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Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine
"This first entry in the Great Library series has pieces that mirror the excitement and bitterness of the Hunger Games series and contains some of the elements of the Harry Potter books, but this world has its own unique feel. [Booklist]"
In a world where the Great Library of Alexandria governs the flow of information to the people, Jess discovers that those who control the Library believe that knowledge is more valuable than human life after his friend commits heresy.
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The Shadow Thieves
by Anne Ursu
As all her friends begin to get sick with an illness the doctors cannot cure, Charlotte turns to her cousin, Zee, for guidance and suddenly ends up on a journey to a magical and perilous underworld in order to find the only solution that will work to save everyone they know and love from certain doom.
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The Outcasts
by John Flanagan
Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as playing.
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Splendors and Glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
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Antigoddess
by Kendare Blake
Athena and Hermes' search for the cause of their life-threatening illnesses leads them to Cassandra, who may be key to a war started by Hera and other Olympians who have become anti-gods determined to destroy their rivals.
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Rebel Genius
by Michael Dante DiMartino
Discovering that he possesses the creative spirit of an artist despite his Renaissance-inspired world's ban on art, 12-year-old Giacomo finds safety in a secret studio for young artists only to be threatened by a murderous peer.
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
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Leviathan
by Scott Westerfeld
It's 1914 and Europe is on the precipice of war--the German Clankers and British Darwinists are armed with futuristic weaponry and biotechnology; in the midst of the chaos, Alek, a Royal and potential threat to the throne, and Deryn, a common Darwinist, meet on the run and forge an uneasy alliance that will dramatically change the course of the Great War and their lives.
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The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it.
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Airborn
by Kenneth Oppel
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
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Front Lines
by Michael Grant
After a court decision that makes women eligible for service in the fight against the Nazis, three young women volunteer to serve their country, unaware that their decisions will take them to the front lines of the conflict.
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Wolf by Wolf
by Ryan Graudin
What if Hitler and the Axis powers had won World War II? Part alternative history, part spy novel, and part coming-of-age tale, this is the story of Ya-el, a young woman who escaped the horrors of a concentration camp but could not escape being changed forever by Nazi experimentation. Ya-el is a shape-shifter, assuming other people's appearances with ease. As a resistance fighter, Ya-el is given a critical mission: assume the identity of motorcycle racing champion Adele Wolf and compete in the Axis Tour. She must win the race and assassinate Hitler at the victory dance.
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Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
Racing to freedom with thousands of other refugees as Russian forces close in on their homes in East Prussia, Joana, Emilia, and Florian meet aboard the doomed Wilhelm Gustloff and are forced to trust each other in order to survive.
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Code Talker
by Joseph Bruchac
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
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