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Thunder and Mercy
by Jennifer Robin Barr
Is a hidden diary the key to an unsolved secret from the American Revolution? It's 1979 and twelve-year-old Theodora Thunder Underwood is dreading her summer vacation once again. Every year, her scientist parents disappear on far-flung scientific expeditions, leaving her with relatives who clearly don't want her around. But this summer, Thunder is sent to Mount Pleasant, her aunt's historic yet crumbling old mansion outside of Philadelphia once owned by Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. When Thunder discovers a mysterious diary written by Mercy, a girl her age who lived through the American Revolution, Thunder is plunged into a mystery that involves a shadowy prowler, a hidden ring, and mysterious spies--making her summer far more exciting than she ever expected.
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Bonebag
by E. M. E. M. Elliott
Trapped in a dark forest with his cold-hearted parents, Bonebag leads a cruel and isolated existence. However, he feels deep in his bones that things weren't always this way: he has known happiness before. Why does it feel like it was in a past life? When Bonebag discovers a locket that burns him to the touch, and a ghostly girl beckons him into the deep woods, he must grapple with the riddle of where he came from and how he came to be. Only then can he begin to rewrite his fate.
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Firesnake: The Last Cuentista Book 3 Volume 3
by Donna Barba Higuera
Itzel has never known a life on Earth. Growing up on Sagan, the granddaughter of the Cuentista, her years have been spent among the dactyls, griblets, and billow seeds of their new planet. But when a mysterious message arrives from across the cosmos, Itzel realizes that the home they thought destroyed hundreds of years ago has survived . . . and with it, another community of humans. Will she and the other Saganites brave the journey back to Earth? And what will they find? For they are not the only ones who have received this message . . .
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The Ginghams
by T. C. Kemper
When 12-year-old Joni Bird returns home from summer camp, it's clear something strange is afoot in Olive Springs. May, her usually head-banging best friend, now wears her hair in a tight bun and calls playing the drums unladylike. The ice cream shop only serves vanilla ice cream. The women and girls of the neighborhood all sport big pearl earrings and crisp cotton dresses. At the heart of it all? The creepy new family in the neighborhood with their soulless, carnival smiles and retro fashion sense: the Ginghams. Everyone they invite to their Thursday night book club re-emerges as dead-eyed, smiling, Gingham-approved model citizens, all thanks to Mr. Gingham's lifestyle guide, The Pillars of Perfection--and something even more sinister hidden behind his basement door. Through quick thinking and cunning, Joni and her friend Tyler set out to fight not only to get their friend May back, but to save their whole town from forever falling under the Ginghams' control.
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Monster and Apprentice
by Jessica Khoury
After a life on the streets Rolan is chosen to apprentice under a feared monster hunter to slay Cryptics--deadly magical creatures born of secrets in this middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Witcher and Demon Slayer. Rolan Strider has never belonged--not at school, not in the city of Crisanth, and definitely not in the life of his crime-lord father. So when he's caught vandalizing one of the city's lanterns--a serious offense in a world where darkness breeds monsters--he expects prison. Instead, he's claimed by the Arcanist, a legendary warrior who hunts Cryptics: terrifying creatures born from the secrets people hide. Dragged beyond the safety of the city, Rolan is forced to train under Luc's harsh guidance--learning to read, fight, and wield Arcana, the strange power drawn from slain Cryptics. And for the first time, Rolan begins to feel at home. But the beast Luc has been hunting for years is closer than Rolan ever imagined--and tied to his own past in ways that could destroy them both. To survive, Rolan must face the truth, wield the power of the very secrets he fears, and decide who he wants to be in this action-packed adventure: an outlaw, a hero...or something else entirely.
