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Starship Malaysia by Keith Costelloe

A tense, evenly paced YA thriller… Costelloe’s page-turning thriller unfolds against the fascinating backdrop of 1980s Malaysia and Bangkok. Seventeen-year-old Scott finds his life in chaos after his father and stepmother are killed in a tragic car accident. Leaving his…
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Induction by S E Sharp

An imaginative tale with extraordinary world-building and complex characters…  Sharp’s thrilling YA urban fantasy promises a magnificent world filled with extraordinary monsters, high tension, and poignant human drama. Sixteen-year-old Mika Finley was the one driving when her car collided with…
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Create Destruction: A Novel in Verse by Ryan A. Kovacs

Beautifully told, chilling, poignant, and hauntingly dark. Young Thomas has always known he is special: he has parapsychic powers. When the sinister Doctor Larson, a maniacal scientist, asks for Thomas’s help in changing humanity’s fate, Thomas immediately says yes. Using…
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The Map of Us by S.A. Fanning

Raw and emotional… Fanning’s engrossing sequel to The Girl In My Treehouse is a poignant mix of romance and human drama. It has been three years since Lia vanished from Matt Crosby’s life without saying goodbye. Now a senior, Matt…
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CAMALEÓN: The Lost Years Living in the Closet by Carlos Valenzuela

Richly imagined… Poignant, compassionate, and sweet. Valenzuela returns with this sequel to the award-winning ‘Letters to Young Carlos,’ taking readers on his protagonist’s journey to self- acceptance and understanding. The trauma of being falsely accused of sexual misconduct and banished…
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North Star Rising by Darielle Mac

A wholly enthralling coming-of-age tale seasoned with fantasy and myth… Mac makes her debut with this flawless tale of courage, determination, and family. Living on the mystical isle of T’ir Na Nor in the North Sea has its own charm,…
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Just City by Olga Tymofiyeva

Gripping, moving, and thought-provoking… A page-turner.  Determined to find his own path in life, a 21-year-old young man seeks a new life credo in Tymofiyeva’s outstanding debut novel. Young and highly driven Nathan is looking to put together $10,000 to…
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Dreams of Song Times by Amy L. Bernstein

Poignant, raw, original, and thoroughly absorbing…  Vivid characters, a dash of romance, and ratcheted-up stakes keep readers invested in Bernstein’s gripping coming-of-age novel. Sixteen-year-old Ell Gossamer has always struggled with her human-mermaid hybrid identity. When Ahr and Per, her two…
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The Queering by Brooke Skipstone

Deeply evocative and consistently moving… Skipstone returns with this breathtaking story about one woman’s journey to fulfillment and happiness. Suffocating in a loveless marriage, seventy-year-old Taylor MacKenzie is living through her writing, using the pen name Brooke Skipstone, her best…
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A STUDY IN TERMINAL BY KARA LINABURG

A superb, complex YA contemporary full of heart and unforgettable characters. Linburg’s remarkable novel tells the story of a young man struggling to come to terms with his inner demons. Tired of running from his tragic past, nineteen-year-old Sean Brogan…