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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell Genre: YA Graphic Novel Pages: 304 Publisher: First Second Books Publication: May 7th 2019 My Rating: 4/5 Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley’s dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There’s just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe…
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Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He Publisher: Albert Whitman Company ISBN: 0807515515 Pages: 416 Publication Date: April 9 2019 Personal Rating: 3/5 Tyrants cut out hearts. Rulers sacrifice their own. Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, but when her beloved father is murdered, she’s thrust into power, suddenly…
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Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan | Blog Tour
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan Publisher: Wednesday Books ISBN: 1250195667 Pages: 400 Publication Date: April 2nd 2019 Personal Rating: 5/5 A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the…
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The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman Publisher: Disney-Hyperion ISBN: 1368024963 Pages: 368 Publication Date: April 2nd 2019 Personal Rating: 4.5/5 On the edge of town a beast haunts the woods, trapped in the Gray, its bonds loosening… Uprooted from the city, Violet Saunders doesn’t have much hope of fitting in at her new school in Four Paths, a…
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Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction/Poetry Pages: 208 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publication: March 26th 2019 My Rating: 4/5 Author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life and death.…
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Wayward Stars (Starswept #2) by Mary Fan
Wayward Stars (Starswept #2) by Mary Fan Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Pages: 378 Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing Publication: February 26th 2019 My Rating: 4.5/5 A month has passed since Iris joined an underground rebel group to save Dámiul from the brutal prison he was sent to for fighting back against his world’s oppressive system. Here, conformity and compliance…
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An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley
An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction Pages: 400 Publisher: Page Street Kids Publication: February 26th 2019 My Rating: 4/5 After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people,…
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Wildcard by Marie Lu
Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo’s new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one person she’s always looked up to, who she once thought was on her side. Determined to put a stop to Hideo’s grim plans, Emika and the…
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A Very Large Expanse of The Sea by Tahereh Mafi
It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments—even the physical violence—she endures as a result of…
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The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Set in a darkly glamorous world, The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better…