From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan comes a romantic fantasy in which a human princess armed with death's kiss and a fae shifter on the run become unlikely allies when a mission to assassinate an evil king collides with a fatal prophecy.Princess Jasalyn has a secret. Armed with an enchanted ring that gives her death's kiss, Jas has been sneaking away from the palace at night to assassinate her enemies.Shape-shifter Felicity needs a miracle. Fated to kill her magical father, she's been using her unique ability to evade a fatal prophecy.When rumors of evil king Mordeus's resurrection spread through the shadow court, Jasalyn decides to end him once and for all. Felicity agrees to take the form of the princess, allowing Jas to covertly hunt Mordeus - and starting Felicity on the path that could finally take her home.
HarperTeen
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9780063311909
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Hardcover
CAPTAIN AMERICA BY J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOL. 1
By Straczynski, J. Michael
J. Michael Straczynski returns to Marvel to tackle an American icon! Decades ago, Steve Rogers changed the world forever. Now, powerful and insidious forces are assembling to ensure he never does it again. Past, present and future collide as the Sentinel of Liberty reckons with an existential threat determined to set the world on a darker path - at any cost! So the last thing Steve needs is for Spider-Man to crash date night seeking help foiling the Sinister Six's latest plot! Meanwhile, more and more of Captain America's former enemies are being recruited by a mysterious entity - one seemingly connected to a foe Steve faced long before he picked up the shield. And when Misty Knight uncovers a string of murders with seemingly supernatural origins, something strikes Cap as familiar.
Marvel Universe
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9781302955670
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Paperback
The Darkness Within Us
By Levenseller, Tricia
Featuring spray-painted and stenciled edges, a metallic foil case stamp, detailed map endpapers, a deleted scene and a ribbon, The Darkness Between Us is a wickedly delightful companion novel to Tricia Levenseller's The Shadows Between Us.. Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has become a wealthy duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will have all the freedom, money, and safety she's ever wanted.. Or so she thought. A man claiming to be the estranged grandson of Chrysantha's lecherous late husband has turned up to steal her inheritance. To make matters worse, her little sister is going to be queen and is rubbing it in her face.. Chrysantha decides that the only thing to do is upstage Alessandra at her own wedding.
Feiwel & Friends
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9781250840776
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Hardcover
Sunderworld, Vol. I
By Riggs, Ransom
The much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won't leave him alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld - and that's because they are. . Not a good sign.. In the blurry weeks after his mother's death, a young Leopold discovered VHS tapes of its one and only season in a box headed for the trash - and soon became obsessed. Losing himself in Sunder was the best way to avoid two things: grieving his mother and being a chronic disappointment to his overbearing father.
Dutton Books for Young Readers
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9780593530931
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Hardcover
House of Thorns
By Strychacz, Isabel
In the vein of The Haunting of Hill House, a teen returns to the mysterious house from her past to search for her missing sister and uncover the truth of Brier Hall in this atmospheric and eerie modern gothic novel.. Lia Peartree is haunted - by memories, by her past, by secrets, by the ones she left behind. Five years ago, the Peartrees fled their home - the infamous ancestral Brier Hall - and never looked back. But her oldest sister went missing that night, and there's been no sign of her since. In the aftermath, the Peartrees are traumatized and get by however they can. Lia's remaining sister Ali says yes to any bad idea, and Lia tries so desperately to be the perfect daughter that it's tearing her apart. But as the five year anniversary of the night they left nears, Lia begins seeing her missing sister everywhere, and memories of Brier Hall won't leave her alone.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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9781665942591
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Hardcover
Killer House Party
By Anderson, Lily
From Printz Honor winning author Lily Anderson comes a young adult horror that follows Arden and her friends as their graduation party at an abandoned mansion turns into a bloody fight for survival. . Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that won't let you leave? Check.. The Deinhart Manor has been a looming shadow over town for as long as anyone can remember, and it's been abandoned for even longer. When the final Deinhart descendent passes, the huge gothic manor is up for sale for the first time ever. Which means Arden can steal the keys from her mom's real estate office...It's time for a graduation party that no one will ever forget.. Arden and her friends each have different reasons for wanting to throw the party to end all parties.
