Category: Children + YA
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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,…
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The Ruby Prince by Beth Brower: Content Warnings
Publication Date: April 2016 Synopsis: Queen Eleanor’s gambit worked. Aemogen, for now, has been spared from the ruthless Imirillian army. But Eleanor is still a captive, and Prince Basal is taking her into the North. As Eleanor is swept through the deserts of Imirillia to the magnificent city of Zarbadast,…
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Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Sep 1998 Synopsis: Luke has never been to school. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s…
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu: Content Warnings
Publication Date: June 2022 Synopsis: Onyeka has a lot of hair—the kind that makes strangers stop in the street and her peers whisper behind her back. At least she has Cheyenne, her best friend, who couldn’t care less what other people think. Still, Onyeka has always felt insecure about her…
