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InuYasha, Vol. 1: Turning Back Time by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsTransported back to Japan's feudal era, high school student Kagome accidentally releases the feral half-demon dog boy Inu-Yasha from his imprisonment for stealing the Jewel of Four Souls... -
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Shinobi Life Vol. 1 by Shoko Conami
A fantastic ninja comedy!! Beni doesn't care whether she lives or dies until one day a hero appears before her very eyes. And this hero, who swears his undying loyalty to her turns out to be none other than.. -
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![The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity]()
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA graphic novel about a teenager who is swept up in a strange new universe governed by the rules of Gothic romances and must save it from an all-consuming evil in order to return home.One dark and stormy night, Haley sees a stranger drowning in the river. Since her greatest passion is Gothic romance novels, she knows her moment has come... -
![One Way or Another by Kara McDowell]()
One Way or Another by Kara McDowell
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe average person makes 35,000 decisions every single day. That's about 34,999 too many for Paige Collins, who lives in debilitating fear of making the wrong choice. The simple act of picking an art elective is enough to send her into a spiral of what-ifs... -
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Promchanted by Morgan Matson
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo modern teens.One classic fairy tale.Absolutely no cell service.Stella Griffin doesn’t believe in fairy tales. Ever since her boyfriend dumped her three weeks before the prom— not ideal timing—she’s convinced every love story is a lie. She’s ready to skip the prom entirely. But she and her best friend, Nisha, have been planning for years to celebrate at Disneyland before the prom . .Categorized as:
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![Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski]()
Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsA new life is just a phone call away! Devi's life isn't turning out at all like she wanted. She wasted the past three years going out with Bryan—cute, adorable, break-your-heart Bryan. Devi let her friendships fade, blew off studying, didn't join any clubs . . . and now that Bryan has broken up with her, she has nothing left. Not even her stupid cell phone—she dropped it in the mall fountain... -
![Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard]()
Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTo impress the popular girls on a high school trip to London, klutzy Callie buys real Prada heels. But trying them on, she trips, conks her head, and wakes up in the year 1815! There Callie meets Emily, who takes her in, mistaking her for a long-lost friend. As she spends time with Emily's family, Callie warms to them - particularly to Emily's cousin Alex, a hottie and a duke, if a tad arrogant... -
![Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Vol. 8 by AidaIro]()
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Vol. 8 by AidaIro
Kou has seemed depressed ever since he, Nene, and Hanako-kun returned from the Hell of Mirrors three days prior. To cheer him up, the three friends decide to go to a Tanabata festival held within one of the school’s Boundaries... -
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Charm by Tracy Wolff
The instant #1 New York Times Bestselling Series Goodreads Most Anticipated YA Book of November Finally find out what happened during those missing four months, as the thrilling adventure continues! He’s under my skin… After Katmere, I shouldn’t be surprised by anything. Including the existence of a world beyond my world called the Shadow Realm...Categorized as:
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End of Days by Susan Ee
End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister...Categorized as:
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Twilight by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsSuze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth- century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history ..Categorized as:
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![Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot]()
Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with...Categorized as:
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![Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea]()
Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea
Planning the perfect prom is one last “to do” on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu’s high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner...Categorized as:
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![Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, Anthea Bell]()
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, Anthea Bell
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time...Categorized as:
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![Ninth Key by Meg Cabot]()
Ninth Key by Meg Cabot
Everything is going great for Suze. Her new life in California is a whirlwind of parties and excellent hair days. Tad Beaumont, the hottest boy in town, has even asked Suze out on her very first date. Suze is so excited that she's willing to ignore her misgivings about Tad..Categorized as:
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Reunion by Meg Cabot
The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them--since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead... -
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Shadowland by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
Shadowland is the first book in the thrilling, romantic Mediator series, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot. Suze is a mediator—a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living... -
![Throwback by Maurene Goo]()
Throwback by Maurene Goo
Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American girl sent back to the ’90s to (reluctantly) help her teenage mom win Homecoming Queen.Being a first-generation Asian American immigrant is hard. You know what’s harder? Being the daughter of one...Categorized as:
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![If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch]()
If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch
For some reason, Clark has woken up and relived the same monotonous Monday 309 times. Until Day 310 turns out to be…different. Suddenly, his usual torturous math class is interrupted by an anomaly—a boy he’s never seen before in all his previous Mondays...Categorized as:
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![The Do-Over by Lynn Painter]()
The Do-Over by Lynn Painter
In this “unequivocally hilarious and delightful” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a teen girl has the worst Valentine’s Day ever—only to relive it over and over again... -
![The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde]()
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsIn Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense... -
![A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody]()
A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen I made the wish, I just wanted a do-over. Another chance to make things right. I never, in a million years, thought it might actually come true...Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a serious case of the Mondays...Categorized as:
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![This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub]()
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 78 ratingsWhat if you could take a vacation to your past?With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes, and a different kind of love story. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected... -
![The Disasters by M.K. England]()
The Disasters by M.K. England
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it’s not exactly a surprise when he’s kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than twenty-four hours. But Nax’s one-way trip back to Earth is cut short when a terrorist group attacks the Academy...Categorized as:
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![Finna by Nino Cipri]()
Finna by Nino Cipri
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsMP3 CD Format Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse has to offer with the everyday awfulness of low-wage work. It explores queer relationships and queer feelings, capitalism and accountability, labor and love, all with a bouncing sense of humor and a commitment to the strange... -
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The Fandom by Anna Day
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsViolet's in her element. Cosplay at the ready, she can't wait to feel part of her favorite fandom: The Gallows Dance, a mega book and movie franchise that she and her friends know EVERY WORD of (canon and fanfic included).But at Comic Con, a freak accident transports Violet and her friends into the story for real...Categorized as:
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![Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds]()
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose, and the moments that make a life worth reliving.When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard...Categorized as:
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![The Next Together by Lauren James]()
The Next Together by Lauren James
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHow many times can you lose the person you love? Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again, century after century. Each time, their presence changes history for the better, and each time, they fall hopelessly in love, only to be tragically separated...Categorized as:
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![The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley]()
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on...Categorized as:
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![Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs]()
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience...
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