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ERIN BOWMAN · HarperTeen
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, Jonathan Maberry, and horror films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, this pulse-pounding, hair-raising, utterly terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the Taken trilogy.After receiving a distress call from...
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Girls Can't Hit

T S Easton · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Fleur Waters never takes anything seriously--until she shows up at her local boxing club one day to prove a point. She's the only girl there, and the warm-up alone is exhausting . . . but the workout gives her an escape from home and school, and when she lands her first uppercut on a punching...
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Between Frost and Fury

CHANI LYNN FEENER · Swoon Reads
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Delaney might have done her job a little TOO well...and now her life has once again been turned upside down by aliens, this time by a deadly (and devastatingly handsome) alien prince in this explosive second installment of Chani Lynn Feener's The Xenith Trilogy. Delaney has been...
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Letting Go of Gravity

Meg Leder · Simon Pulse
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Parker struggles to reconnect with her twin brother, Charlie - who's recovering from cancer - as she tries to deal with her anxiety about the future in this powerful new novel.Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites. Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful. Charlie is confident...
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The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins

Clint McElroy · First Second
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the Adventure Zone! SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure! READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters! MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story...
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The Future Will Be BS Free

Will McIntosh · Delacorte Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this terrifyingly timely tale for fans of The Eye of Minds, a teen and his group of friends find themselves on the run after using a genius lie-detector contraption to expose their corrupt government.In a Putin-esque near-future America, the gifted and talented high school has just been...
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I Am Still Alive

KATE MARSHALL · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets The Revenant in this heart-pounding story of survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness.After Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows if she doesn't act fast, the cold will kill her before she has time to worry about food....
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Nyxia Unleashed

Scott Reintgen · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Discover book two in the sci-fi space trilogy that Bustle described as "The 100 meets Illuminae" and Marie Lu called, "a high-octance thriller."Emmett Atwater thought Babel's game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn't take long for him to learn...
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Campfire

Shawn Sarles · jimmy patterson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Be careful what stories you tell around the campfire... they just might come true. Fans of Scream and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this chilling horror debut.While camping in a remote location, Maddie Davenport gathers around the fire with her friends and family...
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Hullmetal Girls

Emily Skrutskie · Delacorte Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Pierce Brown and the Illuminae series will love this epic space adventure that New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis says "you will devour in one sitting."Aisha Un-Haad would do anything for her family. When her brother contracts a plague, she knows her janitor's...
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Price of Duty

Todd Strasser · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Todd Strasser comes a gripping new novel that explores the struggles of war, the price paid by those who fight in them, and what it really means to be a hero.Jake Liddell is a hero. At least, that's what everyone says he is. The military is even awarding him a Silver...
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Sleepless Volume 1

Sarah Vaughn · Image Comics
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Lady "Poppy" Pyppenia is guarded by the Sleepless Knight Cyrenic but becomes endangered when an assassin threatens her life in the new king's reign. As Poppy and Cyrenic try to discover who wants her dead, they must navigate the dangerous waters of life at court and of their...
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