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orange Vol. 4 by Ichigo Takano, 高野苺
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsOn the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she receives a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter's predictions come true one by one, Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class...Categorized as:
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The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
Currently unavailableIn a lavish world where darkness reigns and science collides with superstition, Alina Starkov has the power to save her country…but it comes with a price in The Grisha Trilogy by New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.Included in this bundle are Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, and Ruin and Rising...Categorized as:
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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 23 by Julietta Suzuki
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAkura-oh’s body was entombed centuries ago in the Mountain of Flames, where the preternaturally hot fire continuously consumes him before his regenerative powers can resurrect him... -
Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 21 by Julietta Suzuki
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So whena man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity... -
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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 22 by Julietta Suzuki
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen Nanami inherits a shrine, a hot fox spirit and divine powers, she discovers that becoming a literal goddess of relationships doesn’t make her own love life any easier!Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment... -
Shattered by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThis is the UK, Australia & New Zealand edition, released on March 6. The release date for US and Canada is May 1...Categorized as:
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The Epidemic by Suzanne Young
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCan one girl help others find closure by slipping into the identities of their loved ones? Find out in this riveting sequel to The Remedy and companion to the New York Times bestselling The Treatment and The Program.In a world before The Program… Quinlan McKee has spent her life acting as other people... -
The Gender War by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"For the sake of Viggo, my brother, my family in Patrus, and every single citizen of our God-forsaken nations, I had to stop the war... -
Fractured by Teri Terry
Perfect for fans of the dystopian settings of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the gripping second installment of the Slated trilogy is a riveting psychological thriller set in a future where violent teens have their memory erased as an alternative to jail. When Kyla was slated, her memory was erased for good. Except it wasn’t. Not completely...Categorized as:
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Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe's cracked down on a mind-melding gang of bullies and saved the ex-mayor of Metropolis from the double who framed him. But now, Lois Lane embarks on a case even she isn't sure she can solve . .Categorized as:
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Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second book in the beloved Dusk Gate series reconnects Quinn with the charming princes and the pristine world of Eirentheos. From a beautiful royal wedding to a dangerous rescue mission, her adventures are about to take her life on a course that will change it forever... -
Double Down by Gwenda Bond
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLois Lane has settled in to her new school. She has friends, for maybe the first time in her life. She has a job that challenges her. And her friendship is growing with SmallvilleGuy, her online maybe-more-than-a-friend...Categorized as:
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This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCat thought the Hydra epidemic was over, but when new cases pop up, Cat must team up with an enemy to fix the vaccine before the virus spirals out of control.The nightmare of the outbreak is finally over, but Cat’s fight has only just begun. Exhausted, wounded, and reeling from revelations that have shaken her to her core, Cat is at a breaking point... -
Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn this apocalyptic sequel to Dark Inside’s “well-balanced, realistic suspense” (Kirkus Reviews), four teens continue the struggle for survival as they face a world gone mad. Aries, Clementine, Mason and Michael have survived the first wave of the apocalypse that wiped out most of the world’s population, and turned many of the rest into murderous Baggers...Categorized as:
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Oblivion by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratings...Categorized as:
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Galdoni Book Three: Out of Darkness by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGaldoni Book Three: Out of Darkness is about Reece, one of the first Galdoni allowed to go to school as part of the integration program. He combats hostility, hypocrisy, and his own instincts to fight until the day Ava walks into the classroom. Reece is torn by the way he is drawn to the female Galdoni and what she believes about him...Categorized as:
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Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFollow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel, Forget Tomorrow!Would you change the past to protect your future?Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries, if only she’d let TechRA study her...Categorized as:
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Wings by Elizabeth Richards
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFollowing the cliffhanger ending of Phoenix, Natalie finds herself separated from Ash and unexpectedly reunited with her parents, including the father she thought was dead. But she can only think of Ash. She hasn't heard a word of him since she and Elijah were brought to the underground headquarters of the Sentry Rebellion. But she vows to find him... -
The Treemakers by Christina L. Rozelle
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStay on guard. Be aware of your surroundings. Notice the nuances. Cover your tracks. Always be prepared. Question everything. This is how you stay alive, Joy. And this is how you keep the ones you love alive.Sixteen-year-old Joy Montgomery, daughter of Zephyr the Magnificent, the great magician, can only reminisce of better times. Before the Superiors. Before the uprisings. Long ago... -
