en-US Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:36:56 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 50175940 As America¡¯s twenty-first-century revolution reaches its endgame, twin sisters must outrun, and outlive, the Common enemy.

Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas¡¯s tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and fight to live free under the new Common rule. But an enemy still endangers their fragile vision for the future. Ava and Mira¡¯s hunt the man down.

The once-mighty Governor Roth has fled Dallas. Holding a hostage beloved by Ava and Mira, Roth has a mission, regroup his Loyalists, wreak vengeance, and reclaim his power.

With the help of a savvy programmer turned rebel warrior, Ava and Mira brave a journey more uncertain than they¡¯ve ever attempted before. As they forge southward into foreign territory¡ªagainst a ruthless cartel, Roth¡¯s aggressive Texas Guard, and a formidable new foe¡ªcourage, alliances, and trust will be tested. Now, in the most unlikely and treacherous of places, the sisters must finish what they started. Before they¡ªand the Common¡ªare erased from history forever.]]> 338 Ashley Saunders 154200828X K 0 currently-reading 3.94 2020
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]]> 56916837 To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable coming-of-age tale in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage iniquities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father ¡ª a crusading local lawyer ¡ª risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.]]> 323 Harper Lee K 5 4.22 1960
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]]> 41197882 Born to a death sentence in a near-future America, rebellious sisters herald a revolution¡ªif they can survive.

Twins Ava and Mira Goodwin defy the Rule of One simply by existing. The single-child law, ruthlessly enforced by Texas¡¯s Governor Roth, has made the sisters famous fugitives and inspirations for the resurgent rebellion known as the Common.

But the relentless governor and his implacable Texas State Guard threaten that fragile hope, as Roth consolidates his power in a bid for ultimate authority.

As Ava and Mira relinquish the relative safety of their Canadian haven to stand against Roth, new allies arise: Owen, a gifted young programmer, impulsively abandons his comfortable life in a moment of compassion, while Zee, an abused labor camp escapee, finds new purpose in resistance.

The four will converge on Dallas for a reckoning with Roth, with nothing less than their destinies¡ªand the promise of a future free from oppression¡ªon the line.

Disobedience means death. But a life worth living demands rebellion.]]> 344 Ashley Saunders 1542043697 K 5 3.97 2019
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]]> 56256410
Once he wakes up, Rei is greeted by a small creature standing on his desk. Passing it off as part of his dream, Rei heads home. However, to his surprise, numerous other strange creatures of all shapes and sizes roam the streets, seemingly invisible to everyone else.

With countless questions and the small creature from before trailing behind him, Rei's life is changed forever when he encounters a tall one-eyed figure, dressed in all black, smiling at him.]]> Eve K 0 currently-reading 4.61 2020
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]]> 170448 Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned ¨Ca razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell¡¯s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.]]> 141 George Orwell 0451526341 K 2 4.07 1945
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I read this for school, so I don¡¯t have much to say other then, this book has BY FAR, the WORST ending I have ever seen in a book.
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]]> 36584870 In their world, telling the truth has become the most dangerous crime of all.

In the near-future United States, a one-child policy is ruthlessly enforced. Everyone follows the Rule of One. But Ava Goodwin, daughter of the head of the Texas Family Planning Division, has a secret¡ªone her mother died to keep and her father has helped to hide for her entire life.

She has an identical twin sister, Mira.

For eighteen years Ava and Mira have lived as one, trading places day after day, maintaining an interchangeable existence down to the most telling detail. But when their charade is exposed, their worst nightmare begins. Now they must leave behind the father they love and fight for their lives.

Branded as traitors, hunted as fugitives, and pushed to discover just how far they¡¯ll go in order to stay alive, Ava and Mira rush headlong into a terrifying unknown.]]> 271 Ashley Saunders 1503954943 K 5 3.75 2018
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]]> 6186357 There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here.

If you ain¡¯t scared, you ain¡¯t human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He¡¯s surrounded by strangers¡ªboys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It¡¯s the only way out¡ªand no one¡¯s ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.]]> 384 James Dashner 0385737947 K 0 to-read 4.05 2009
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]]> 1617 Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.]]> 120 Elie Wiesel 0374500010 K 4 4.38 1956
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]]> 201055456 The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.

For all of Kat¡¯s life, it¡¯s just been her and her mother, Jamie¡ªexcept for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven¡¯t spoken since.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job¡ªat billionaire Ross Sutherland¡¯s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn¡¯t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father¡ªa serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland¡¯s youngest daughter.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer¡¯s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can¡¯t trust anyone¡ªexcept each other.

Or can they? Because if there¡¯s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it¡¯s how to lie. They learned from the best.]]> 320 Karen M. McManus 0241676983 K 5 3.72 2024
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]]> 26152839
Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. Then a vision from the Eldunar¨ª, unexpected visitors and an exciting Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective.

This volume features three original stories set in Alaga?sia, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure. Included is an excerpt from the memoir of the unforgettable witch and fortune-teller Angela the herbalist, penned by Angela Paolini, the inspiration for the character, herself!

Relish the incomparable imagination of Christopher Paolini in this thrilling new collection of stories based in the world of the Inheritance Cycle.]]> 288 Christopher Paolini 1984894889 K 5 3.79 2018
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]]> 56200366
Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out--he's been working two jobs since his family's business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up.... again.

So when Cal pulls into campus late for class and runs into Ivy and Mateo, it seems like the perfect opportunity to turn a bad day around. They'll ditch and go into the city. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they've barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say...

Until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school--and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it's about to get worse.

It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common. They all have a connection to the dead kid. And they're all hiding something.

Now they're all wondering--could it be that their chance reconnection wasn't by chance after all?

