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For 17-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney's AP English class. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flannery's favorite book, Wuthering Heights, leaving behind her purse, Flannery knows something is wrong.

Late at night our friend wanders a little and ponders quite a lot on a long walk along a river looking for a reason to keep on living. He meets up with a troll and a few other all-night ghouls as he drifts along, searching for purpose. They all find it amazing our friend can negotiate his way through the day posing as a teacher.

Seventeen-year-old Frankie doesn't trust easily. Not others and not even herself. Found in an alley when she was a child, she has no memory of who she is or why she was left there. Recurring dreams about a hundred-year-old carnival side show, a performer known as Alligator Girl, and a man named Monsieur Duval have an eerie familiarity to them. Frankie gets drawn deeper into Alligator Girl's world and the secrets that keep the performers bound together. But a startling encounter with Monsieur Duval when she’s awake makes Frankie wonder what’s real and what’s in her head.

Emlyn Perry never expected to be demon hunting in the most notorious haunted house in Savannah, Georgia. Before her mother died, Emlyn was an average teenager, preparing for her senior year with her best friend and boyfriend. After discovering a secret Emlyn's parents kept hidden for 17 years, Emlyn embarks on a journey to embrace a lineage of Celtic magic but soon realizes a life of witchcraft comes with consequences. As soon as she accepts her powers, Emlyn becomes the target of the Ainbertach Coven, a powerful organization of dark witches with roots dating to early-1300 Ireland.

Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose, and the moments that make a life worth reliving. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and John Green. When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he's falling - hard. Soon she's meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack.

When the Gods abandoned Eturnus, leaving behind magic as a gift to the humans who served them, the Coalition filled the vacuum created by the Gods’ absence. Believing magic to be a curse from the Gods, the Coalition leaders began to eradicate and enslave those who bore any sign of the gift. This led to a long and grueling war for magical users’ freedoms. Decades after the war ends and the formation of a new government, Daux Deveraux excitedly awaits her Placement. She dreams of being Placed in the Special Operations division to defend magic users against the Coalition. Daux gets her ...

The last thing Kire expected was to be running for his life. But after his bullies chase him into a hidden cave in the forest, he stumbles upon a mysterious ancient ruin with a sinister magical secret at its core. A parallel universe is desperately calling for help—and five unlikely students are destined to become its saviors. Five magical items, each with unique powers, beckon them. Kire quickly finds himself roped into a ragtag team with his two worst bullies, a shy bookworm, and a cheerleader with a long-buried secret.

A stolen past, a monstrous present, a deadly future. When nightmares of the past become today’s reality, Innah must fight tooth and nail to protect herself, her friends… and the balance of the realms. Innah spent years trying to remember her childhood before the Grosh ruler rescued her from a blood ritual and took her to live in his realm. Now, with a lead on her forgotten past, she's determined to uncover the truth by any means necessary—even if it means going rogue. The deeper she digs, the more sinister the revelations, and Innah soon finds herself confronting unexpected forces. As...

After the tragic and abrupt loss of his mother, Fernway finds himself wrestling with the complexities of the world and his place within it. Anguish and helplessness gradually give way to newfound confidence and empowerment as he uncovers his inherited ability to manipulate Spark, the energy source found among all things in the universe. As Fernway's capabilities expand, so does an imminent threat, poised to decimate the entire continent of Vi’Sundara.

It has been almost two years since she defeated the vengeful spirit of her mother, but Vanja Ros - no longer Schmidt - has finally made a name for herself. She is a God Daughter, a (reformed) thief, and now a folk hero. She stands up for those with nothing, bringing justice and prosperity where she can. But members of the royal families are turning up dead, found with Vanja's calling card on the bodies. And as old flames, adversaries, and allies resurface, Vanja must face what it took to become the Pfennigist once and for all.

Be careful what you wish for. Jenny reaches the fame of the famous and talented Lady Hive but realizes that everything that glitters is not gold. Despite the consequences, nothing will stand in her way as long as she has the mirror.

Twelve-year-old Arianna learns an asteroid threatens to wipe out Earth, she's terrified. But the impending disaster vanishes as mysteriously as it appeared, leaving her to wonder if it was nothing more than a strange dream. What's more mysterious is discovering her eleven new best friends shared a similar experience.

Dixie only has one plan for her annual summer trip to the little Californian town of Cielo Springs – to finally tell her best friend Sawyer that she’s in love with him. But when she arrives, she realizes Sawyer has moved on (a fact made very apparent when she sees him kissing, um, someone else). Luckily Dixie’s family have each been gifted with a Rewind – a single opportunity to redo one moment from the last 365 days.

After Veronique’s parents died, her grandmother raised her on a farm in rural Louisiana. For sixteen years, it’s just been Veronique, MawMaw, and an ocean of trees. That’s because Veronique has a secret—one MawMaw has warned her she must always keep safe. Veronique has the power to control the wind. But when MawMaw falls ill, Veronique is forced to move to New Orleans to live with family she never knew she had. New Orleans is a far cry from her old quiet life, but Veronique finally gets her chance for a normal life—one with school, friends, and even love.

When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest to find the truth she must travel into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family – before it's too late . . .

When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself.

"Corruptide" invites you into the intimate realm of a queer teenager's mind, where the air is charged with the magic of self-discovery and the struggle for acceptance. This enchanting LGBTQIAP+ modern fantasy novel paints a vivid picture of a world where magic courses through a few queer individuals, manifesting as colorful streaks in their hair—a beautiful yet burdensome gift. In this realm, prejudice lurks in the shadows, and L'aurai, a spirited young woman adorned with a fiery red streak, finds herself thrust into a battle for justice.

"A Hero Will Rise... But Can He?" In the dystopian world of Golden Valley, corruption spreads like a disease and the villagers are at the mercy of the powerful and ruthless Dragon. But hope lingers in an ancient prophecy, the coming of the One. And when the time comes for a champion to step forward, it falls upon Hairy Potts, a weakling, a wimpy kid, a humble potter's son; and one whom the other kids mock because he is so hairy. Hairy dreams of heroism, of becoming a valiant mystic warrior who can save the innocent and defeat evil. However, he is a wog, not a warrior, a role he believes he ...

Betrayed, hunted, afraid. I was able to escape Henry Nazar’s thugs, but my victory came at a hefty price. Desperate, I had no choice but to accept help from the last person I should: Soldier Bradley Savini, my ex-boyfriend turned rogue hunter. Together, we embark on the hunt for my aunt—dodging thugs, soldiers, and other breed with agendas of their own. All while trying not to dredge up memories from the past. They say the truth will set you free, but the ones I find might as well be the ones to break me forever.

Take a deep breath and begin the fourth and final installment of the Calladon Chronicles. They conclude in this sweeping, fast-paced, gasp-out-loud-in-disbelief book that pulls from your emotions to weave its story. With the fate of past and present contingent on her choices, Kal makes a final confrontation against the Dark that holds a fractured world on the edge of oblivion. With her past returned to her, and as the next Seer, she refuses to give up, no matter the cost. She’s already paid too high a price to back down.