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Edge of Madness by Kyla Stone
A devastating EMP. No power. No communication. And no help...On the five-year anniversary of his wife Hannah's disappearance, small-town deputy Noah Sheridan takes his young son Milo to a local ski resort for some much needed father-son time. In a blink, the power grid goes out. So do the resort's brand new generators...Categorized as:
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The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
The Rise of Nine is the next thrilling instalment in the gripping Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore.'Number Four is a hero for this generation' Michael Bay, director of Transformers***Until I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together we are much more powerful...Categorized as:
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![Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 5 by Yuu Watase]()
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... -
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Slated by Teri Terry
Kyla’s memory has been erased,her personality wiped blank,her memories lost for ever.She’s been Slated.The government claims she was a terrorist and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla’s mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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... -
![Message Not Found by Dante Medema]()
Message Not Found by Dante Medema
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce author of the Indie Next Pick title The Truth Project.Bailey and Vanessa shared everything: laughter, secrets, and packets of Pop Rocks to ward off bad days. But that all changed the night Vanessa left Bailey’s, headed for home, and ended up swerving off a cliff nowhere near her house...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante]()
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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Touch by Olaf Olafsson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man's search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades beforeWhen the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, sending him into a spiral of uncertainty, even as his memory seems to be failing...Categorized as:
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![Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider]()
Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsWhen he's sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well be over.But when he meets Sadie and her friends - a group of eccentric troublemakers - he realises that maybe getting sick is just the beginning. That illness doesn't have to define you, and that falling in love is its own cure...Categorized as:
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Tracker Hacker by Jeff Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh school student. Hockey player. Computer whiz kid. Covert agent?At sixteen Theo Reese is the youngest agent for Tactical Operational Support. His way with computers makes him invaluable. He designs new gadgets, helps agents (including his parents) in the field, and works to keep the TOS network safe... -
![Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk]()
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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![Return to Me by James Oliver French]()
Return to Me by James Oliver French
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat would you do if the man you loved vanished without a trace? Kyle and Todd meet at a party in their freshman year at college. They fall in lust at first sight, then deep in love. In spite of Kyle’s melancholy past, their future together looks bright. Then Kyle disappears, leaving Todd heartbroken and alone, and their dreams in ruins... -
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![Milo and Marcos at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes]()
Milo and Marcos at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen Marcos moves to town, Milo is forced to acknowledge the feelings he's kept hidden, especially from his religious parents. But 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 playwright and creator of The Two Princes podcast, Kevin Christopher Snipes...Categorized as:
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Free to Fall by Lauren Miller
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhat if there was an app that told you what song to listen to, what coffee to order, who to date, even what to do with your life—an app that could ensure your complete and utter happiness? What if you never had to fail or make a wrong choice?What if you never had to fall?Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most...Categorized as:
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![What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy]()
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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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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![The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James]()
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsHow far would you go to save those you love?Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking for artefacts from history and looking for treasure in their once-opulent mansion...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 teensSeventeen-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... -
![To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini]()
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini.Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.Now she's awakened a nightmare.During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move... -
![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... -
![Defect by Ryann Kerekes]()
Defect by Ryann Kerekes
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLocked in the mental ward on her sixteenth birthday, Eve Sterling doesn’t think things can get any worse. They can. After failing the mindscan procedure that predicts future crime, she’s deemed a Defect and subjected to endless psychological and physical testing as the government tries to determine what’s different about her. The one bright spot is military guard, Will... -
![The Calling by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton]()
The Calling by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsTwelve thousand years ago, they came. They descended from the sky amid smoke and fire, and created humanity and gave us rules to live by. They needed gold and they built our earliest civilizations to mine it for them. When they had what they needed, they left. But before they left, they told us someday they would come back, and when they did, a game would be played...Categorized as:
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![Prepped by Bethany Mangle]()
Prepped by Bethany Mangle
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor fans of Jeff Zentner and Katie Henry comes a thrilling and funny debut about a teen raised in a doomsday community who plots her escape with the boy from the bunker next door.Always be ready for the worst day of your life.This is the mantra that Becca Aldaine has grown up with... -
![Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos]()
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... -
![Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein]()
Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepare for competitive gaming like you've never seen it!The Manhattan Mist have beaten the odds to land themselves in the national championships for Renegade Rule, one of the hottest virtual reality games in existence. But they're in for competition fiercer than they ever imagined, and one team member's entire future could be at stake...Categorized as:
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![She, Myself, and I by Emma Young, Marlain Angelides]()
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... -
![All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin]()
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIn 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine...Categorized as:
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![Replica by Lauren Oliver]()
Replica by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsLyraFrom a distance, the Haven Institute, tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida, looks serene and even beautiful. But up close the locked doors, military guards, and biohazard suits tell a different story. In truth, it is a clandestine research facility where thousands of replicas, or human models, are born, raised, and observed...Categorized as:
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![Every Line of You by Naomi Gibson]()
Every Line of You by Naomi Gibson
Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn the face of overwhelming grief and bullying, tech-savvy Lydia pours all of herself into creating the perfect AI, the perfect boyfriend-but will Henry turn out to be perfect, or a creation of her cruelest self?Lydia has been creating her AI, Henry, for years - since before her little brother died in the accident that haunts her nightmares; since before her Dad walked out, leaving her and her... -
![Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger]()
Scared Little Rabbits by A.V. Geiger
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWe stand in a tight cluster, high above the lake. One-by-one, we made our way up the narrow trail from the edge of campus. Now, we wait shoulder to shoulder behind the police tape. Nineteen summer students. All but one. When Nora gets accepted into her dream summer program at the prestigious Winthrop Academy, she jumps at the chance to put her coding skills to use... -
![No One Here Is Lonely by Sarah Everett]()
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]()
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... -
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Rated by Melissa Grey
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSocieties thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself. For the students at the prestigious Maplethorpe Academy, every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily and available for all to see...Categorized as:
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![The Last Place on Earth by Carol Snow]()
The Last Place on Earth by Carol Snow
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaisy's best friend is missing . . . and not for the reasons she thinks.Henry Hawking is sixteen years old, brilliant, funny, and sly--and now he's missing. But no one seems worried except his best friend, Daisy Cruz, who knows that Henry's security-obsessed parents would never leave town without taking proper precautions. And Henry would never go away without saying good-bye... -
![This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey]()
This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 33 ratings“A fantastically smart, funny, and thoughtful thriller.”—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a StarThe year is 1998: Titanic just won six Oscars, boy bands are dominating MTV’s airwaves, and like any other teenager Jess Flynn is just trying to survive high school...Categorized as:
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![Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein]()
Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor seventeen-year-old Maya, the equation for happiness is simple: a dream internship at MIT + two new science nerd friends + a perfect boyfriend = one amazing summer. Then Whit dumps her out of the blue. Maya is miserable until she discovers that her scientist mother, before she died, was conducting research on manipulating pheromones to enhance human attraction... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Losing the Girl by MariNaomi]()
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... -
![The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven]()
The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn LGBT romantic comedy with a twist from the Comedy Women in Print prize winner Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay. A hilarious love story with bite, for fans of Sex Education, Booksmart, Becky Albertalli's Love, Simon and Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before.Physics genius Caro Kerber-Murphy knows she’s smart...Categorized as:
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![Antisocial by Jillian Blake]()
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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![Virtually Yours by Sarvenaz Tash]()
Virtually Yours by Sarvenaz Tash
Rated: 3.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratings“Witty and insightful…at once utterly contemporary and totally timeless.” —Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters and InternmentModern love plus online anonymity is a recipe for romantic disaster in this lighthearted new romance from the author of The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love... -
![The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi]()
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this page-turning contemporary thriller, National Book Award Finalist, Printz Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author Paolo Bacigalupi explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped.Everything Alix knows about her life is a lie...Categorized as:
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![Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer]()
Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA darkly funny and spectacularly original exploration of friendship, goodbyes—and spontaneous combustion. Mara Carlyle’s senior year is going as normally as could be expected, until—wa-bam!—fellow senior Katelyn Ogden explodes during third period pre-calc.Katelyn is the first, but she won’t be the last teenager to blow up without warning or explanation...Categorized as:
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![Through the Rain by Ariana Godoy]()
Through the Rain by Ariana Godoy
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe long-awaited finale of the Hidalgo brothers trilogy is here! The third story in the internationally bestselling series that catapulted Ariana Godoy to stardom and inspired a series of Netflix films.After watching both his brothers get on with their lives, Apolo Hidalgo is excited to embark on his next college. He’s determined to live out his dream, studying psychology and helping others...Categorized as:
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![We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach]()
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 42 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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