Henry Holt and Co.
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9781250909473
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Hardcover
The Lost Souls of Benzaiten
By Murashige, Kelly
This heartfelt and quirky young adult fantasy debut follows a young outcast on a journey of transformation . . . into a robot vacuum cleaner.. A fresh twist on Japanese mythology that doubles as a deep, honest dive into mental health.. "I wish to become one of those round vacuum cleaner robots." That's what Machi prays for at the altar of Japanese goddess Benzaiten. Ever since her two best friends decided they want nothing to do with her, Machi hasn't been able to speak. After months of online school and a carousel of therapists, Machi can no longer see the point of being human. She doesn't expect Benzaiten to hear her prayer, much less offer a different prayer on Machi's behalf - that Machi discover the beauty of humanity, ultimately restoring her to her previous self.
Soho Teen
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9781641295741
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Hardcover
MOON KNIGHT
By Pepose, David
Moon Knight's nemesis from the smash hit Disney series makes her comics debut!
When a young runaway is attacked by a gang of death cultists, he is left barely alive outside Moon Knight's HQ, the Midnight Mission. But Marc Spector made a vow long ago to defend the travelers of the dark as Moon Knight ... and as long as a spark of life remains, his mission isn't over yet. Follow Moon Knight on his most harrowing adventure yet, as he journeys far beyond the land of the living - and battles across the mind-bending underworld known as the City of the Dead! There, he must grapple with his past when he turns to an unlikely source for aid - Layla El-Fouly, A.K.A. the Scarlet Scarab! But when Marc is faced with a murderers' row of dead super villains whom he helped put in the ground, can even the Fist of Khonshu defy the odds long enough to survive?
COLLECTIING: Moon Knight: City of the Dead (2023) 1-5 Read more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A former crime reporter turned storytelling professional, David Pepose has tackled comic strip homicide, wedding-crashing bank robbers, and post-apocalyptic fairy tales as the Ringo Award-winning writer of Savage Avengers, Avengers Unlimited, Spencer & Locke, Going to the Chapel, Grand Theft Astro, The O.
Marvel Universe
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9781302952365
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Paperback
Portrait of a Shadow
By Metoui, Meriam
A missing sister. A mysterious boy. And a painting that holds the truth beneath its peeling edge.... Inez is missing, but missing things can always be found.. Mae knows this as a fact, even though the police investigation has come to a standstill, even though her parents are moving on. But when she goes to clear out her older sister's studio, she finds a mess of research and a white canvas that seems even older than the ornate frame it is set in. The closer Mae gets to the canvas, the more difficult it is to pull her eyes away from its mottled surface, its heavy layers of white paint, its peeling top corner she is tempted to pull to see what's beneath. But she doesn't. Not yet.. Mae decides to trace her sister's last steps in the hopes of finding answers, certain that Inez's disappearance is related to the painting.
Henry Holt and Co.
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9781250863270
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Hardcover
Rise
By Finch, Freya
The action and adventure of Percy Jackson meets the complex heroines of The Cruel Prince as a family of valkyries fight to stop Ragnarok.. For seventeen-year-old Bryn, being the youngest, messiest, most rebellious sister in a family of valkyries isn't easy. Especially considering home is a Renaissance faire in Chicago full of costumed workers who see her as nothing more than a nuisance. When her mother disappears on a mission for Odin, Bryn begins having strange visions about the impending Ragnarok. Bryn senses their mother is in great danger, but her annoyingly perfect older sisters refuse to take her seriously. Their mother is, after all, captain of the valkyries.. Things only take a turn for the worse when a half human, half giant named Juniper crashes the party with a violent zombie in tow, confirming Bryn's worst fears - her visions of Ragnarok are real.
