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Woven in moonlight volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolution, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Description
Li is the only human left after aliens take over the planet, but she learns to stay alive, with the help of her human-sympathizing father, by assimilating to Abdolorean society, which she must keep a secret at all costs or risk the terrifying consequences of exposure.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Ottilie Colter and her brother, Gully, have always fended for themselves. So when Gully goes missing one night, Ottilie sets out to find him -- and soon makes a horrible discovery; Gully has been forcibly recruited by the Narroway Hunt, a secretive male-only organisation that hunts savage, blight-spreading monsters called "dredretches". Disguising herself as a boy, Ottilie infiltrates the Hunt -- but quickly realises that taking her brother home won't...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Baxter Green was three years old he developed a condition that causes him to remember absolutely everything, and now that he is fifteen, he and his mother have moved to Minnesota to escape her criminal boyfriend and, Baxter hopes, to reconnect with a girl he has been thinking about since kindergarten.
7) Never evers
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Mayhem and romance ensue when tweens Mouse and Jack meet on the slopes during a school ski trip"--
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Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.
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Series
Sands of Arawiya volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old Zafira and the sultan's son Nasir continue their quest to uncover a lost magic artifact and discover that the prize they seek may be even more dangerous than any of their enemies.
11) Pawn: Bk. 1
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Series
Blackcoat rebellion volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Escaping a life of marginalization and misery, Kitty Doe joins the most powerful family in the country, a choice that requires her to assume the identity of the Prime Minister's niece and stop a rebellion that ended her predecessor's life.
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Series
Jane Anonymous volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When no one believes her story of abduction and escape, Terra turns to an online community of trauma victims for advice and solace, befriending a girl whose story parallels Terra's and who might be able to help Terra uncover the truth she seeks.
13) Rebel spy
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Description
In 1776, fifteen-year-old Francisca escapes a dangerous life in the Bahamas by posing as a wealthy shipwreck victim, and soon finds herself a spy for George Washington in New York.
15) Prince Freya: 8
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Series
Prince Freya volume 8
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie. The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot hope to match Sigurd in strength, so in order to survive, it must rely on the intelligence, skill and cunning of its prince and his loyal knights. But should their prince fall, so too shall Tyr Freya...
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Series
Mirage (Daud) volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
On a planet on the brink of revolution, Amani has been forced into isolation. She's been torn from the boy she loves and has given up contact with her fellow rebels to protect her family. In taking risks for the rebel cause, Amani may have lost Maram's trust forever. But the princess is more complex than she seems, and now Amani is once more at her capricious nature. One wrong move could see her executed for high treason. On the eve of Maram's marriage...
18) Genuine fraud
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English
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Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat.
Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete.
An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two.
A bad romance, or maybe three.
Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains.
A girl who refuses to give people what they want from her.
A girl who refuses to be the person she once was.
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English
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Fantastical Fiction - YA
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
YA Once Upon A Summer Reading
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
YA Once Upon A Summer Reading
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Sent by a banished Merlin to protect King Arthur, a sixteen-year-old impersonating the deceased Guinevere struggles to fit in at Camelot where the magic she practices is banished.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Clementine wakes up in a hospital after being the only survivor in an airplane crash and discovers she cannot remember anything, she runs off with a stranger to avoid dealing with a father she does not recognize and the press coverage of the crash.
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