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Ship in the Sky
by Elle Evans
Some say a journey starts when you leave your front door. Some say it starts far away from home, when you neither smell its scent, nor see it in your dreams no more.Eighteen-year-old Jack wakes up from a blackout to find an apocalyptic landscape--the earth split open and a violent flood engulfing the farming valley where he lives. Orphaned and homeless, Jack and his dog Bud begin searching for signs of life.But someone, or something, is stalking him.Through flooded farmlands and mountain terrain, survival hangs on a tenuous edge as Jack struggles through a transformed world and into a new life, haunted by the demons and scars of the old.Book one of the Earthlight series, Ship in the Sky is a coming-of-age adventure, a hero's journey for all ages in which friendship and love are found in the surprising fissures of a drowning world.
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The Game of Oaths: (A YA Historical Fantasy about a Magical Circus, Deadly Tournament, and Revenge)
by S. C. Bandreddi
Behind the Glamour of the Circus Lies a Deadly Game Paris, 1896. Beneath a grand hotel, the legendary le Cirque des Ombres dazzles audiences with breathtaking performances and enchanting illusions. But behind the spectacle, the circus's performers are bound by magical contracts--and every year, twelve of them are chosen to compete in the Game of Oaths, a secret tournament where only one survives. Seventeen-year-old trapeze artist Falan Sunkara has only one goal: revenge. After her sister became one of last year's eleven victims, Falan is determined to make the circus's powerful ringmaster pay. When she's selected as this year's competitor, she'll have to outwit ruthless rivals, forge dangerous alliances, and decide who deserves her trust--because in the Game of Oaths, survival demands impossible choices.
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Monster, Monarch, Maiden
by Rae Carson
Bria Angarsold isn't supposed to be a hero. She's just a mountain girl with a near useless Gift, living an idyllic life with her sister and her parents, running the family's thriving inn. But then raiders come, and Bria's family is destroyed.One of the last survivors of the raid, Bria doubts she'll live to see where the captors are taking her. Until the caravan crosses paths with a mysterious traveler and Bria's luck changes again.Titus--a moody, secretive young man--has been chosen to complete a perilous quest. One that will make Bria question everything she's ever believed, from the magic that weaves through their world to the very gods themselves. As the journey unfolds, Bria realizes she has something--someone--new to believe in. She'd follow Titus to the Edge of the World, sworn oath or not, even if neither of them stands a chance at returning from it.But Bria Angarsold is a survivor. She isn't useless, and neither is her Gift. And this is her story.
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Flickerstate
by F. A. Davidson
Norah Sullivan has just discovered she's a navigator: a person who can manipulate probability. The same day Norah's navigation manifests, she and her father are swarmed by flickerbeasts. When a flickerbeast bites you, your risk of death skyrockets. And pretty soon, her father gets sick. Desperate to find a cure, Norah applies to the Academy of Navigation, where there are rumors of restricted information on beast bites hidden in research archives. Once on campus, Norah learns that only senior research assistants are allowed in the archives--and you can only become one by winning a team trial designed to push your navigation abilities to the brink.She'll need to rely on her roommates, as well as her peer mentor, the handsome Vik Souza, to win the competition. But trouble arises at every turn. There are tensions in the group, romantic complications, and unexplained student disappearances. As Norah gets deeper into the competition, she realizes not everything is as it seems, and the stakes are much higher than she ever could have imagined.
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Wings of Reverie
by Anna Bright
Centuries after the events of Wings of Starlight, two fairies must battle a dangerous magic--and their growing feelings for each other--in order to save their home in the Winter Woods of Pixie Hollow. When frost fairy Periwinkle travels too close to the forbidden border where Spring meets the Winter Woods, she unknowingly discovers a thread of a lost magic. And, for the first time, she begins to dream. While Periwinkle's dreams start sweet, they slowly morph into more disastrous visions of the Pixie Dust Tree--the life source for all of Pixie Hollow--destroyed. Soon Periwinkle is confronted by a sparrow man who knows two secrets: one, that Peri has been dreaming, and two, that the Winter Woods is in terrible danger. The infuriatingly handsome stranger introduces himself as Weaver, claiming to be a dream-talent, the last of his kind. There's a chance he can spin Periwinkle's dreams into dream thread which could protect the Pixie Dust Tree. But to do so, they will have to embark on a quest to find a magic spindle and scissors in the legendary lost fairy workshops of dream-talents past. Peri begins a reluctant journey with Weaver through the uncharted heart of the Winter Woods. But dreaming is dangerous, and as Peri's dreams begin to unravel, she will start to question everything she thought she knew. For in Winter even beautiful things can hurt you... and Weaver is no exception. Return to Pixie Hollow with this exciting new story set in the world of Wings of Starlight several hundred years in the future.
