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Teen Fiction That Adults Like Too! |
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Costumes for Time Travelers by A. R. CapettaAnyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It's the place travelers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime, passing through on their way to any other when. To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother's shop, which is filled with clothes from every era that are used to make costumes for time travelers. Calisto has no intention of traveling--it's too dangerous. For Fawkes, traveling is life. He put on time boots when he was young and has been stumbling through eras ever since. When he floats into Pocket, Calisto meets him for the first time, though Fawkes has seen Calisto in glimpses of what hasn't happened yet. He's also seen the villains chasing them both. Now Calisto and Fawkes must rush from Shakespeare's London to ancient Crete to California on the eve of a millennium to save Pocket, and travelers, from being erased.
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By Invitation Only by Alexandra Brown ChangEvery year, a hand-selected group of young women travel to Paris to make their debuts into high society at La Danse des Débutantes, the most exclusive debutante ball in the world. Chapin Buckingham, the daughter of two Hollywood legends, is one of the lucky few chosen to attend. Chapin's not usually a society girl, but she has her reasons for wanting to be crowned Debutante of the Year. Her chances seem good, until a fellow debutante creates a PR nightmare that has the eat-the-rich cohort calling for La Danse's cancellation. Enter Piper Woo Collins. As the daughter of an EMT and winner of the International Science Fair Prize with a profile in Teen Vogue, Piper is the perfect, down-to-earth person who could restore La Danse's reputation. But Piper isn't interested in becoming a debutante until they offer her a college scholarship if she wins Debutante of the Year. In competition for the crown, Piper and Chapin have every reason to clash. But at La Danse, Piper and Chapin might just need each other to go from pawns in a game to ruling the board.
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The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story by Roshani ChokshiEighteen-year-old Prince Arris hopes to escape the cursed fate of his predecessors, each of whom dies shortly after marriage. In order to do so, he strikes a deal with Demelza, a seventeen-year-old veritas swan maiden who can separate truth from lies.
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I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata EmillFive years ago, the infamous Trojan murders turned the small town of Moss Pointe, Louisiana into a living nightmare. Four teen boys, all star players on Moss Pointe High's football team, were murdered one after the other by a Trojan-mask wearing killer. Eventually, the murderer was unmasked. But the community has never forgotten, and some folks in town still wonder whether the police got it right. Eighteen-year-old Pryce Cummings is one of them. An aspiring journalist, Pryce is pretty sure he just stumbled upon evidence that throws the killer's guilt into question. It's the perfect story for his own podcast, and a reason to go back to the hometown he's avoided since coming to terms with his sexuality while at college. But in Moss Pointe, digging into the past is anything but welcome. There's so much more to what happened there five years ago, and Pryce is ready to crack it all wide open - if he lives to tell the tale.
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Coldwire by Chloe GongA dystopian story following a young soldier who is framed for a political assassination and must team up with her country's most wanted terrorist to clear her name.
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Titan of the Stars by E. K. JohnstonCeleste knows every inch of this ship. She's proud of her work as apprentice engineer. And as the maiden voyage of the Titan launches, she's optimistic for the promises of this new journey from Earth to Mars. Dominic arrives at his suite where his valet is busy unpacking his things. His chest is tight, already feeling anxious inside his dad's precious new ship. Once it launches, he's trapped, inside the ship and inside the life his father has chosen for him -- a life that will leave his dreams of art school behind. Discovered under melted ice caps, ancient aliens have been brought onto the Titan as well. These aliens have been stored in display cases for the entertainment of the passengers, until an act of sabotage releases them into the ship, with zero discrimination for class, decks or human life.
