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Diamond Girl by Joni Harrison

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Diamond Girl by Joni Harrison

It’s 1973 and 17-year-old Bliss Bennet has the perfect life. The only problem is she wishes she were someone else. While her wealthy family expects her to make her debut, go to a suitable college, and eventually drop out to be a housewife, Bliss pursues her real love: softball. She’s good enough to get a scholarship to Arizona State, the best team in the country. Too bad her parents are dead set against it. After her high school team wins the state championship, they’re selected to represent the United States in a high-stakes tournament against the Soviet Union’s best teenage softball players. Bliss sees an opportunity to prove to her parents that softball is her destiny. If she can win they’ll have to let her go to Arizona. Lose and she’ll never play softball again.

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The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask

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The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask

Abandoned at eleven with limited memories, Alexia seeks her identity. Under the new government’s regime, sixteen year-olds are evaluated for their desire to harm others. Alexia struggles to conceal her psychic ability to read the past and future of anyone she touches. She is then taken to an island where other highly skilled agents and readers like her train to survive.

A spell-binding adventure of friendship, love and unforeseen twists. A captivating novel filled with forbidden romance and shocking betrayals that demands the question – Can One Decision Determine Your Destiny?

From USA Today, Washington Post, Amazon Charts Bestselling author and Goodreads Best Fiction Finalist Sejal Badani comes an exhilarating new Readers’ Favorite 5 Star YA series.

5 out of 5 stars : “The book was amazing. I loved every second of it. It had a lot of twist and turns that I was not expecting by any means. Fantastic Job! Will be reading more books by this Author!” – NetGalley Review

Amazon Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars: “WOW!! Can’t Wait for Book 2”
5.0 out of 5 stars: “Loved It! The Circle: Taken is an excellent YA novel that is sure to appeal to the masses of readers. The plot is truly gripping and will keep you guessing and wanting more with each and every turn of the page.”
5.0 out of 5 stars: “Great Adventure Book! The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask has now become one of my favorite books! “

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Screamcatcher: Web World

About Screamcatcher: Web World:

When seventeen-year-old Jory Pike cannot shake the hellish nightmares of her parent’s deaths, she turns to an old family heirloom, a dream catcher. Even though she’s half blood Chippewa, Jory thinks old Native American lore is so yesterday, but she’s willing to give it a try. However, the dream catcher has had its fill of nightmares from an ancient and violent past. After a sleepover party, and during one of Jory’s most horrific dream episodes, the dream catcher implodes, sucking Jory and her three friends into its own world of trapped nightmares. They’re in an alternate universe—locked inside of an insane web world filled with murders, beasts and thieves. How can they find the center of the web where all good things are allowed to pass? Where is the light of salvation? Are they in hell?

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Screamcatcher: Web World

About Screamcatcher: Web World:

When seventeen-year-old Jory Pike cannot shake the hellish nightmares of her parent’s deaths, she turns to an old family heirloom, a dream catcher. Even though she’s half blood Chippewa, Jory thinks old Native American lore is so yesterday, but she’s willing to give it a try. However, the dream catcher has had its fill of nightmares from an ancient and violent past. After a sleepover party, and during one of Jory’s most horrific dream episodes, the dream catcher implodes, sucking Jory and her three friends into its own world of trapped nightmares. They’re in an alternate universe—locked inside of an insane web world filled with murders, beasts and thieves. How can they find the center of the web where all good things are allowed to pass? Where is the light of salvation? Are they in hell?

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Spoken

About Spoken:

High school freshman Roman Santi has everything — good looks, great friends, a mansion with an Infinity swimming pool — except the one thing he really wants. A relationship with his father.

When Roman’s life gets turned upside down, he is forced to leave his pampered Hollywood lifestyle and move into his grandparents’ Midwestern home. Starting at a new high school is the WORST but Roman’s life starts to look up when his pink-haired friend Zuzu, and his crush, a classmate named Claire, introduce him to performance poetry through the high school’s Spoken Word Club.

Spoken is an uplifting, funny and heartfelt coming of age story that captures how the honesty of performance poetry binds together students from all different walks of life and forever changes Roman’s future.

