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1) After Life
Author
Publisher
Unknown
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Mara's brother Soren remembers when his name was Cole.
He remembers how he used to play pirate ship with his brothers in the backyard, the taste of his mother's soft and chewy chocolate-chip cookies, and that he rode the number eight bus to get to school.
And he also remembers the night he died.
On a dark and windy night, Soren tells Mara about the person who killed him before he chose to live with their family. Mara sets out to investigate her...
2) Identify
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Ethan is an anxiety-ridden loner who relies on medication to get through his day. During one of his fairly frequent panic attacks, a girl from school named Gabriella comes to his rescue. Gabe, as she prefers to be known, is facing her own inner turmoil. She has always been a tomboy, but the more pressure she faces to act and dress "like a girl," the more she wonders just who she really is.
When he learns that Gabe is being constantly harassed at...
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Declan's life in small-town Quebec is defined by his parents' divorce, his older brother's delinquency and his own lackluster performance at school, which lands him with a tutor he calls Little Miss Perfect. He likes his job at the local ice rink, and he has a couple of good buddies, but his father's five-year absence is a constant source of pain and anger. When he finds out the truth about his parents' divorce, he is forced to reconsider everything...
Author
Publisher
North Star Editions
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Seelie Stanton never wanted to kill someone. She never wanted to be invisible in her own family, she never wanted to crush on her best friend Alyssa, and she definitely never wanted to know how effectively a mallet could destroy someone's head. But the universe doesn't care what she wants. Shane Mayfield doesn't care what Seelie wants either. When the former high school basketball star attacks her, she has no choice but to defend...
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New Hope Academy, or, as seventeen-year-old Jane Learning likes to call it, No Hope, is a Baptist reform school where Jane is currently being held captive.
Of course, smart, sarcastic Jane has no interest in reforming, failing to see any benefit to pretending to play well with others. But then Hannah shows up, a gorgeous bad girl with fiery hair and an even stormier disposition. She shows Jane how to live a full and fulfilling life even when the...
6) Elixir Bound
Author
Series
Publisher
Shimmer Publications, LLC
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Take an epic journey in this award-winning young adult fantasy, winner of Best YA Book for the 2019 Connecticut Author Project! A young woman's quest to become the next guardian of a secret healing Elixir is perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and The Lord of the Rings.Katora Kase isn't the firstborn son nor does she possess the type of magic that conjures spells or bewitches others. In the land of the Great Peninsula--an epic fantasy world ruled...
7) Under Threat
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Franny is close to her parents, adores her horse and is head over heels in love with her girlfriend, Leah. But Franny’s parents are abortion providers at the local hospital, and an anonymous stranger is prepared to do whatever it takes to stop them. A stranger who phones at all hours. Who knows where they live. Who knows Franny’s name. When Leah’s older brother, Jake, refers to her parents as baby killers, Franny starts to wonder if perhaps...
8) Let Me Live
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Finding the Strength: Book Two The one person he trusted destroyed everything. Trusting again won’t be easy.Eighteen-year-old Marshall’s bright future shattered the day his once friend and lover opened fire on their campus, killing twelve and leaving Marshall with a shoulder wound and devastating guilt over the part he played in the massacre. The press may have dubbed him a hero, but Marshall has nowhere to turn, no one to help him through the...
9) Cub
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the gay community, a young, husky man is known as a "cub"” Seventeen-year-old Theo fits the definition perfectly, but he is very self-conscious about his body. So when his best friend signs him up for a cooking competition at Heat, the city's newest trendy restaurant, Theo is nervous. He's confident in his baking ability, and dreams of opening his own bakery one day, but he's not a chef, and he hates being in the spotlight.
As Theo survives...
10) All Things New
Author
Publisher
Three Saints Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jessa Gray has always felt broken inside, but she’s gotten very good at hiding it. No one at school knows about the panic attacks, the therapy that didn't help, the meds that haven’t worked. But when a severe accident leaves her with a brain injury and visible scars, Jessa can no longer pretend that she's okay— now she looks as shattered as she feels. Fleeing from her old life in Los Angeles, Jessa moves to Colorado to live...
11) Accuracy
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New State: Book One
Life is cheap in the new American Republic, as officer-in-training Lailani Harris knows well. Any who break the oppressive government's rules end up as live target practice, and one day Lai sees a face she recognizes in her sights. Since she can't bring herself to execute her cousin, she recruits her best friend, and they undertake a daring rescue that lands all three of them on the run. As they uncover the true depths of corruption...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The Grim Life: Book Two Dating is tough… especially when you’re dead. Max and Kody never really figured life out, and their afterlife isn’t proving any easier. They were supposed to live happily ever after, escorting souls to heaven for the Big Guy—as in God—but then their boss, the mysterious angel Slade, delivered some shocking news about the undead.Their afterlife just got a lot more complicated.The appearance of the undead shades can...
13) The Lost Souls
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The Grim Life: Book Three Teenage grim reapers Max and Kody are already dealing with being dead… and now they’re expected to save the world.With the help of their guardian angel, Slade, and each other, Max and Kody have finally discovered the destiny God planned for them—help the lost souls languishing in purgatory back to heaven. But they’re still growing into their roles. Kody, the Healer, struggles to understand the power born of his...
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