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• Dead Fake

  Ralph, Vincent

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  When the new craze takes over Bleak Haven High, Ava Wilson refuses to join in. As the niece of an infamous murderer, it’s the last thing she needs. The mysterious website allows people to view their own ‘death’ – an AI generated version of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Want Us Dead

  a Novel

  Montblanc, C. L.

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  Seventeen-year-old Sam Tombs hopes to get more eyes on the videos they make to raise awareness of crimes against LGBTQ+ teens. A true crime content creator event seems like the perfect opportunity to grow their channel―until the group becomes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Morbid Curiosities

  Hati, S.

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  Aarya’s life plan has been set for as long as she can remember: finish high school with a bang, attend the best college she can get into, then land a prestigious biology research job. Her ticket to this dream is a one-year program at the Elizabethan…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The League of Dangerous Young Ladies

  Morgenstein, J. A.,

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  It's 1909 and Rose Moriarty―teenage daughter of Sherlock Holmes' greatest enemy―has made a name for herself fighting monsters and solving crimes. But that was before Rose met the one mystery she couldn't solve: the disappearance of her headmistress.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Such a Witch

  Henning, Sarah,

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  Pretty, popular, and a total witch, Embry Woodcross is queen bee at Raven's Head School for the Magically Gifted. Entering senior year as head prefect, Embry is a celebrated fashionista and unrivalled solver of problems big, small, and unattractive.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rainsong

  Riesen, Lila

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  Mendocino is not the quaint coastal California town Zayn Pereira imagined. It's shrouded in a fog that never lets up. Posters of a missing teen girl are plastered everywhere, and just offshore is an island called Rainsong, rumored to be haunted. At…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Augusta Pine Does Not Exist

  Lloyd-Jones, Emily,

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  After a hack gone tragically wrong, a teen girl is given an ultimatum: accept a harsh prison sentence or leave her old life behind, adopt a new identity, and use her talents in the service of a covert government agency. Three years later, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad in the Blood

  Cerilli, Matteo L.,

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  In the city of Puck’s Port, where motorized vehicles fill the streets and new technological marvels abound, something rotten is lurking under the surface. A violent murder at the docks seems to point to a fey killer, igniting a powder keg of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House Saphir

  Meyer, Marissa

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  Mallory Fontaine is a fraud. Though she comes from a long line of witches, the only magic she possesses is the ability to see ghosts, which is rarely as useful as one would think. She and her sister have maintained the family business, eking out a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Bones Sing

  Sain, Ginny Myers,

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  The past three years have been tough for Lucifer’s Creek, Arkansas, a small town quietly tucked away in the Ozark mountains. More than two dozen people have disappeared on the local hiking trails; there one moment, gone the next, not a trace left…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of Air

  Reiss, Rachel,

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  While diving a local reef, Phibs discovers a spectacular underwater sea cave, rumored to be a lost cave with a buried treasure. But when Phibs and her best friend Gabe surface from the cave, they notice that they're undergoing strange changes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lovely Dark and Deep

  Bonnin, Elisa A,

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  The acclaimed school for magic has always been home for Faith. After an international move and a childhood spent adjusting to a new culture and a new language, Faith feels like Ellery is the only place she can be herself. That is, until Faith and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Otherwhere Post

  Taylor, Emily J.,

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  Seven years ago, Maeve Abenthy lost her world, her father, even her name. Desperate to escape the stain of her father’s crimes, she lives under a fake name, never staying in one place long enough to put down roots. Then she receives a mysterious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Corruption of Hollis Brown

  Ancrum, K. (Kayla), 1991-

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  Hollis Brown is stuck. Born to a blue-collar American Dream, Hollis lives in a rotting small town where no one can afford to leave. Hollis's only bright spots are his two best friends, cool girls Annie and Yulia, and the thrill of fighting his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mystery Royale

  Cavalancia, Kaitlyn,

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  The only thing sixteen-year-old Mullory Prudence has left of her mom is a warning: "Run if the strange finds you." But mysterious warnings don't pay the bills or help take care of her sick Gran. And they certainly don't make her miserable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• (S)kin

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darkly

  a Novel

  Pessl, Marisha,

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  Arcadia “Dia” Gannon has been obsessed with Louisiana Veda, the game designer whose obsessive creations and company, Darkly, have gained a cultlike following. Dia is shocked when she’s chosen for a highly-coveted internship, along with six other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pick the Lock

  King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-

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  Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father who confines Jane’s mother to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Needy Little Things

  Desamours, Channelle,

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  Seventeen-year-old Sariyah, who can sense people's immediate needs, must use her ability to solve her friend's mysterious disappearance while dealing with family challenges and avoiding the same danger that befell her friend.

• The Dark We Know

  Lee, Wen-Yi,

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  Growing up in Slater, Isadora Chang never felt at ease in the repressive small town, even before she realized she was bisexual—but after the deaths of two childhood friends, Slater went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating. So, Isa took off…Read moreRead more of this annotation