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The Math Kids An Artificial Test by David Cole (Author), Shannon O’Toole (Illustrator)

An abundantly diverting middle grade mystery seasoned with history and intrigue… When an exciting summer trip to London takes a dangerous turn, the Math kids unite with a police officer to uncover a sinister terrorist plot. Jordan, Justin, Stephanie, and…
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Henri and the Magnificent Snort by Samantha Childs

A fun approach to a poignant narrative about loving your own self and standing up to bullies… This sweetly adorable story, inspired by Childs’ own experience of being bullied in middle school, mixed with the real-life story and unique characteristics…
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Apogee: A Mac Sisco Novel by Lou Earle

Intricately plotted and packed with action… Earle makes his debut with this complex spy thriller, the debut installment in The Mac Sisco Trilogy. An insidious conspiracy is taking shape slowly, threatening to wreak havoc around the world. But the evidence…
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Of Power and Pain: A Murder Mystery Suspense Thriller (Detectives Daniels and Remalla Book 5) by J. T. Bishop

Riveting and surprising… Impossible to put down. Bishop’s fifth installment in the Detectives Daniels and Remalla series sees the detective pair hunting a vicious killer. When Daniels and Remalla are called to investigate a murder, they do not think much…
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Odyssey’s Child by John Lockton 

A compact and touching tale of grief and self-discovery… Set amid the backdrop and beauty of the Caribbean, Lockton’s haunting novel deftly tackles grief, trauma, guilt, adolescent angst, religion, and pedophilia. It was February 12, 1950, when 11-year-old Ethan Carpenter helplessly watched…
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Sins of Our Sons by Kristian Daniels 

Romantic and heart-wrenching story of love and happiness… Daniels’s emotionally layered, romantic novel takes readers on a teen couple’s journey to love and happiness. High-schoolers Greg and Tyler fell in love the day they laid their eyes on each other.…
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Kingdom of Acatalec (The Acatalec Series Book 1) by S. M. McCoy

Dazzling… The ultimate page-turner. McCoy skillfully mashes the fast-paced lingo of sci-fi thrillers with the colorful worldbuilding of paranormal fantasy in her series starter in The Acatalec. For Tyler, taking part in illegal drone races on the side to get…
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Denali: The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope by Neil Perry Gordon

A thrilling, pulse-pounding adventure… Gordon’s riveting third in The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope takes the courageous hero on an exhilarating adventure into the unforgettable terrains of North America’s tallest mountain peak. Determined to find his six-month-old son, Walter, and…
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The Outlaw Gillis Kerg (Physics, Lust and Greed #4) by Mike Murphey

A brilliant premise and great fun… Thoroughly entertaining. Original touches and time-travel intrigue keep Murphey’s clever fourth installment in the Physics, Lust and Greed series ticking along nicely. With the government overseers suspending the time travel operations, the Happy Home…
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The Stellar Snow Job by Marie Howalt

Original and tongue-in-cheek… A rip-roaring space adventure. Howalt’s clever latest expertly combines well-executed action with witty banter between authentic characters. With barely any job in sight, Private Investigator Richard Hart and his snarky pilot Eddie Macías are more than happy…
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The Golden Hearts Club by Cinda K. Swalley

Tender and heartfelt… A brilliant debut. Swalley makes her debut with this riveting story of family, love, and kindness. The sisters, Megan and Katie Summers, have been planning their cross-country trip for almost a year. The adventure starts on a…
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The Sentinel of the Chakra Stones by Christine Boucher

A high-octane adventure… The entertaining debut installment in Boucher’s promising the Chakra Stones series is a fast-paced adventure featuring an endearing pair of teenage protagonists. Life for fourteen-year-old Jaden is not so perfect: her mother left her when she was…
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Project Anan (Book 1 of the Energy Exchange Series) by Lionel Lazarus

An exciting space opera… Lazarus’s debut installment in the Energy Exchange Series is marked with layered conflict and loads of tension. When the aliens first invaded Earth, they extracted its precious energy, changed the human population and left. But when…
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Make America Beautiful Again by Bo Bancroft

A dense literary satire tightly entwined with a tense mystery… Irresistible. Bancroft delivers an intoxicating mixture of wit, whacky satire, intriguing mystery, and political intrigue in his marvelous debut. A suspected terrorists attack with a pre-dawn bomb spree along Georgia’s…
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Covering All Wrong by K. Lumpkin

Tense, absorbing, and heartbreakingly authentic… Intriguing and engrossing, Lumpkin’s latest novel takes readers into meandering lives of two different people as they try to survive the traumatic circumstances of their lives. With a young mother trying to make ends meet…
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Battle in the Avenue by Sean McCutchen

A gritty, sharp, and ultimately hopeful tale… A winner. McCutchen’s latest novel is an exciting, page-turning tale of a dystopian world struggling with Fuel Wars threatening to destroy the world and wiping out humanity. Betrayed by his lifelong friend and…
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Sandman: A Golf Tale by David W. Berner

A novel filled with nostalgia and heart… Spectacular. A young boy grapples with the questions of what he wants from life in Berner’s touching latest novella. The boy loves golf, but there is something about his love for the game…
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Corbin’s Catacombs by James Pack

Rapturously full of scares… Pack’s latest is a poetic feast of nightmares and insomnia, a gorgeous demonstration of horror and things better left unsaid, a collection that summons the darkness within. This is a brilliantly twisted collection of short poems…
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Light Fighters (Star Children Saga Book 2) by Palmer Pickering

Tense, moving and expertly executed… Un-put-downable. Pickering’s second installment in the highly acclaimed Star Children Saga is a fantastic mix of apocalyptic fiction, magical fantasy, and mythology that pits Cassidy and Torr against sinister enemies seeking their magical powers. Trying…
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The Reign of the Occult by Lauren Louise Hazel

A sumptuous tale of YA fantasy… Employing a charismatic cast, expert worldbuilding, and intriguing storyline, the debut author Hazel artfully delivers an exhilarating story of familial ties, shifting loyalties, and forbidden magic. The mortals are caught between the war between…