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The Seller of Secrets

by Julia Dillman

A girl uncovers the truth about her family and community in Sheri Yutzy’s atmospheric fantasy novel "The Seller of Secrets". Bell is a scentmaker who lives on the island of Bardia, where some people have elemental magical powers. Bell... Read More

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Monarchs in the Wild

by Jeff Fleischer

In Israel Moya’s engaging coming-of-age novel "Monarchs in the Wild", an aimless teenage boy living in a place with few options considers life after high school. In a small California town in the 1990s, Cal is about to graduate high... Read More

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The Secret of Spirit Lake

by Karen Rigby

Historical abuses haunt a girl’s new seaside home in the intriguing novel "The Secret of Spirit Lake". In Jane Haltmaier’s earnest supernatural novel "The Secret of Spirit Lake", the inhabitants of a Victorian home contend with... Read More

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Too Deep to Drown

by Karen Rigby

A resourceful teenager comes into her own while working as an intern on a research vessel in the affecting novel "Too Deep to Drown". In Stacy R. Ward’s aching, ecoconscious novel "Too Deep to Drown", a teenager matures while working... Read More

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The Reel Life of Zara Kegg

by Karen Rigby

"The Reel Life of Zara Kegg" is an evocative romance novel in which teenagers fall in love during their beach town’s offseason. Featuring vintage cinema, carnival work, and vulnerable, misfit teenagers, Brad Barkley’s novel about... Read More

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