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Tony Hawk's 900 Revolution

by Molly Horan

“Slider, you’ve got something inside you, a raw talent and this piece of board knew it, amplified it. We can teach you how to hone it, control it. Use it for the betterment of mankind.” Part novel, part graphic novel, Impulse, the... Read More

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The Apocalypse Gene

by Hilary Daninhirsch

Imagine a dystopian world in which virtually everyone was dying of cancer and treatments were no longer effective. Then imagine you had the key to saving the world, but at great danger to yourself. That is the premise behind the riveting... Read More

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Mercy

by Alicia Sondhi

Disturbing historical events serve as the inspiration behind Sarah L. Thomson’s latest book Mercy, The Last New England Vampire. Unlike the romanticized vampires in much popular fiction, Thompson explores the more chilling side of... Read More

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The Hangman in the Mirror

by Molly Horan

“Françoise, if a woman is condemned to death by hanging, she must marry the hangman. That will save her life.” So explains Madame Pommereau to her servant Françoise, neither realizing that this seemingly insignificant fact will... Read More

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The Twelfth Stone

by Joey A. Kane

In this race to find a fugitive, the runaway is no criminal—she’s a fairy princess. Rionnag is fleeing a marriage that was arranged several hundred years before her birth. If this union does not occur, it could mean the end of the... Read More

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The Crepe Makers' Bond

by Alicia Sondhi

Whipping up the sequel to Discovering Pig Magic, Julie Crabtree blends themes of friendship and authentic emotions with the addition of some real recipes in The Crepe Makers’ Bond. This insightful and humorous depiction of the evolving... Read More

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Gatehouse

by M. Wayne Cunningham Kamloops

One minute, fifteen-year-old Wes Bellamy is wallowing in self-pity over a suspension from school. The next, he’s tumbling into another world through a portal in “a little house where he knew there shouldn’t be one.” The little... Read More

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Connie Cobbler

by Rachel Jagareski

Author James DeSalvo has penned an engaging mystery for young adults in his intelligent and humorous new work Connie Cobbler: Toy Detective. The titular sleuth is a private eye and a soft toy doll, who has retreated from the limelight of... Read More

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