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The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask

The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask

From USA Today, Washington Post, Amazon Charts Bestselling author and Goodreads Best Fiction Finalist Sejal Badani comes an exhilarating new Readers’ Favorite 5 Star YA series.

Abandoned at eleven with limited memories, Alexia seeks her identity. Under the new government’s regime, sixteen year-olds are evaluated for their desire to harm others. Alexia struggles to conceal her psychic ability and is taken to an island where other highly skilled agents and readers like her train to survive.

A spell-binding adventure of friendship, love and unforeseen twists. A captivating novel filled with forbidden romance and shocking betrayals that demands the question – Can One Decision Determine Your Destiny?

5 out of 5 stars : “The book was amazing. I loved every second of it. It had a lot of twist and turns that I was not expecting by any means. Fantastic Job! Will be reading more books by this Author!” – NetGalley Review

Amazon Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars: “WOW!! Can’t Wait for Book 2”
5.0 out of 5 stars: “Loved It! The Circle: Taken is an excellent YA novel that is sure to appeal to the masses of readers. The plot is truly gripping and will keep you guessing and wanting more with each and every turn of the page.”
5.0 out of 5 stars: “A Thrilling Adventure”
5.0 out of 5 stars: “Great Adventure Book! The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask has now become one of my favorite books! “
5.0 out of 5 stars: “Amazing story with exciting twists along the journey”

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The 415 Grift by DP Vent

About The 415 Grift by DP Vent:

Young Rabbit Keating has recruited a mixed race crew of con artists and grifters from the streets of San Francisco in the early 90’s. The fun loving group makes a nice living, quickly elevating themselves from homeless status to residing in cheap motels with plenty of food to eat and clean clothes on their backs. Rabbit is making plans for a more inventive con and a bigger score when a gang of violent skinheads try to shake the crew down for their hard earned money. Rabbit reacts swiftly to protect his people and finds himself with a formidable enemy and a price on his head!

This novella is the long awaited prequel to the “Truth Conspiracy” series.

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Merged

About Merged:

Seven of our country’s most gifted teens will become Nobels, hosts for the implantation of brilliant Mentor minds in an effort to accelerate human progress. But as the line between what’s possible and what’s right draws ever blurrier, the teens discover everything has a cost. Scientists have created an evolved form of living known as Merged Consciousness. Sixteen-year-old Lake, the Nobel for Chemistry and Orfyn, the Nobel for Art, are two from among the inaugural class of Nobels, and with the best intentions. But when Stryker, the Nobel for Peace, makes them question the motivation of the scientists behind the program, their world begins to unravel. As the Mentors begin to take over their bodies and minds, Lake and Orfyn must find a way to regain control before they lose all semblance or memory of their former selves.

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The Circle: Taken

About The Circle: Taken:

From USA Today, Washington Post, Amazon Charts and Goodreads Best Fiction Finalist bestselling author Sejal Badani and a group of young adult writers comes an exhilarating new YA series.

Abandoned at eleven with no memory of her family, Alexia seeks her true identity. Under the new government’s regime, sixteen year-olds are evaluated for their desire to harm others. Throughout the test, Alexia struggles to conceal her psychic ability to read the past and future of anyone she touches. When her secret is revealed, Alexia is taken to an island where other highly skilled agents and readers like her train to survive.

As Alexia gains more control over her abilities, she desperately tries to piece together her elusive past. In her quest for the truth, Alexia’s loyalties are tested when forced to make an impossible choice between those she loves and the family she can’t remember.

A spell-binding adventure of friendship, love, unforeseen twists and learning that our most dangerous enemies are often the people we trust the most. A captivating novel filled with forbidden romance and shocking betrayals that demands the question – Can One Decision Determine Your Destiny?

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Two Like Me and You

About Two Like Me and You:

Called, “both intimate and epic,” by Kirkus Reviews in a starred review, Two Like Me and You by Chad Alan Gibbs is a coming of age teen adventure full of romance and laugh out loud humor. Fans of John Green’s Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska and Robyn Schneider’s The Beginning of Everything will find what they’re looking for in this debut young adult novel.

