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"It's September 1999 and the world is on the cusp of a new millennium. In rural Maine, Gordon St. Onge, known as "The Prophet," presides over his controversial Settlement, a place rumored to be a cult, where his many wives and children live off the grid and off the land. Out in greater America, Bruce Hummer, the aging CEO of multinational corporation Duotron Lindsey, lays off workers by the thousands. Meanwhile, the newest member of the Settlement,...
63) Away
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After helping heal Malgam, Rachel learns that her father is still living in the devastated territory of Away, captured by members of another clan who are planning to use him to make a deal with the government on the other side of the Line, and she joins the rescue party that must risk much to save him.
64) Dark parties
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Neva, born and raised under the electrified Protectosphere that was built when civilization collapsed in violent warfare, puts her friends, family, and life at risk when she tries to find out if their world is built on a complex series of lies and deceptions.
65) A new dawn
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Language
English
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The first Star Wars novel created in collaboration with the Lucasfilm Story Group set during the legendary "Dark Times" between Episodes III and IV of the popular films tells the story of how two of the lead characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths.
66) Flashfall
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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In a world shattered by radiation fallout, teenaged Orion and her climbing partner Dram, in exchange for freedom, mine terrifying tunnels for a precious element that keeps humans safe from radiation poisoning, but disturbing revelations force Orion to question everything she knows.
67) The song rising
Author
Series
Bone season volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Following a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population. But, having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilizing the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. Little does Paige know that her reign may be cut short by the introduction of Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom...
68) Ember queen
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Series
Ash princess novels volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"With Astrea under the rule of a new leader, Theo returns to fight for her land and her people. But her enemies are more powerful than ever before and, if she is to win once and for all, she must risk everything and everyone if she is to reclaim her throne"--
69) Beware the night
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
When her world divides, pitting light against dark, Veda must join a dangerous revolution to save her grandfather and fight against injustice ... even if it costs her the boy she loves. On the island of Bellona, life is peaceful -- as long as the citizens dutifully worship the Sun, which protects them from all harm. Seventeen-year-old Veda knows that keeping the Sun happy will protect her and her grandfather from the Night, the dangerous people who...
Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1655
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Erenthrall--a sprawling city of light and magic, whose streets are packed with traders from a dozen lands and whose buildings and towers are grown and shaped in the space of a day. At the heart of the city is the Nexus, the hub of a magical ley line system that powers Erenthrall. This ley line also links the city and the Baronial plains to rest of the continent and the world beyond. The Prime Wielders control the Nexus with secrecy and lies, but it...
72) The fire
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Series
Language
English
Description
Whit and Wisty Allgood have led the resistance against a totalitarian regime that has banned all forms of creativity and executed their parents, but even the growing strength of the siblings' magic has not been able to stop the evil dictator, and they must somehow prepare for an imminent showdown.
Author
Series
Wells of Sorcery volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Told in two voices, while Isoka and the Soliton's crew search for a way to recapture the ship and leave the Harbor, Tori escapes the comfort of Kahnzoka's Second Ward to help run a shelter for fugitive mage-bloods and becomes embroiled in revolution.
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Series
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After learning the truth about the Laicos Project and surviving betrayal by a Forgery in their midst, Gray Weathersby and his group of rebels plan their final attack on the Franconian Order"--
75) Legend
Author
Series
Legend (Marie Lu) volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
76) White knights in the Black Orchestra: the extraordinary story of the Germans who resisted Hitler
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This real-life espionage thriller traces the dangerous movements of a shadowy confederation of traitors called the "Black Orchestra" determined to undermine the Third Reich from the inside as they and their families face constant danger of being exposed and executed.
78) Dove exiled
Author
Series
Dove chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
After fleeing the Moon, fifteen-year-old Phaet Theta hides on Earth and plots how to rescue her siblings from the wrath of the Lunar government.
79) Secret
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A man gets shot in London, a law firm gets broken into in Washington, an accountant gives away the password to his computer, and something put to sleep 20 years ago awakens. What is the unsavory relationship all these things share, and how could it bring down two of the largest governments in the history of the world?
80) Words on fire
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who...
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