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Fake Skating
by Lynn Painter
From play dates on the playground to sneaking into movie theatres, Dani and Alec were inseparable as kids. Until Dani moved away. Years later, Dani is back in Minnesota, and exited to reconnect with the nerdy and comforting Alec. But teenage Alec is nothing like the boy she remembers. He's the hockey star in a town where hockey players are worshipped as gods – and he loves it.
When one thing leads to another and Dani and Alec find themselves thrown together and playing the role of boyfriend and girlfriend, “complicated” becomes an understatement. In this Minnesota town, hockey may rule, but romance is about to take its place.
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Sisters in the Wind
by Angeline Boulley
Since her father’s death five years ago, Lucy Smith has drifted through the foster system, convinced that staying on the run is safer than anything the state can offer. But when the perceptive Mr. Jameson and his fierce companion track her down, they reveal a truth her father kept hidden: Lucy is Ojibwe, with a grandmother, siblings, and a loving home waiting for her. Drawn toward the family she never knew yet haunted by the secrets that have kept her moving, Lucy must choose between the safety of hiding and the risk of finally belonging as the past threatens to catch up with her.
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The Others
by Cheryl Isaacs
Weeks after Avery saved her best friend Key from the cursed black water, the deadly cycle is broken and the lake lies quiet—but the trauma lingers. All Avery wants is a normal summer with Key, now her boyfriend, yet he’s grown distant and unsettling visions haunt her mirrors. As fear spreads through the town and dark memories resurface, Avery must decide whether to cling to the safety of denial or confront the reflection that threatens to pull her family back into darkness.
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Try Your Worst
by Chatham Greenfield
Sadie Katz and Cleo Chapman have been rivals since the moment they were born, competing over everything from grades to glory. Now seniors locked in a battle for valedictorian, they’re suddenly framed for a series of escalating school pranks that could get them expelled. Forced to work together to clear their names, Sadie wrestles with depression and doubts about her Ivy League path, while Cleo begins to question her go-with-the-flow approach to life. As their investigation—and their connection—deepens, the girls must decide if they’re truly enemies or something much more.
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One Piece: Romance Dawn
by Eiichiro Oda
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer "Red-Haired" Shanks. But his life changed when Luffy accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit and gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure...one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...
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Don't Let the Forest In
by C. G. Drews
High school senior Andrew Perrault escapes into the dark fairytales he writes and the steady presence of his best friend, Thomas Rye. But when Thomas’s parents vanish, blood stains his sleeve, and his once-vivid art turns eerily lifeless, Andrew uncovers a terrifying truth: Thomas’s drawings have come alive and are hunting those they love. As the boys fight the monsters night after night, their bond deepens into something more—and Andrew begins to wonder if saving Thomas means destroying the very boy he can’t bear to lose.
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Honeysuckle and Bone
by Trisha Tobias
Fleeing scandal and desperate for a fresh start, Carina Marshall takes a nanny job with the wealthy Hall family at their lavish Jamaican estate, Blackbead House. At first, the mango-scented air, glamorous parties, and easy camaraderie of the other young staff seem like the perfect escape. But as eerie incidents escalate each night, Carina begins to wonder if the house is haunted, the Halls are hiding something, or her own troubled past is catching up to her. With the charming Aaron at her side, she must uncover the truth before paradise turns deadly.
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| Immortal Dark by Tigest GirmaOrphaned heiress Kidan Adane has spent her life avoiding the vampire-bound society she was born into, but when her sister June vanishes, she suspects the family’s own vampire, the dangerous and magnetic Susenyos Sagad. To find June, Kidan must infiltrate Uxlay University, where humans and vampires train to uphold their blood-forged legacies, and survive living alongside the very monster she plans to kill. As murders mount and a centuries-old threat emerges, Kidan is torn between saving her sister, resisting her own dark urges, and surrendering to the perilous pull of love and blood. |
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A Guide to the Dark
by Meriam Metoui
Best friends Mira and Layla are stranded at the eerie Wildwood Motel during a spring break road trip, where Mira is tormented by visions of her dead brother that feel all too real. Layla, distracted by her growing feelings for Mira, doesn’t notice the danger—until they discover eight people have died in their room. As the sinister presence of Room 9 closes in, the girls must unravel its deadly secret before Mira becomes the ninth victim.
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The Grimmer
by Naben Ruthnum
After his father returns from addiction treatment, metal-loving teen Vish feels adrift in a town where his family already stands out—until a decaying stranger mistakes him for kin to a reclusive bookseller and drags him into a hidden world of occult horrors. With witches in TV sets, burning undead, and math-driven magic threatening an interdimensional invasion, Vish teams up with the bookseller and his enigmatic assistant Gisela to save their town while confronting grief, racism, and the scars of addiction.
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