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New Young Adult Books 8/21/2024 |
The following books are new to shelves at Kendall Young Library. To reserve an item, click on the image or title to be taken to the library's catalog. (Detailed instructions at the end of the newsletter.) |
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What monstrous gods
by Rosamund Hodge
After killing Ruven, a heretic sorcerer, and waking the royal family from an enchanted sleep, Lia, born with a miraculous gift, must marry Prince Araunn and forge a pact with a god?—?or die, discovering the boy she killed may be her only hope of survival.
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We're never getting home
by Tracy Badua
"After their friendship breakup, Jana and Maddy find themselves stuck together on the way to an outdoor music festival where they must navigate stolen phones and missing friends, scale Ferris wheels and crash parties, all the while trying to find their way home?—?and back to each other. "
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A whisper in the walls
by Scott Reintgen
"To exact revenge on House Brood, who stole her father's life, Ren joins forces with the dangerous, yet useful, House Tin'Vori siblings and must figure out a way to unleash them against House Brood without hurting Theo Brood, with whom she's fallen in love. Simultaneous eBook."
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Perfect little monsters
by Cindy R. X. He
"When Ella Moore, the most popular?—?and most hated?—?girl in school, is murdered at her own party, Dawn Foster is framed to take the fall but refuses to go down without a fight and must clear her name in a crime for which everyone is a suspect. Original. Simultaneous eBook."
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Strong like you
by T. L. Simpson
"An impoverished fifteen-year-old linebacker grapples with ideas about strength and masculinity after the dope-dealing father he idolized goes missing"
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Beach cute
by Beth Reekles
"Luna, Rory and Jodie are strangers in the need of a getaway... Luna has unexpectedly broken up with her boyfriend. Rory has to come up with a creative way to break it to her family she wants to pursue her art passion. And as for Jodie, she feels lost inboth life and love. But these three strangers have one other thing in common: they are on their way to the same resort. As their lives collide under the sun, will they have a summer they'll never forget?"
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The summer she went missing
by Chelsea Ichaso
One year after her best friend, Audrey, went missing, Paige enters a world far darker than she ever could've imagined to find the truth after discovering a burner phone hidden in Audrey's old room that links her disappearance to that of another girl. Original. Simultaneous eBook.
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Return of the vengeful queen
by C. J. Redwine
"With her kingdom of Calera held captive by a Rakuuna invader, throneless queen Charis Willowthorn is forced to forge a temporary alliance with Tal Penbyrn, the boy who betrayed her, while an ally of the Rakuuna will stop at nothing to see her destroyed. Simultaneous eBook."
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An unlikely proposition
by Rosalyn Eves
Seventeen-year-old widow Eleanor devises a plan to survive the Season and keep her fortune intact, while Thalia, after a disastrous first season, struggles to be taken seriously as a female writer but instead finds herself smitten with a man from her past. Simultaneous eBook.
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Six truths and a lie
by Ream Shukairy
Told in their separate voices, six Muslim teens are falsely accused of an alleged attack on a Los Angeles beach and must trust or turn their backs on each other to prove their innocence
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Rez ball
by Byron Graves
When the varsity basketball team members take him under their wing, Tre Brun, representing his Ojibwe reservation, steps into his late brother's shoes as star player but soon learns he can't mess up?—?not on the court, not in school and not in love. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Homebody
by Theo Parish
"In this intimate and defiantly hopeful graphic novel memoir, the author shares their journey to find a home within themself, taking readers through the experiences and everyday moments that all led up to them finding the term“nonbinary,” which finally struck a chord. Simultaneous. Illustrations. "
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Not like other girls
by Meredith Adamo
"When her former best friend Maddie disappears after coming to her for help, Jo-Lynn, an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked, finds a way back inside the clique where she is forced to confront everything she'd rather forget to find the girl who betrayed her. "
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The one that got away with murder
by Trish Lundy
"Hoping for a fresh start in Happy Valley while hiding a dark past, Lauren O'Brian starts seeing Robbie Crestmont, whom the town believes is a killer, and when invited to his lake house, finds enough evidence to prove his guilt, but soon discovers there's a town full of suspects. Simultaneous eBook."
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Fate be changed : a twisted tale
by Farrah Rochon
"Determined to chart her own path, Merida eats a magic pastry intended for her mother and is transported back in time to when the Clans MacCameron and DunBroch were bitter enemies?—?and the timing of her arrival has kept her parents from meeting. Simultaneous eBook."
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All items can be reserved through the Kendall Young Library catalog: - When viewing an item in the catalog, click "place hold" button.
- Enter your library card number (14 digits on the back of your card) with no spaces.
- Enter your PIN. If you don't know your PIN, try:
- Your 4-digit birth month and day (i.e. August 4 would be 0804), or
- The last 4 digits of your library card number.
- If neither of these options work, call the library at 832-9100.
- You will get a call from the library when the item is available.
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