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Release Me
by Tahereh Mafi
Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. Now she wants revenge. To save her sister she needs to get back home and destroy the system that created her. Rosabelle's greatest strength is her ability to deaden her mind and body; it's the only way to survive the surveillance state of Ark Island. But lately her heart has been beating harder; her thoughts are spiraling; her defenses are coming undone. And there's only one person to blame.James Anderson had a plan. Now he has nothing but problems. Rosabelle might be the ally they need in a fight against The Reestablishment, but no one wants to trust an enemy assassin. It doesn't help that Rosabelle's not much of a talker, doesn't work well in groups, and kills people on instinct. Taking her side has cost James nearly everything--but keeping her alive might help save his world.If only he could convince his older brother.Aaron Warner Anderson has a headache. Something dark is coming, and Rosabelle's arrival is just a prelude. In her, he sees shades of himself he can't trust, and worse: he can no longer get a read on the girl. She's a dead battery, emanating no emotional feedback. At least not until James walks into a room...Volcanic tension, breathless reveals, breakneck action--and a dystopian world that never stops raising the stakes: Welcome back to The New Republic.
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A Clash of Carnivores
by Liselle Sambury
August Black risked everything to find her brother, joining a deadly secret society protecting the chilling truth that monsters are very, very real. She thought when she found him that she would leave the society behind. Instead, she fought and bled to bond herself to a Monster for life. Now, despite her efforts to stay unattached, her connection to her Monster partner, Virgil, continues to grow. She can't stop replaying the memory of their forbidden kiss that Virgil wants to pretend never happened. Their strained bond is put to the test as they prepare for the Monster's Ball, a brutal tournament where pairs battle for the coveted title of Master. But despite the danger of the contest, August is consumed with finding her mom's killer and getting revenge. Her vendetta leads to her accidentally forming a rare second bond with Nolan, a Wild Monster who wants nothing to do with her. And if the three of them can't work together, they'll be kicked out of the tournament before it even begins. But August can't pull her focus away from revenge--even if it means becoming the worst sort of monster herself. She believes that vengeance will cure her grief, but it may just be the thing that breaks her bonds for good.
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Last Days in Moav
by Sharon Reiss Baker
Romance, mysticism, and betrayal come together in a story of empowerment set in the harsh desert of the Bible, as Milcah undertakes a dangerous journey in a bid to control her own future.
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Lights! Camera! Frendo!
by Adam Cesare
Let the killing continue in Lights Camera Frendo It's the fourth installment of Adam Cesare's Bram Stoker Award-winning series, and this time Frendo goes Hollywood - with all the blood, guts, and mayhem you'd expect from the series that spawned the blockbuster motion picture.Sabrina Alvarez is pretty much a nobody--until she lands the starring role in the big budget film based on the Kettle Springs Massacre. Sabrina knows she should be on top of the world. She's going to be THE Quinn Maybrook, Final Girl of Final Girls, national hero and certified badass. But as soon as Sabrina gets to Kettle Springs, she just can't quite shake the feeling that something's off. A spate of deaths, an out-of-control director, a town decimated by loss and divided by anger, and a movie designed to glorify it all. Something bad is brewing, and this time, it's all on film.A meditation on the villains inside us all, it's the latest installment of Adam Cesare's Bram Stoker Award-winning series, Clown in a Cornfield.