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The Afterdark by E. LatimerNorthcroft is an elite boarding school with a deadly secret. Each night as the bell tolls and the shutters slam down, cutting off the outside world, the Afterdark descends, turning the surrounding old growth forest into a macabre copy of itself. Evie Laurent is certain of one thing from the moment she sees Holland Morgan on the front steps of Northcroft: she wants to know everything there is to know about her. But there are some things about Evie herself that are better kept secret, such as the fact that she let her sister drown. And that it's getting harder to ignore her dark impulses. Holland Morgan knows falling for Evie is just one more terrible choice in her long history of terrible choices. The problem is, she's not sure she cares. As attraction turns slowly to obsession, they find themselves playing a dangerous game. Something out there is calling to each of them. Do they fight the call and protect one another, or answer and embrace the darkness?
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Blood Moon by Britney S. LewisMirabella Owens grew up with legends of wolves that traveled to her midwestern town to protect humans from vampires. Of a werewolf that fell in love with one of the undead, unraveling a blood-soaked history. But Mira stopped believing in those fairy tales years ago, after her mom left without a trace when she was only thirteen. As Mira begins her freshman year at Lakeland University, she's ready to leave the past behind her. Only the past isn't finished with her yet, because strange animal attacks are occurring around campus, reopening cold cases tied to her mother's disappearance. And the only person who seems to know anything is Julian Santos, the boy who is hell-bent on getting Mira to leave campus for reasons she can't understand. Mira will have to accept that there is much more to the old town myths, and her growing feelings for Julian, than she ever could have anticipated. As the Blood Moon rises, she will come to know a world that will shatter her past and change her future.
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Death in the Cards by Mia P. ManansalaWhen a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she has learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own.
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The House Saphir by Marissa MeyerWhile attempting to banish the spirit of an infamous murderer from his ancestral home, Mallory, a witch with the ability to see ghosts, finds herself at the center of an investigation for a new murder.
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If We Never End by Laura Taylor NameySylvie Castellano is used to goodbyes. Every summer, her friends leave to vacation at faraway beaches and her parents jet off to work on a luxury yacht, dumping her with her Tia Vivian. Sylvie may love her aunt Viv, but just once, she wishes the summer held a big adventure for her, too. When Sylvie scores the thrift find of a lifetime--a vintage gold watch worth thousands--she thinks maybe her luck is turning around. Then a turn of the watch's dial summons a ghost boy. With no idea who he is or why he's attached to the watch, Sylvie offers to help Penn unravel the mystery of his death. Sylvie's summer is suddenly full of road trips, beach bonfires, and ferris wheel rides as she and Penn try to piece together the life he lost. Then a devastating discovery brings everything crashing down. The watch's secrets extend far beyond Penn, and it's not only Sylvie's heart at risk, but her life.
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Maya in Multicolor by Swati TeerdhalaAfter realizing her freshman boyfriend is wasting her time and refuses to put a label on their relationship, college freshman Maya decides to reclaim her life. Lacking confidence in romance, she is not thrilled that her co-planner on the Holi planning committee is the heartthrob Nishanti Rai, especially since their visions (and personalities) do not match.
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The Sleepless by Jen WilliamsWelcome to a world where gods and monsters roam the earth. Elver is the guardian of the wild and dangerous monster forest, with skin that will poison anyone she touches. Artair is on a mission - one that takes him face-to-face with Elver at her most ruthless. But her defenses are useless when she discovers he's the only human impervious to her deadly gift. For Artair is one of the Sleepless, cursed to share his body with an evil spirit. Lucian inhabits their body while Artair sleeps, and he is hell-bent on manipulating Elver for his dark purposes. Caught in the crossfire of gods, monsters, and dangerous magic, it is only a matter of time before their paths will set alight the very foundations of their world.
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And the River Drags Her Down by Jihyun YunWhen her older sister is found mysteriously drowned in the river that cuts through their small coastal town, Soojin Han disregards every rule and uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first, the sisters are overjoyed, reveling in late-night escapades and the miracle of being together again, but Mirae grows tired of hiding from the world. She becomes restless and hungry, driven by an insatiable desire to finish what she started in life, and to unravel the truth that crushed her family so many years ago. When their town is engulfed by increasingly destructive rain and a series of harrowing, unusual deaths, Soojin is forced to reckon with the fact that perhaps the sister she brought back isn't the one she knew.
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