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The siren
Adeyemi, Tomi, author.
Nothing is more intoxicating than power... When Emery steps foot onto Dartmouth's campus, she knows what she has to do: keep her scholarship, take her meds, and pray no one ever finds out about the past she left behind. But that all changes when Emery meets an intoxicating girl named Roux, her disarming stepbrother named Eli, and the mystical band of girls Roux calls 'The Sirens.' Each Siren is as beautiful as the last, and their lives on campus are shrouded in extravagance and secret parties. Before the girls became Sirens, they were outcasts, yet under Roux, their wildest dreams come true. When Roux offers Emery the chance to join them, Emery will do whatever it takes to make it in. Even if it costs Emery her life.....
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The velvet knife
Johnson, Maureen, 1973- author.
Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even she can't figure out what happened with her boyfriend, David. What she needs is a distraction: a good old-fashioned murder. Stevie is much happier dealing with dead people. They're a lot less confusing -- they don't send cryptic texts and make out with other girls in British pubs. But then Stevie gets exactly what she wanted when a dead body turns up in the middle of a Manhattan apartment complex, and this one is... complicated. Caught in a web of messy alive-people feelings, Stevie finds herself questioning all human connection. Is magnetism only manipulation? Can you trust anyone? Does anyone realize that they're joining a cult -- before it's too late? And are things with David really over?....
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Radio free Texas
Bray, Libba, author.
From beloved bestselling author Libba Bray, a story of love, rock n' roll, and sex (in that order) in 1980s Texas. Bowie (pronounced "boo-eee") is a little bit lost in his small Texas town. As he starts his senior year, the only thing he's pretty sure of is that he has a crush on Comet Jensen, a girl who's such a firecracker that she actually sets a firecracker off on the first day of school. Since Comet's one wrong move away from getting expelled, Bowie steps in and takes the blame for the firecracker stunt. His punishment? Community service at a local radio station run by an anti-social, anti-establishment, anti-hero named Marlon. Suddenly Bowie finds he not only has something to do, but he also has something to say. And, possibly, a future with Comet. This is a funny, touching story about how coming-of-age, like love, is never a solo project.....
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The house of gardenias
Cañas, Isabel, author.
Growing up in a city wracked by political violence and a home where she’s more likely to receive a beating than a meal, Minerva Treviño’s cowardice has kept her alive for sixteen years. But even she has a limit. Hungry and desperate, she musters enough courage to run away and take a job as lady’s maid to a wealthy widow who supports the deposed viceroy. Minerva is happy serving Encarnación del Valle. She has food in her belly and the safety of a warm house lit by magical chispa. Why should she care who runs the country or how her employer affords the magic? When the viceroy sweeps back into power, Minerva retreats with her gleeful employer to the family’s mountainside stronghold to wait out the inevitable rebel slaughter. At la Casa de las Gardenias, Minerva faces new threats in the haughty servants and cruel, scheming del Valles. But the living residents of the house are the least of her worries. As Minerva quickly discovers, the ancient estate is home to forces far older and more bloodthirsty than anything she could have imagined.....
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On the fence
West, Kasie, author.
Charlie Reynolds can win any game. Raised by a single dad and three older brothers, she's used to outrunning, outscoring, and outwitting everyone in her life -- including her longtime neighbor and honorary fourth brother, Braden -- just to feel like one of the boys. But she doesn't know the first thing about being a girl. When she starts working at a boutique to pay off a speeding ticket, she finds herself in a strange world of makeup, lace, and BeDazzlers. Boys seem to like the new, girly Charlie, but she's not so sure. At night, she starts talking to Braden through their shared fence. It's the only place she can be herself, whoever that is. Then she starts falling for Braden. Hard. Charlie has always competed to win, but for the first time in her life, this isn't a game she can risk losing.....
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The mirror of infinite endings : a once upon a broken heart companion
Garber, Stephanie, author.
Jacks and Evangeline Fox have finally found their happily ever after. Everything here in the Hollow is wonderful and perfect. Nothing is going to go wrong. No one is keeping a secret... except maybe one. But don't worry, it's not going to rewrite reality or alter history or change the ending of Jacks and Evangeline's story. Definitely not.....
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Anger is only a shadow
Acevedo, Elizabeth, author.
Lil is anything but small. She's rebellious, she's loyal; she's figuring out what kind of good person she wants to be, or if she wants to be a good person at all. But more than anything? Lil wants to be free. When her instinct for freedom leads to another stay in DC juvenile detention, Lil knows she's lucky to just be on probation. But judgment, guilt, and an ankle monitor weigh heavily on her, and she can't shake that pinned-down feeling. The only person who might understand is her big brother, Aldwin. Except he's more distant now than just the hundred miles where he's away at college. Something's been off with him for a couple of months, but only Lil seems to realize how important it is to get to him. As her court hearing ticks closer, a question looms over Lil as the missed phone calls and strange texts from her brother pile up: will she follow the rules until her sentencing, or put her future freedom on the line?....
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The heart trials
Elle, J., author.
Welcome to The Heart Trials. The prize is love. The cost is everything... In Ethyria the highborn may love; the lowborn may only feel what the Benevolent allows. Saltblood lowborn Axira Merreri survives the decaying districts by keeping her heart locked tight, couriering goods by day -- and smuggling the ruler's euphoric Heartfillers to the highborn by night. Until a drop goes wrong and her execution looms. When she strikes a dangerous bargain to steal something from the Tournament of Hearts, a ruthless dating competition for highborn citizenship, she enters. Not for love. For freedom. But as the twisted allure of the competition turns deadly, an unexpected connection cracks her defenses, forcing her to confront a truth she in a regime built on engineered happiness, the most dangerous weapon she has is her heart.....
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Blightfall
Sanderson, Brandon, author.
After decades of war against alien oppressors, humanity has finally gained its freedom. Arturo Mendez, leader of Skyward Flight, is given a seemingly simple postwar mission: escort diplomats to a remote human settlement that has been isolated from the rest of humanity. But the mission quickly goes wrong when they arrive on the dangerous planet of Blightfall, where enormous invasive forests and mysterious debris cover the world. Upon arrival, Arturo's team is attacked, and it quickly becomes clear that this human settlement isn't what it appears to be. Now trapped in an unfamiliar world and unsure who to trust, Arturo and his team must find allies and uncover long-buried secrets if they hope to escape and return home.....
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Our strange duet
Craig, Erin A., author.
She was never just the voice he shaped... Paris, France: A rising soprano with a gift she is only just learning to embrace, Christine Daaé has moved through the glittering world of the Opera Populaire longing to find her purpose. Instead, she finds herself caught between two men who refuse to let her slip quietly into the chorus. One is Raoul, her childhood friend turned devoted admirer, offering her a future filled with warmth, safety, and a love that feels like sunlight. The other is a mysterious masked figure who lurks beneath the Opera House: The Phantom. His brilliance, obsession, and dangerous devotion to nurturing Christine’s talents ignites a dark and complicated passion in her heart. As Christine’s star ascends, so does the tension between Raoul and the Phantom. She must decide who she is when the curtain falls — and what she’s willing to risk for the life she wants. Set against the sweeping, romantic world of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, Our Strange Duet allows Christine Daaé to take center stage to tell her own story: fierce, emotional, and unforgettable.....
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Waiting on a miracle : a twisted tale
Fajardo, Anika, author.
What if Mirabel and her sisters had to leave the Encanto? Mirabel's worst fear is confirmed -- she is responsible for the faltering powers of the Familia Madrigal. Guilt-ridden and feuding with her sisters, Mirabel decides to save the magic herself. Sure, she may be the only gift-less member of her family, but she knows she can put their crumbling pieces back together again. Unfortunately, Mirabel's youngest cousin, Antonio, beats her to it. He overhears Tío Bruno's vision and does the unthinkable -- leaves the Encanto to find a solution. Terrified of what could happen outside the safety of their home, Mirabel has no other choice but recruit Strong Luisa and Perfect Isabela to help find their baby cousin. But what starts as a rescue mission turns into a magical quest with a band of brothers whose family has a deep secret connection to theirs. And soon, Mirabellearns that missing cousins and disappearing gifts may be just the beginning of their problems.......
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Hawk & Sparrow
Gray, Ayana, author.
Nineteen-year-old Vesper Evans has always resented Basalton’s high society, and the sorcery that provides them with a luxurious life unimaginable to most. Orphaned as a child and rescued by the editor of The Basalton Globe, Vesper is now an ambitious reporter determined to keep her newspaper afloat. While covering a lavish society gala, Vesper happens upon a shocking scene: the murdered body of a man she had spoken with just minutes before. Several of the powerful magical elite may want the man dead, but the prime suspect is wealthy industrialist Maximilian Kite. Max soon makes Vesper a tempting offer: Find the culprit and restore his reputation in exchange for a substantial fee. Despite her distaste for Max’s world, Vesper agrees ― the money would save the Globe, and the story would be the scoop of a lifetime. There’s only one catch: In order for her to infiltrate society, the two must pose as a courting couple. Their investigation takes them from the highest echelons of privilege to the seediest backstreets of Basalton. As they unearth the city’s secrets and scandals, Vesper finds herself in grave danger ― while falling for one of the most infuriating, arrogant, handsome men she has ever met.......
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Hell to pay
Johnson, Lora Beth, author.
Elle Fields comes from a long line of thieves who specialize in breaking into the Afterlife to steal secrets—and magic—from the dead. But after her parents’ disappearance and her brother’s death, Elle is left adrift, without even her crew to rely on. Until a mysterious stranger offers her a job she can’t refuse: stealing a soul from the Afterlife. If Elle can get it done, it could be the key to restoring the life she lost. The only problem is getting her crew back together. Oh, and the fact that the job’s impossible—but Elle is confident that she’ll be able to work it all out. After all, how hard could it be to raise the dead?....
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Nest of tongues
Ribay, Randy, author.
As Filipino vampires known as manananggal, Lily and her brother Caleb understand the value of a secret. After all, to hide is to survive. To lie is to live. They'd never harm another person -- but humans only believe their worst fears around creatures of myth. So the siblings stay quiet. They follow their community's rules. Until a monster hunter turns up and kills a fellow manananggal, anyway. Until Caleb is marked as the hunter's next prey. Suddenly, he and Lily realize there's always been more at stake than the lives of their people. Because when doing everything 'right' is still a death sentence, what can they take as truth? As the hunter nears, the siblings must decide if they'll be driven from the only home they've ever known... or fight to protect a community that may already be lost.....
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Left on read
Eller, Marissa, author.
School is everything to Murphy -- literally everything, since she's missed out on all of the Traditional High School Things in pursuit of academic success. Her senior year is going to be perfect, and so is she... because she's pushing herself to her physical and mental limit. All she needs to do is ignore her mounting anxiety! Which is probably clinical! La la la! But Hayes -- her ultrasmart, ultra-annoying rival for valedictorian -- is making her year far less perfect than she imagined. He's after that top spot, and he doesn't care who he has to shove outside. But when Murphy and Hayes are paired up for a group project on student mental health, Murphy discovers that he might be the only one who understands what she's going through. The burnout. The self-doubt. The unrelenting grind. Together, they can stand up to the pressures of academia, family, and the way most traveled... if they partner up in more ways than one.....
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