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Natural Selection
by Clare Edge
Three girls bond in unsettling ways when a grizzly starts picking off known abusers in their secluded mountain town in this dark and twisty novel. When it comes to boys and bears, always choose the bear. The girls of Riverside are raised to grin and bear it. Until three of them can't anymore. Megan Lawless (aka Outlaw): Riverside born and raised. Lettered in volleyball, basketball, and track. HATES Kevin Johnson, but tolerates him for her best friend, Megan. Megan Deloria: Outlaw's ride or die. Riverside royalty and soon to be valedictorian. Shoo-in for the homecoming crown alongside her boyfriend, Kevin. Meghan Bach (aka Bee): Moved to Riverside last year. Still the new girl. Pulls tarot cards daily. Just wants to forget what happened last summer at that party with Kevin. And then there's Kevin Johnson: Riverside's Golden Boy. Only scared of two things--the dark and bears. Soon, he'll be scared of three more. Because Megan, Megan, and Meghan are done with Kevin, and they're about to teach everyone in their tiny rural town the new natural order: Predator, meet prey.
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The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 (Light Novel)
by Mio Nukaga
The bond between Yoshiki and Hikaru is a welcome escape from their isolated village. But one day when the two boys meet up, Yoshiki can immediately tell something is off. Though the person standing before him looks and acts exactly like Hikaru, Yoshiki knows that his friend is...gone. Someone--no, something has taken Hikaru's place. And with so many eerie incidents happening in town lately, Yoshiki is becoming increasingly conflicted. Although things will never be as they once were, he would prefer this Hikaru to no Hikaru at all.
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The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 (Light Novel)
by Mio Nukaga
Something has replaced Yoshiki's best friend Hikaru Indou. Yoshiki knows this, but he can't bear to leave this new Hikaru's side. As the pair return to their old routines together, Hikaru shows more and more frightening signs that he's not human, and that's when Yoshiki accepts that he may have to resort to drastic measures. Meanwhile, a mysterious man named Tanaka has found a lead on the eldritch being he believes is connected to the strange incidents occurring in Kubitachi--and it takes him straight to Yoshiki and Hikaru...
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Too Perfect to Die
by Juliana Goodman
With competition this fierce, bodies are bound to hit the mat... All Jonty has ever wanted is to lead her cheerleading team, The Exalted Ones, to win a NCA championship. Cheer is not just a sport, it's her legacy. Her mother cheered for T.E.O. before she died, and Jonty would do anything to snatch the crown and honor her mother's memory. This year she has a real shot, finally beating her rival Tommie and becoming the team captain. But Jonty's perfect season is shattered when Tommie shows up dead on the first day of practice. Now the team is down a flyer and everyone is convinced that Jonty killed her. Everyone except Adam, her co-captain, who was with her the night that Tommie died. As the season progresses, girls keep dropping like flies, and one thing becomes clear: Someone is sabotaging The Exalted Ones, and they're willing to commit murder to get their way. But with the police still convinced it's her, will Jonty be able to save herself, her team, and her perfect season?
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Killing Sadie
by Rachel Peterson
After Sadie and another teen are murdered at a house party, conflicting stories from her twin, her boyfriend, and her best friend reveal small inconsistencies that add up to big lies.
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Black Point
by Jacqueline West
Lucia Sorenson holds on hard to the things she loves. Her tiny hometown clings to the bluffs above the Mississippi River, threatened by weather and time. Unlike most people her age, Lucia plans to stay after graduation and help her grandfather run the Viking Museum of Black Point. Maybe then she can keep everything her ancestors built from washing away. When the Black Point Hotel, a supposedly haunted local landmark, is bought by an outsider, the town is shaken--and for Lucia, fresh changes arrive in the form of the owner's nephew, Max. As Lucia gets to know Max, she begins to question her role in the town's rituals and to see the place, and herself, with new eyes. But the town is flooding, and old secrets are rising to the surface. Soon Lucia will have to choose between the home she thought she knew and the hideous truths hidden underneath.
