Category: Children + YA
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Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Nov 2021 Synopsis: A curse plagues the realm of Azenor—during each new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain and brings nightmares to life. Only magicians, who serve as territory wardens, stand between people and their worst dreams. Clementine Madigan is ready to take over as the warden…
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True North (The Dragon and the Girl) by Laura Findley Evans: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Dec 2021 Synopsis: THE LAST DRAGONS IN THE KINGDOM WERE KILLED A HALF CENTURY AGO. At least that’s what twelve-year-old Eliana has grown up hearing. Imagine her surprise when one morning in the forest she finds herself eye to eye with a young dragon. When she learns the…
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Frankendork: From Darkness Unto Light by Barney Ludkins: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Sep 2024 Synopsis: “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7) is a Bible verse we should all take to heart, but showing mercy and forgiveness isn’t always easy. For Franky, this challenge becomes especially tough when the school bully gets on his case. To…
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Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Nov 2023 Synopsis: When the answers to a present-day murder lie in the past, one teen girl must examine a tragic event to prevent more lives from being lost. No one expected it to rain that much. But the rain kept coming, the dam broke, and lives were…
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Road Trip Rescue by Becca Wierwille: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Oct 2023 Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Kimmy trusts dogs more than people. After all, her dog Bo never made fun of her for having one hand. But two years ago, Bo disappeared. When Kimmy stumbles across a magazine photo of a dog in upstate New York that looks just like…
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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin: Content Warnings
Publication Date: June 1978 Synopsis: A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing’s for sure:…
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Sep 2017 Synopsis: Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park…
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Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Nov 2021 Synopsis: Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves them as Mami Wata–a mermaid–collecting the souls of those who die at sea and blessing their journeys back home. But when a living boy is thrown overboard, Simi goes against an ancient decree and does the…
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The Influencers by Kassandra Garrison: Content Warnings
Publication Date: April 2022 Synopsis: Abducted from her own home, Darcy Bishop finds herself an unwilling participant in a secret society called the Influencers. Yet, this seemingly benevolent group is hiding much more than its identity. As she faces the challenges of ruthless enemies, dangerous missions, and untimely love, Darcy…
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The Wanderers Mark by Beth Brower: Content Warnings
Publication Date: July 2017 Synopsis: With a daunting desert spread out before her, Eleanor still believes she can return home and aid her people in defending Aemogen from the Imirillian invasion. But she finds there are impossibilities and bitter fates she cannot control. Now that Eleanor is beyond his reach,…