From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly--and fatally--wrong.]]> 336 Karen M. McManus 0593175867 K 4 3.73 2021
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]]> 196774354 Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love¡ªno matter the consequences.

Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she¡¯s allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big.

Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings¡ªand has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back.

Jon¡¯s story is different than Adriana¡¯s; he¡¯s already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Still, when he reads the words Adriana writes to him, it makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away.

This fast-paced, highly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention¡ªand reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.]]> 407 Neal Shusterman 0062875760 K 5 3.63 2024
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]]> 123206298 Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider¡ªand fan favorite¡ªMurtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy!

The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society.

Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air¡ªand Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alaga?sia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems.

In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini¡¯s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return.]]> 688 Christopher Paolini 1774882965 K 5 4.10 2023
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]]> 890 ¡°I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.¡±

They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.

While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.

A unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.]]> 107 John Steinbeck 0142000671 K 3 3.88 1937
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]]> 18705209 Nico had warned them. Going through the House of Hades would stir the demigods' worst memories. Their ghosts would become restless. Nico may actually become a ghost if he has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time. But that might be better than the alternative: allowing someone else to die, as Hades foretold.

Jason's ghost is his mother, who abandoned him when he was little. He may not know how he is going to prove himself as a leader, but he does know that he will not break promises like she did. He will complete his line of the prophecy: To storm or fire the world must fall.

Reyna fears the ghosts of her ancestors, who radiate anger. But she can't allow them to distract her from getting the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood before war breaks out between the Romans and Greeks. Will she have enough strength to succeed, especially with a deadly hunter on her trail?

Leo fears that his plan won't work, that his friends might interfere. But there is no other way. All of them know that one of the Seven has to die in order to defeat Gaea, the Earth Mother.

Piper must learn to give herself over to fear. Only then will she be able to do her part at the end: utter a single word.

Heroes, gods, and monsters all have a role to play in the climactic fulfillment of the prophecy in The Blood of Olympus, the electrifying finale of the best-selling Heroes of Olympus series.]]> 516 Rick Riordan K 4 4.42 2014
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]]> 12127810 Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their quest to find the House of Hades, where they might be able to open the Doors of Death, rescue their friends Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, and prevent monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whichever road they decide to take, they have to hurry, because time is running out. Gaea, the bloodthirsty Earth Mother, has set the date of August 1 for her rise to power.

Annabeth and Percy are overwhelmed. How will the two of them make it through Tartarus? Starving, thirsty, and in pain, they are barely able to stumble on in the dark and poisonous landscape that holds new horrors at every turn. They have no way of locating the Doors of Death. Even if they did, a legion of Gaea's strongest monsters guards the Doors on the Tartarus side. Annabeth and Percy can't exactly launch a frontal assault.

Despite the terrible odds, Hazel, Annabeth, Percy, and the other demigods of the prophecy know that there is only one choice: to attempt the impossible. Not just for themselves, but for everyone they love. Even though love can be the riskiest choice of all.

Join the demigods as they face their biggest challenges yet in The House of Hades, the hair-raising penultimate book in the best-selling Heroes of Olympus series.]]> 597 Rick Riordan 1423146727 K 5 4.56 2013
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]]> 12127750 Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy¡ªafter six months of being apart, thanks to Hera¡ªit looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.

And that's only one of her worries. In her pocket, Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving command: Follow the Mark of Athena. Avenge me. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find¡ªand close¡ªthe Doors of Death. What more does Athena want from her?

Annabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader¡ªbut never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side

Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. Climb aboard the Argo II, if you dare. . . .]]> 586 Rick Riordan 1423140605 K 5 4.47 2012
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]]> 9520360 PERCY IS CONFUSED. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn't ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is another name: Annabeth.

HAZEL IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD. When she lived before, she didn't do a very good job of it. Sure, she was an obedient daughter, even when her mother was possessed by greed. But that was the problem¡ªwhen the Voice took over her mother and commanded Hazel to use her "gift" for an evil purpose, Hazel couldn't say no. Now because of her mistake, the future of the world is at risk. Hazel wishes she could ride away from it all on the stallion that appears in her dreams.

FRANK IS A KLUTZ. His grandmother says he is descended from heroes and can be anything he wants to be, but he doesn't see it. He doesn't even know who his father is. He keeps hoping Apollo will claim him, because the only thing he is good at is archery¡ªalthough not good enough to win camp war games. His bulky physique makes him feel like an ox, especially in front of Hazel, his closest friend at camp. He trusts her completely¡ªenough to share the secret he holds close to his heart.

Beginning at the "other" camp for half-bloods and extending as far as the land beyond the gods, this breathtaking second installment of the Heroes of Olympus series introduces new demigods, revives fearsome monsters, and features other remarkable creatures, all destined to play a part in the Prophesy of Seven.]]> 521 Rick Riordan 1423140591 K 4 4.41 2011
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]]> 55676634 Lors de la bataille contre Dahi et Gyutaro, le sabre de Tanjiro a ¨¦t¨¦ bris¨¦. Tandis qu¡¯il est ¨¤ la recherche d¡¯un nouveau sabre, Tanjiro visite le village cach¨¦ des forgerons o¨´ se trouve Haganezuka.]]> 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 2809490082 K 5 4.39 2018
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]]> 54896185 * large ceinture traditionnelle de kimono]]> 200 Koyoharu Gotouge 2809488282 K 5 4.52 2018
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]]> 54751357
Pour mener leur enqu¨ºte dans les maisons des concubines, Tanjiro et ses compagnons doivent se d¨¦guiser en filles. Mais malgr¨¦ tous leurs efforts, le d¨¦mon semble introuvable.

