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