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Bad Girls Never Say Die
In 1964 Houston, a fifteen-year-old named Evie Barnes and her group of friends from "the wrong side of the tracks" enjoy hanging out,...

Suzanne Severns
Nov 5, 20231 min read
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Nothing More to Tell
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School after her favorite teacher was murdered in the woods. The case remained unsolved, but now...

Suzanne Severns
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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The Initial Insult
Tress Montor and Felicity Turnado used to be best friends...that is, until Felicity's family came into a lot of money while Tress became...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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Zara Hossain Is Here
Zara Hossein has high hopes for going to an Ivy League school and escaping the prejudice of some of her peers in Corpus Christi. When the...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 10, 20231 min read
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
In this shocking nonfiction account of the Reign of Terror (as it's known to the Osage people), author David Grann recounts the killing...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 3, 20231 min read
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Vinyl Moon
After Angel is beaten so badly by her boyfriend Darius that she winds up in the hospital, Angel's mother decides it's best for her to...

Suzanne Severns
Aug 26, 20231 min read
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Don't Hate the Player
Emilia Romero's parents have big plans for her...get the highest grades possible, excel at field hockey, and go to a top school, but...

Suzanne Severns
Jun 24, 20231 min read
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They'll Never Catch Us
Stella and Ellie Steckler have been been competing with each other since they both started running cross-country, but the tension between...

Suzanne Severns
May 8, 20231 min read
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When We Were Young & Brave
When We Were Young & Brave tells the story of a little known event that took place during World War II. After the bombing of Pearl...

Suzanne Severns
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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Iron Widow
Zetian has a vendetta, and she's willing to kill to get revenge for her sister's death. In the future, male pilots fly mechas and are...

Suzanne Severns
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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The Weight of Blood
Stephen King's classic novel of revenge gets a modern retelling for young adults in The Weight of Blood by award-winning author Tiffany...

Suzanne Severns
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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Legendborn
When Bree Matthews' mother is killed in a car accident, she decides to accept admittance to a special on-campus program at USC for high...

Suzanne Severns
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Game Changer
When Ash takes a hard hit on the football field, he finds himself in another dimension, one which is very similar to his home dimension,...

Suzanne Severns
Mar 6, 20231 min read
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Mistborn: The Final Empire
Sixteen-year-old Vin is one of the Skaa, the poorer class who live in a world where ash constantly falls coating everything in soot, and...

Suzanne Severns
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Children of Blood and Bone
Zélie lives in Orïsha, a land of magic, but the king and his son are determined to wipe out all of the magi, seeing magic as a threat to...

Suzanne Severns
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed
If you're looking for a romantic short story anthology for teens, featuring some of today's bestselling YA authors, look no further. In...

Suzanne Severns
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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The Woman They Could Not Silence
In 1860, Elizabeth Packard, a mother of six who had been married for over twenty years felt that she had just as much right as her...

Suzanne Severns
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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The Inheritance Games
Avery Grambs, who has very little and is currently living in her car, had planned to go to college on scholarships, but now she's...

Suzanne Severns
Nov 6, 20221 min read
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We Are Not From Here
After Pulga and Chico witness a murder and Pequeña ends up with a baby by a man she loathes, the three friends, fearful for their lives...

Suzanne Severns
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
Lena and Campbell have very little in common and hardly know each other...until they are suddenly forced to help each other when a high...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 11, 20221 min read
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