Disney Hyperion
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9781368100991
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Hardcover
A Second Chance on Earth
By Vidal, Juan
A father, a friend, and a favorite book help a teen boy understand love and loss in this moving and vivid YA novel in verse.. Have you ever encountered a book that KO'd you, Iron Mike Tyson style? One that hit you square in the face and heart like some abracadabra casting a hex from an unknown planet?. For sixteen-year-old poet and b-baller Marcos Cadena, that book is the beat-up copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude he finds among his late father's possessions after Papi is killed in an accident.. Marcos' papi has always loomed large in his eyes. So, when Marcos travels to his parents' childhood home of Cartagena, Colombia to spread Papi's ashes, he brings his father's book with him, convinced that Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece holds the key to understanding Papi's life and accepting his death.
Holiday House
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9780823457113
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Hardcover
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
By Costa, Mike
Violence and carnage rage across the city as Shredder's master plan unfolds. When tragedy strikes the Turtles, the brothers will have to hold the line against an attack from within, but with allegiances shifting they must formulate a plan to fight back against their deadliest enemy. Volume 3 collects issues #21-28 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series and the Old Hob, Alopex, Karai, Hun, Bebop and Rocksteady, and Shredder Micro-Series one-shots, plus the 2012 Annual.
IDW
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9781631406911
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Print book
Under the Surface
By Urban, Diana
An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days - a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope ... even when all seems lost.. "Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface is Diana Urban's best yet." - Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying. Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart. . Sean is pumped to spend a week with Ruby in Paris on their senior class trip, and he'll wait however long until she's ready to take things further.. But when Ruby's best friend sneaks out the first night to meet a mysterious French boy, Ruby goes after her with two classmates, but caves to another temptation: attending mystery boy's exclusive party in the Paris catacombs, the intricate web of tunnels beneath the city, home to six million long-dead Parisians.
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
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9780593625088
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Hardcover
We Shall Be Monsters
By Sim, Tara
Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the real horrors are not the monsters you face, but the ones you create.. "One of the most unique and intelligent books I've read. . . Alluring, completely enthralling, and masterfully rendered." - Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea. Kajal knows she is not a good person. If she were, she wouldn't selfishly be risking her sister's soul in a dangerous bid to bring her back to life. She would let Lasya rest in peace - but Kajal cannot stand the horror of living without her.. As Kajal prepares for the resurrection, the worst happens: Her sister's soul warps into a bhuta - a murderous, wraith-like spirit - and Kajal gets sentenced to death for her sister's rampage.
Beneath These Cursed Stars
By Ryan, Lexi
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan comes a romantic fantasy in which a human princess armed with death's kiss and a fae shifter on the run become unlikely allies when a mission to assassinate an evil king collides with a fatal prophecy.Princess Jasalyn has a secret. Armed with an enchanted ring that gives her death's kiss, Jas has been sneaking away from the palace at night to assassinate her enemies.Shape-shifter Felicity needs a miracle. Fated to kill her magical father, she's been using her unique ability to evade a fatal prophecy.When rumors of evil king Mordeus's resurrection spread through the shadow court, Jasalyn decides to end him once and for all. Felicity agrees to take the form of the princess, allowing Jas to covertly hunt Mordeus - and starting Felicity on the path that could finally take her home.
CAPTAIN AMERICA BY J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOL. 1
By Straczynski, J. Michael
J. Michael Straczynski returns to Marvel to tackle an American icon! Decades ago, Steve Rogers changed the world forever. Now, powerful and insidious forces are assembling to ensure he never does it again. Past, present and future collide as the Sentinel of Liberty reckons with an existential threat determined to set the world on a darker path - at any cost! So the last thing Steve needs is for Spider-Man to crash date night seeking help foiling the Sinister Six's latest plot! Meanwhile, more and more of Captain America's former enemies are being recruited by a mysterious entity - one seemingly connected to a foe Steve faced long before he picked up the shield. And when Misty Knight uncovers a string of murders with seemingly supernatural origins, something strikes Cap as familiar.
