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A Book Set in Another World, Place or Time
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Reader, I murdered him
by Betsy Cornwell
"Attending boarding school in London, Adele enters the glittering world of society girls and their wealthy suitors until a violent assault leads her to a roguish young con woman, and together, they become vigilantes who mete out justice. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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I must betray you
by Ruta Sepetys
In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note
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This rebel heart
by Katherine Locke
During the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest, Csilla must decide whether to fight for her deeply flawed country or let it burn to the ground after her late parents are unexpectedly, publicly exonerated. Simultaneous eBook.
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I'll take everything you have
by James Klise
"In 1934, Joe Garbe arrives in Chicago with a plan to save the family farm, but when his con game exposes him to the criminal underworld, danger closes in, forcing him to decide who he wants to be. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. "
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Alone out here
by Riley Redgate
When the apocalypse arrives early, a group of teens, including First Daughter Leigh Chen, search for a habitable planet on a starship manned by the pilot's mysterious daughter with whom Leigh struggles for control of the mission. 35,000 first printing.
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Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H. S. Valley Tim Te Maro and Elliott Parker, classmates at Fox Glacier High School for the Magically Adept, have never gotten along. But when they both get dumped the day before the big egg-baby assignment, they reluctantly decide to ditch their exes and work together. When the two boys start to bond over their magically enchanted egg-baby, they realise that beneath their animosity is something like friendship... or physical attraction. Soon, a no-strings-attached hook-up seems like a good idea. Just for the duration of the assignment. After all, they don't have feelings for each other, so what could possibly go wrong?
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Strange the dreamer
by Laini Taylor
The best-selling author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy presents the story of a guilt-ridden hero, a dreamer librarian and a girl with dangerous powers who all combat monsters and treachery in the aftermath of a war between gods and men. 200,000 first printing.
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Six crimson cranes
by Elizabeth Lim
After unleashing forbidden magic, being banished by her stepmother and unable to speak or her brothers will die, Shiori'anma must find a way to save them with the help of a paper bird, a mercurial dragon and the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Threads that bind
by Kika Hatzopoulou
Using her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator, Io works at the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen to solve a string of murders, but when her sister shows up on the arm of her best suspect, her investigation turns personal. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Davenports
by Krystal Marquis
Inspired by the real-life story of C.R. Patterson and his family, this sweeping novel is centered around the Davenports, one of the few Black families of immense wealth, and follows four determined and passionate young Black women who discover the courage to take charge of their lives?—?and love. Simultaneous eBook.
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Only this beautiful moment
by Abdi Nazemian
Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this sweeping intergenerational story, examining queer identity at the end of different decades, follows three boys in the same Iranian family as they each gain a new understanding of their history, culture?—?and themselves. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Raybearer
by Jordan Ifueko
Raised in isolation by a mysterious mother known only as The Lady, lonely Tarisai is dispatched to become a member of the Crown Prince's trusted council, whose members forge deep bonds with each other, before her mother directs her to commit an assassination. Maps.
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War girls
by Tochi Onyebuchi
A tale set in a Black Panther-inspired Nigeria follows the experiences of two sisters in a 22nd-century world devastated by war and climate change who fight against violence and political unrest to secure a safe and peaceful life together. By the author of Crown of Thunder. Simultaneous eBook.
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The darkness outside us
by Eliot Schrefer
Earth's population is divided between only two existing countries which cannot manage to cooperate in any way, until a distress signal arrives from Titan's first settler. Neither country can afford to rescue her on their own if they act separately. Ambrose wakes up on board the Coordinated Endeavour under strange circumstances: he doesn't remember the launch, the ship's OS is voiced by his mother, strangers have been aboard, and Kodiak, the only other person on this mission, has barricaded himself away from sight. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making this mission succeed-- not when the settler he's rescuing is his sister
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Skin of the sea
by Natasha Bowen
Simi, a Mami Wata—a type of mermaid who collects the souls of those who die at sea—goes against an ancient decree by saving the life of a living boy and must now make amends in order to save the fate of all Mami Wata and the world as she knows it. Simultaneous eBook.
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