Gone
By Michael Grant
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In an instant all the adults are gone. Everyone over fifteen vanishes. Leaving behind teens, children, and toddlers. A new society not able to deal with no bedtimes, no kisses for boo-boos, and especially not ready to deal with the ambitious teens [...]
X-men: Misfits #1
By Raina Telgemeier &
Dave Roman
Illustrated by Anzu
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Del Rey
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Kitty Pride has an annoying tendency of falling through the floor. This mutant power marks her as different from those around her, and when a mysterious "old friend of the family" offers her a place at [...]
Dragon’s Heart
By Jane Yolen
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Harcourt Children’s Books
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Jakkin and Akki are back, and their troubles are far from over. Previously they’ve been branded as rebels and chased to the hills, but now they are back in civilization and old "friends" are drawing them back into danger. They can’t [...]
Diamond Secret
by Suzanne Weyn
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Simon Pulse
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Nadya is a mischievous kitchen girl in a Russian tavern. Having nearly drowned in the Iset River during the turmoil of the Revolution, she has no memory of her past and longs for the life she cannot remember.
Then two young men [...]
Outlaws of Sherwood
by Robin McKinley
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Hard to summarize, Outlaws of Sherwood is a mix of the Robin Hood story you already know and an original tale with greater depth to the classic characters. In addition, McKinley sets out to make Robin Hood’s life more realistic, [...]
Silver Phoenix
by Cindy Pon
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Ai Ling was secretly relieved to have her betrothal broken, even with the shame it brought on her family. But when her father disappears and a vile man tries to blackmail her into marriage, Ai Ling decides she must face the [...]
The Falconer’s Knot
By Mary Hoffman
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Bloomsbury
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Sixteen-year-old Silvano da Montacuto has wealth, good looks, a new hawk—and an infatuation with a merchant’s wife. When a man is murdered in his town, Silvano’s bloody dagger is found, and he is accused of the crime. For his own protection, he is [...]
Mairelon the Magician
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By Patricia C. Wrede
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Starscape
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Kim has played the part of a thieving boy for most of her life, hiding her gender being the safer alternative to revealing herself as a girl in the dark underbelly of [...]
Graceling
By Kristin Cashore
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Harcourt Children’s Books
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Mismatched eyes means that one has been born with a Grace, a skill they can do better than others, like swimming, cooking, or climbing. Katsa discovers she has the Grace to kill when as a child she accidentally kills a harasser [...]
Poison Study
By Maria V. Snyder
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Awaiting execution for murder, Yelena is given the choice of dying tomorrow or a life
After committing murder, Yelena is given the choice of death by execution or a life of constant risk as the Commander’s food taster.
Yelena decides to choose the [...]
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