Nos h¨¦ros r¨¦ussiront-ils ¨¤ le d¨¦busquer avant qu'il ne d¨¦vore les concubines ?!]]> 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 2809487561 K 5 4.48 2017
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]]> 43909410
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

After dealing with several demonic enemies aboard the Infinity Train, Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke must face the demon spirt of the train itself! Even if they can stop the demon train, the minions of Muzan Kibutsuji are still out there and Tanjiro must continue to improve his strength and skills. Learning the secret of the Hikonami Kagura and Flame Breathing will give him a powerful new advantage!]]> 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974704424 K 5 4.65 2017
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]]> 42633905
In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life.

The members of the Demon Slayer Corps are sworn to destroy demons wherever they find them¡ªbut the condition of Tanjiro¡¯s sister, Nezuko, is a problem. What will the Hashira¡ªthe leaders of the Demon Slayer Corps¡ªdo about Tanjiro protecting his own demonic sister? Meanwhile, Kibutsuji assembles his own minions and intensifies his search for Tanjiro¡­]]> 200 Koyoharu Gotouge 1974700577 K 5 4.48 2017
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Art student Isadora Chang swore never to return to Slater. Growing up, Isa never felt at ease in the repressive former mining town, even before she realized she was bisexual¡ªbut after the deaths of two of her childhood friends, Slater went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating. Isa took off before the town could swallow her, too, even though it meant leaving behind everything she knew, including her last surviving friend Mason.

When Isa¡¯s abusive father kicks the bucket, she agrees to come back just long enough to collect the inheritance. But then Mason, son of the local medium, turns up at the cemetery with a revelation and a plea: their friends were murdered by a supernatural entity, and he needs Isa to help stop the evil¡ªbefore it takes anyone else.

When Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can¡¯t recall drawing, she¡¯s forced to stop running and confront her past. Because something is waiting in the shadows of Slater¡¯s valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children. Whatever it is, it knows Isa¡¯s back¡­ and it won¡¯t let her escape twice.]]> 336 Wen-yi Lee 1638930589 K 0 to-read 3.55 2024
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]]> 7736182 JASON HAS A PROBLEM. He doesn¡¯t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They¡¯re all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for ¡°bad kids," as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn't know anything¡ªexcept that everything seems very wrong.

PIPER HAS A SECRET. Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn¡¯t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn¡¯t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she¡¯s going to find out, whether she wants to or not.

LEO HAS A WAY WITH TOOLS. When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there¡¯s weird stuff, too¡ªlike the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them¡ªincluding Leo¡ªis related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?

Join new and old friends from Camp Half-Blood in this thrilling first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Best-selling author Rick Riordan has pumped up the action, humor, suspense, and mystery in an epic adventure that will leave readers panting for the next installment.]]> 576 Rick Riordan 142311339X K 4 4.28 2010
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name: K
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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average rating: 4.58
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rating: 5
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]]> 40375556 192 Koyoharu Gotouge 4088808266 K 5 4.55 2016
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average rating: 4.55
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]]> 32710782 199 Koyoharu Gotouge K 5 4.52 2016
author: Koyoharu Gotouge
name: K
average rating: 4.52
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rating: 5
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]]> 52689637 204 Koyoharu Gotouge 6076347058 K 5 4.32 2016
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name: K
average rating: 4.32
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rating: 5
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average rating: 4.51
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]]> 49202861
With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten.

As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie¡¯s most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. Can Maddie¡¯s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life?]]> 404 Megan E. Freeman 1534467564 K 4 4.13 2021
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name: K
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 29749107 400 E.K. Johnston K 5 4.08 2016
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> 57740142
Along the way, they discover hostile terrain, new friends, fearsome enemies and legendary magic -- including a mythical enchanted forest which may be the answer to all their prayers... but can they pass the ultimate test and prove they have what it takes to be human?

An epic tale of friendship, bravery and sacrifice awaits...]]> 144 Chen Jiatong 1913696006 K 3 4.20 2021
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name: K
average rating: 4.20
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rating: 3
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]]> 51182650 A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse...

There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it¡¯s not just a story.

As the day of her twin brother¡¯s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she¡¯s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn¡¯t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison.

Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming...human or demon. Princess or monster.]]> 322 Melissa Bashardoust 1250196140 K 5 3.66 2020
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average rating: 3.66
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]]> 27323 152 John Hersey 0679721037 K 3 4.02 1946
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]]> 18135 Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.

In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers¡¯ final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.]]> 281 William Shakespeare 0743477111 K 3 3.74 1597
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name: K
average rating: 3.74
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rating: 3
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]]> 13316309
Everyone's heard the stories about Graylock Hall.

It was meant to be a place of healing - a hospital where children and teenagers with mental disorders would be cared for and perhaps even cured. But something went wrong. Several young patients died under mysterious circumstances. Eventually, the hospital was shut down, the building abandoned and left to rot deep in the woods.

As the new kid in town, Neil Cady wants to see Graylock for himself. Especially since rumor has it that the building is haunted. He's got fresh batteries in his flashlight, a camera to document the adventure, and a new best friend watching his back.

Neil might think he's prepared for what he'll find in the dark and decrepit asylum. But he's certainly not prepared for what follows him home. . . .

Scary, suspenseful, and surprising, Dan Poblocki's latest ghost story will keep you turning pages deep into the dead of night.]]> 258 Dan Poblocki 0545402689 K 0 to-read 4.11 2012
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]]> 764347 Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.]]> 337 Neal Shusterman K 5
Or get rid of something.]]> 4.17 2007
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This book was a great combination of action and dystopia, but it¡¯s scary to think that this might actually be a possibility with how advanced technology is now, and the drastic measures some people take to get something.