Reactive by Becky Moynihan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAN INESCAPABLE CITY. THREE DEADLY TRIALS. ONE WAY OUT.Lune Tatum, adopted daughter of the Supreme Elite, has lived within her father's walled city for eleven years.But she wants out. Except she can't leave, and not because of the clans and mutated beasts that roam beyond the impenetrable, electrified walls protecting her life...Categorized as:
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The Last Hope by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA stunning conclusion to the sci-fi romance duology by writing duo Krista & Becca Ritchie, The Last Hope is filled with twists and turns you'll never see coming.Sacrifice all you have to survive.Imprisoned for weeks on an enemy starcraft, Franny, Court, and Mykal have sat with an unfathomable revelation...Categorized as:
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The Diseased Ones by Danielle Harrington
Life is easy in 2647, unless you're a Diseased One...On the morning of her 16th birthday, Hollis Timewire receives the worst possible news. She can't become a citizen of the world. She's a Diseased One...Categorized as:
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Tested by Janelle Stalder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. Faced with the scariest decision of her life, Missy is going behind enemy lines to save the rebel that seems to haunt her every dream. Finding courage is one of the hardest things she’s ever done, especially when she comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality. The green eyes that have fascinated her, no longer gleam with recognition...Categorized as:
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The Future Without Hope by Nazarea Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeparated from Finn, captive of the Order, Nurrin has no hope left. But she has survived twenty years of zombies--and she has the unshakable faith that Finn will find her. But Finn is a long way away. The Order's influence runs deeper than was ever suspected, and politics are shifting--and zombies may not be the most dangerous thing she's facing...Categorized as:
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History by C.L. Lynch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSequel to the award-winning Chemistry. Foul-mouthed, plus-sized Stella Blunt is back, and so is her undead admirer, Howie Mullins. On the surface, Howie seems to have it all - eternal life, the ability to sense brain waves, and the love of his perfect woman. But there's a dark side to being a half-zombie, and it's starting to catch up to him...Categorized as:
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Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis “heartbreaking and heartfelt” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) star-crossed love story follows two teens in a starkly unequal future world who are struggling to find their places.Sixteen-year-old Rumi Sabzwari has spent his entire life behind the armored walls of St. Iago, which protect citizens of the Union of Upper Cities from the outside world’s environmental devastation...Categorized as:
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All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsOutside the secret military base where Em is imprisoned, war rages. The world has been coming apart at the seams ever since the U.S. government cracked the code of time travel and built a machine to weaponize time. The only chance Em and the body in the cell next door have to change this terrible present is to escape to the past and stop the man who created the machine...Categorized as:
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Deception by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn epidemic is sweeping the country.You are among the infected. There is no cure, and you cannot be permitted to infect others. You are now under quarantine. The 5% of the infected who survive are dangerous and will be taken into the custody of the army.As the epidemic spreads, survivors are being hunted like witches, for the authorities fear their strange new powers...Categorized as:
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Spark by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEvie doesn’t have a choice. One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer. The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death. And then there’s Jamie. irresistible...Categorized as:
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This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWhen a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta's death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world's leading geneticist, and humanity's best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole's genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.Only she can find and decrypt it, if she can unravel the clues he left for her...Categorized as:
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The Angel of Death by Alane Ferguson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAs assistant to her father, the county coroner of Silverton, Colorado, Cameryn Mahoney has seen more gore than the average seventeen-yearold. But even Cameryn is shocked when Kyle O'Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed...Categorized as:
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The Atlantis World by A.G. Riddle
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWith humanity's back against the wall... A signal from space could be the key to saving the human race... As the clock ticks down, a team of scientists will risk it all to unravel the secrets of the Atlantis World. _________________________________________________________ Northern Morocco: Dr. Kate Warner cured a global pandemic, and she thought she could cure herself. She was wrong... -
The Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShyla is a researcher who resides in the underground desert city of Zirdai, which is ruled by the wealthy Water Prince and brutal Heliacal Priestess. Even though Shyla is sun-kissed - an outcast, considered cursed by the Sun Goddess - she is still renowned for uncovering innumerable archaic facts, lost artefacts, ancient maps and obscure historical documents... -
Future Lost by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe changed the future...and ended the world.It's been one year since I first time traveled, and six months since I destroyed the technology that made it possible. Now I'm in college and it seems like I might actually have a future with my scientist boyfriend Adam—until he goes missing.Somehow he's gone to the future again, and he never came back...Categorized as:
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The Retreat by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEarth is ruined. Humankind destroyed. And it’s old news. Romy’s life is simple—for a genetically enhanced space soldier; pick up space junk with her four friends, and stave off the invaders fixated on stealing Planet Earth. It isn’t much. But it’s temporary—only another 850 years to go, give or take...Categorized as:
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Stung by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThere is no cure for being stung. Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered—her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead... -
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSince the beginning of mankind, civilizations have fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs...and now us. Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even more awful is happening: An ancient evil has been unleashed, and it's turning everyday people into hunters, killers, and crazies...Categorized as:
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Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWe know that the future can be changed...but maybe it shouldn't be.Six months ago Aether Corporation sent me to the future, along with four other recruits, but not all of my friends made it out of the mission alive. The guilt eats at me every day, and I swear I'm done with time travel and Aether Corporation forever...Categorized as:
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Spark Rising by Kate Corcino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll that’s required to ignite a revolution is a single spark rising. Two hundred years after the cataclysm that annihilated fossil fuels, Sparks keep electricity flowing through their control of energy-giving Dust...Categorized as:
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Twist by Karen Akins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBree Bennis finally has it all - a non-comatose mother, an über-hot (albeit anachronistic) boyfriend named Finn, and a newfound mission to protect the timeline from those who would skew it for their own gain. But when she leans over one day to kiss said boyfriend, her lips meet those of her arch-nemesis, Wyck, instead. The timeline has been altered, and Bree is caught in the crosshairs...Categorized as:
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The Last Humans: The Complete Trilogy by Dima Zales
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestseller Dima Zales comes an action-packed sci-fi adventure set in a post-singularity future. For a limited time, get all 3 full-length novels (1000+ pages) in one convenient, discounted bundle...Categorized as:
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Renegade by Debra Driza
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThere is no one left for Mila to trust. Except for a boy she barely knows. But Hunter has no idea who—and what—Mila really is. She can’t bear to reveal her secret, even though he’s unwittingly joined her search for Richard Grady, a man who may know more details of Mila’s complicated past. Yet the road to the truth is more dangerous than ever...Categorized as:
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The Knowing by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSamara doesn't forget. And she isn't the only one. Safe underground in the city of New Canaan, she lives in a privileged world free from the Forgetting. Yet she wonders if she really is free, with the memories that plague her and secrets that surround her. Samara is determined to unearth the answers, even if she must escape to the old, cursed city of Canaan to find them... -
Reborn by Jennifer Rush
The Branch is in shambles, but Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick can't rest easy. Remnants of the organization lurk unseen, and the flashbacks of their old lives are only getting stronger--especially Nick's.Following scattered memories and clues from his Branch file, Nick sets off alone in search of answers--and the girl who haunts his dreams...Categorized as:
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Never Forgotten by Kelly Risser
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRisser keeps her focus on the little details of Meara’s everyday life, lending the book a nice, homey charm. The real heart of the book is Meara’s emotional struggle with her mother’s illness and her first romance...Categorized as:
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The Scribe by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHORT NOVELLA Twenty-three-year-old Sasha is in search of a mindjacking Clan that won’t force him to use his unique skill—he can’t face the prospect of erasing any more souls. A revolutionary Clan leader offers him a chance to serve a higher purpose, but Sasha’s wary that it’s only a trick to use his ability...Categorized as:
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Haven by Dima Zales
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom a New York Times bestselling author comes the mind-blowing conclusion of The Last Humans trilogyWhat does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be real?I thought we were out of danger. I thought we’d outwitted our enemies. I was wrong.As my world is torn apart, survival may not be what I expected... -
Betrayed: An Altered Saga Novella by Jennifer Rush
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter leaving Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick behind, Trev is on his own and under the watchful eye of the Branch once more. But where do Trev's loyalties really lie? Riley, Trev's overseer, is determined to find out.On Riley's command, Trev sets off on a mission to a small Wisconsin suburb. His locate and kill a seemingly innocent teen named Charlie...Categorized as:
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The Similars by Rebecca Hanover
Junior year gets cutthroat when clones roam the halls... Similar teens: This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're clones. And the "similar" teens are joining the class alongside their originals...Categorized as:
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Omega by Jus Accardo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second book in the Infinity time travel series is full of action, romance, and an intricately designed roller coaster plot.One mistake can change everything. Ashlyn Calvert finds that out the hard way when a bad decision leads to the death of her best friend, Noah Anderson.Only Noah isn’t really gone...Categorized as:
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