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	Charm & Strange Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Stephanie Kuehn Publisher St. Martin's Griffin Genre(s) Paranormal Sixteen-year-old Winston Winters is awaiting the inevitable. Stuck at a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of unimaginable tragedy, Win knows it’s only a matter of time until he transforms into something dark, something wolfish, just like his... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.3 5.0 (1)
	Spies and Prejudice Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Talia Vance Publisher Egmont Genre(s) Retelling Fields’ Rule #1: Don’t fall for the enemy. Berry Fields is not looking for a boyfriend. She’s busy trailing cheaters and liars in her job as a private investigator, collecting evidence of the affairs she’s sure all men commit. And thanks... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.7 3.8 (2)
	Wild Awake Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Hilary T. Smith Publisher Katherine Tegen Books Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate messages. 3. You will call your older brother, Denny, if... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.3 3.7 (1)
	Born of Illusion Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Teri Brown Publisher Balzer + Bray Genre(s) Historical Fiction Fantasy Anna Van Housen is thirteen the first time she breaks her mother out of jail. By sixteen she’s street smart and savvy, assisting her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, and easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 4.0 (1)
	Nobody's Secret Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Michaela MacColl Publisher Chronicle Books Genre(s) Historical Fiction Mystery One day, fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a mysterious, handsome young man. Surprisingly, he doesn't seem to know who she or her family is. And even more surprisingly, he playfully refuses to divulge his name. Emily enjoys her secret flirtation with Mr. "Nobody" until he turns up... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Golden Boy Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Abigail Tarttelin Publisher Atria Books Genre(s) Coming of Age Contemporary GLBT Realistic Fiction The Walker family is good at keeping secrets from the world. They are even better at keeping them from each other. Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he's the perfect son, the perfect friend, and... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Tarnish Featured New Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Katherine Longshore Publisher Viking Juvenile Genre(s) Historical Fiction Historical Romance Anne Boleyn is the odd girl out. Newly arrived to the court of King Henry VIII, everything about her seems wrong, from her clothes to her manners to her witty but sharp tongue. So when the dashing poet Thomas Wyatt offers to coach her on how... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	You Look Different in Real Life Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Jennifer Castle Publisher HarperTeen Genre(s) Realistic Fiction The premise was simple: five kids, just living their lives. There’d be a new movie about them every five years, starting in kindergarten. But no one could have predicted what the cameras would capture. And no one could have predicted that Justine would be the star.... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 3.5 (1)
	Insomnia (The Night Walkers #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) J.R. Johansson Publisher Flux Genre(s) Paranormal It's been four years since I slept, and I suspect it is killing me. Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the dream of the last person he's had eye contact with. He spends his nights crushed by other people's fear and... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 4.0 (1)
	Faking It (Losing It #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Cora Carmack Publisher William Morrow & Company Inc Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Contemporary Romance Family Drama Music Mackenzie "Max" Miller has a problem. Her parents have arrived in town for a surprise visit, and if they see her dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, they just might disown her. Even worse, they’re expecting to meet a nice wholesome boyfriend, not a guy named Mace... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 (2) 3.7 (1)
	The Testing Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 2 Author(s) Joelle Charbonneau Publisher Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Genre(s) Dystopian Science Fiction It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 3.3 (2)
	The Moon and More Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Sarah Dessen Publisher Viking Juvenile Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Romance Set in the fictional beach town of Colby, where several of Dessen's novels take place, it features 18-year-old Emmeline, who is spending her last summer before college working for her family's vacation rental business and enjoying a summer romance with a young aspiring filmmaker. ... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 3.2 (2)
	Of Triton (Of Poseidon #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Anna Banks Publisher Feiwel & Friends Genre(s) Fantasy Humor In this sequel to OF POSEIDON, Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm below. Syrena... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 (2) 0.0 (0)
	The Sea of Tranquility Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Katja Millay Publisher Atria Books Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Contemporary Romance Loss or Death I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 (2) 0.0 (0)
	Siege and Storm (Grisha Trilogy #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 2 Author(s) Leigh Bardugo Publisher Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Genre(s) Fantasy Adventure Romance Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 (2) 0.0 (0)

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