Edwin Green’s ex-girlfriend is famous. We’re talking cover-of-every-tabloid-in-the-grocery-store-line famous. She dumped Edwin one year ago on what he refers to as Black Saturday, and in hopes of winning her back, he’s spent the last twelve months trying to become famous himself. It hasn’t gone well.

But when a history class assignment pairs Edwin with Parker Haddaway, the mysterious new girl at school, she introduces him to Garland Lenox, the nursing-home-bound World War II veteran who will change Edwin’s life forever.

The three escape to France, in search of the old man’s long-lost love, and as word of their hilarious adventure spreads, they become media darlings. But when things fall apart, they also become the focus of French authorities. In a race against time, who will find love, and who will only find more heartache?

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Two Like Me and You by Chad Alan Gibbs

About Two Like Me and You by Chad Alan Gibbs

eBook on sale for $0.99 (regularly $3.99) from July 8 through July 14, 2019.

Called, “both intimate and epic,” by Kirkus Reviews in a starred review, Two Like Me and You by Chad Alan Gibbs is a coming of age teen adventure full of romance and laugh out loud humor. Fans of John Green’s Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska and Robyn Schneider’s The Beginning of Everything will find what they’re looking for in this debut young adult novel.

Edwin Green’s ex-girlfriend is famous. We’re talking cover-of-every-tabloid-in-the-grocery-store-line famous. She dumped Edwin one year ago on what he refers to as Black Saturday, and in hopes of winning her back, he’s spent the last twelve months trying to become famous himself. It hasn’t gone well.

But when a history class assignment pairs Edwin with Parker Haddaway, the mysterious new girl at school, she introduces him to Garland Lenox, the nursing-home-bound World War II veteran who will change Edwin’s life forever.

The three escape to France, in search of the old man’s long-lost love, and as word of their hilarious adventure spreads, they become media darlings. But when things fall apart, they also become the focus of French authorities. In a race against time, who will find love, and who will only find more heartache?

This YA book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print, Audiobook

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SLIP

About SLIP:

All 17-year-old Xavier can think about is graduating high school and moving to a place where no one will look twice at him. Everyone at school thinks he’s gay, but he’ll take the rumors over everyone knowing his truth. For 17-year-old, Natasha, life’s pretty good. She’s popular, has two best friends, and is dating the captain of the football team, the object of Xavier’s crush.

After witnessing a traumatic event at a Halloween bash, Xavier and Natasha experience a night which forces them to view the world through each other’s eyes. Soon Natasha is faced with the grim realization that her identity dictates how the people in her life treat her. Meanwhile, it’s a concept which Xavier knows painfully well. As they struggle to accept certain truths of their own realities, they can tell no one what’s happening to them. No one would believe them anyway, because they barely believe it themselves.

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Leftover Girl by C.C. Bolick

About Leftover Girl by C.C. Bolick

Jes can’t remember anything before she was found barefoot in the headlights of an old Ford. At fifteen, she has adjusted to moving without notice and never fitting in, but everything changes with her adopted mom’s hometown. There Jes falls for her mom’s nephew, a love she hides when his betrayal leaves her isolated and driven to unravel the past.

After Jes befriends a strange new student, she discovers an unbelievable secret: he’s from another planet and searching for a missing girl who just might be her. As Jes will learn, truth comes at a cost, but will she give up love to find out?

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Sorcery and Sirens by Iris Woodbury

About Sorcery and Sirens by Iris Woodbury

Sorcery and Sirens (Magic and Dreams: Book One)

Crystal’s life is a mess.
Homecoming sucks, her best friend wants nothing to do with her, and she has nothing better to do than hang out at a lame medieval faire with Stu and her other friends.
Just when she’s starting to relax and have fun, she finds a doorway in a changing room. Curious, she enters to find a parallel world. The boy she’s been crushing on is there but everything else is bizarre. Demanding to be taken back to the faire despite how hot Jake is, Crystal discovers Stu is missing.
Heartbroken and thoroughly confused, Crystal’s search for Stu begins a wild adventure that brings her deeper into a mysterious land where no one is who or what they seem.
Along the way, she must battle her own personal demons, strange and frightening new creatures, and must find a sacred dagger or else her world and friends will vanish forever.
Great. No pressure.

