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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 8 by Kiiro Yumi, Sean McCoy
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Media Betterment Committee’s inquiry into Iku’s role in the so-called book burning continues, and an evil conspiracy comes to light... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 9 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections and, with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves—the Library Forces!There's a groper in the library and Library Force members Iku and Shibazaki are sent in as bait! Iku's undercover outfit makes her vulnerable... -
Skip・Beat!, Vol. 41 by Yoshiki Nakamura
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKyoko has trained hard to be the perfect ninja, and now the day of the Momiji audition has dawned. But the producer in charge of the acting test kicks Kyoko out for having hair unbecoming of a ninja, without even letting her perform! Kyoko’s temporary manager Yashiro isn’t worried, though. He knows a little adversity isn’t enough to stand in the way of Kyoko’s ninja dreams...Categorized as:
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Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsCallum is a naught, a second-class citizen in a society run by the ruling Crosses. Sephy is a Cross, and daughter of the man slated to become prime minister. In their world, white naughts and black Crosses simply don't mix -- and they certainly don't fall in love. But that's exactly what they've done. When they were younger, they played together... -
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 7 by Kiiro Yumi, Sean McCoy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces!Hikaru's big brother is working for the enemy, and he wants to reunite with Hikaru... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 5 by Kiiro Yumi, Sean McCoy
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 4 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable... -
If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude
We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental health at the end of the world-and the importance of saving yourself, no matter what tomorrow may hold.Avery Byrne has secrets. She's queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression...Categorized as:
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 3 by Kiiro Yumi
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces!Iku is witness to a disturbance during a Board of Education speech on protecting children from the danger of books... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 13 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable...Categorized as:
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 2 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces!When the director of the Kanto Library Base gets sick, a temporary replacement is assigned, according to regulations... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 6 by Kiiro Yumi, Sean McCoy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable... -
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... -
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
In this prequel to #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls...Categorized as:
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The Traitor by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsComplete your Divergent library with the Four stories! Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be excited by "Four: The Traitor," the fourth 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...Categorized as:
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Checkmate by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsCan the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices... -
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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The Prince & the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell
An American teen stranded in London is forced to team up with the British crown prince if she wants to make it back home before the end of the world in this delightfully rompy high-stakes rom-com.Wren Wheeler has flown five thousand miles across the ocean to discover she’s the worst kind of traveler: the kind who just wants to go home...Categorized as:
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The Edge of Life: Love and Survival During the Apocalypse by Lena Gibson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo cope with everyday life, neurodivergent Kat is a secret binge drinker, and jilted Ryan is a workaholic. Disillusioned, neither does more than go through the motions of living—then comes the asteroid.Warned that a planet-killing asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, acquaintances Kat and Ryan join forces in an effort to survive...Categorized as:
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The Ends of the World by Maggie Hall
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Circle is hers. But Avery West has lost everything else: her mother, the family she’d just found, and the one boy she trusted. In their place are unfathomable power, a staged relationship that makes her question every real feeling she’s ever had, and a mission to find the cure to the virus that’s made her own blood a weapon...Categorized as:
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The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe final book in Katharine McGee's epic New York Times bestselling Thousandth Floor series When you have everything, you have everything to lose. Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams. Leda just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget...Categorized as:
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My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Nerds are so hot.Especially battle robot building nerds.Bel would rather die than think about the future. College apps? You’re funny. Extracurriculars? Not a chance. But when she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she’s basically forced into joining the robotics club... -
Idol Dreams, Vol. 3 by Arina Tanemura
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo pursue missed chances at love and success, 31-year-old Chikage Deguchi takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to how she looked at age 15. Chikage meets Tokita and her first love, Haru, for drinks... -
Behind the Scenes!! Vol. 4 by Bisco Hatori
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyoji Goda is everything Ranmaru wishes he could be -- self-assured, competent and cool. But when the Art Squad works the final film camp of the summer, Ranmaru gets to see a whole new side to his idol -- disappointing son! Goda's dad seems to criticize everything his son does, and they fight constantly...Categorized as:
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Ask Me Anything by Molly E. Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratings“Edgy and smart with a sweet and sexy core.” —Rachel Harris, New York Times bestselling author of Eyes on Me I should’ve kept my mouth shut. But Wilmont Academy’s been living in the Dark Ages when it comes to sex ed, and someone had to take matters into her own hands...Categorized as:
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Milo and Marcos at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
As natural disasters begin to befall them the closer they become, Milo and Marcos soon begin to wonder if the universe itself is plotting against them in this young adult debut by the playwright and creator of The Two Princes podcast, Kevin Christopher Snipes...Categorized as:
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Idol Dreams, Vol. 1 by Arina Tanemura
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAt age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chances at love and success. When word gets out that she's a virgin, Chikage is humilated and wishes she could return to the time when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15...Categorized as:
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Saving Mars by Cidney Swanson
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSome pilots follow orders. Others just wing it.Grounded for her Top Gun attitude, a Mars colony pilot jumps at the chance to fly a covert mission to off-limits Earth and save her world from starvation. On Earth, the Chancellor keeps a dystopian peace through a competitive consciousness-transfer program, offering perfect bodies to those who toe the line... -
The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a country is held in thrall to a vicious, despotic king, it’s up to one woman to take him down.Long ago, Queen Mirantha vanished. King Karolje claimed it was an assassination by a neighboring king, but everyone knew it was a lie. He had Disappeared her himself...Categorized as:
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Remake by Ilima Todd
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNine is the ninth female born in her batch of ten females and ten males. By design, her life in Freedom Province is without complications or consequences. However, such freedom comes with a price. The Prime Maker is determined to keep that price a secret from the new batches of citizens that are born, nurtured, and raised androgynously. But Nine isn't like every other batcher... -
Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn the near future, scientists create what may be a new form of life: an artificial human named Charlotte. All goes well until Charlotte escapes, transfers her consciousness to the Internet, and begins terrorizing the American public.Charlotte's attacks have everyone on high alert—everyone except Lee Fisher, the closeted son of the US president...Categorized as:
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Still Point by Katie Kacvinsky
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the final installment to the trilogy begun with Awaken, Maddie returns home to make her final stand against Digital School, and uncovers deeply guarded secrets about her family an new truths about herself...Categorized as:
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The Queen by Kiera Cass
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsBefore America Singer's story began, another girl came to the palace to compete for the hand of a different prince….Don't miss this digital original novella set in the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series. This prequel story takes place before the events of The Selection and is told from the point of view of Prince Maxon's mother, Amberly... -
Uglies: Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld, Devin Grayson
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 45 ratings“This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.”—Shay Uglies told Tally Youngblood’s version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing new adventures in the Uglies world—as seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally’s rebellious best friend who’s not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost... -
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Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi Tessaro face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other in prison.Serina has been groomed her whole life to become a Grace - someone to stand by the heir to the throne as a shining, subjugated example of the perfect woman...Categorized as:
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Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale.Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father... -
The Leveller by Julia Durango
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNixy Bauer is a self-made Leveller. Her job? Dragging kids out of virtual reality and back to their parents in the real world. It’s normally easy cash, but Nixy’s latest mission is fraught with real danger, intrigue, and romance.Nixy Bauer is used to her classmates being very, very unhappy to see her. After all, she’s a bounty hunter in a virtual reality gaming world...Categorized as:
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Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari
In this fresh new take on the world of superheroes, explore what it's like to be the non-super half of a dynamic duo. Spoiler it's not easy being super-adjacent.Claire has always wanted to work with superheroes, from collecting Warrior Nation cards as a kid to drafting "What to Say to a Hero" speeches in her diary... -
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today...Categorized as:
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Otherworld by Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe company says Otherworld is amazing — like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say it’s addictive — that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true.Simon thought Otherworld was a game. Turns out he knew nothing. Otherworld is the next phase of reality. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted.And it’s about to change humanity forever...Categorized as:
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Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen, Bruce Coville
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe world will end on Thursday, July 27, 2000. At least, that’s what Reverend Beelson has told his congregation. That’s why Marina and Jed and their parents have joined the rest of the Reverend’s flock at a mountain retreat to await the end of the world. But this world has only just begun for Jed and Marina, two teenagers with more attitude than faith...Categorized as:
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All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhat do you do with your last day on earth?Just over twenty-four hours are left until an asteroid strikes North America, and for Emerson and everyone else who didn’t leave, the world will end. But Emerson’s world already ended when she ran away from home. Since then, she has lived on the streets, relying on her wits and on her friend Vince to help her find places to sleep and food to eat... -
Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratings‘We’re going to be fine.’ He looks around, but there’s nothing out here: nothing but the bottomless black universe on their left, the Earth suspended in glorious technicolour to their right. Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left. None of this was supposed to happen... -
The Heir by Kiera Cass
Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she'd put off marriage for as long as possible...Categorized as:
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The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Rated: 3.21 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with the New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, in which a meteor knocks the moon off its orbit and the world changes forever. It's been more than two years since Jon Evans and his family left Pennsylvania, hoping to find a safe place to live, yet Jon remains haunted by the deaths of those he loved...
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