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June 1: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
July 6: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
August 3: Magpie Murders: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz
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A large-format illustrated edition of the first volume in the Percy Jackson series, wherein he's "about to be kicked out of boarding school--again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime...
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Divergent volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and...
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Wings of fire. Original series volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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The five dragonets of the prophecy are hoping to hide in safety in the RainWing kingdom, and Glory is hoping to learn more about her own identity, but when tribe members start disappearing and the old queen does nothing, it is up to Glory and her friends to uncover the lurking evil.
6) Divergent
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In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
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Wings of fire. Original series volume 8
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[2016?]
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English
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Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission--find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her, will be a help or a hindrance.
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Janie Johnson volume 1
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English
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A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.
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Books of beginning volume 1
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English
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Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
11) Amina's voice
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Amina's voice volume 1
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English
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"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
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Fans of the Divergent series by number-one New York TimesFour: A Divergent Collection. When taken together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias' life. The first three pieces in this volume — "The Transfer", "The Initiate", and "The Son" — follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions. The fourth...
13) Moon rising
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Wings of fire. Original series volume 6
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English
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When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing with secret powers, begins school at the academy started by the dragonets of destiny after the end of the war, she soon realizes that someone is attacking the students. Moon must choose whether to help or continue to hide her gifts.
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[2016]
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Lavender sees herself as the miserable but tough outsider at school, while Scarlet knows she is talented and popular, but insecure on the inside--then, on their mutual thirteenth birthday, they wake up in each other's bodies and are forced to learn what it means to walk in someone else's shoes.
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Princess diaries volume 1
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.
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Books of Umber volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.
18) Everblaze
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Keeper of the lost cities volume 3
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2014.
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English
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Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she's determined to find her kidnappers. But a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she's exposed a major conspiracy that could threaten all she loves.
19) Insurgent
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Divergent trilogy volume 2
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English
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"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
20) I am a unicorn!
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[2017]
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English
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Frog truly believes he is a unicorn. He has a rainbow-colored (clip on) tail, a pretty horn (party hat), and he can fly, too (on the swings). Goat keeps telling Frog he is not a unicorn. But when you truly believe--poof, sometimes magic happens.
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