Sorcery and Sirens is perfect for lovers of magic, vampires, sirens and snarky teens. Fans of Tricia Barr and Jaymin Eve will love this.

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Bandit Boyz 2 by: Amere Dozier

About Bandit Boyz 2 by: Amere Dozier:

Darrell Harris is finished serving his fifteen year prison sentence after killing his father and moves to Los Angeles, California with his movie writer sister, Erica. When Darrell meets his sister’s fiancée, Deshaun they become friends while they work to help get him on his feet. In the process Darrell finds out some things about Deshaun that may cause danger for him and his sister. He ends up having to find a way to protect he and sister .

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Difference Maker: Overcoming Adversity and Turning Pain into Purpose, Every Day (Teen Edition)

About Difference Maker: Overcoming Adversity and Turning Pain into Purpose, Every Day (Teen Edition):

You’ve been hit and wounded. Life hasn’t turned out to be what you expected, wanted, or hoped for. No one seems to care. You feel alone and isolated.
Something is wrong. You can sense it. Your heart says, “There’s got to be more.”
Yes, there is.
It’s time to turn things around. It’s time to expose the lies you’ve been fed about yourself and embrace the truth.
What’s the truth?
You’re a Difference Maker. And it’s time to start living that way.
For more than 30 years, multiple award-winning author and speaker Gary Roe has been helping teens and adults heal from past wounds, discover who they are, and live with passion and purpose. With more than a dozen books and 600 articles in print, he has become a trusted, inspirational voice to thousands of wounded hearts.

“Life is about overcoming,” Gary frequently says. Join him on the Difference Maker journey. You’ll be glad you did.

In this Teen Edition of Difference Maker, you’ll discover…
• The incredible power lies have had over you and your heart.
• What the common lies are out there, and how they are affecting you.
• How to expose the lies you’ve been fed, one by one.
• The truth about yourself and those around you.
• How to embrace the truth and begin to think and live differently.

As you choose to think differently and begin to heal and grow, you’ll also learn…
• How to conquer obstacles like fear, anxiety, anger, depression, self-harming behavior, and suicidal thoughts.
• Why you’re here and what your mission is.
• How to avoid thoughts, behavior, and habits that threaten your wellbeing and will scuttle your mission.
• How to embrace healthy, mission-building thoughts, behavior, and habits that will propel you forward.
• How to live with more purpose and passion than you dreamed possible.

No matter what has happened to you or around you, you can heal and grow. You can overcome adversity and turn pain into purpose, every day. You can transform losses into gains. Difference Maker can show you how.

You are a Difference Maker. The world needs you.

Accept the challenge. Let the Difference Maker adventure begin.

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Gems of Fire by Diane E. Samson

About Gems of Fire by Diane E. Samson

Palace of Sunderland. Paradise to the peasants. Prison to sixteen-year-old Anna, daughter of the king. She can never escape the castle’s cold walls and scorning disapproval of her father and his brute royal counsel, Seamus. She’ll always live in the shadow of her late mother the queen. Will they ever see her for who she really is?
A riding accident lands Anna in the hands of traders who sell her as a slave in distant Kasdod to none-other than her father’s enemy, Lord Anwar. After overhearing a dangerous plot to conquer Sunderland and kill the royal family, Anna must escape and warn her father, even if it means facing her greatest enemy.
With the doom looming over her, Anna is approached by a dangerous-looking man in the dark. He claims to want to help her, but can she trust him with her secrets? The perils of the journey ahead will push Anna to the limit and answer the one question that has always plagued her. Will she ever be enough?

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No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey

About No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey

A troubled teen flees to Alaska to start a new life with her grandpa, even as his fades.

Their worlds are about to come crashing down…

Harper Lyon’s life is spinning out of control. Sixteen years old in high school, she threatens her parents with suicide unless she can meet her drug-dealing boyfriend, a college student who doesn’t know she’s pregnant.

