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| To Steal a Throne by Gabi BurtonAlthough Luc leads the council ruling over Virdei, his sister Mira uses magic to keep him in power. When someone challenges Luc for his role, Mira decides to help her brother win, so she can steal the seat for herself. This unputdownable, intricately plotted fantasy is full of court intrigue.
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| The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth DurstCalisa is mending her broken heart with a summer job at Auntie Zee’s quirky, supernatural inn in Vermont. When Auntie Zee goes missing, Calisa teams up with Jack, the groundskeeper’s son, to unravel the magical mystery. Read-alikes: Katrina Leno’s Persephone’s Curse; Catherine Bakewell’s Flowerheart.
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| Someone to Daydream About by Sydney LangfordDeaf teen Natalie might be able to save her family’s business by teaching American Sign Language to annoying boy-band heartthrob Felix. Going on tour with his band DAYDREAM also gives her time to discover he’s not so bad after all. Read-alikes: Anna Sortino’s On the Bright Side; Stefany Valentine’s Love Makes Mochi.
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| The Escape Game by Marissa MeyerDespite the fact that a contestant died on the fourth season of reality show The Escape Game, ruthless producers have greenlit a fifth season. Sierra joins the cast to solve high-stakes escape rooms...and find out who murdered her sister. Fans of puzzle-filled mysteries will devour this exhilarating thriller.
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| Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick NessThe New World is threatened by an epidemic of nightmares and giant flaming gods. Many people blame the planet’s indigenous humanoids, but teen brothers Ben and Max seek the truth. This thought-provoking dystopian novel takes place twenty years after the events of author Patrick Ness’ popular Chaos Walking trilogy.
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Ancient Lives and Hidden Places
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| What the River Knows by Isabel IbañezWith Egyptomania on the rise in the 1880s, Inez travels from Buenos Aires to Cairo, hoping to uncover the truth behind her parents’ deaths. There, she finds her archaeologist uncle, who’s hiding something, and his alluring but aggravating assistant Whitford. This suspenseful historical fantasy blends mystery, romance, and adventure.
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Don't Let Me Go
by Kevin Christopher Snipes
Two star-crossed boys are trapped in a millennium-spanning cycle of reincarnation that always ends in their untimely tragic deaths and the only solution may be to never see each other again--
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| Into the Sunken City by Dinesh ThiruFive hundred years ago, an apocalyptic weather event led to constant rainfall, submerging the world’s cities. Jin could earn a fortune diving for the lost treasures of Vegas-Drowned, if not for her fear of diving -- not to mention the pirates and monstrous sea creatures in her way. Read-alikes: Tanvi Berwah’s Somewhere in the Deep; Joan He’s The Ones We’re Meant to Find. |
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Vesuvius
by Cass Biehn
In the final days of Pompeii, two boys--Felix and Loren--must grapple with closely-guarded secrets and untangle myth, magic, and memory to escape the burning city alive--
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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