Or get rid of something.
]]> 25551332 New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology¡ªUnwind, UnWholly, UnSouled, and UnDivided¡ªNeal Shusterman thrilled readers with the story of a society that deals with its out-of-control teens by ¡°unwinding¡± them¡ªtransplanting more than 99% of their bodies into other people.

In the latest installment of this sequence, Shusterman¡ªalong with collaborators Terry Black, Michelle Knowlden, Brendan Shusterman, and Jarrod Shusterman¡ªexplores even more aspects of a world that has accepted the unacceptable. These short stories examine the world of unwinding in a way we haven¡¯t seen before, providing a fresh framework, new characters, and a different take on some events.

With UnBound, Shusterman¡¯s fans can continue to get caught up in the world he has created in this ¡°gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller¡± (Publishers Weekly, starred review).]]> 305 Neal Shusterman K 5 4.21 2015
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name: K
average rating: 4.21
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rating: 5
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]]> 10429045 I have a curse
I have a gift

I am a monster
I'm more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war¡ªand The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.]]> 338 Tahereh Mafi 0062085484 K 0 to-read 3.86 2011
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> 17950614
Proactive Citizenry, the company that created Cam from the parts of unwound teens, has a plan: to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes. And below the surface of that horror lies another shocking level of intrigue: Proactive Citizenry has been suppressing technology that could make unwinding completely unnecessary. As Conner, Risa, and Lev uncover these startling secrets, enraged teens begin to march on Washington to demand justice and a better future.

But more trouble is brewing. Starkey¡¯s group of storked teens is growing more powerful and militant with each new recruit. And if they have their way, they¡¯ll burn the harvest camps to the ground and put every adult in them before a firing squad¡ªwhich could destroy any chance America has for a peaceful future.]]> 372 Neal Shusterman K 5 4.46 2014
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> 12792658 Unwind continues.

Connor and Lev are on the run after the destruction of the Graveyard, the last safe haven for AWOL Unwinds. But for the first time, they¡¯re not just running away from something. This time, they¡¯re running toward answers, in the form of a woman Proactive Citizenry has tried to erase from history itself. If they can find her, and learn why the shadowy figures behind unwinding are so afraid of her, they may discover the key to bringing down unwinding forever.

Cam, the rewound boy, is plotting to take down the organization that created him. Because he knows that if he can bring Proactive Citizenry to its knees, it will show Risa how he truly feels about her. And without Risa, Cam is having trouble remembering what it feels like to be human.

With the Juvenile Authority and vindictive parts pirates hunting them, the paths of Connor, Lev, Cam, and Risa will converge explosively¡ªand everyone will be changed.

Neal Shusterman continues the adventure that VOYA called ¡°poignant, compelling, and ultimately terrifying.¡±]]> 404 Neal Shusterman 147111810X K 5 4.23 2013
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> 18692431
But then one day, a moving truck arrives. New next door neighbors. I look out the window, and I see him. He¡¯s tall, lean and wearing all black¡ªblack t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. I want to learn everything about him, and I do. I learn that he is funny and fierce. I learn that his eyes are Atlantic Ocean-blue and that his vice is stealing silverware. I learn that when I talk to him, my whole world opens up, and I feel myself starting to change¡ªstarting to want things. To want out of my bubble. To want everything, everything the world has to offer.

Maybe we can¡¯t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It¡¯s almost certainly going to be a disaster.]]> 312 Nicola Yoon 0553496646 K 0 to-read 3.96 2015
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> 61484909 In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ¨D a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah ?b¨ªk¨¦-?y¨ªm¨ªd¨¦, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades ¨D a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.

It¡¯s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again. To make me remember. But the switch isn¡¯t there. Was it there before?

Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school. After being home-schooled all her life and feeling like a magnet for misfortune, she¡¯s not sure what will happen. What she doesn¡¯t expect though is for her roommate Elizabeth to disappear after Sade¡¯s first night. Or for people to think she had something to do with it.

With rumors swirling around her, Sade catches the attention of the most popular girls in school ¨C collectively known as the ¡®Unholy Trinity¡¯ ¨C and they bring her into their fold. Between learning more about them - especially Persephone, who Sade finds herself drawn to - playing catch-up in class, and trying to figure out what happened to Elizabeth, Sade has a lot on her plate. It doesn¡¯t help that she¡¯s already dealing with grief from the many tragedies in her family.

And then a student is found dead.

The more Sade investigates, the more she realizes there¡¯s more to Alfred Nobel Academy and its students than she realized. Secrets lurk around every corner and beneath every surface¡­secrets that rival even her own.]]> 416 Faridah ?b¨ªk¨¦-?y¨ªm¨ªd¨¦ 1250800846 K 0 to-read 4.01 2024
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]]> 58303740
Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killed her mother, and outlawed her people¡¯s magic. She spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak¡¯gong, a city transformed by the conquerors, and her days scavenging for what she can find of the past. Anything to understand the strange mark burned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died.

The mark is mysterious¡ªan untranslatable Hin character¡ªand no one but Lan can see it. Until the night a boy appears at her teahouse and saves her life.

Zen is a practitioner¡ªone of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. Their magic was rumored to have been drawn from the demons they communed with. Magic believed to be long lost. Now it must be hidden from the Elantians at all costs.

When Zen comes across Lan, he recognizes what she is: a practitioner with a powerful ability hidden in the mark on her arm. He¡¯s never seen anything like it¡ªbut he knows that if there are answers, they lie deep in the pine forests and misty mountains of the Last Kingdom, with an order of practitioning masters planning to overthrow the Elantian regime.

