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When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.

22) The Similars

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Hanover , Rebecca

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Similars volume 1

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Gossip Girl in this New York TimesTwo Can Keep a Secret, One of Us Is Lying, Scythe, and Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful.

23) The kindred

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Dow, Alechia

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Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life-apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility's most infamous playboy brings. Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face. Then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne...and accused of the...

24) The Here and Now

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Brashares, Ann

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-- "This gripping story is set in a world unlike any other and inhabited by beautifully imagined characters that stay with you long after the last page.” – Sara Shepard, bestselling author of -- “An appealing romantic thriller . . . (also) a potent reminder that we inherit the future we buy with our actions today.”—Cassandra Clare for the -- “Lightning-paced . . . like a cinematic blockbuster.”—Kirkus Reviews “The Here...

25) The Diabolic

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Kincaid, S. J

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Diabolic trilogy volume 1

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Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager and the galaxy's most deadly weapon, who masquerades as Sidonia, a senator's daughter, and becomes a hostage of the galactic court.

26) Nobody

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Barnes, Jennifer Lynn

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Fifteen-year-old Claire Ryan has always felt invisible, always lived beyond people's notice, which causes trouble when she instantly connects with seventeen-year-old Nix, who really can become invisible and has been sent to assassinate her.

27) Invictus

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Graudin, Ryan

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Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome, Far's very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market-captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past. During a routine heist on the...

28) Reboot

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Tintera, Amy

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Reboot duology volume 1

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"Seventeen-year-old Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier until she is given an order she refuses to follow"--

29) Confusion of Princes, A

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Nix, Garth

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You'd think being a Prince in a vast intergalactic empire would be about as good as it gets. Particularly when Princes are faster, smarter, and stronger than normal humans. Not to mention being mostly immortal.But it isn't as great as it sounds. Princes need to be hard to kill-as Khemri learns the minute he becomes one-for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor, and the surest way to do...

30) Learning to swear in America

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Kennedy, Katie

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An asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. A big, bad one. Maybe not kill-all-the-dinosaurs bad, but at least kill-everyone-in-California-and-wipe-out-Japan-with-a-tsunami bad. Yuri, a physicist prodigy from Russia, has been recruited to aid NASA as they calculate a plan to avoid disaster. The good news is Yuri knows how to stop the asteroid--his research in antimatter will probably win him a Nobel prize if there's ever another Nobel prize awarded. But...

31) sia martinez and the moonlit beginning of everythi

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32) Pulse

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Carman, Patrick

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Pulse trilogy volume 1

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In the year 2051, when most Americans live in one of two gigantic, modern States, Faith Daniels, part of a dwindling group that lives between, learns that she, like other misfits, has unusual abilities that could help when the inevitable war begins.

33) for darkness shows the stars

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34) The brightest night

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Armentrout, Jennifer L

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Origin volume 3

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He is the darkest star. She is the burning shadow. And together, they will bring about the brightest night. Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a normal girl, living a safe, rather unremarkable life-a life that was a total lie. Now she's learned the truth about who she was and what she is. Hidden within Zone 3, she knows that if she loses control of her dangerous abilities again, she not only puts everyone in the secret community at risk, but...

35) After the end

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Plum, Amy

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After the end volume 1

36) Adaptation

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Lo, Malinda

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Adaptation (Malinda Lo) volume 1

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In the aftermath of a series of plane crashes caused by birds, seventeen-year-old Reese and her debate-team partner, David, receive medical treatment at a secret government facility and become tangled in a conspiracy that is, according to Reese's friend, Julian, connected with aliens and UFOs.

37) The other side of the sky

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Kaufman, Ami

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Other side of the sky volume 1

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Prince North's home is in the sky, in a gleaming city held aloft by intricate engines, powered by technology. Nimh is the living goddess of her people on the Surface, responsible for providing answers, direction--hope.North's and Nimh's lives are entwined--though their hearts can never be. Linked by a terrifying prophecy and caught between duty and fate, they must choose between saving their people or succumbing to the bond that is forbidden between...