The Darkness Within Us
By Levenseller, Tricia
Featuring spray-painted and stenciled edges, a metallic foil case stamp, detailed map endpapers, a deleted scene and a ribbon, The Darkness Between Us is a wickedly delightful companion novel to Tricia Levenseller's The Shadows Between Us.. Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has become a wealthy duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will have all the freedom, money, and safety she's ever wanted.. Or so she thought. A man claiming to be the estranged grandson of Chrysantha's lecherous late husband has turned up to steal her inheritance. To make matters worse, her little sister is going to be queen and is rubbing it in her face.. Chrysantha decides that the only thing to do is upstage Alessandra at her own wedding.
Sunderworld, Vol. I
By Riggs, Ransom
The much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won't leave him alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld - and that's because they are. . Not a good sign.. In the blurry weeks after his mother's death, a young Leopold discovered VHS tapes of its one and only season in a box headed for the trash - and soon became obsessed. Losing himself in Sunder was the best way to avoid two things: grieving his mother and being a chronic disappointment to his overbearing father.
House of Thorns
By Strychacz, Isabel
In the vein of The Haunting of Hill House, a teen returns to the mysterious house from her past to search for her missing sister and uncover the truth of Brier Hall in this atmospheric and eerie modern gothic novel.. Lia Peartree is haunted - by memories, by her past, by secrets, by the ones she left behind. Five years ago, the Peartrees fled their home - the infamous ancestral Brier Hall - and never looked back. But her oldest sister went missing that night, and there's been no sign of her since. In the aftermath, the Peartrees are traumatized and get by however they can. Lia's remaining sister Ali says yes to any bad idea, and Lia tries so desperately to be the perfect daughter that it's tearing her apart. But as the five year anniversary of the night they left nears, Lia begins seeing her missing sister everywhere, and memories of Brier Hall won't leave her alone.
Killer House Party
By Anderson, Lily
From Printz Honor winning author Lily Anderson comes a young adult horror that follows Arden and her friends as their graduation party at an abandoned mansion turns into a bloody fight for survival. . Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that won't let you leave? Check.. The Deinhart Manor has been a looming shadow over town for as long as anyone can remember, and it's been abandoned for even longer. When the final Deinhart descendent passes, the huge gothic manor is up for sale for the first time ever. Which means Arden can steal the keys from her mom's real estate office...It's time for a graduation party that no one will ever forget.. Arden and her friends each have different reasons for wanting to throw the party to end all parties.
The Lost Souls of Benzaiten
By Murashige, Kelly
This heartfelt and quirky young adult fantasy debut follows a young outcast on a journey of transformation . . . into a robot vacuum cleaner.. A fresh twist on Japanese mythology that doubles as a deep, honest dive into mental health.. "I wish to become one of those round vacuum cleaner robots." That's what Machi prays for at the altar of Japanese goddess Benzaiten. Ever since her two best friends decided they want nothing to do with her, Machi hasn't been able to speak. After months of online school and a carousel of therapists, Machi can no longer see the point of being human. She doesn't expect Benzaiten to hear her prayer, much less offer a different prayer on Machi's behalf - that Machi discover the beauty of humanity, ultimately restoring her to her previous self.
MOON KNIGHT
By Pepose, David
Moon Knight's nemesis from the smash hit Disney series makes her comics debut! When a young runaway is attacked by a gang of death cultists, he is left barely alive outside Moon Knight's HQ, the Midnight Mission. But Marc Spector made a vow long ago to defend the travelers of the dark as Moon Knight ... and as long as a spark of life remains, his mission isn't over yet. Follow Moon Knight on his most harrowing adventure yet, as he journeys far beyond the land of the living - and battles across the mind-bending underworld known as the City of the Dead! There, he must grapple with his past when he turns to an unlikely source for aid - Layla El-Fouly, A.K.A. the Scarlet Scarab! But when Marc is faced with a murderers' row of dead super villains whom he helped put in the ground, can even the Fist of Khonshu defy the odds long enough to survive? COLLECTIING: Moon Knight: City of the Dead (2023) 1-5 Read more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHOR A former crime reporter turned storytelling professional, David Pepose has tackled comic strip homicide, wedding-crashing bank robbers, and post-apocalyptic fairy tales as the Ringo Award-winning writer of Savage Avengers, Avengers Unlimited, Spencer & Locke, Going to the Chapel, Grand Theft Astro, The O.