Both Lan and Zen have secrets buried deep within¡ªsecrets they must hide from others, and secrets that they themselves have yet to discover. Fate has connected them, but their destiny remains unwritten. Both hold the power to liberate their land. And both hold the power to destroy the world.

Now the battle for the Last Kingdom begins.]]> 512 Am¨¦lie Wen Zhao 059365028X K 0 to-read 3.77 2023
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> 50659467
At least, he¡¯s not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she¡¯s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin¡ªand his world¡ªforever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1635575567 K 0 to-read 4.16 2015
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]]> 65211848 In the morning, who¡¯s alive?

In the course of a single winter¡¯s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.

Nora¡¯s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca¡¯s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town¡¯s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca¡¯s own childhood games...

An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, THE BAD ONES is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.]]> 382 Melissa Albert 1250894891 K 0 to-read 3.60 2024
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]]> 124932739 I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.

Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class." It¡¯s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face at all times: she channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. She'd never send them of course -- she'd rather die than hurt anyone's feelings -- but it's a relief to let loose on her power-hungry English teacher or a freeloading classmate taking credit for Sadie's work.

All her most vehemently worded emails are directed at her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, whose arrogance and competitive streak have irked Sadie since they were kids. "You're attention starved and self-obsessed and unbearably vain . . . I really hope your comb breaks and you run out of whatever expensive hair products you've been using to make your hair appear deceptively soft..."

Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her emails, because nobody will ever read them... that is, until they're accidentally sent out.

Overnight, Sadie¡¯s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare -- now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie -- Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate...]]> 320 Ann Liang 1338827154 K 0 to-read 4.17 2024
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]]> 150277121
Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic¨Dso when Ash is rejected by the Lancaster Mage¡¯s College, he takes a job as the school¡¯s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret.

When he¡¯s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested¨Dbut instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash's secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power.

As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists¨DAsh¡¯s estranged father included. Ash¡¯s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.

Featuring trans, queer, and polyamorous characters of color, Infinity Alchemist is the hugely anticipated young adult fantasy debut from the extraordinary author of Felix Ever After, King and the Dragonflies, Queen of the Conquered and more.]]> 400 Kacen Callender 125089025X K 0 to-read 3.47 2024
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]]> 127305713
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe ¨C a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution ¨C who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune¡¯s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow fa?ade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she¡¯s the very villain he¡¯s been hunting?

Kristen Ciccarelli¡¯s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch¡­ is falling in love.]]> 406 Kristen Ciccarelli 1250866901 K 0 to-read 4.16 2024
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]]> 59406549 Why save the world when you can have tea?

On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it¡ªand she can¡¯t do the job alone.

Calling on some of the city's most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the sinister, glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it.

From the New York Times¡ªbestselling author of We Hunt the Flame comes the first book in a hotly anticipated fantasy duology teeming with romance and revenge, led by an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom. Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever.]]> 338 Hafsah Faizal 0374389403 K 0 to-read 3.49 2024
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name: K
average rating: 3.49
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]]> 17331828 THE DRAGONS OF TALON: Once hunted nearly to extinction, they are now poised to take over the world.?

THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE: The legendary dragonslayers will stop at nothing to wipe dragons from the face of the earth.?

These mortal enemies are locked in secret and deadly combat, with humanity none the wiser.?

To take her rightful place in the Talon organization, young dragon Ember Hill must prove she can hide her true nature and blend in with humans. Her delight at the prospect of a summer of "normal" teen experiences is short-lived, however, once she discovers that she's also expected to train for her destined career in Talon. But a chance meeting with a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught.?

As Ember struggles to accept her future, St. George soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian is tasked with hunting her down. But when faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything the Order has ingrained in him¡ªand what he might be willing to give up to uncover the truth about dragons.]]> 449 Julie Kagawa 0373211392 K 0 to-read 3.76 2014
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name: K
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> 200923963
Single mom Cynthia Pace has her hands full with her uniquely gifted child. She has no idea how or why Maddie does the things she does, and neither does her daughter. But there is an answer, discovered by mother and child only after tragedy strikes.

Then all becomes clear, except now they are millions of miles apart.

From the bestselling author of Time Chain comes a novel rooted in the intricacies of human emotion and our enduring fascination with the universe in which we live.]]> 392 Steven Decker K 0 to-read 3.90
author: Steven Decker
name: K
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]]> 13545075 Unwind, which Publishers Weekly called a ¡°gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller.¡±

Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa¡ªand their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp¡ªpeople can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens while simltaneously providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not only continue, but also expand to the unwinding of prisoners and the impoverished.

Cam is a product of unwinding; made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds, he is a teen who does not technically exist. A futuristic Frankenstein, Cam struggles with a search for identity and meaning and wonders if a rewound being can have a soul. And when the actions of a sadistic bounty hunter cause Cam¡¯s fate to become inextricably bound with the fates of Connor, Risa, and Lev, he¡¯ll have to question humanity itself.

Rife with action and suspense, this riveting companion to the perennially popular Unwind challenges assumptions about where life begins and ends¡ªand what it means to live.]]> 416 Neal Shusterman K 5 4.24 2012
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name: K
average rating: 4.24
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rating: 5
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]]> 176443748 After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother¡¯s name in this psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades.

Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer.

