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Beautiful Brutal Bodies
by Linda Cheng
Full of skin-crawling folk horror and sapphic romance, this feral fairytale and standalone follow-up to GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES follows a reclusive songstress and her bodyguard who must unravel the occult mysteries of their past to escape from a cursed island.
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| The Uninvited by Nancy BanksUpon moving to Paris from Oregon, Tosh befriends fellow American Nick and falls into his artistic group of friends. Meanwhile, reports of vampires attacking women in the city show the danger is circling ever closer to Tosh. This emotional story uses supernatural elements to explore the realities of sexual violence.
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| Leave It on the Track by Margot FisherMorgan, aka Moose, moves to Portland, Oregon following the death of her parents in a roller rink fire. Anxious about living with a half-sister she barely knows, Moose finds an incredible and affirming community in roller derby. Read-alikes: Tanya Boteju’s Bruised; Rachael Lippincott’s The Lucky List.
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| Break Wide the Sea by Sara HollandAnnie, cursed by the finfolk to become a man-eating monster if her heart is broken, witnesses monstrous traits emerging as she grieves her lost parents. Meeting Silas, rumored to be part finfolk, makes her question everything she believes. This seafaring tale steeped in folklore is rich with intrigue and emotion. |
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| There's Always Next Year by Leah Johnson and George M. JohnsonOn New Year’s Day, influencer Dom returns to Indiana hoping for viral success. Meanwhile, his cousin Andy is searching for evidence to stop gentrification in her town. As their paths collide, they must reckon with the truest versions of themselves. Read-alikes: Laura Taylor Namey’s With Love, Echo Park; Elise Bryant’s Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling.
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A Time Traveler's History of Tomorrow
by Kendall Kulper
At the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair, Genevieve and Ash misuse their scientific powers and accidentally travel to 1893. If they return to their own time, will it even be the same? This inventive romp is a standalone story with companion novels Murder for the Modern Girl and A Starlet’s Secret to a Sensational Afterlife.
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| Persephone's Curse by Katrina LenoThe four Farthing sisters allegedly descend from underworld goddess Persephone, and Winnie Farthing might actually believe it. Because after banishing the ghost in their New York City brownstone to the underworld, the sisters accidentally open a rift between the worlds. This lyrical story infused with magical realism is, at heart, a family drama.
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| How Girls Are Made by Mindy McGinnisRealizing how uninformed her little sister is about sex, Fallon and two friends establish a group to educate young women. Fallon’s friends, however, are grappling with social media obsession and intimate partner violence. This sharp, deeply moving novel explores the ways society fails to keep women safe.
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| Mindworks: An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction by Neal ShustermanA hot tub monster, an all-consuming virtual reality game, and a sky full of bats are just some of the things menacing the characters in this short story collection showcasing science fiction, dystopian settings, and horror. Fans of Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe series will also appreciate two new stories from that world.
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The Dysfunctional Family's Guide to Murder
by Kate Emery
In this hilarious, contemporary YA whodunit, a mystery-loving teen finally gets a chance to solve a real-life crime. But solving a murder is complicated when all the prime suspects are related to you... 14-year-old Ruth was expecting a few fights on her family's vacation at their remote farmhouse. But she wasn't expecting a murder. And death by typewriter wasn't quite how she thought her step-grandmother, GG, would meet her end. As an avid reader of mystery novels, Ruth is more than a little excited to have a real mystery to solve. (Though she's sad about GG. Obviously.) And she's read enough Agatha Christie that catching a killer should be a breeze... right? With her annoyingly hot sort-of-cousin, Dylan, as the Watson to her Holmes, Ruth soon begins to uncover long-buried family secrets, finding that each of her relatives--her dad; her aunts and their partners; even, in the interest of fairness, Dylan and herself--had reasons to want GG gone. But are any of them capable of murder? As tensions rise with everyone stuck in the house together, Ruth will have to dig deep to find out... before the killer strikes again.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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