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Lucy in Between
by Sarah Callender
When thirteen-year-old Lucy's older brother commits suicide, she and her mother travel to Peru to stay with the father she has never really known to try and cope with their grief.
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Whenever You Are
by Martine Leavitt
What if changing the biggest mistake of your life would be the biggest mistake of your life? Two teens in juvenile detention may have found a way to free themselves -- not just from their cells, but from the mistakes that got them locked up in the first place. Clem is a would-be poet who has been in training school ever since he caused the accident that maimed the nice lady who says she only wants him to do something fine with his life. But how, when even his parents have given up on him? Then Clem meets Finn, whose history is even more traumatic. Clem tries to help Finn adjust to detention, but when the boys are placed in solitary confinement, euphemistically called administrative segregation, Finn deteriorates, both physically and mentally. He's ranting, saying he's found a portal in his cell and a way to change their lives -- past, present and future. And then he disappears. Clem is interrogated by detention officials, a social worker, a doctor and a mysterious man in a suit, who ask him about the days leading up to Finn's disappearance. As he tells them the story, he puzzles over what really happened to Finn, and the unexpected clues he's left Clem to find a better future.
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Evie and Her Nightmares
by Francesca Zappia
Without her best friend by her side, nothing feels important to Evie Leigh. Running on the track team isn't worth the effort, none of her other friends understand her anymore, and her spotless high school career is meaningless. Everything makes Evie feel numb and empty, until she discovers the fantastical world of the online role-playing game, Children of Hypnos, which her best friend had been obsessed with, but never really drew Evie in. Until now.Set in the world of Eliza and Her Monsters, Evie and Her Nightmares is about the depths we go to after a traumatic event and how we can find help and healing from the people we connect with online.
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Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay: The Camelot Disasters: Book Two
by Lex Croucher
They fell in love. They fought a great battle. And they won. Now, Camelot's famous couples have fallen apart. Newly crowned King Gabriel is having panic attacks in cupboards in-between council meetings. He can't tell Arthur just how not okay he is--so he's set him free, to find love with someone who can get through the day without breaking down. Bridget has lost her spark for sparring, forfeiting again and again in the lists. When she's invited to join Gabriel's round table, she hopes it'll be the change she needs. But trying to navigate the post-happily-ever-after reality of a relationship with Gwen, when Bridget no longer feels like the dashing knight Gwen fell in love with, feels impossible. With the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumored sightings of the holy grail, the questing beast, and the green knight happening across the country, the gang depart on a PR tour destined for disaster. Can Gabriel be the king his country deserves? Can Bridget get her jousting groove back? And will they find their way back to the courtly love that once seemed fated? In the much anticipated follow-up to Gwen & Art Are Not in Love, Gabriel and Bridget set out on a daring quest to put love back on the table.
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Falling Into You
by Emma Harrison
Rory Graham is determined to lead her squad to victory at the big cheer competition this fall, but her dreams deflate when one of her bases gets injured. Enter Jacob Reilly, a star soccer player and the most annoying boy Rory's ever known, who has just lost a bet and been forced to join the cheer squad. Can Rory whip her new teammate into perfect alignment, like everything else in her life? Or is it possible that Jacob is something else--something better than perfection?Cozy fall romance: Get into the autumnal spirit with chilly football games and bake sale fundraisers overflowing with pumpkin spice. Feed your cheerleader obsession: We loved the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders show, too. Re-experience the thrill as Rory leads her squad to victory and Jacob realizes how fun--and hard--cheer really is. Opposites attract: Type-A Rory can't stand Jacob's shenanigans, but she has to learn to trust him; it's literally his job to catch her when she falls. Can he surprise her by stepping up to the task?
