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Dark Energy

Robison Wells · Harper Teen
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

We are not alone. They are here. And there's no going back. Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and the I Am Number Four series, Dark Energy is a thrilling stand-alone science fiction adventure from Robison Wells, critically acclaimed author of Variant and Blackout.Five days ago, a massive...
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The First Time She Drowned

Kerry Kletter · Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) , 2016.
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most painCassie O'Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental institution - dumped there by her mother, against her will. Now, at 18, Cassie emancipates herself, determined to start...
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The Forbidden Orchid

Sharon Biggs Waller · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The adventures of a British girl in China, hunting for the orchid that will save her family.Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters growing up in a small English market town in 1861. The girls barely know their father, a plant hunter usually off adventuring through...
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Into the Dim

Janet Taylor · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

When fragile, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic, but also a member of a secret society of time travelers. Trapped...
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Wink Poppy Midnight

April Genevieve Tucholke · Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The intrigue of The Raven Boys and the "supernatural or not" question of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer coalesce in this young adult mystery, where nothing is quite as it seems, no one is quite who you think, and everything can change on a dime. Every story needs a hero. Every story...
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Girl Last Seen

Anne Greenwood Brown · Albert Whitman Teen, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Kadence Mulligan's star was rising. She and her best friend, Lauren DeSanto, watched their songs go viral on YouTube, then she launched a solo career when a nasty throat infection paralyzed Lauren's vocal chords. Everyone knows Lauren and Kadence had a major falling-out over Kady's boyfriend....
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The Skylighter

Becky Wallace · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Johanna and Rafi are in a race against time to save their country before a power-mad Keeper destroys everything they hold dear in the "enthralling magical world" (Cinda Williams Chima, author of The Heir Chronicles) introduced in The Storyspinner.As the last of the royal line,...
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