Cooper Lyons, her estranged grandfather, lives in rural Alaska with only his dog and cat for company. He has just been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, and he doesn’t plan on letting the disease run its course.

When Harper calls her grandfather, he welcomes the opportunity to help her and redeem his previous failure with his daughter Heather, who died from a drug overdose years ago.

Harper needs to escape her parents and decide what to do about the baby. She and her grandpa are worlds apart, but they may be exactly what the other needs.

Can they save each other?

“A love letter to family relationships and Alaskan life, No Fences in Alaska is a gratifying young adult novel. . . . a coming-of-age story set against the arresting backdrop of the Alaskan wilderness.” —5 Star Foreword Review

“All told, readers will find No Fences in Alaska impossible to put down.” —Starred Blueink Review

“Sobey pens a gorgeously written novel on loss, family relationships, keeping secrets, and most of all, love. This dazzling novel dares us to understand the fragility of life, the intimate losses, the small battles, and the daily human triumphs that change us the most. ‘Masterful!'” — Authors Reading Review

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The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask

About The Circle: Taken by Sage Sask

From USA Today, Washington Post, Amazon Charts Bestselling author and Goodreads Best Fiction Finalist Sejal Badani comes an exhilarating new YA series.

Abandoned at eleven with limited memories, Alexia seeks her identity. Under the new government’s regime, sixteen year-olds are evaluated for their desire to harm others. Alexia struggles to conceal her psychic ability and is taken to an island where other highly skilled agents and readers like her train to survive.

A spell-binding adventure of friendship, love and unforeseen twists. A captivating novel filled with forbidden romance and shocking betrayals that demands the question – Can One Decision Determine Your Destiny?

Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars :
“The book was amazing. I loved every second of it. It had a lot of twist and turns that I was not expecting by any means. Fantastic Job! Will be reading more books by this Author!” – NetGalley Review
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“I LOVED it. The characters in this novel struggle with love, friendship, dealing with right vs. wrong, figuring out who they REALLY are and deciding what they’re meant to do in life. The complex characters are truly fascinating…Additionally, the plot is just so intricate and organized…it’s seriously interesting and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I would definitely recommend this book.” — Educator Review NetGalley
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Amazon Review
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!
“The Circle: Taken” is an excellent YA novel that is sure to appeal to the masses of readers. The plot is truly gripping and will keep you guessing and wanting more with each and every turn of the page. The protagonist, Alexia, is a young girl who is struggling to find herself in the midst of chaotic and tumultuous times. This story really has it all: love, loss, strength, courage, chaos, and so much more. Regardless of what your favorite genre is, “The Circle” has something in store for everyone and will make you desperately want answers to all of Alexia’s questions.
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Amazon Review
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story with exciting twists along the journey
The circle taken is an amazing story. I found myself hooked from the first page when I began to read about an 11 year old girl training to be a warrior. Alexia has a secret past and at 16 must now take the test to decide her future. With her talents, she finds herself sent away and forced to train for survival. The story follows the 16 year old alexia as she trains and tried to recover the memories of the past. This is one of the best adventures I have read in awhile. I found the characters to be relatable and believable. I would recommend this one to everyone who likes adventure stories that focus on a female heroine. Check this one out folks it is a really good read.
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Amazon Review
5 out of 5 stars Must read young adult novel
“The Circle: Taken” is well written, exciting tale following Alexia, a young girl with psychic powers who was abandoned as a child. We follow her as she comes of age in a society where every teen is tested and determined if they are a danger to others. Sage Sask writing brings Alexia and the world around her to life and draws you into the struggles she is facing. This book kept me on the edge of my seat as Alexia tries to conceal her powers and as she is trying to find out more about who she is.
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“A diverting, character-driven sci-fi tale with a compelling protagonist…a thoroughly engrossing launch of a prospective series.” — Kirkus Review

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Lucky Star

About Lucky Star:

Teenager Ben Somerset has three great loves in his life: Sherlock Holmes, designer clothes and a certain song by Madonna. And then Susie appears.
Set in England in the summer of 1984 Lucky Star tells of Ben’s introduction to the world of shoplifting, music, politics, love and heartbreak.

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