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A Stage Set for Villainsby Shannon J. SpannThe gods are dead. All that's left are the Players... The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime--a chance for one mortal to steal a Player's immortality--Riven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for answers, she infiltrates the competition. There, she finds Jude, the Playhouse's brilliant, merciless Lead Player, whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft, and strikes a deadly bargain to save her life. But with time running out and the Playhouse's secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain. Because the Playhouse doesn't just tell stories. It rewrites them. And Riven's might end in blood.
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| The Sun and the Starmaker by Rachel GriffinAn immortal Starmaker keeps Reverie in eternal sunshine, protecting the mountain village from the deadly Frost. When Aurora becomes the Starmaker’s successor, she grieves the simple life she envisioned for herself while also developing feelings for her new mentor. This whimsical standalone novel reads like a classic fairy tale.
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| PostScript by Cory McCarthyThe “grids went down,” effectively ending human civilization, when West was 12. Now 18, he meets Emil, who brings him into his ragtag community. Fans of the video game The Last of Us and its television adaptation will appreciate this postapocalyptic tale about finding happiness against all odds.
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| Lies We Tell About the Stars by Susie NadlerIn near-future San Francisco, “The Big One” has rocked the earthquake-prone city. Although everyone else believes Nicky perished in the quake, Celeste hasn’t lost hope that she may find her best friend alive. Read-alikes: Cassandra Newbould’s Climate of Chaos; Jen Storm’s Little Moons.
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Love Goes Viral
by Alexander Berman
An aspiring pop star crafts a fake relationship with a small-town boy to rehab her image, until her ex and her real feelings get in the way in this delightful (Booklist, starred review) romance perfect for fans of Lynn Painter. Love Thompson went viral. Now she has it all--fifty million followers, brand deals, a Hollywood address, and the fast track to the music career she's always dreamed of--until...she doesn't. After Love takes the blame for her influencer boyfriend's mistake, the fallout goes more viral than the video that rocketed her to fame. By the next morning, she's already lost sponsorships, ten million followers, and her debut single. Love needs to rehab her image, and that means dating someone a little more homegrown. Enter Austin Grey. Austin is about as homegrown as it gets. His only followers are the regulars at his family's struggling diner that he's doing his best to save. But everything changes when he gets a DM from a star he never expected to cross paths with again. When Love walks back into Austin's life, she thinks this is a purely online scheme with an expiration date. But as genuine feelings start to develop that keep them coming back to each other again and again, will either of them be willing to take a chance on something real?
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| Her Hidden Fire by Cliodhna O'SullivanTrying to restore his noble family’s name, Ionáin fakes magic abilities with his commoner best friend Éadha’s help. As Ionáin starts training to become a full-fledged Channeler, with Éadha alongside him in a lower-status role, the two uncover the ugly truth about magic. Read-alikes: Julia Riew’s The Last Tiger; Cyla Panin’s Beguiled.
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Room to Breathe
by Kasie West
When her father is investigated by the FBI, Indys life begins to fall apartincluding her friendshipsbut when she finds herself locked in her schools bathroom with one of her ex-best friends, Beau, the two have one final chance to understand what went wrong.
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The Spiral Key by Kelsey DayAt the start of each school year, Madison Pembroke, the most popular girl at Lincoln Academy, sends out invitations to her epic birthday party in the form of custom forged spiral keys. For that one night, a few lucky teens get to enter Ametrine, a virtual paradise that hosts the party of the year--a wild, unforgettable celebration that will secure their social status in the real world. As Madison's hated ex-BFF, Bree Benson never receives a key. Until now. Despite warnings from her boyfriend, Bree sees the invite as an olive branch, the perfect opportunity to rekindle her once-amazing friendship with Madison. But as the party games begin to turn provocative and violent, Bree finds that Ametrine might not be the decadent wonderland she was promised. And that Madison may have let Bree enter Ametrine, but she has no intention of ever letting her leave . . . Kelsey Day's gripping debut shows that while best friends know each other the best, ex-best friends know how to hurt each other the worst.
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Paradise Coast
by Suzanne Young
In the Everglades town of Paradise Coast, where the rich, the tourists, and the locals have always been at odds, a hurricane uncovers a hundred-year-old hotel marked by tragedy and brings local Noa and Jamie, the rebellious son of a businessman, together to uncover the truth of what happened that night.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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