Portrait of a Shadow
By Metoui, Meriam
A missing sister. A mysterious boy. And a painting that holds the truth beneath its peeling edge.... Inez is missing, but missing things can always be found.. Mae knows this as a fact, even though the police investigation has come to a standstill, even though her parents are moving on. But when she goes to clear out her older sister's studio, she finds a mess of research and a white canvas that seems even older than the ornate frame it is set in. The closer Mae gets to the canvas, the more difficult it is to pull her eyes away from its mottled surface, its heavy layers of white paint, its peeling top corner she is tempted to pull to see what's beneath. But she doesn't. Not yet.. Mae decides to trace her sister's last steps in the hopes of finding answers, certain that Inez's disappearance is related to the painting.
Rise
By Finch, Freya
The action and adventure of Percy Jackson meets the complex heroines of The Cruel Prince as a family of valkyries fight to stop Ragnarok.. For seventeen-year-old Bryn, being the youngest, messiest, most rebellious sister in a family of valkyries isn't easy. Especially considering home is a Renaissance faire in Chicago full of costumed workers who see her as nothing more than a nuisance. When her mother disappears on a mission for Odin, Bryn begins having strange visions about the impending Ragnarok. Bryn senses their mother is in great danger, but her annoyingly perfect older sisters refuse to take her seriously. Their mother is, after all, captain of the valkyries.. Things only take a turn for the worse when a half human, half giant named Juniper crashes the party with a violent zombie in tow, confirming Bryn's worst fears - her visions of Ragnarok are real.
A Second Chance on Earth
By Vidal, Juan
A father, a friend, and a favorite book help a teen boy understand love and loss in this moving and vivid YA novel in verse.. Have you ever encountered a book that KO'd you, Iron Mike Tyson style? One that hit you square in the face and heart like some abracadabra casting a hex from an unknown planet?. For sixteen-year-old poet and b-baller Marcos Cadena, that book is the beat-up copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude he finds among his late father's possessions after Papi is killed in an accident.. Marcos' papi has always loomed large in his eyes. So, when Marcos travels to his parents' childhood home of Cartagena, Colombia to spread Papi's ashes, he brings his father's book with him, convinced that Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece holds the key to understanding Papi's life and accepting his death.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
By Costa, Mike
Violence and carnage rage across the city as Shredder's master plan unfolds. When tragedy strikes the Turtles, the brothers will have to hold the line against an attack from within, but with allegiances shifting they must formulate a plan to fight back against their deadliest enemy. Volume 3 collects issues #21-28 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series and the Old Hob, Alopex, Karai, Hun, Bebop and Rocksteady, and Shredder Micro-Series one-shots, plus the 2012 Annual.
Under the Surface
By Urban, Diana
An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days - a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope ... even when all seems lost.. "Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface is Diana Urban's best yet." - Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying. Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart. . Sean is pumped to spend a week with Ruby in Paris on their senior class trip, and he'll wait however long until she's ready to take things further.. But when Ruby's best friend sneaks out the first night to meet a mysterious French boy, Ruby goes after her with two classmates, but caves to another temptation: attending mystery boy's exclusive party in the Paris catacombs, the intricate web of tunnels beneath the city, home to six million long-dead Parisians.
We Shall Be Monsters
By Sim, Tara
Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the real horrors are not the monsters you face, but the ones you create.. "One of the most unique and intelligent books I've read. . . Alluring, completely enthralling, and masterfully rendered." - Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea. Kajal knows she is not a good person. If she were, she wouldn't selfishly be risking her sister's soul in a dangerous bid to bring her back to life. She would let Lasya rest in peace - but Kajal cannot stand the horror of living without her.. As Kajal prepares for the resurrection, the worst happens: Her sister's soul warps into a bhuta - a murderous, wraith-like spirit - and Kajal gets sentenced to death for her sister's rampage.