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Better Than the Movies (other topics)Blade of Secrets (other topics)
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (other topics)
From Little Tokyo, with Love (other topics)
Hurricane Summer (other topics)
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Enlisting the help of her cute but annoying next-door neighbor in the hope of snagging an unlikely prom date with a crush who has just moved back into town, Liz discovers that she is becoming unexpectedly more attracted to her mischievous new friend.
Spending her days tucked into her forge to escape society and the anxiety it triggers, 18-year-old Ziva uses her magical gifts to craft unique weapons before she is forced to go on the run to protect the world from an unexpectedly powerful sword she has created.
Quinn keeps lists of everything. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing... Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett and together, they journey through everything Quinn’s been too afraid to face.
Growing up under the care of a loving aunt, an orphaned judo student with a mixed heritage reevaluates her perspectives on happy endings while searching for evidence proving that she is related to a famous rom-com celebrity.
While visiting her father who lives in Jamaica, eighteen-year-old Tilla faces a storm of dark secrets that threaten to unravel her own life, while an actual storm, Hurricane Gustav, threatens the lives of those she loves.
Stowing away aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage when her British-Chinese heritage bars her from joining her twin in America, a young acrobat struggles to hide and then survive when the unthinkable happens.
Looking to reconnect with her mother and pursue a relationship of her own the summer before college, misfit Janna finds her efforts complicated by her brother’s wedding plans, her mother’s new love interest and two very different young men.
A sequel to Call Down the Hawk finds Ronan, Hennessy and Bride racing to increase dreamer powers in the face of Moderators who believe that the advancement will bring about disaster.
Winning a contest to write a celebrity profile for a professional magazine, 17-year-old Josie enters a rising star’s world of tours, production stress and eccentric stylists before a young actress’s terrible secret leads to a difficult choice.
Awakening on an abandoned island with no memory of how she was marooned, Cee embarks on a desperate search for her sister, while STEM prodigy Kasey begins to question her life in Earth’s last unpolluted city.
When her dreams of a professional ballet career are shattered by racism and a devastating injury, Alina reluctantly transfers into public school and begins questioning her perfectionist standards before falling for an annoying castmate in the school musical.
Heartbroken and humiliated when she is dumped just days into her first relationship, Iranian American Parvin Mohammadi struggles to remain true to herself while attempting to prove to a school heartthrob that she is rom-com girlfriend material.
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an openly gay teen of size partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
A strange darkness grows in Allward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. She soon discovers the truth. She is the last of an ancient lineage--and the last hope to save the world from destruction. But she won't be alone. Even as darkness falls, she is joined by a band of unlikely companions. Together they stand against a vicious opponent, invincible and determined to burn all kingdoms to ash, and an army unlike anything the realm has ever witnessed.
When their mother becomes the first victim in a string of murders, devastated twin witches Hunter and Mercy Goode vow to avenge her death, but it will take more than magic to rein in the ancient mythological monsters who have infected their peaceful town.
Reluctantly spending the summer at a remote camp for families, a music-loving girl stinging from a friend’s betrayal considers a difficult choice when an off-limits crush offers her the chance of a lifetime.
When it is discovered that time has stopped on June 23, 2020, a teen javelin prodigy resolves to uncover the truth about a mysterious switch that her father protects daily by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes.
Sneaking away from their suburban homes to spend a night in New York City, theater kids Kat and Stevie endure misadventures involving broken phones, family drama, old flames, terrible plays, crashed parties and a world-class museum.
After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverent eighteen-year-old from northern California.