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The woods are always watching
by Stephanie Perkins
When two girls go backpacking deep in the woods of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, things go very wrong when they cross paths with a serial killer.
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How Moon Fuentez fell in love with the universe
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
When she takes a job as a “merch girl” on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers, Moon Fuentez, the twin sister of a social media star, questions her destiny as the unnoticed, unloved wallflower she always thought she was.
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You & me at the end of the world
by Brianna Bourne
Polar opposites Hannah and Leo team up to figure out why they are the only two people left in a world where nothing is what it seems before they are torn apart forever.
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Tokyo ever after
by Emiko Jean
Discovering in her senior year of high school that the father she has never met is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izzy is introduced to the realities of being a princess while trying to understand conniving relatives, a hungry press, a handsome bodyguard and thousands of years of tradition.
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The perfect place to die
by Bryce Moore
To find her sister Ruby, Zuretta arrives in Chicago and takes a job at the very same hotel where Ruby last worked, which pits her against one of the most infamous mass murderers in American history—and his custom-built death trap. Original.
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| A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell, editorWhat it is: an electrifying collection of fantasy and science fiction stories celebrating the power and limitless possibilities of Black girls and gender-nonconforming people.
Featuring: a star-studded lineup of authors who share their visions of characters such as fire spirits, sea women, magical hairdressers, alien interrogators, and a daytime TV witch.
Try this next: For further speculative tales to set your imagination on fire, try A Universe of Wishes, edited by Dhonielle Clayton.
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| A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeerWhat it's about: After inheriting his grandfather's bizarre mansion, 16-year-old Jonathan discovers that it contains a door to a parallel world -- a place where animals and vegetables talk, and warlock Aleister Crowley (along with Napoleon's disembodied head) wages a war that could overtake our world...unless Jonathan and his friends stop it.
Series alert: This outrageous alt-history portal fantasy (the YA debut of Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer) kicks off the Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead series. |
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| The Enigma Game by Elizabeth WeinWhat it's about: Orphaned during the 1940 Blitz, 15-year-old Jamaican British Louisa takes a job near a Scottish Royal Air Force base where she meets military driver Ellen, Flight Lieutenant Jamie, and a pilot from the German Resistance who has intel crucial to the British war effort.
Read it for: compelling characters, intriguing espionage, and a wealth of historical insight.
For fans of: Elizabeth's Wein's previous World War II fiction, such as Code Name Verity and The Pearl Thief, which share characters with The Enigma Game. |
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| Parachutes by Kelly YangStarring: Shanghai teen Claire Wang and Filipina American scholarship student Dani De La Cruz, who are thrown together when Claire's wealthy parents send her to board at Dani's house and attend Dani's private school.
What happens: The barriers between the girls break down as they lean on each other in the aftermath of sexual violence.
Is it for you? Parachutes' honest look at painful realities might not be for everyone, though the book also offers plenty of warmth and hope. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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