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Library Closed on April 5

The library will be closed Sunday, April 5 for Easter. Our on-site and off-site bookdrops will remain open. Curbside pickup will be unavailable. We will reopen on April 6 at 9 am.

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Sundown Girls

L.S. Stratton

Sixteen-year-old Naomi Stoakes' family vacation in a Virginia town with a violent past turns into a terrifying ordeal when a ghost begins haunting her window and Naomi starts a chilling search for two missing girls that forces her to confront both local dangers and her own haunting memories.

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Until the Clock Strikes Midnight

Alechia Dow

Darling, a talented Guardian, must turn her assignment Lucy's life around in order to succeed, while Calamity, a skilled Misfortune, works hard to prolong Lucy's streak of bad luck; yet as they insert themselves into Lucy's life, the two begin to question their roles, and their initial loathing for each other starts to change.

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Reasons to Hate Me

Susan Metallo

A hilarious and heartfelt novel about a neurodivergent theater nerd that tackles slut-shaming, what it means to be a friend, and the power of forgiving others--and yourself.

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A Stage Set for Villains

Shannon J. Spann

The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime Riven sees her last chance to live. But with time running out and the Playhouse’s secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain.

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Kid X

Tracey Baptiste

A boy with the ability to turn himself invisible realizes he may not be the only one with special skills

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Baa Baa Shop

Wendell Brooks

Sheep overcomes his fear of getting a first haircut with the help of his grandpa at the Baa Baa Shop, discovering fun styles and a boost of confidence along the way.

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The Clock

Pam Fong

In this poignant account of the transformation of a Paris train station into the world-class Musée d'Orsay (Orsay Museum), Pam Fong invites readers to experience the decades-long journey of a resilient clock, and to discover a lasting truth--there is always time for second chances.

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Lake Effect

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

When Nina Larkin is given a copy of The Joy of Sex in 1977 by her newly divorced friend, she can no longer dismiss the nearly nonexistent intimacy of her marriage. Just as her oldest child, Clara, is falling in love for the first time, Nina finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxicating fling with a prominent neighbor brings Nina a freedom she never thought possible-but also risks the reputations of both families and unravels Clara's world, just as she stands on the threshold of adulthood.

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Daughter of Egypt

Marie Benedict

In the 1920s, archeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle discovered the treasure-filled tomb of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun. But behind it all stood Lady Evelyn Herbert—daughter of Lord Carnarvon—whose daring spirit and relentless curiosity made the momentous find possible. When Evelyn becomes obsessed with finding Hatshepsut’s secret tomb, she risks everything to uncover the truth about her reign and keep valued artifacts in Egypt, their rightful home. 

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World Cup Fever

Simon Kuper

Simon Kuper has attended every World Cup since 1990. World Cup Fever is his journey to find the heart of soccer, through the nine tournaments he's experienced first-hand—from watching matches in half-empty stands during Italia 1990 (a tournament that at times felt like a village fete) to witnessing the French triumph at home in 1998; South Africa's national dream in 2010; and the troubling legacy of Qatar in 2022. Told on the pitch, in the stands,and on the streets, this is the story of how soccer has changed the world.

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Churn

Claude M. Steele

Carefully intertwining state-of-the-art research with poignant anecdotes drawn from Steele's own biracial background, Churn is essential reading for anyone dedicated to fostering a community rooted in love and commitment. "Wise to its core" (Lee C. Bollinger, president emeritus, Columbia University) and filled with a deep well of hope, Steele's summa work brilliantly succeeds in teaching us how to work through the churn that continues to suffuse our lives. Churn doesn't dwell on age-old tensions that continue to fester. It provides tangible ways to make a better world in the fractured society we inhabit.

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Call Me Moby

Lars Kenseth

This funny, charming riff on Moby-Dick is at its heart a story about making friends and belonging--and finding those who accept you for who you are.

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How to Hatch

Sara Holly Ackerman

Discover how a gosling hatches into the world, step by step, in this irresistibly cute and funny nonfiction picture book.

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Loops

Jashar Awan

A hilarious picture book about the perseverance and positive self-talk needed to learn to tie your shoelaces!

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Heart's Gambit

J.D. Myall

Destined to duel to the death to uphold a centuries-old curse, Emma and Malcolm, two teens from rival magical families, defy fate when they fall in love and scheme to end the witch's hold over their families.

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Sibylline

Melissa de la Cruz

After being rejected from their dream school, best friends Raven, Dorian, and Atticus infiltrate the magical university to receive an unsanctioned education, while navigating their feelings for each other.

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Stolen Midnights

Katherine Quinn

Set in Andalay, a world where the ruling Fates bestow gifts among the favored, a thief must join forces with the palace darling after he unwittingly steals a necklace with the power to change everything.

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Fireblooms

Alexandra Villasante

Seventeen-year-old Sebastian moves to a town that uses technology to prevent hate speech and bullying, only to discover this flawed system is not without its dangers.

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Pinkie's Turnabout

Sue Lloyd-Davies

Eleven-year-old Pinkie Starlight is working hard to earn the money to adopt Jack, a magical cat with ties to Pinkie's Grandmother. Just when things are starting to fall into place, the bully Pinkie managed to avoid at school shows up where least expected and she makes one mistake after another, jeopardizing her chances to save Jack and GG.

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Butt Or Face? Ador-a-Butts!

Kari Lavelle

Are you ready for round four of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Discover fascinating facts about adorable animals while guessing if you're looking at a butt or a face!

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Duck Delivers

Tom Tinn-Disbury

Guided by Great-Granduck's compass and three life lessons, Duck, a home-loving bird, embarks on an adventure as a delivery duck tasked with getting a package to Squirrel by sunset.

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Ramadan Rain

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

In this heartwarming celebration of family and faith, join Haneen and her Momma as they celebrate Eid and the end of Ramadan with prayers made on a rainy day.

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Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief

Benjamin Stevenson

I've spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I've never been a hostage before. The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, everyone is a suspect. Turns out, more than one person planned to rob the bank today. You can steal more from a bank than just money.







 

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Life: A Love Story

Elizabeth Berg

As ninety-two-year-old Florence "Flo" Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman who grew up next door to her, describing the items Flo is leaving Ruthie in her will. But as it goes on, telling surprising stories about those “little” things Flo will leave behind (What could possibly be the worth of a rubber band kept in a matchbox tied up in red ribbon?), an unforgettable portrait of the life she has lived emerges.

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The New Rules of Women's Health

Meghan Rabbitt

The New Rules of Women's Health is the comprehensive, evidence-based primer every woman needs to take charge of her wellbeing. Drawing on cutting-edge women-centered research and insights from +130 of the world’s top female health experts, award-winning health journalist Meghan Rabbitt covers everything you need to know to make the best decisions for your health and longevity at every stage, from menstrual and hormonal health to fertility, menopause, chronic pain, and beyond.
 

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Love Me Tomorrow

Emiko Jean

When seventeen-year-old Emma wishes for proof that love is real, she starts receiving letters from her true love in the future and attempts to uncover the identity of the sender in the past.

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Love, Sivvy

R. L. Toalson

A novel-in-verse follows Sylvia Plath through her high school and college years as she struggles between societal expectations, mental health challenges, and her fierce ambition to become a poet.

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Cope Field

T. L. Simpson

A teen baseball star who "has it all"--looks, wealth, and a pro-MLB father--grapples with an impossible choice: reveal his abuse at the hands of his father and risk being separated from his younger brother in the foster care system, or remain silent and risk his brother experiencing that same abuse

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The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay

Ryan Douglass

Seventeen-year-old Nick Carrington wants nothing more than to leave Greenwood, Oklahoma, behind and make a name for himself in the papers. But when tragedy strikes, dreams turn into a twisted reality. Forced to start anew in Harlem, only a letter of acceptance from the prestigious West Egg Academy is able to pull him back into the world.

