True Detective meets The Exorcist in this gripping YA mystery debut about one girl’s exorcism—and her desperate quest to reunite with her demon Clare has been miserable since her exorcism. The preacher that rid her of evil didn’t understand that her demon—simply known as Her—was like a sister to Clare. Now, Clare will do almost anything to get … Continue reading THE GOOD DEMON, by Jimmy Cajoleas, Amulet Books/Abrams
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A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, by Alex White, Orbit Books/
Boots Elsworth was a famous treasure hunter in another life, but now she’s washed up. She makes her meager living faking salvage legends and selling them to the highest bidder, but this time she might have stumbled on something real–the story of the Harrow, a famous warship, capable of untold destruction. Nilah Brio is … Continue reading A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, by Alex White, Orbit Books/
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OLIVIA TWIST, by Lorie Langdon, Blink
Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish … Continue reading OLIVIA TWIST, by Lorie Langdon, Blink
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THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING (BOOK ONE) & THE BRINK OF DARKNESS (BOOK TWO), by Jeff Giles, Bloomsbury USA Children
BOOK ONE AND TWO COVERS BOOK ONE: Description: For the perfect love, what would you be willing to lose? It’s been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who’s still reeling from her father's shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors’ mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, … Continue reading THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING (BOOK ONE) & THE BRINK OF DARKNESS (BOOK TWO), by Jeff Giles, Bloomsbury USA Children
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THE DARK BENEATH THE ICE, by Amelinda Berube, Sourcebook Fire/Sourcebooks
Something is wrong with Marianne. It's not just that her parents have split up, or that life hasn't been the same since she quit dancing. Or even that her mother has checked herself into the hospital. She's losing time. Doing things she would never do. And objects around her seem to break whenever she comes … Continue reading THE DARK BENEATH THE ICE, by Amelinda Berube, Sourcebook Fire/Sourcebooks
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AFTERMATH, by Kelly Armstrong, Crown Publishing, Penguin Teen Canada (ARC)
DESCRIPTION: Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there's no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn't a victim; he was a shooter. Jesse Mandal knows all too well that the scars of the past don't heal easily. The shooting cost Jesse his … Continue reading AFTERMATH, by Kelly Armstrong, Crown Publishing, Penguin Teen Canada (ARC)
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A MOST NOBLE HEIR, by Susan Anne Mason, Bethany House Publishers
DESCRIPTION: When stable hand Nolan Price learns from his dying mother that he is actually the son of the Earl of Stainsby, his plans for a future with kitchen maid Hannah Burnham are shattered. Once he is officially acknowledged as the earl's heir, Nolan will be forbidden to marry beneath his station. Unwilling to give … Continue reading A MOST NOBLE HEIR, by Susan Anne Mason, Bethany House Publishers
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CATCHING STARS, by Cayla Keenan, Of Tomes Publishing
Witch. Betrayal. Hunted. Jayin Ijaad is in hiding. A witch with powerful abilities, she carves out a life for herself in the slums of Pavaal, a city rotting from the inside out. When an old acquaintance tracks her down, Jayin is dragged back into a world she tried to escape -- and is determined to … Continue reading CATCHING STARS, by Cayla Keenan, Of Tomes Publishing
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THE MERMAID, by Christina Henry, Berkley
From the author of Lost Boy comes a historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea for love and later finds herself in P.T. Barnum's American Museum as the real Fiji mermaid. However, leaving the museum may be harder than leaving the sea ever was. Once there was a mermaid who longed to know of … Continue reading THE MERMAID, by Christina Henry, Berkley
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AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, by Thea Lim, Viking
“Amidst the breathtaking world Thea Lim has created in AN OCEAN OF MINUTES is a profound meditation on the inhumanity of class and the limits of love. It takes immense talent to render cruelty both accurately and with honest beauty – Lim has pulled it off. This is a story about the malleability of time, … Continue reading AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, by Thea Lim, Viking
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