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A Girl Named Mister |
Young Adult |
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Verse, pregnancy, teens |
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Black Radishes |
Juvenile |
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Historical Fiction, holocaust, WWII, France |
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Burn: a novel |
Young Adult |
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Bullying, realistic fiction, young adult |
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Closed for the Season: A Mystery Story |
Young Adult |
Logan Forbes moves to Virginia with his family and finds that living in a "murder house", having a new best friend who is weird along with being the most unpopular kid in town and trying to solve a mystery in which he has to enter an old, creepy, abandoned amusement park...isn't as fun as it sounds.
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Murder, mystery, friendship, Bullying, adventure |
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Darkwood |
Young Adult |
When children go missing, it's the kinderstalk who takes them. That is what is told to the children of Howland, but is it true? Annie is being sent to the Drop, almost as bad as being taken by the Kinderstalk, but she will not go without a fight. As Annie tries to avoid the fate of many of the other children of Howland, she discovers who she really is and that her destiny is to be more and do more than she ever imagined. |
Fantasy, Wolves, Suspense, Orphan, Fairy Tales, adventure, Sisters |
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Dead to You |
Young Adult |
Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now at sixteen, he has returned to his family.
It's a miracle...at first.
Then the tensions start to build, and his family starts falling apart all over again. If only Ethan could remember something anything, about his life before, he'd be able to put the pieces back together. But there's something that's keeping his memory blocked.
Something unspeakable... |
kidnapping, Suspense, homelessness, family secrets |
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Heart of a Samurai |
Young Adult |
In 1841, 14 year old Manjiro and his four friends find themselves stranded on a deserted island after a storm at sea. Beyond the island is the unknown, filled with monsters, demons, and barbarians. Or so they've been told. They know they cannot return to their homes in Japan - the country's borders are closed both to foreigners and to citizens who have strayed. No one may enter, under penalty of imprisonment and even death! But when an American ship passes near the island, Manjiro's curiosity overcomes his fear of the "barbarians." He joins in the work of the whaling vessel, eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. |
Historical Fiction, Japan, Newbery Honor, Whaling, Sailing, 19th Century, Samurai |
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Hearts at Stake |
Young Adult |
You're Solange.
You have seven older brothers.
People you don't know are trying kidnap you.
And when you turn 16 you will officially become a Vampire.
Life sucks...but at least you have a best friend like Lucy. |
Vampires, friendship, Series |
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Illegal |
Young Adult |
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Illegal Aliens, realistic fiction, Daughters, Family |
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Magyk |
Young Adult |
The Seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife, who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus? |
Fantasy, Magic, Wizards, Princess, adventure, Juvenile |
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No Dawn without Darkness |
Young Adult |
I highly recommend this book, it is a thrilling, action-packed adventure of what it would be like to be quarantined inside a mall along with a killer virus. The story will draw you in , it will fell like you are actually there. There are surprises around ever corner. - Bevin Coker |
biological warfare, teens, quarantine, mall, horror, survival |
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Pokémon Adventures: Black and White, Vol. 1 |
Juvenile |
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Pokémon, manga, graphic novels |
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Shiver |
Young Adult |
Grace sees a familiar set of eyes in the woods behind her house... the eyes of a wolf... only, she doens't know that those eyes belong to Sam, a werewolf who can become a human for only a short time of the year.
Sam, had never dared to talk to Grace when he was human... But when he did, neither of them can deny their love for each other... But what does the future hold for them? |
romance, Fantasy, werewolves, paranomal, love, supernatural |
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The Fault in Our Stars |
Young Adult |
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
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romance, cancer, love, Family, grief |
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The Graveyard Book |
Young Adult |
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The Hunchback Assignments |
Young Adult |
Modo, who has the ability to shape-shift, was rescued as an infant from a traveling freak show by a mysterious gentleman named Mr. Socrates. He is trained to become a secret agent and takes up his first assignment at the age of fourteen. |
mystery, spy stories, Fantasy, steampunk, young adults, Victorian London, Murder, mystery, friendship, bullying, adventure. |
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The Mark |
Young Adult |
Cassie sees a glowing mark on certain people and later realizes that she sees it on people who are about to die that very day... With this unique "gift", Cassie is faced with a dilemma... should she tell someone they are about to die? |
Fantasy, horror, supernatural, paranomal, death, fate |
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The Running Dream |
Young Adult |
Jessica, a sixteen year old runner, loses her leg in a car crash. The doctors say she'll be able to walk with a prosthetic limb, but will she ever run again?
As life moves on, Jessica slowly begins to realize that she still has a future full of opportunities... |
Running, disability, sports, prosthetic limb, hope, amputee, realistic fiction |
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Things Fall Apart |
Adult |
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Africa, Colonialism, History, Nigeria |
