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Skyhunter

Marie Lu - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

In Skyhunter, a novel laced with adrenaline and filled with nonstop action, #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu creates an immersive world broken by war where the only hope against overwhelming evil lies with a team of young warriors willing to sacrifice everything to save what...
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Not Your Sidekick

C.B. Lee - Duet
Format: Paperback

Welcome to Andover... where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect...
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WAR GIRLS

Tochi Onyebuchi - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Two sisters are torn apart by war and must fight their way back to each other in a futuristic, Black Panther-inspired Nigeria.The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. In a war-torn...
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Renegades

MARISSA MEYER - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

A high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal . . . . From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer comes the New York Times-bestselling YA novel Renegades. Secret Identities.Extraordinary Powers.She wants vengeance. He wants justice.The Renegades are a syndicate...
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Delirium

Lauren Oliver - Harper
Format: Paperback

Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium - the first in a dystopian trilogy - presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet.In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government...
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Ink and Bone: The Great Library

Rachel Caine - New American Library
Format: Print book

In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time. ... Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major...
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Flawed

Cecelia Ahern - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

"In a future society where 'flawed' people who have committed crimes are branded with an F, a young girl takes a stand"--
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Fireborne

Rosaria Munda - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Fireborne is everything I want in fantasy."--Rachel Hartman, New York Times bestselling author of SeraphinaGame of Thrones meets Red Rising in a debut young adult fantasy that's full of rivalry, romance . . . and dragons.Annie and Lee were just children...
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Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling series!Red Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, is a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with common,...
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The Darkest Minds

Alexandra Bracken - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture!When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp."...
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The Belles

Dhonielle Clayton - Freeform
Format: Hardcover

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orleans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orleans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform...
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Illuminae

Amie Kaufman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension. "A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." - Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest...
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Ship Breaker

Paolo Bacigalupi - Little, Brown, and Co.
Format: Print book

In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper...
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We Set the Dark on Fire

Tehlor Kay Mejia - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

"We Set the Dark on Fire burns bright. It will light the way for a new generation of rebels and lovers." - NPR.org"Mejia pens a compelling, gripping story that mirrors real world issues of immigration and equality." - BuzzfeedFive starred reviews!!In this daring and romantic...
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The Gilded Wolves

ROSHANI CHOKSHI - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER*From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes The Gilded Wolves, a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change--one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires...No one believes in them....
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The Loop

Ben Oliver - Chicken House
Format: Hardcover

Life inside The Loop-the futuristic death row for teens under eighteen-is one long repetitive purgatory. But when news of the encroaching chaos in the outside world reaches the inmates and disorder begins to strike, the prison becomes the least of their worries. Perfect for fans of The Fifth...
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Zeroes

Scott Westerfeld - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Don't call them heroes, but these six Californian teens have powers that set them apart. Take Ethan, a.k.a. Scam. He's got a voice inside him that'll say whatever you want to hear, whether it's true or not. Which is handy, except when it isn't -- like when the voice...
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