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How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House
by Jenny L. Howe
In this spooky Summerween romance, an amateur ghost hunter and a supernatural skeptic team up for a haunted home renovation project. But is their relationship the real fixer upper? Amity Callaway is sick of being known as the weird girl. As annoyed as she is that her recently divorced mom just moved them across the country to the tiny, quirky town of Harlow's Rest, Massachusetts, it could be the fresh start she needs. Until Amity discovers their absolute disaster of a new house is supposedly haunted. Theo Hargrave, amateur ghost hunter and son of the local general contractor, is a true believer. When he shows up on their property with his EMF reader in hand, Amity is ready to debunk all his theories. She's definitely not staring at the small scar through his eyebrow or his ridiculously soft lips. But even Amity can admit their home renovation is doomed. Nothing is going right, from the paint that refuses to dry to the fixtures that keep coming loose. So Amity and Theo strike a deal--his family's construction expertise for her help investigating the house's supernatural secrets. Even scarier than ghosts, though? Amity's growing feelings for Theo.
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Just Another Dead Boy
by Kelly McCaughrain
Regan has two rules: Don't fall in love. Don't have hope. In a world where everyone knows the date they will die, wild-child Regan works at a luxury resort as a Juliet for the Romeo & Juliet Service, promising to provide the illusion of star-crossed romance to rich boys on end-of-life retreats. She gets to live life on the edge--skydiving, partying, and doing a host of other people's bucket-list thrills--then moves on to her next client. But when world-famous Death Date researchers the Dalys arrive, she's tasked with her hardest client yet, their overachieving, stone-faced son. Jude Daly sees right through the setup--he thinks she's a parasite, and, frankly, she thinks he's an entitled jerk. They agree to fake romance for the sake of Jude's parents and Regan's job, but as contempt turns into something else, will Regan ignore her ironclad rules so she and Jude can take on Fate together? Or will his impending Death Date catch up with them first? A compelling and heartbreaking twist on Romeo and Juliet, in which Regan realizes she might have to stop living like today is her last--and start living like it isn't.
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But I Hate Him
by Page Powars
Rory is academic royalty. As the heir to the most successful tutoring company in the world, he can be nothing less than perfect if he wants to gain his parents' approval. So it's simple. Rory studies harder than anyone else. He does not make mistakes. And he never loses. Except to Luca Melendez. The infuriatingly good-looking hockey player who wins every academic competition without even trying. When Rory has a very public meltdown, throwing a smoothie at Luca and shattering his own public image in the process - it feels like one more thing Luca ruined. To salvage his reputation, Rory has his sights set on winning the most cutthroat academic camp in the country, BRAIN. There is nothing standing between Rory and the final medal. Until, Luca Melendez shows up. This means war and Rory has the perfect plan: Make Luca fall in love with him. And then break Luca's heart right before the final competition.
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13 Little Love Stories: An Anthology Inspired by Taylor Swift Songs
by Elise Bryant
From bestselling YA authors comes thirteen dazzling contemporary romantic stories inspired by the songs of Taylor Swift Includes stories by Lynn Painter, Katharine McGee, and Jesse Q. Sutanto If you could live inside one Taylor Swift song for a day, which would you pick? In this shimmering anthology, thirteen acclaimed, bestselling authors do just that, reimagining some of Taylor's most iconic songs as love stories. Whether you're in an era of fairy lights and folktales or diss tracks and dance floors, here's a playlist that features all the hits: The soaring high note of first love. The minor key of heartbreak. And the steady rhythm of true friendship and self-discovery. As clever and unforgettable as the songs that inspired them, these stories are sure to play on repeat in your head and your heart. Stories by: Elise BryantJennifer DuganJ. ElleJessica GoodmanSloan HarlowCrystal MaldonadoKrystal MarquisKatharine McGeeJulie MurphyLynn PainterLaura SebastianSara ShepardJesse Q. Sutanto
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Find My Way Down to You
by Julian Winters
Eighteen-year-old August is trying to navigate life after the sudden death of his boyfriend left him devastated, aimless, and feeling guilty. Years after the tragic accident, August mistakenly stumbles into a world beyond his own--the Underworld. Unlike his own gray existence, the underworld is a lavish extravagant place, full of mystery and a flurry of charismatic gods, all curious about August's arrival in their world. Realizing right away the opportunity in front of him, August goes searching for his lost love, guided by Cary, the smoldering, broody ferrier of souls. But the more time August spends down below, the more his intentions begin to blur. Is he visiting this realm to reunite with his soulmate? Or is he desperately, inexplicably, intoxicatingly drawn to Cary? With his own world in pieces and a dangerously seductive realm promising him a new existence at a heavy cost, August must choose: a life with grief or a love that might destroy him.
