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The Never Tilting World

Rin Chupeco · HarperTeen
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A world split between day and night. Two sisters who must unite it. The author of The Bone Witch kicks off an epic YA fantasy duology perfect for fans of Furyborn.

Generations of twin goddesses have long ruled Aeon - until one sister's betrayal split their world in two. A Great...

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Fireborne

Rosaria Munda · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

"Fireborne is everything I want in fantasy."--Rachel Hartman, New York Times bestselling author of Seraphina

Game of Thrones meets Red Rising in a debut young adult fantasy that's full of rivalry, romance . . . and dragons.

Annie and Lee were...
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WAR GIRLS

Tochi Onyebuchi · Razorbill
Pages: 464
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....
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I Hope You Get This Message

Farah Naz Rishi · HarperTeen
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

In this high concept YA novel debut that's We All Looked Up meets The Sun Is Also a Star, three teens must face down the mistakes of their past after they learn that life on Earth might end in less than a week.News stations across the country are reporting mysterious messages that Earth...
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The Meaning of Birds

Jaye Robin Brown · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"An evocative story of the thrills of first love and the anguish of first loss. This will break you and heal you." - Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'

Not to be missed by fans of Nina LaCour and Becky Albertalli, this powerful novel - from...

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Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

Maika Moulite · Inkyard Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped off to Haiti and writing the report of a lifetime ...

You might ask the obvious question: What do I, a seventeen-year-old Haitian American from Miami with way too little life experience,...
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Skyjacked

Paul Griffin · Scholastic Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Have a nice flight . . .

Cassie, Tim, Emily, Brandon, and Jay are on their way back from a camping trip, flying from Idaho to New York City on Cassie's family's private plane. This might be a usual thing for the others, but for Jay, it's only his second time ever on a plane. And what...
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After the Fire

Will Hill · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of 2018!!

The things I've seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade.

Before, she lived inside the fence. Before, she was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind. Because Father...

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Like a Love Story

Abdi Nazemian · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"A love letter to queerness, self-expression, and individuality (also Madonna) that never shies away from the ever-present fear within the queer community of late '80s New York, Like a Love Story made me feel so full - of hope, love, courage, pride, and awe for the many people...

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The Evil Queen

Gena Showalter · Inkyard Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

WELCOME TO THE FOREST OF GOOD AND EVIL.

A DREAM COME TRUE ... AND A LIVING NIGHTMARE.

Far, far away, in the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm and fairy tales are real. Except, fairy tales aren't based on myths and legends of the past - they...
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Spectacle

Jodie Lynn Zdrok · Tor Teen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Spectacle is a YA murder mystery from debut author Jodie Lynn Zdrok in which a young reporter must use her supernatural visions to help track down a killer targeting the young women of Paris.

Paris, 1887.

Sixteen-year-old Nathalie Baudin writes the daily morgue column...

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Butterfly Yellow

Thanhha Lai · HarperCollins
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and Erika L. Sanchez, this gorgeously written and deeply moving own voices novel is the YA debut from the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again. 4 starred reviews!

In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng...

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Now Entering Addamsville

Francesca Zappia · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From Francesca Zappia, the acclaimed author of Eliza and Her Monsters!

When Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn't commit, she must track down the true culprit and clear her name before it's too late. But in a small town obsessed with ghosts, getting people to believe the truth...

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How We Roll

Natasha Friend · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Quinn is a teen who loves her family, skateboarding, basketball, and her friends, but after she's diagnosed with a condition called alopecia which causes her to lose all of her hair, her friends abandon her. Jake was once a star football player, but because of a freak accident -- caused...
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When the Truth Unravels

RuthAnne Snow · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover

Paper Towns meets Thirteen Reasons Why -- at prom. A riveting story, told through four best friends' points of view.

Last month, Elin tried to kill herself.

She knows she's lucky she was found in time. Lucky to be going to prom with her three best friends,...
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Call Down the Hawk

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny.


The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming - they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed...
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Ruse

Cindy Pon · Simon Pulse
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In near-future Shanghai, a group of teens have their world turned upside down when one of their own is kidnapped in this action-packed follow-up to the "positively chilling" (The New York Times) sci-fi thriller Want.

Jason Zhou, his friends, and Daiyu...
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The Girl with the Broken Heart

Lurlene McDaniel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Sorry, John Green fans, but McDaniel's been making us cry . . . for decades." --Bustle.comAn inspirational story about love, tragedy, heartbreak, and renewal as a young woman deals with her serious health issues, a fractured family life, and the prospect of romantic love...
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What We Buried

Kate A. Boorman · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Told from the split viewpoints of Liv and Jory, Kate A. Boorman's What We Buried is a psychological thrill ride that deftly explores how memories can lie, how time can bend, and how reconciling the truth can be a matter of life or death. "Do you ever just want to be believed?"...
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Kingdom of Souls

Rena Barron · HarperTeen
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A girl with no gifts must bargain for the power to fight her own mother's dark schemes -- even if the price is her life.

Crackling with dark magic, unspeakable betrayal, and daring twists you won't see coming, this explosive YA fantasy debut is a can't-miss, high-stakes epic perfect...

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