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61) The darkest star
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Series
Origin volume 1
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"When seventeen-year-old Evie is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and aliens can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen...but he is in fact something much more powerful"--$cProvided by publisher.
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Series
Wings of fire volume 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
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The war is over. The false prophecy has been fulfilled. But the dragonets still have enemies. A dark evil, buried for centuries, is stirring.
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
It is June 1941 and after the brutal rule of the Soviets the people of Krystia's small Ukrainian village are inclined to look on the German invaders as liberators; but soon the Nazis start rounding up Jewish Ukrainians, and Krystia is faced with a terrible choice--risk everything by helping her Jewish friends and neighbors to hide, or save herself and her family by doing nothing.
65) The red pyramid
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Series
Kane chronicles volume 1
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Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion...
66) The Last
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Series
Endling volume 1
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"Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. Along the way, she meets new allies--animals and humans alike--who...
67) Shatter City
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"When the world sees Frey, they think they see her twin sister Rafi. Frey was raised to be Rafi's double, and now she's taken on the role . . . without anyone else knowing. Her goal? To destroy the forces that created her. But with the world watching and a rebellion rising, Frey is forced into a detour. Suddenly she is stranded on her own in Paz, a city where many of the citizens attempt to regulate their emotions through an interface on their arms....
69) Crescendo
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Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nora Grey struggles to face the truth while coping with having a fallen angel boyfriend named Patch and unraveling the mystery surrounding her father's death.
70) Class dismissed
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Description
Class 507 is terrible, and one day, after a particularly disastrous science experiment, Ms. Bryce quits and walks out in the middle of class, and the school office never finds out--at first all the fifth graders enjoy goofing off, but after a few days that starts getting boring, and the students begin to realize that school without a teacher is not easy, cooperating is difficult, and keeping a secret is harder than they thought.
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Appears on these lists
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Sixteen-year-old Simon Spier quietly enjoys flirtatious emails between himself and a guy calling himself "Blue," hoping it will lead to a relationship. However, the emails fall into the wrong hands and Simon is blackmailed. Now Simon must explore his feelings and decide if being outed to the rest of the high school is such a bad thing.
72) Death weavers
Author
Series
Five kingdoms volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
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Description
Cole and his friends finally reach the fourth of the five kingdoms, Necronum, land of the dead, where they confront unexpected dangers and meet new allies.
73) Rook
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In the Sunken City that was once Paris the guillotine rules again, while Sophia Bellamy from the Commonwealth across the Channel Sea tries to rescue as many of the revolution's victims as she can smuggle out, and some prisoners disappear from their cells, with a red-tipped rook feather left in their place--but who is the mysterious Red Rook and where does Sophia's wealthy fiance,�� Ren�� Hasard, fit in?
74) Stunning
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Series
Pretty little liars volume 11
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Description
Struggling to return to normalcy after surviving Alison's attempt to kill them, Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna endure a series of disasters before realizing that they are being stalked by a new "A" who knows all of their secrets.
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Series
The worst-- (Dave Barry) volume 2
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Wyatt Palmer is just another undersized freshman hoping to fit in at high school, but when his best friend Matt Diaz's pet ferret ends up in the hands of the Bevins, the most popular boys at Coral Cove High, Wyatt and Matt try to get the animal back by attending a party for the cool clique and stumble onto the Bevin family's dark secret.
76) A tempest of tea
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Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by night, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it―she can’t do the job alone.
77) The Real Deal
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Best friends Gabe and Oliver tackle family problems, bullying, and the challenge of dealing with the new kid in their sixth grade class, Reuben, who refuses to talk--and no one knows why.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Told in flashbacks, dark fairytales, and present-day prose, fourteen-year-old Emma, whose best friend has accused her father of heinous crimes, must testify against her friend's word, and her carefully constructed "truths" about what she may or may not have witnessed between father and friend start to crumble.
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Welcome to the most isolated country on earth. Mia Andrews doesn't know much about North Korea. She's heard only that a dictator controls everything, lots of people don't have enough to eat, and many more are forced to work in harsh labor camps. Not the best place for a family vacation. Yet that's exactly where Mia finds herself, on a tour of North Korea with her aid-worker father and surly older brother, Simon. Then, out of nowhere, Dad is arrested...