With the death of Sunny¡¯s mother, matriarch of the wealthy Behre family, Sunny¡¯s once picture-perfect life is thrown into turmoil. Her mother had groomed her to be the family¡¯s next leader, so Sunny is confused when the only instructions her mother leaves is a mysterious note: ¡°Take care of Dom.¡±

The problem is, her youngest brother, Dom, has always been a near-stranger to Sunny¡­and seemingly a dangerous one, if found guilty of his second-degree murder charge. Still, Sunny is determined to fulfill her mother¡¯s dying wish. But when a classmate is gruesomely murdered, and Sunny finds her brother with blood on his hands, her mother¡¯s simple request becomes a lot more complicated. Dom swears he¡¯s innocent, and although Sunny isn¡¯t sure she believes him, she takes it upon herself to look into the murder¡ªmade all the more urgent by the discovery of another body. And another.

As Sunny and Dom work together to track down the culprit, Sunny realizes her other siblings have their own dark secrets. Soon she may have to choose: preserve the family she¡¯s always loved or protect the brother she barely knows¡ªand risk losing everything her mother worked so hard to build.]]> 408 Liselle Sambury 166590352X K 0 to-read 3.86 2024
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]]> 566825
Elaine's only girl companion is the mysterious Morgan, Arthur's older sister, but Elaine cannot tell Morgan her deepest secret: She is in love with Lancelot, Arthur's second-in-command. However, when yet another girl -- the lovely Gwynivere-- joins their world, Elaine is confronted with startling emotions of jealousy and rivalry. But can her love for Lancelot survive the birth of an empire?]]> 394 Lisa Ann Sandell 0439918480 K 4 4.09 2007
author: Lisa Ann Sandell
name: K
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 23677316
Tasked with sensing the intentions of would-be assassins, Sonya is under constant pressure to protect the emperor. But Sonya¡¯s power is untamed and reckless, and she can¡¯t always decipher when other people¡¯s impulses end and her own begin. In a palace full of warring emotions and looming darkness, Sonya fears that the biggest danger to the empire may be herself.

As she struggles to wrangle her abilities, Sonya seeks refuge in her tenuous alliances with the charming-yet-volatile Emperor Valko and his idealistic younger brother, Anton, the crown prince. But when threats of revolution pit the two brothers against each other, Sonya must choose which brother to trust¡ªand which to betray.]]> 512 Kathryn Purdie 0062412361 K 0 to-read 3.38 2016
author: Kathryn Purdie
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average rating: 3.38
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]]> 66098770
When Zilan finally has the chance to complete her imperial exams, she ventures to the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country in tasks she¡¯ll be lucky to survive, let alone pass. On top of that, her reputation for raising the dead has followed her to the capital, and the Crown Prince himself seeks out her help, suspecting a coming assassination attempt.

The more Zilan succeeds in her alchemy, the more she gets caught in the dangerous political games of the royal family. There are monsters lurking within the palace walls, and it¡¯s only a matter of time before they¡ªand secrets of Zilan¡¯s past¡ªcatch up with her.]]> 432 Kylie Lee Baker 1335458018 K 0 to-read 4.04 2023
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> 61287784
Whisked away to his crumbling manor, Liska soon discovers the sinister roots of their bargain. And if she wants to survive the year and return home, she must unravel her host¡¯s spool of secrets and face the ghosts of his past.

Those who enter the wood do not always return¡­]]> 336 A.B. Poranek K 0 to-read 4.05 2024
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> 302618
Even as the Alliance arrives, the aliens have almost overcome the Bakura Imperial garrison, whose desperate commander will accept help from any quarter¡ªeven Rebel¡ªagainst an insidious foe that enslaves Human minds to pilot their invincible machines of war and destruction.

While marshalling the tattered Imperial forces, Luke, Han Solo, and Princess Leia must win the trust and cooperation of the Bakurans. For although Imperial Governor Nereus has granted the Rebels temporary amnesty there is the possibility of treachery among those whose first allegiance lies with the Empire.

On the eve of the final explosive onslaught, Rebel and Imperial forces must finally come to terms with each other¡­or lose the entire galaxy to the hideous servitude promised by a victorious alien enemy.

Capturing the sweep and excitement of the original Star Wars saga, The Truce at Bakura plants a seed of hope for peace, sees the formation of a timeless love, and stands witness to a Jedi's undying sacrifice to defend Humanity against an alien nemesis.]]> 341 Kathy Tyers 0553568728 K 0 to-read 3.46 1994
author: Kathy Tyers
name: K
average rating: 3.46
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]]> 439092 ???Mary Downing Hahn has written a chilling ghost story in the tradition of her most successful spine-tingling novels. The intriguing characters, frightening secrets, and plot twists will delight her many fans.]]> 208 Mary Downing Hahn 0618430180 K 0 to-read 4.15 2004
author: Mary Downing Hahn
name: K
average rating: 4.15
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]]> 124932708 The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to set the world on fire!

Daring mission... or deadly mistake?



Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.



Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of his own family.



The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the seventh graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike Holmes.]]> 224 Tui T. Sutherland 1338730924 K 5 4.50
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]]> 58065791 A story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion, and a mysterious pony as his guide.

Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool . . . who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore the unfathomable mysteries of the world around him.]]> 304 R.J. Palacio 0553508113 K 5 4.23 2021
author: R.J. Palacio
name: K
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 42505366
It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.

But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.]]> 357 Rory Power 0525645586 K 5 3.46 2019
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name: K
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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This book was amazing, I couldn¡¯t have asked for anything better.
]]> 30037870
Allegedly. She didn¡¯t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: A white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it? She wouldn¡¯t say.

Mary survived six years in baby jail before being dumped in a group home. The house isn¡¯t really ¡°home¡±¡ªno place where you fear for your life can be considered a home. Home is Ted, who she meets on assignment at a nursing home.

