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Meet me at blue hour
by Sarah Suk
Seventeen-year-old Yena Bae is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, working at her mom's memory erasing clinic, and runs into her best friend, Lucas, who moved away years earlier without a word and has erased her from his memories
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Fable for the end of the world
by Ava Reid
In a society controlled by one corporation, Inesa's mother has accrued enormous debt and offers Inesa as a sacrifice, who is then pursued by Melinoe, an assassin, in a dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice and love that risks everything.
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Oathbound
by Tracy Deonn
Bree Matthes exiled herself from the Legendborn Order to keep those she loves safe, but the price is a bargain with the Shadow King, in a story blending Southern Black Girl Magic with secret societies and the legend of King Arthur.
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Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
While grieving the loss of her mother, 16-year-old Bree has her world shaken once again when she witnesses a demon attack and discovers the Legendborn, a magical secret society descended from King Arthur's knights.
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Best of All Worlds
by Kenneth Oppel
Xavier went to sleep at a lake house with his family, and woke up on a farm under an impenetrable dome. He’s surviving just fine until another family shows up, who may pose a greater threat than whoever put them all in this predicament. Read-alikes: Marieke Nijkamp’s At the End of Everything; Laura Bates’ No Accident.
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The dagger and the flame
by Catherine Doyle
In the kingdom of Fantome, where shade-magic is controlled by rival guilds, Seraphine seeks revenge for her mother's murder while navigating her forbidden attraction to Ransom, heir to the enemy guild, as they become embroiled in a power struggle for control of the city's underworld
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| The Brightwood Code by Monica HesseIn 1918, phone line operator Edda forgot a secret code, and 34 United States soldiers perished. Back home, an anonymous phone caller reciting the code prompts Edda and her neighbor Theo to uncover what the caller wants. This suspenseful mystery sheds light on a little-known aspect of World War I history. |
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The here and now
by Ann Brashares
Transported through time from a disease-ravaged future to present-day New York, 17-year-old Prenna James is forbidden to change history or become close to anyone outside her community of fellow escapees, edicts that are challenged when she falls in love and discovers an opportunity to save the world.
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Diamonds in the shadow
by Caroline B. Cooney
In this powerful novel, Jared Finch makes a shocking discovery about the family of refugees from Africa, sponsored by his church, which forces him to make a decision that changes the lives of everyone around him.
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| Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson; illustrated by Ekua HolmesWith poems and mixed media illustrations, this lyrical collection shares stories from author Renée Watson’s upbringing as it invites Black girls to claim their power. Watson uses varied poetic forms including haiku, tanka, and pantoum to celebrate sisterhood. Read-alikes: Angela Shanté’s The Unboxing of a Black Girl; Nikita Gill’s These Are the Words. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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