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We: A YA Dystopian Novel by the Author of a Winter's Promise
by Christelle Dabos
In a world ruled byWeeach person has a role, a direction, a mission assigned by their Instinct. No deviation. No freedom--Instinct is irrepressible and serves the Collective. But if young Goliath, a shattered Protector, saves lives, it's also because he dreams of becoming a Saint. And Claire, hiding behind her Instinct as a Confidant, bears a secret that could shake the entire system.When some students begin disappearing into silence, Claire and Goliath find themselves questioning everything. Determined to uncover the truth, they follow forbidden trails, escape a murderous Archangel, and discover thatWeis not at all what it seems. The Instinctive Bureaucracy is impenetrable, and the detractors of the Collective work in the shadows, but one thing connects them all: their certainties are about to be shattered.
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We Were Never Here
by Sophia Hannan
Four teens went into the manor, three came out. In July, Georgia Perry and Jules Park--secret girlfriends, covert art thieves, and cohosts of a popular YouTube ghost hunting show--step into a haunted house to steal a priceless painting. A few short hours later, there's a knife in Jules's chest and Georgia is waking up in a pool of blood with no painting and no memory of how she got there. Now it's October, and Georgia is underwater. She hasn't been to class in weeks, and she's avoiding her old crew--and only friends--like the plague. But when the three remaining thieves get a call from the man who paid a hefty sum to keep them out of jail, demanding that they return to finish the job, Georgia has no choice but to return to her old life. As the estranged friends scramble to steal the painting with no cover story and no leader, they quickly realize that something is very, very wrong, and it's not just the suffocating memory of Jules or the prying eyes of their viewers. Between the strange shadows that begin to trail them and the nightmares plaguing Georgia's sleep, only one thing is certain: something followed them home from De Lys manor, and it will do anything to keep them from going back.
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A (Dead) Thing Like Me
by E. G. Young
When Hot Dog, a lonely ghost haunting a New York food cart, is accidentally summoned, she is ecstatic that Logan, an eighteen-year-old senior grieving the loss of her best friend, can see her, but as the two become friends, a sinister presence in Logan's house threatens to pull them both into darkness unless they face their pasts.
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The Collectors : Stories
by A. S. King
From A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections. From David Levithan's story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people's collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez's tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri's piece about 1970s skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical -- anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and best-selling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz winner A.S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection.
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Such Charming Liars
by Karen M. McManus
For all of Kat's life, it's just been her and her mother, Jamie--except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven't spoken since. Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job--at billionaire Ross Sutherland's birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn't know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father--a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland's youngest daughter. Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer's crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can't trust anyone--except each other. Or can they? Because if there's one thing both Kat and Liam know, it's how to lie.
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Ruthless vows
by Ross, Rebecca
Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who has lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.
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Five Survive
by Holly Jackson
Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night.
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The inheritance games
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.
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The summer I turned pretty
by Jenny Han
Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
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To all the boys I've loved before
by Jenny Han
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them...all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren't love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she's written. One for every boy she's ever loved--five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
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Salt to the sea
by Ruta Sepetys
As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull.
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