"'I'm a bit old for fairy tales,' I say. 'Don't you think?'
'No one is too old for fairy tales,' says Mark."
~ from Nick Lake's There Will Be Lies |
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| All Fall Down: An Embassy Row Novel by Ally CarterSuspense. Everyone says her mom's death was an accident, but 16-year-old Grace knows it was murder. Even after years of being called "crazy," Grace can't forget the scarred face of the man who shot her mother. Though she's hoping to start over in Adria, the European country where her grandfather is the U.S. ambassador, Grace has trouble fitting in among the teenage sons and daughters of the international elite. And after she spots a familiar, unforgettably scarred face, Grace's thirst for revenge is anything but diplomatic. Mean girl social drama combines with high stakes action in this twisty, suspenseful series opener from the author of the popular Gallager Girls and Heist Society series. |
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| Hellhole by Gina DamicoFantasy. Max Kilgore might be stressed out and geeky, but he's generally a good guy. Yet it only takes one little misstep on Max's part to conjure up Burgundy Cluttermuck, a track-suit-wearing, junk-food-eating devil. Burg won't budge from Max's basement unless Max meets his demands -- which include a free mansion and a hot tub. If Max succeeds, Burg will heal his sick mom. But if he doesn't deliver, the consequences will be bloody. Packed with "wry wit and constant dark humor" (Kirkus Reviews), this irreverent tale of a deal with the devil gone wrong is great pick for fans of Maureen Johnson's Devilish or A.M. Jenkins' Repossessed. |
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| I Was Here by Gayle FormanMystery. After months of slowly losing touch with her best friend Meg, Cody is surprised to receive an email from her -- and horrified to realize that the email is a time-delayed suicide note. Even in her grief, Cody can't help wondering: Why would Meg kill herself after she'd finally made it out of their stifling small town? Could Meg's death be connected to the encrypted files on her laptop? And can Cody trust her growing feelings toward Ben, the guy who broke Meg's heart? Similar to Nina LaCour's Hold Still, I Was Here takes a realistic look at the unanswered questions of suicide and the ache of loss. |
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| The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen JohnsonParanormal Thriller. Just as she's starting to get used to her London boarding school, American student Rory's secret identity makes it too dangerous for her to stay. Along with her fellow Shades (London's underground, ghost-busting police force), Rory has to stay on the run if she hopes to rescue two lost friends -- one kidnapped, one trapped between life and death -- and elude the death-obsessed occultists who want to take advantage of her supernatural powers. Start with the previous books in the Shades of London series (The Name of the Star and The Madness Underneath) to get the full impact of the skillful world-building and seriously creepy villains in this paranormal page-turner. |
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Killing Time in Crystal City
by Chris Lynch
Fleeing his abusive father to assume a new identity in the home of an estranged relative, Kevin makes new friends and enjoys wild adventures before being forced to confront his past. By the author of the National Book Award finalist, Inexcusable.
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The darkest part of the forest
by Holly Black
Living in a town where humans and fae live side by side, Hazel and her brother, Ben, confront memories of heroism, shifting loyalties and stinging betrayals when a boy who has been sleeping for decades awakens in his glass coffin. Simultaneous eBook. 50,000 first printing.
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The sorcerer heir
by Cinda Williams Chima
Struggling to trust each other in the face of betrayals, Emma and Jonah are forced to prove their innocence when they are accused of a series of murders that escalate rising tensions among the Wizard and underguild realms in a conclusion to the best-selling series. 100,000 first printing.
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Ghosts of heaven
by Marcus Sedgwick
Four linked stories of obsession and creation through the ages include the tales of a Paleolithic girl whose cave drawings become an earliest writing form and a 1920s asylum doctor whose own sanity is tested by a mad poet. By the award-winning author of Midwinterblood. Simultaneous eBook.
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Seeker
by Arwen Elys Dayton
Taking her Oath after a lifetime of training to be a Seeker who protects the weak and wronged in a near-future world, Quin is shattered to discover that her family and the boy she loves are not the people she thought they were. Simultaneous eBook.
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| The Butterfly Clues by Kate EllisonSuspense. The death of her older brother, Oren, has only heightened Lo's obsessive-compulsive tendencies, which now include wandering through "Neverland," the dangerous neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, where Oren died of a drug overdose. While exploring Neverland one night, Lo narrowly avoids being shot; when she later discovers that she stumbled upon a young woman's murder, Lo becomes obsessed with finding the girl's killer. The Butterfly Clues offers not only a fast-paced suspense story, but also a realistic portrayal of a complex heroine. |
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| Mojo by Tim TharpMystery. Finding the murdered body of a classmate in the garbage is horrifying, of course. But for chubby high school loser Dylan, it might also be his ticket to popularity. Certain that his amateur detective skills will earn him respect at school, Dylan (aided by his eccentric buddies Audrey and Randy) investigates a connection between the murder and the disappearance of a teen girl from the wealthy side of town. Sharp, snarky humor and intriguing twists will keep you turning pages in this dark yet quirky tale of drugs, lies, betrayal, and murder. |
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Spirit and dust
by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Waking up in a mob boss's guest bedroom, psychic detective Daisy Goodnight is forced to use her ability to speak with ghosts in order to search throughout the country to locate her captor's missing daughter and discover the identity of the mysterious Black Jackal.
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The clockwork scarab : A Stoker & Holmes Novel
by Colleen Gleason
Roped into respective family businesses when two society girls go missing, Evaline, the sister of Bram Stoker, and Mina, the niece of Sherlock Holmes, overcome a fierce rivalry to investigate three mysterious gentlemen and a strange Egyptian relic
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Dead silence
by Kimberly Derting
With her uncanny ability to sense murderers and their victims, Violet again finds herself pulled into a deadly hunt for a vicious madman with an army of devoted followers
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