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Storm : dawn of a goddess
by Tiffany D. Jackson
A stealthy teenaged thief on the streets of Cairo, Ororo Munroe starts losing control, attracting dangerous attention, which forces her to run from the Shadow King, a villain who steals people's souls, and turns to the growing powers inside her to survive.
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Two sides to every murder
by Danielle Valentine
Born during the infamous Camp Lost Lake murders, 17-year-old Olivia wants answers about her bloodline, while Reagan seeks to clear her mother's name in the long-ago massacre, but when the camp reopens, both girls realize someone will commit murder to keep the past hidden.
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The Breakup Artists
by Adriana Mather
August and Valentine, seventeen-year-old best friends, run a business called Summer Love, Inc. They hire themselves out to unhappy parents whose kids are in bad relationships, adopting fake identities and going undercover to break up these relationships. Valentine, the brains of the operation, believes that they're making the world a better place by steering people away so they can someday find true love. But for August, every case is personal--another chance to prove that true love doesn't exist. But then August meets Ella, who suddenly turns everything he thought he believed about love upside down. The problem is that she's their new case, which means that everything he's told her about himself is a lie--including his name.
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Children of Anguish and Anarchy
by Tomi Adeyemi
Hunted by King Baldyr, the ruler of the Skulls who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her, Zélie searches for allies in unknown lands to save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.
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Dead Girls Talking
by Megan Cooley Peterson
When a string of copycat murders calls into question her father's guilt, Bettina, the daughter of a serial killer, teams up with bookish goth girl Eugenia, the mortician's daughter, to find the truth, discovering that the danger is much closer to home than she ever imagined.
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Tristan and Lancelot : A Tale of Two Knights; An Arthurian Love Story
by James Persichetti
When Merlin goes missing and Camelot falls under attack, King Arthur sends his estranged half-sister, Morgan le Fay, and esteemed Knights of the Round Table, Tristan and Lancelot, to find him. As the reluctant trio travels through Albion saving towns from treacherous foes and battling fae, their bonds deepen, and sparks fly between the two knights. Before they can sort through their complicated feelings, an unexpected dark force appears, bringing what just might be the end of Camelot.
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Dead Boy Detectives by Pornsak PichetshoteCharles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades-and dead best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares-including a bloodthirsty krasue. Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close by to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics-both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that simply will not go unanswered...
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Prez : setting a dangerous president
by Mark Russell
It's 2046 and America has just elected its first teenage president! Oregon teen Beth Ross has just been elected President of the United States of America. Age restrictions were abolished when corporations gained the right to run for office. Elections are now held on social media, and after a corndog accident makes Beth Ross go viral, a nation is shocked to wake up and find that "Corndog Girl" has just become their new president. The eyes of the world are on Beth. But in a nation so used to misrule that the poor are willing to do anything on TV for a chance at a better life, will a fresh start be enough to undo the damage caused by Boss Smiley and his corporate shadow government?
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Brownstone by Samuel TeerLeft alone with her Guatemalan father for the summer while her mom goes on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, Almudena struggles to adjust to this new reality by getting to know the residents of his Latin American neighborhood while helping his dad fix his broken-down brownstone?—?and their relationship.
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Straight on till morning : a twisted tale graphic novel by Stephanie Kate StrohmMaking a deal with Peter Pan's nemesis in exchange for passage to Never Land, 16-year-old Wendy Darling discovers it isn't the magical place she imagined, and when Captain Hook reveals his evil agenda, it's up to her and Tinker Bell to save Peter?—?and his world.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Joliet Public Library Ottawa Street Branch: 150 N Ottawa St Black Road Branch: 3395 Black Rd Joliet, Illinois 815-740-2660www.jolietlibrary.org |
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