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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Kaz Brekker, a well-known thief in the underground crime world of Ketterdam, is offered a huge bounty for accomplishing an impossible heist. To do this, he assembles a group of six outcasts, each with an essential talent needed to pull off the crime of their lives. Bardugo blends humor, romance, and escalating danger with sharp…
Read MoreFairy Tale by Stephen King
Seventeen-year-old Charlie befriends a reclusive neighbor with a mysterious past and finds himself holding the keys to a doorway to another world. Ruled by a corrupt prince who’s destroying his kingdom, the citizens of Empis look to Charlie as their last hope. King weaves countless elements of classic fairy tales including giants, mermaids, and dungeons—just…
Read MoreIt Looks Like Us by Alison Ames
After applying online, Riley and five other teens are selected to spend their winter break in Antarctica to research climate change at the facility of a wealthy tech tycoon. Soon after arrival, however, Riley feels like they are being watched and grows suspicious of the only two adults on campus. She writes it off to…
Read MoreGwendolyn Greene and the Moondog Coronation Ball of 1957
Told through the eyes of Gwendolyn’s nameless childhood friend, Gwendolyn Greene and the Moondog Coronation Ball of 1957 intimately tells the tale of a girl, her dog, and the strange occurrences in the small town of Heavenly Hill, Ohio. Set in the late 50s, Gwendolyn’s clever dog McKenna is chosen to be the first animal…
Read MoreThe First Assignment by Billy Kramer
Shawn Turner wakes up in a coffin-like box, without a heartbeat, only to discover he recently died and has been selected to become a reaper. To train, he must attend the Wayward Academy, a school for those who escort souls to their final resting place. Things don’t go as planned, however, when the first soul…
Read MoreThe Witches of Vegas by Mark Rosendorf
Isis is a fifteen-year-old adopted member of the Witches of Vegas, the most popular magic show on the Vegas Strip. Zack and his uncle run another magic show in town and struggle to compete with the awe-inspiring theatrics of the Witches, unaware their competition is an actual coven led by an immortal vampire patriarch. Desperate…
Read MoreReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Wade Watts lives in a bleak version of earth where people escape to a virtual world called the OASIS. When the OASIS’ creator, James Halliday, dies he reveals his vast fortune will go to the person who can solve the puzzle he’s embedded in his simulated world. Halliday’s announcement triggers conflicts virtual and real as…
Read MorePretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne
After her mom dies, seventeen-year-old Cecelia moves in with her eccentric grandmother, a famous writer known for her bestselling novel about her high school’s homecoming queen who drowned in the 70s. Cecelia, barely settled into her grandmother’s creepy Victorian mansion, finds her classmate and homecoming queen drowned in the same way, and becomes determined to…
Read MoreShad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria by George Jreije
Shad Hadid is a twelve-year-old Lebanese-American boy who lives with his grandma, is quick on his feet, loves to bake Lebanese dishes (especially desserts), and somehow makes hiding from school bullies seem like a game—until he’s attacked by a sinister shadow called a necromancer. Jreije’s debut novel then quickly launches into the fantastical world of…
Read MoreDragons Walk Among Us by Dan Rice
While visiting a friend, someone attacks Allison Lee. The blow to her head causes her to lose her vision, and her dreams of being a photojournalist are instantly ruined. However, she agrees to an experimental procedure that successfully restores her vision—plus a little more. At first, Allison thinks she’s hallucinating as she starts to see…
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