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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 18, 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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Graceling: The Graphic Novel Adaptation
In this visually stunning adaptation of Kristin Cashore’s opening novel in the Graceling series, acclaimed graphic novelist Gareth Hinds...
Suzanne Severns
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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The Summer We Forgot
Juniors Darby, Morgan, and several of their friends worked as camp counselors for their biology teacher who recruited them to work the...
Suzanne Severns
Aug 9, 20221 min read
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All the Pretty Things
Seventeen year old Ivy Cork helps her father at his amusement park doing everything from making cotton candy to handling press releases....
Suzanne Severns
Aug 7, 20221 min read
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Into the Clouds
Most people have heard of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Over 6% of those who try to climb it perish in the attempt,...
Suzanne Severns
Jul 17, 20221 min read
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You'd Be Home Now
Emory Ward (aka Emmy) doesn't really know who she is. Her mother, a lawyer whose family is well-off thanks to a textile mill, wants her...
Suzanne Severns
Jun 19, 20221 min read
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The War to End All Wars: World War I
If you've ever read any books by Russell Freedman, you know he excels at providing highly interesting, concise historical accounts that...
Suzanne Severns
May 21, 20221 min read
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Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb: Young Adult Edition
During World War II, when the Allies realized that Germans in occupied Norway were creating so-called "heavy water" for use in Atomic...
Suzanne Severns
May 15, 20221 min read
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