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Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 5 by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA miniature version of Night has returned to Riiko while his full-size body gets repaired--but now Soshi has decided to move in with them! Can a mini Night prove to Riiko that his love is just as real as Soshi's? -
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Arena by Karen Hancock
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA Journey She Did Not Choose Will Change Her Life Forever. Transported surreptitiously to a terrifying alien world, with limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie Hayes finds herself engulfed in a perilous battle for freedom – for her very life...Categorized as:
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![Cowboy Villain Damsel Duel by Ginger Scott]()
Cowboy Villain Damsel Duel by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRIVERDALE meets INCEPTION in this twisty and unique YA coming-of-age romance. Quarterback. Class president. Burnout. We all have our identities. Most of the time, they come from our circumstances. They're made by others—shoes for us to walk in whether they fit or not. But what if? What if we could take off those shoes... -
![Mon plus beau rêve by Lily Haime]()
Mon plus beau rêve by Lily Haime
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings« C’est un oiseau sur un mur. ». Depuis la mort de ses parents Aliocha vogue de familles d’accueil en foyer, de conneries en garde à vue. Il a appris très tôt à ne s’accrocher à rien, à ne croire qu’en lui, à ne laisser personne l’approcher d’assez prés. Il dessine le regard des gens qu’il croise dans la rue, les émotions, ces choses étranges qu’il ne ressent jamais... -
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![Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 6 by Yuu Watase]()
Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 6 by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsRiiko has chosen her one true boyfriend, but she finds her life changing quickly after her decision. Will Riiko and her boyfriend have their happily-ever-after? -
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Until Midnight by Melissa Landers
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDon't miss the *free* romantic holiday story that connects ALIENATED and INVADED! Cara and Aelyx only have one day to spend together before he returns to earth and she travels to Aelyx's home planet, L'eihr. Homesick and worried about the upcoming year apart, Cara is desperate to make these final hours count. Worst of all, Cara is missing Christmas, stuck on board an alien spaceship...Categorized as:
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Determinant by A.M. Hargrove
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNOTE: Though this is the 3rd installment of the Guardians of Vesturon, it can be read as a stand alone novel. January St. Davis, on her own since the age of sixteen and struggling to stay in college, thinks she’s scored in a major way when she lands a paid summer internship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta... -
![Rout of the Dem-Shyr by Raine Thomas]()
Rout of the Dem-Shyr by Raine Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTouted as the future ruler and savior of worlds, Ascendant KyrVawn is ready to put her growing power to good use. She intends to begin with her home planet of Alametria, where hints of corruption have infiltrated the highest levels of the palace. It’s a monumental task, but one she won’t undertake alone. By her side is her personal bodyguard and secret lover, Dem-Shyr TaeDane... -
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The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis stunning YA debut is a timely and heartfelt speculative narrative about healing, faith, and freedom. Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. Rosen, an elderly expat who had employed Marisol's mother as a maid...Categorized as:
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Invaded by Melissa Landers
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe romantic sequel to Alienated takes long-distance relationships to a new level as Cara and Aelyx long for each other from opposite ends of the universe. .. until a threat to both their worlds reunites them. Cara always knew life on planet L’eihr would be an adjustment...Categorized as:
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![Dear Hero by Hope Bolinger, Alyssa Roat]()
Dear Hero by Hope Bolinger, Alyssa Roat
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere's an app for everything, even meeting a new nemesis. Up-and-coming teen superhero Cortex is on top of the world— at least, until his villain dumps him. If he's going to save his reputation, he needs a new villain to fight, and fast. Meanwhile, the villainous Vortex has once again gotten a little overeager and taken out a hero prematurely...Categorized as:
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The Treatment by Suzanne Young
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsCan Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end? Find out in this “chilling and suspenseful” ( Publishers Weekly ) second book in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling Program series—now with a freshly reimagined look... -
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Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Past Lives in this gripping, emotional story of two childhood friends navigating the fallout of one erasing their memory of the other, from acclaimed author Sarah Suk. Seventeen-year-old Yena Bae is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, working at her mom’s memory-erasing clinic...Categorized as:
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Reclaiming Shilo Snow by Mary Weber
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrapped on the ice-planet of Delon, gamer girl Sofi and Ambassador Miguel have discovered that nothing is what it seems, including their friends. On a quest to rescue her brother, Shilo, a boy everyone believes is dead, they must now escape and warn Earth of Delon’s designs on humanity...Categorized as:
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![Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis]()
Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsPrincess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter back—but that’s assuming she wants to return at all. Essie has grown used to being cold...Categorized as:
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The Pretenders by Rebecca Hanover
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn this conclusion to The Similars duology, Emma must figure out who she really is, decide between two boys with the same face, and stop a dangerous plan based on revenge. Emma is still reeling from the events of her junior year at Darkwood...Categorized as:
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What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAction-packed and wildly funny, this near-future sci-fi features three teens on an inter-dimensional mission to save the world. Rosa and Eddie are among hundreds of teens applying to NASA’s mysterious Multi-World Agency. After rounds of crazy-competitive testing they are appointed to Team 3, along with an alternate, just in case Eddie screws up (as everyone expects he will)...Categorized as:
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Revealing Kia by Airicka Phoenix
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe events of Claudia’s party were nothing more than a distant memory as far as Kia was concerned. She was ready to resume her life as though that night had never happened. But it’s a slippery slope keeping a secret and Kia’s about to learn just how hard when she’s faced with the truth and the consequences of her decision. Adam Chaves was no stranger to girls wanting him... -
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What We Pretend to Be by Shaun David Hutchinson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo set the stage: in We are the Ants, Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button... -
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Return of the Ascendant by Raine Thomas
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a New Adult novel recommended for ages 17+. Expecting to enjoy another typical college night at a frat party with friends, Kyra Vaughn’s plans derail when she’s almost killed…twice. Her savior, a tall, sexy stranger who calls himself TaeDane, claims that he’s the personal bodyguard for the Ascendant of Alametria. She’s convinced he’s crazy... -
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Jem and the Holograms, Vol. 5: Truly Outrageous by Kelly Thompson
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJem and The Holograms head to Hawaii for some much needed rest and relaxation but with The Stingers renting the beach house next door they instead get shenanigans, betrayals, hi-jinx, and. .. volcanoes? ! Meanwhile, has Jerrica finally made a decision about her future and thus the future of JEM? Collects issues #24-26, and the double-sized 2017 Annual!Categorized as:
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Draw the Line by Laurent Linn
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a hate crime occurs in his small Texas town, Adrian Piper must discover his own power, decide how to use it, and know where to draw the line in this “powerful debut” novel (Publishers Weekly, starred review) exquisitely illustrated by the author. Adrian Piper is used to blending into the background... -
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Love and Other Alien Experiences by Kerry Winfrey
In this heartwarming debut by HelloGiggles blogger Kerry Winfrey, a young agoraphobe begins a journey of first love that leads her to the true meaning of home—just by taking one small step outside of her house. My name is Mallory Sullivan. My therapist says I have an anxiety disorder. My brother says I’m an “optimistic recluse. ”. Everybody else says I'm a freak... -
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Eight Days on Planet Earth by Cat Jordan
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow long does it take to travel 13 light-years to Earth? How long does it take to fall in love? To the universe, eight days is a mere blip—but to Matty Jones, it may be just enough time to change his life...Categorized as:
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![Kissing Ezra Holtz by Brianna R. Shrum]()
Kissing Ezra Holtz by Brianna R. Shrum
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA fun, witty, light-hearted romantic comedy— The Rosie Project , for teens. Seventeen-year-old Amalia Yaabez and Ezra Holtz couldn’t be more different. They’ve known (and avoided) each other their whole lives; she unable to stand his buttoned-up, arrogant, perfect disposition, and he unwilling to deal with her slacker, rule-breaking way of moving through the world... -
![I Was a Teenage Popsicle by Bev Katz Rosenbaum]()
I Was a Teenage Popsicle by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFloe Ryan was frozen - or 'vitrified' - at sixteen. She and her parents had a rare disease, so it was their only choice until a cure was found. Now she's been thawed and it's ten years in the future - but she's still a teenager. And her parents are still chilling out. .. So now her little sister is her older sister, and she's making Floe suffer for every snotty thing she ever did... -
![This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner]()
This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsDon’t miss the breathtaking short story that connects the first two novels in the Starbound trilogy, These Broken Stars and This Shattered World. Tarver still has nightmares about the night, six months before the Icarus crash, when he rescued a group of civilian researchers being held hostage by brutal mercenaries...Categorized as:
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Karac by T.J. Yelden
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOne phone call was all it took to turn Ashley’s world upside down. Aliens from outer space? Check. Government deal to mandate women sign up for alien courtship? Check. A woman willing to allow someone else to dictate her life? No way in hell. Screw the government. Screw the aliens. She makes her own decisions on how her future plays out...Categorized as:
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Mirror X by Karri Thompson
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassie Dannacher wakes up in a hospital over 1,000 years into the future after her space capsule is retrieved from space. She soon learns that 600 years prior to her arrival, the earth was struck by a plague, killing over half of the world’s population...Categorized as:
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Earth to Charlie by Justin Olson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA high school outcast spends his life hoping to be abducted by aliens in this funny, quirky novel about finding your footing in a world that sometimes feels like Mars. Convinced his mother has been abducted by aliens, Charlie Dickens spends his nights with an eye out for UFOs, hoping to join her. After all, she said the aliens would come back for him... -
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Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde’s world, teens are the gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs sixteen-year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin to question their world’s aggressive levels of consumption... -
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The Cage by Megan Shepherd
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this gripping new series about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed author of The Madman's Daughter trilogy. When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who put her there...Categorized as:
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![The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow]()
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCan a girl who risks her life for books and an Ilori who loves pop music work together to save humanity? A beautiful and thrilling debut novel for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth. When a rebel librarian meets an Ilori commander. .. Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the death of one-third of the world's population...Categorized as:
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She, Myself, and I by Emma Young, Marlain Angelides
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRosa’s got a whole new shot at life…in someone else’s body. Rosa—an eighteen-year-old from London—is quadriplegic. Her doting (if a bit stifling) parents and charming older brother are her entire world. But Rosa yearns for more; so when a doctor from Boston chooses her to be a candidate for a risky experimental surgery, she and her family move to Massachusetts in search of a miracle...Categorized as:
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![Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin]()
Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA buttoned-up overachiever works overtime to keep her inner nerd at bay—failing spectacularly—in Nancy Werlin’s hilarious and heartfelt return to contemporary realistic fiction. Planning is Zoe Rosenthal’s superpower. She has faith in a properly organized to-do list and avoids unnecessary risks...Categorized as:
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No One Here Is Lonely by Sarah Everett
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOur entire lives are online, but what if the boy you love actually lives there? For fans of Adam Silvera comes a story about the future of relationships. Eden has always had two loves: her best friend, Lacey, and her crush, Will. And then, almost simultaneously, she loses them both. Will to a car accident and Lacey to the inevitable growing up and growing apart... -
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The Takedown by Corrie Wang
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt would have been funny, if it just wasn’t. Kyla Cheng doesn’t expect you to like her. For the record, she doesn’t need you to. On track to be valedictorian, she’s president of her community club and a debate team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip...Categorized as:
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![Two Roads from Here by Teddy Steinkellner]()
Two Roads from Here by Teddy Steinkellner
Rated: 3.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFive high school seniors. Two different roads. One life-changing decision. For fans of Tommy Wallach and Patrick Ness comes a “must-have coming-of-age story” ( School Library Journal ) that explores what happens to five teens when they choose the road… and the road not taken...Categorized as:
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![Mirror in the Sky by Aditi Khorana]()
Mirror in the Sky by Aditi Khorana
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor Tara Krishnan, navigating Brierly, the academically rigorous prep school she attends on scholarship, feels overwhelming and impossible. Her junior year begins in the wake of a startling discovery: A message from an alternate Earth, light years away, is intercepted by NASA... -
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Losing the Girl by MariNaomi
Rated: 2.98 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHigh school math prodigy Claudia Jones is missing. Her classmates share rumors of an alien abduction--when they're not struggling with early romances, fraying friendships, and the other challenges of young adulthood. Emily's trying to handle a life-changing surprise. Paula's hoping to step out of Emily's shadow. Nigel just wants a girl who will laugh at his jokes...Categorized as:
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Antisocial by Jillian Blake
Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlexandria Prep is about to be exposed. Senior spring was supposed to mean sleeping through class and partying with friends. But for Anna Soler, it’s going to be a lonely road. She’s just been dumped by her perfect basketball star boyfriend—with no explanation. Anna’s closest friends, the real ones she abandoned while dating him, are ignoring her...Categorized as:
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Ready or Not by Meg Cabot
Top ten things Samantha Madison isn't ready for. 10. Spending Thanksgiving at Camp David. 9. With her boyfriend, the president's son. 8. Who wants to take things to the Next Level. 7. Which Sam inadvertently announces live on MTV. 6. While discussing the president's dubious policies on families, morals, and, yes, sex. 5. Juggling her new after-school job at Potomac Video. 4...Categorized as:
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![We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach]()
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsBefore the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels:. The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything changed. They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we'd been, something that would last even after the end. Two months to really live.Categorized as:
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![The Leaving by Tara Altebrando]()
The Leaving by Tara Altebrando
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsSix were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven years ago, six kindergarteners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine...Categorized as:
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![The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier]()
The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier
Rated: 3.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLi has a father and a sister who love her. A best friend, Mirabae, to share things with. She goes to school and hangs out at the beach and carefully follows the rules. She has to. Everyone she knows--her family, her teachers, her friends--is an alien. And she is the only human left on Earth. The Abdoloreans hijacked the planet sixteen years ago, destroying all human life...Categorized as:
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