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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

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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

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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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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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The Dream Defenders by Neal DenHartog

About The Dream Defenders by Neal DenHartog

When teenager Nolan Erling discovers the existence of a secret organization governing the dreaming world while the population sleeps, he expects his dreams to be safe. Instead, he unwitting lets loose dangerous nightmares that possess the ability kill. If he can’t find a way to contain them, no dreamer will be safe, and neither will the organization that defends them.

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The Modest Proposal Institute by Paul James

About The Modest Proposal Institute by Paul James

The Modest Proposal Institute series explores the near future of the Western world through the lives of two boys. They are among the first pupils at an old-style boarding school for boys located on a manmade island outside the control of any country. Here boys can be boys, learning and achieving the way boys always have. At first, in book 1, the boys are rivals. By book 2, they have gone their separate ways — one into space, and one to establish cities under the Earth’s oceans. They are no longer rivals but they have a possible rival who has chosen to continue his own path on the world’s surface. The story plays out from the present time to 100 years into the future and covers the collapse of the West economically after the disastrous 2021 recession and the rapid cooling during the solar minimum. The West has become a cold, impoverished place and The Institute is seen by many as being to blame. Beset by internal struggles and external jealousies, the two heroes try to navigate a safe path to a better future in book 2: No More Empires.

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To Pieces by Kati Rocky

About To Pieces by Kati Rocky:

To friends and family Jane seemed like a normal teen… Until one day she didn’t.

Jane Flynn – a self-proclaimed “Plain Jane” – finds her life taking a dramatic detour junior year of high school when she undergoes her first bipolar cycle. This gripping novel takes us on a wild ride through her descent into devastating depression and rise into out-of-control mania as she juggles school, first love, friendship and a dark family secret.

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Faelorehn: Book One of the Otherworld Series

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Celtic mythology blends beautifully with the modern world in this contemporary fantasy romance: The Mortal Instruments meets The Iron Fey.

“If you love the tales of the ancient Celt and Fae intertwined with modern romance, then you will love the first book of this trilogy.” ★★★★★

I never heard him come after me and even as I climbed the slope and stumbled onto our shaded back lawn, I didn’t look back. It was like the day the gnomes chased me all over again, but this time I was not escaping some horrible little creatures, I was fleeing from an incredibly good-looking guy who could very well understand me completely. I was either saving myself from that serial killer I always imagined lived down in the swamp, or I had finally gone over the deep end . . .

Meghan Elam has been strange her entire life: her eyes have this odd habit of changing color and she sees and hears things no one else does. When the visions and voices in her head start to get worse, she is convinced that her parents will want to drag her off to another psychiatrist. That is, until the mysterious Cade MacRoich shows up out of nowhere with an explanation of his own.

Cade brings her news of another realm where goblins and gnomes are the norm, a place where whispering spirits exist in the very earth, and a world where Meghan just might find the answers she has always sought.

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Fatherless by David C. Riggins

About Fatherless by David C. Riggins

Fatherless is a heartbreaking tale of a young man dealing with the pain of abandonment, finding true love and meeting the tragedy of his ultimate fate. Abandoned by his father, Danny Braverman struggles to find his way through the confusion of adolescence and developing sexuality.

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Elemental Origins: The Complete Series by AL Knorr

About Elemental Origins: The Complete Series by AL Knorr

Born of Water (2018 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner): A mysterious shipwreck could unlock ancient powers… or send her to a watery grave.
Targa feels more at home on dry land than in the realm of her mermaid ancestors. To keep her mom’s identity under wraps, she signs on for a salvage in the Baltic Sea. Her plan to blend in with the crew is spoiled when she catches the eye of a handsome local.

A freak accident attracts even more unwanted attention, putting their lives in danger. Can Targa find the courage to unleash the currents surging deep within?

Born of Fire: Welcome to the world of fire magi, where what doesn’t kill you (literally) makes you stronger.
Saxony Cagney counts herself lucky when she wins a position in Venice for the summer. She meets two Italian men…. Both are smart, successful, and sexy. When she discovers one of the boys in her charge is dying, things get a shoved into complicated…then contagious – she’ll never be the same.

Just when she’s got more than she can handle, she gets tangled with the most powerful crime family in Venice. Will she survive long enough to learn the secrets of her new abilities, or will they kill her?

Born of Earth: When the earth gives up her dead, you shall understand.
Georjie isn’t thrilled about going to Ireland for the summer, and even less thrilled when her sexy cousin Jasher (not blood-related and don’t you forget it) is as friendly as a nest of vipers.

When Georjie unearths Jasher’s terrifying secret, things she never knew about her family come to light; A woman who disappeared without a trace. A desiccated body. Strange cocoons hanging in the greenhouse. Georjie finds herself trapped in a mystery involving the power of nature itself.

Born of Aether: They say if you tell a lie long enough, you’ll eventually believe it, but Akiko will never forget who she really is.
Akiko’s life as a teen is a complete sham. The old man she lives with is not her grandfather, he’s her captor. And Akiko isn’t a teen. In fact, she isn’t even human. But Akiko isn’t allowed to share her truth with a soul. Not even her friends know the power she could wield.

When she’s sent to steal a sword, she jumps at the chance to secure her freedom, only to get caught in a game with the most deadly crime syndicate in Japan.

Can Akiko escape with her life, or is true freedom as elusive as the Aether she was born from?

Born of Air: She is a supernatural unlike any you’ve ever seen before.
All Petra wants in life is to study Archaeology. She’s got the grades and ambition, all she needs now is work on an Old World dig. When Petra spies an ad for an excavation to Africa, she knows its for her.

A heart-pounding race through the desert with Jesse-her sexy dig-mate-ends when she falls into a cave where her life changes forever.

As her powers manifest, there are those who have reason to destroy her. Will she survive long enough to learn what she’s really capable of?

The Elementals: Can they use their newfound powers to save their hometown?
The summer is over and the girls share the adventures that have gifted them with elemental powers.

When they are recruited to execute a secret project, it seems they’ll be rocketed to glory. But when they unleash a terrible force, things deteriorate rapidly…

The deadly entity seems immune to their magic and it is too late to turn back.

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R. Caine High School, Books 1-3 by Victoria Danann

About R. Caine High School, Books 1-3 by Victoria Danann

“FIVE STARS for one of the most peculiar high school experiences of all time!” – The World is Hers for the Reading

A STUNNING NEW TEEN FANTASY SERIES LIKE NOTHING ELSE!
The gods are using their own children as players in a high stakes game located in the most treacherous environment in the known universe… high school. To make it more interesting, they’ve stripped their children of knowledge of who they really are and withheld the rules of the game.

Sixteen-year-old Ever Moore thought she was an ordinary human girl until she transferred to R. Caine. Now she finds herself in a vortex of crazy occurrences where mystery, myths, and mystic collide.

Start reading TODAY and find out why readers are calling R. Caine HS funny, fast paced, and fabulous with flair.

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