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| Grace and Fury by Tracy BanghartIn a world...where women are expected to be perfectly submissive, two sisters endure two different kinds of imprisonment: rebellious Nomi is trapped in her role as a Grace, a demure servant of the powerful Heir, while dutiful older sister Serina must survive in a brutal prison where the inmates are forced to fight to the death.
For fans of: descriptive fantasies with dystopian undertones, such as Traci Chee's The Reader and Dhonielle Clayton's The Belles. |
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| Contagion by Erin BowmanFeaturing: microbiology intern Thea, former military pilot Nova, and their teammates on the rescue ship sent to answer a distress call from a drill crew on the planet Achlys.
What happens: By the time the team arrives on Achlys, there's no one left to rescue -- just piles of corpses and an ominous warning note. Can they discover what killed the drill crew without meeting the same fate? Multiple perspectives heighten the suspense in this horror/science fiction hybrid, the 1st in a planned duology. |
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| Heretics Anonymous by Katie HenryWelcome to: St. Clare's, a private Catholic school where new student (and avowed atheist) Michael is welcomed into Heretics Anonymous, a group for misfits such as Eden (pagan), Avi (Jewish, gay), Max (fashion outlaw), and Lucy (feminist, aspiring priest).
What happens: As Michael and Lucy grow closer, the Heretics decide to quit complaining and take action.
Why you might like it: Believers and nonbelievers of all kinds can appreciate the witty dialogue and non-judgmental tone of this debut novel. |
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When life gives you demons
by Jennifer Honeybourn
What it's about: Shelby Black tries to juggle school, love, and her training, under her uncle's tutelage, to be an exorcist.
Why you might like it: Readers who like their high-school drama with apocalyptic stakes will eat this up.
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| Notes from My Captivity by Kathy ParksWhat it's about: When aspiring journalist Adrienne accompanies her anthropologist stepdad to Siberia, she's determined to disprove his theories about the existence of the Osinovs, a legendary family of mystics. Yet after she's captured by the (very real) Osinovs, Adrienne has to face much bigger problems than being wrong.
For fans of: the offbeat humor of Libba Bray's Beauty Queens and the haunting intensity of Lucy Christopher's Stolen. |
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The last girl on Earth
by Alexandra Blogier
What it's about: An only surviving human on a near-future Earth taken over by supernatural aliens struggles to pass herself off as an alien and reconcile herself to life with her adoptive alien family before falling in love in potentially disastrous ways.
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The Innocence Treatment
by Ari Goelman
What it's about: After sixteen-year-old Lauren Fielding undergoes a procedure to correct a unique cognitive disability, her perceptions of reality are challenged as she finds herself at the center of a conspiracy involving genetic engineering and government secrets.
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Defy the stars
by Claudia Gray
What it's about: A teen soldier from an Earth colony planet fighting for its independence finds herself stranded in space on an abandoned ship where she bonds with a sophisticated mech prototype, who is forced to serve her at the risk of his own life. By the best-selling author of the Evernight series.
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| At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David HutchinsonWhat it's about: Ozzie's boyfriend, Tommy, has been erased from existence and memory, and only Ozzie knows it. The problem of how to get Tommy back, however, is just the most urgent of many: Ozzie's also dealing with his parents' divorce, his brother's decision to join the military, and his own feelings for his physics partner, Calvin. |
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| The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. YeeWhat it's about: Quentin, the new Chinese guy at Genie's high school, is both weird and weirdly attractive -- and that's before he reveals that he's the not-so-mythical Monkey King, Genie's his reincarnated weapon, and together they've got to send a horde of demons back to hell. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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