There wasn¡¯t a point to setting the record straight before, but now she¡¯s got Ted¡ªand their unborn child¡ªto think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary must find the voice to fight her past. And her fate lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But who really knows the real Mary?]]> 390 Tiffany D. Jackson 0062422642 K 0 to-read 4.06 2017
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name: K
average rating: 4.06
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]]> 38225791
The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone's declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.

Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.]]> 329 Karen M. McManus 1524714720 K 5 3.92 2019
author: Karen M. McManus
name: K
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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This book was very well written, plotted, and overall, amazing. The only part about it that I didn¡¯t like was the ending. I think that it might have been better without the last paragraph.
]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price¡ªand no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can¡¯t pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can¡¯t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz¡¯s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction¡ªif they don¡¯t kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 K 0 to-read 4.47 2015
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: K
average rating: 4.47
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]]> 52439531
To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.]]> 386 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1368052401 K 0 to-read 4.13 2020
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 15745753 "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be," she says, "we're 16."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?"
"Shallow, confused, then dead."
"I love you," Park says.
"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.
"I'm not kidding," he says.
"You should be."

Set over one school year in 1986, Eleanor & Park is the story of two star-crossed misfits¡ªsmart enough to know first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.]]> 328 Rainbow Rowell 1250012570 K 0 to-read 3.92 2012
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: K
average rating: 3.92
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]]> 49757149
Their parents are all clear on one point¡ªnot going is not an option. This could be the opportunity to get back into Grandmother's good graces. But when the cousins arrive on the island, it's immediately clear that she has different plans for them. And the longer they stay, the more they realize how mysterious¡ªand dark¡ªtheir family's past is.

The entire Story family has secrets. Whatever pulled them apart years ago isn't over¡ªand this summer, the cousins will learn everything.]]> 337 Karen M. McManus 0525708014 K 5 3.76 2020
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name: K
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 5
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]]> 35403058
Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead...and enter the world of spirits. Her best friend is even a ghost.

So things are already pretty strange. But they're about to get much stranger...]]> 272 Victoria E. Schwab 1338111035 K 0 to-read 3.87 2018
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: K
average rating: 3.87
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]]> 44659 BOOK 1 OF THE BELGARIAD, the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by master storyteller David Eddings. Discover the epic story that inspired thousands - from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle series to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.

A battle is coming...

...And in that battle shall be decided

the fate of the world

Myths tell of the ancient wars of Gods and men, and a powerful object - the Orb - that ended the bloodshed. As long as it was held by the line of Riva, it would assure the peace.

But a dark force has stolen the Orb, and the prophecies tell of war.

Young farm boy Garion knows nothing of myth or fate. But then the mysterious Old Storyteller visits his aunt, and they embark on a sudden journey. Pursued by evil forces, with only a small band of companions they can trust, Garion begins to doubt all he thought he knew...]]> 304 David Eddings 0345468643 K 0 to-read 4.17 1982
author: David Eddings
name: K
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1982
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]]> 51559209
The kids who found Mr. Larkin are her way in, and her ex¨Cbest friend, Tripp Talbot, was one of them. Without his account of events, the other two kids might have gone down for Mr. Larkin¡¯s murder¡ªbut instead, thanks to Tripp, they're now at the top of the Saint Ambrose social pyramid. Tripp¡¯s friends have never forgotten what Tripp did for them that day, and neither has he. Just like he hasn¡¯t forgotten that everything he told the police was a lie.

Digging into the past is bound to shake up the present, and when Brynn begins to investigate what happened in the woods that day, she uncovers secrets that might change everything¡ªabout Saint Ambrose, about Mr. Larkin, and about her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot.

Four years ago someone got away with murder. More terrifying is that they might be closer than anyone thinks.]]> 358 Karen M. McManus 0593175905 K 5 3.89 2022
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average rating: 3.89
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> 61319750
The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best friend, Xavier, who¡¯s grown from a sweet, shy child into someone distant and mysterious.

Xavier asks a terrible price in return, knowing Clara will give anything to save her father. As she struggles to reconcile the new Xavier with the boy she once loved, she discovers how many secrets he¡¯s hiding. And as she hunts for the truth, she instead finds the root of a terrible darkness that¡¯s taken hold in the queendom¡ªa darkness only Clara¡¯s magic is powerful enough to stop.]]> 352 Catherine Bakewell 0063214598 K 0 to-read 3.46 2023
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name: K
average rating: 3.46
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]]> 60636428
But Lydia needs help to bring grit to the show. Bristal Jamison has a bad reputation and a foul mouth, but she also needs a credit to graduate. The unexpected partnership brings together the Chass family¡ªa pillar of the community¡ªand the rough-and-tumble Jamisons, with Bristal hoping to be the first in her family to graduate. Together, they dig into the town¡¯s worst week, determined to solve the murder.

Their investigation unearths buried secrets: a hidden town brothel, lost family treasure, and a teen girl who disappeared. But the past is never far, and some don¡¯t want it to see the light. As threats escalate, the girls have to uncover the truth before the dark history of Henley catches up with them.

This gripping mystery from award-winning author Mindy McGinnis shows the power of a name and one lie and how two girls can use their voices to change a town forever.]]> 368 Mindy McGinnis 0063230364 K 0 to-read 4.00 2023
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> 57932307 The global phenomenon returns with the third book in the One of Us Is Lying series, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen M. McManus. When someone from the Bayview Four¡¯s past resurfaces, history begins to repeat itself¡ªand the consequences are deadly.

The third time¡¯s a charm.

It¡¯s been almost two years since Simon died in detention, and the aftermath has been hard to shake. First the Bayview Four had to prove they weren¡¯t killers. Then a new generation outwitted a vengeful copycat. Now the entire Bayview Crew is back home for the summer, and everyone is trying to move on.

Only, this is Bayview, and life is never that simple.

