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• Ender's Game

  Card, Orson Scott

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  Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Etiquette & Espionage

  Carriger, Gail

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  Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Binti

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unplugged

  Freitas, Donna

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  Humanity is split into a dying physical world for the poor and an extravagant virtual world for the wealthy. Years ago, Skylar Cruz crossed over to the App World for a chance at a better life, and her family stayed behind in the Real World. Now Skye…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunger Games

  Collins, Suzanne,

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  The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Michael Vey

  the Prisoner of Cell 25

  Evans, Richard Paul

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  To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of the Scorpion

  Farmer, Nancy

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  Matteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium--a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• BZRK

  Grant, Michael, 1954-

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  Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, conjoined twins and owners of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation, have a goal: to turn the world into their vision of utopia. No wars, no conflict, no hunger. And no free will. Opposing them is a guerrilla group of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Illuminae

  Kaufman, Amie

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  The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that's little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra--who are barely even talking to each other--are forced to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legend

  Lu, Marie, 1984-

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  What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fairest

  Levana's Story

  Meyer, Marissa

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  Pure evil has a name, hides behind a mask of deceit, and uses her "glamour" to gain power. But who is Queen Levana? Long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress in The Lunar Chronicles, Levana lived a very different story--a story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Maze Runner

  Dashner, James, 1972-

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  Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

• The Knife of Never Letting Go

  Ness, Patrick, 1971- ,

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  A dystopian thriller follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard -- and the passage to manhood embodies a horrible secret.

• Life as We Knew It

  Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948-

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  High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Steelheart

  Sanderson, Brandon,

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  A shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in. When Steelheart came to Chicago, he killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scythe

  Shusterman, Neal,

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  A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life--and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leviathan

  Westerfeld, Scott

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  In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 5th Wave

  Yancey, Richard,

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  After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the un lucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• More Happy Than Not

  Silvera, Adam, 1990-

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  Aaron Soto, 16, lives in the projects in a Bronx similar to the real one except for the existence of the Leteo Institute, a neighborhood facility where patients can have painful memories erased. If anyone deserves to have his past wiped clean, it's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shade's Children

  Nix, Garth

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  In a savage postnuclear world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the Overlords with the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor.