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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Richard Paul Evans
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Mercury Ink (2011, Aug 9th).
Pages: 336
The start of an action-packed teen series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans.My name is Michael Vey, and the story I’m about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It’s my story. To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is an ordinary fourteen-year-old. In fact, the only thing that seems to set him apart is the fact that he has Tourette’s syndrome. But Michael is anything but ordinary. Michael has special powers. Electric powers. Michael thinks he's unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor also has special powers. With the help of Michael’s friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up this way, but their investigation brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric children – and through them the world. more
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Fairy Tail 25
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Hiro Mashima
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Kodansha Comics (2013, Apr 23rd).
Pages: 208
THIS AIN’T THE SAT! Natsu, Levy, Gray and the others face a fierce trial to reach the coveted S class! But with a mysterious death wizard wandering the island in search of Natsu, a mystery man manipulating the memories of the entire guild and a powerful dark force preparing to mount an invasion, one thing is clear – this test really needs a proctor! more
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Dust Girl: The American Fairy Trilogy Book 1
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Sarah Zettel
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (2012, Jun 26th).
Pages: 304
Fans of Libba Bray’s The Diviners will love The American Fairy Trilogy’s stylish blend of fantasy and twentieth-century history. Callie LeRoux is choking on dust. It settles on the food in the kitchen. It seeps through the cracks in the hotel that Callie and her mother run in Kansas. It’s slowly filling her lungs. Callie’s begged her mother to leave their town, like their neighbors have already done, but her mother refuses. She’s waiting for Callie’s long-gone father to return. Just as the biggest dust storm in history sweeps through the Midwest, Callie discovers her mother’s long-kept secret. Callie’s not just mixed race—she’s half fairy, too. more
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Burned: A House of Night Novel
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: P. C. Cast
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (2010, Apr 27th).
Pages: 384
When friends stop trusting each other, Darkness is there to fan the flames…. Things have turned black at the House of Night. Zoey Redbird’s soul has shattered. With everything she’s ever stood for falling apart, and a broken heart making her want to stay in the Otherworld forever, Zoey’s fading fast. It’s seeming more and more doubtful that she will be able pull herself back together in time to rejoin her friends and set the world to rights. As the only living person who can reach her, Stark must find a way to get to her. But how? He will have to die to do so, the Vampyre High Council stipulates. And then Zoey will give up for sure. There are only 7 days left… Enter BFF Stevie Rae. more
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Briana's Gift (Lurlene McDaniel (Mass Market))
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lurlene McDaniel
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Laurel Leaf; Reprint edition (2008, Mar 11th).
Pages: 176
Thirteen-year-old Casey's mother always said that Casey's sixteen-year-old sister marched to the beat of a different drummer. But it isn't until Briana runs away with an older boy that Casey begins to understand what her mother meant. When Briana returns home alone and pregnant, Casey and her mother try to help Briana come to terms with her options.It was already complicated to think about Briana's choices and then things change suddenly again. When Briana is in a serious accident, Casey's mother sees things one way. Although Casey understands her mother's reaction, she feels she must try to convince her mother to make a different decision. Casey needs to grow up fast and do what she can to maintain Briana's legacy. Will she be able to make her mother understand that there is only one way to accept Briana's gift?From the Hardcover edition. more
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Quintana of Charyn: The Lumatere Chronicles
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Melina Marchetta
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick (2013, Mar 12th).
Pages: 528
The climactic conclusion of Printz Award winner Melina Marchetta’s epic fantasy trilogy!Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child’s right to rule. While in the valley between two kingdoms, Quintana of Charyn and Isaboe of Lumatere come face-to-face in a showdown that will result in heartbreak for one and power for the other. The complex tangle of bloodlines, politics, and love introduced in Finnikin of the Rock and Froi of the Exiles coalesce into an engrossing climax in this final volume. more
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Truth or Dare (Capital Girls)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ella Monroe
Format: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (2013, Apr 23rd).
Pages: 304
Jackie, Lettie, and Laura Beth barely survived the holidays . . . literally. Jackie's on lockdown while the hunt is on for her stalker, who somehow got into the White House and left her an ominous note. Laura Beth and Sol are finally back together after a scandal almost tore them apart, and Lettie, who’s forced to live with Whitney and her gossip-mongering mom, has let down her guard enough to fall in love with Daniel. For the Capital Girls life is always complicated, especially when they're under 24-hour media scrutiny. But that won’t stop the three friends from making their senior year the most amazing ever—even as the mystery deepens over Taylor Cane's death and First Son Andrew Price’s role in it. . more
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The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Julie Schumacher
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2012, May 8th).
Pages: 240
I'm Adrienne Haus, survivor of a mother-daughter book club. Most of us didn't want to join. My mother signed me up because I was stuck at home all summer, with my knee in a brace. CeeCee's parents forced her to join after cancelling her Paris trip because she bashed up their car. The members of "The Unbearable Book Club," CeeCee, Jill, Wallis, and I, were all going into eleventh grade A.P. English. But we weren't friends. We were literary prisoners, sweating, reading classics, and hanging out at the pool. If you want to find out how membership in a book club can end up with a person being dead, you can probably look us up under mother-daughter literary catastrophe. Or open this book and read my essay, which I'll turn in when I go back to school. more
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Zero
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tom Leveen
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (2012, Apr 24th).
Pages: 304
For aspiring artist Amanda Walsh, who only half-jokingly goes by the nickname Zero, the summer before college was supposed to be fun—plain and simple. Hanging out with her best friend Jenn, going to clubs, painting, and counting down the days until her escape. But when must-have scholarship money doesn't materialize, and she has a falling out with Jenn that can only be described as majorly awkward, and Zero's parents relationship goes from tense to relentless fighting, her prospects start looking as bleak and surreal as a painting by her idol Salvador Dali. Will life truly imitate art? Will her new, unexpected relationship with a punk skater boy who seems too good to be real and support from the unlikeliest of sources show Zero that she's so much more than a name. more
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Once in a Full Moon
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ellen Schreiber
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (2010, Dec 28th).
Pages: 304
Beware of a kiss under the full moon. It will change your life forever.Celeste Parker is used to hearing scary stories about werewolves—Legend's Run is famous for them. She's used to everything in the small town until Brandon Maddox moves to Legend's Run and Celeste finds herself immediately drawn to the handsome new student. But when, after an unnerving visit with a psychic, she encounters a pack of wolves and gorgeous, enigmatic Brandon, she must discover whether his transformation is more than legend or just a trick of the shadows in the moonlight. Her best friends may never forgive her if she gives up her perfect boyfriend, Nash, for Brandon, who's from the wrong side of town. But she can't deny her attraction or the strong pull he has on her. more
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