At first the mysterious billboard seems like a bad Time for a new game, Bayview. But when a member of the Bayview Crew disappears, it¡¯s clear this ¡°game¡± is serious¡ªand whoever¡¯s in charge isn¡¯t sharing the rules. Or maybe there aren¡¯t any.

Bronwyn. Cooper. Addy. Nate. Maeve. Phoebe. Knox. Luis. Kris. Everyone¡¯s a target. And now that someone unexpected has returned to Bayview, things could start getting deadly.

The thing is, Simon was right about secrets¡ªthey all come out eventually. And Bayview has a lot it¡¯s still hiding.]]> 368 Karen M. McManus 0593485033 K 5
In my opinion, it was written better than the first two books, and had more of an understandable plot. This book makes me wish that there were more books to the series, but overall it was the best way to end the trilogy.]]> 3.96 2023
author: Karen M. McManus
name: K
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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This book was an awesome finale to the ¡°One of Us Is Lying¡± trilogy.

In my opinion, it was written better than the first two books, and had more of an understandable plot. This book makes me wish that there were more books to the series, but overall it was the best way to end the trilogy.
]]> 34728667 They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.

Now we rise.

Z¨¦lie Adebola remembers when the soil of Or?sha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Z¨¦lie¡¯s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.

But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Z¨¦lie without a mother and her people without hope.

Now Z¨¦lie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Z¨¦lie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.

Danger lurks in Or?sha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Z¨¦lie herself as she struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.]]> 544 Tomi Adeyemi 1250170974 K 0 to-read 4.10 2018
author: Tomi Adeyemi
name: K
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2018
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]]> 1066078 Steve remains after the show finishes to confront the vampire-- but his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. As if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires.
This is Darren's story.
]]> 257 Darren Shan 0316605107 K 0 to-read 4.08 2000
author: Darren Shan
name: K
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 28449207 The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around¡ªand Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he¡¯s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.

What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?

The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries¡ªincluding the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo¡¯s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?

Welcome to Weep.]]> 532 Laini Taylor 0316341681 K 0 to-read 4.27 2017
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends¡ªthe Liars¡ªwhose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 K 0 to-read 3.66 2014
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name: K
average rating: 3.66
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]]> 30969755
First there was the car accident¡ªtwo girls gone?after hitting?a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica¡¯s sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad.?No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they lost.

That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it¡¯s not that easy. She just wants to forget. Only, Monica¡¯s world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad¡¯s desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn¡¯t over. Some people in town know more than they¡¯re saying. And somehow Monica is at the center of it all.

There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn¡¯t mean anyone else is safe.]]> 384 Kara Thomas 1524718327 K 0 to-read 3.73 2018
author: Kara Thomas
name: K
average rating: 3.73
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]]> 44654627 Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this.

A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts.

Until now.

This time it's not an app, though¡ªit's a game.

Truth or Dare.

Phoebe's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark.

Then comes Maeve and she should know better¡ªalways choose the dare.

But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it's that they can't count on the police for help. Or protection.

Simon's gone, but someone's determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And this time, there's a whole new set of rules.

The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller everyone is talking about, One of Us Is Lying! There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules.]]> 377 Karen M. McManus 0525707964 K 5 3.90 2020
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name: K
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> 39679076 In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.

Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last¡ªthe plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge¡ªand there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.

Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that the deaths were no accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who¡ªor what¡ªare they really dancing with?

When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family¡ªbefore it claims her next.]]> 403 Erin A. Craig 1984831925 K 0 to-read 3.89 2019
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]]> 58679358 On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.]]> 416 Karen M. McManus 0593565371 K 5 3.87 2017
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> 58065350 From the author of Some Kind of Animal comes a wildly unique story about an invisible girl struggling to see herself in a world obsessed with appearances.

Pie is the ghost in your house.
She is not dead, she is invisible.
The way she looks changes depending on what is behind her. A girl of glass. A girl who is a window. If she stands in front of floral wallpaper she is full of roses.
For Pie¡¯s entire life it¡¯s been Pie and her mother. Just the two of them, traveling across America. They have slept in trains, in mattress stores, and on the bare ground. They have probably slept in your house.
But Pie is lonely. And now, at seventeen, her mother¡¯s given her a gift. The choice of the next city they will go to. And Pie knows exactly where she wants to go. Pittsburgh¡ªwhere she fell in love with a girl who she plans to find once again. And this time she will reveal herself.
Only how can anyone love an invisible girl?

A magnificent story of love, and friendship, and learning to see yourself in a world based on appearances, I Am the Ghost in Your House is a brilliant reflection on the importance of how much more there is to our world than what meets the eye.]]> 432 Mar Romasco-Moore 0593177215 K 0 to-read 3.72 2022
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]]> 61304987 Sweet Molly once loved the sea
Sweet Molly lost Liam to the shadows
Now Sweet Molly is coming for ye ¡­

Mallory hasn't quite adapted to life in her new town of Eastport yet. Maybe it's because everyone is obsessed with keeping the town's reputation as one of the most haunted places to visit.

And thanks to the nightmares she's had since arriving, Mallory is having a hard time sleeping. Combined with the unsettling sensation of being watched and losing chunks of time, she¡¯s worried that maybe the ghost stories she¡¯s been quick to dismiss might actually be real.

When Mallory has a terrifying encounter with the same old woman from her dreams, she's not sure what to do. With Eastport gearing up to celebrate the anniversary of their first recorded legend Mallory is forced to investigate the one legend she's always secretly been afraid of . . . Sweet Molly.]]> 304 Lindsay Currie 1728236541 K 0 to-read 3.77 2022
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