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Mythspeaker

Christopher Roubique

In an attempt to fulfill a prophecy, thirteen-year-old Kyta, with a band of misfit kids, attempts an impossible heist to steal back the stolen Egg of the World Turtle and save the world from destruction.

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When Bryn's Ear Went Quiet

Nancy Hundal

This positive, evocative story gently uses a child's perspective to capture the experience of going to the hospital to have cochlear implant surgery, and all the emotions that go along with it.

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There Is Not Usually a Hole

Daisy Hirst

Betsy and her stuffed crocodile, Philippa, encounter a mysterious hole while on a walk. When unusual items emerge from the hole and Philippa disappears inside, Betsy must navigate the unexpected to find her friend.

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Eggs: All Day, Every Way

Tove Nilsson

This is a book about eggs. They play a starring role in some of the world’s tastiest dishes—perfectly smooth and firm on the outside, creamy and tender within. Here you'll find the techniques and know-how you need to master these recipes, from boiled and poached eggs to soufflés, ramens, and tartares. With dishes like these, you can, if you want, eat eggs with every meal. And you do.

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This Story Might Save Your Life

Tiffany Crum

Benny Abbott and Joy Moore delight their podcast listeners with a different “against all odds” survival story, gleefully finding the weird, life-affirming humor in near-death experiences. When Benny arrives at Joy and Xander’s one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. The one clue shedding light on the couple’s disappearance is the incomplete, previously unseen first draft of Joy’s memoir. Benny is desperate to find them, even when the police soon zero in on him as their prime suspect.

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Westward Women

Alice Martin

In homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five abandon their lives to seek the Pacific Ocean like it’s calling them home. Once they reach the West, they vanish forever. Aimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper—known for leading infected women West. Teenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper’s van. And Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her.

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Freddie and Stella Got Hot

Maggie Horne

Best friends Freddie and Stella scheme to get back at Levi, their ex-friend-turned-queen-bee, by stealing a coveted award, but as their plan starts to work, Freddie realizes Stella has become the real mean girl, and only Levi can help stop her.

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It Lurks in the Night

Sarah Dass

Maya and her best friends' final Caribbean boat trip before graduation takes a dark turn when they are stranded on a mysterious island, and after one friend is found dead, they must confront dark secrets, betrayals, and the rumored supernatural forces tied to the island.

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Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

Rebekah Faubion

Haunted by a disastrous school trip where three of her classmates never returned, Evie and her friends must return to a deadly island to confront a sinister force hunting them and uncover the secrets that could cost them everything.

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To the Death

Andrea Tang

Two teens are pitted against each other in a magical duel for revenge, but they'll have to fight their growing attraction first.

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This Is Where the Serpent Lives

Daniyal Mueenuddin

Moving from Pakistan’s dazzling chaotic cities to its lawless feudal countryside, This Is Where the Serpent Lives powerfully evokes contemporary feudal Pakistan, following the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters whose lives are linked through violence and tragedy, triumph, and love. 

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The Heir of Whitestone

Catherine Coulter

England, 1842. As a boy, Alex Ivanov was pulled from the Thames, presumed drowned, with no memory of who he was. Rescued and raised by the formidable Ryder Sherbrooke, Alex has built a new life. Lady Camilla Rohman is as clever as she is desperate. When fate throws her into Alex’s path, their connection is undeniable. But as their whirlwind romance turns into marriage, danger follows. 

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Weaving with Paper

Helen Hiebert

Combining fiber art and paper craft techniques, paper weaving is accessible, sustainable, and fun. Each project in the book includes a prompt, a technique, step-by-step instructions with photographs, and examples that will inspire readers to repurpose, recycle, and reuse papers they may already have, like maps, postcards, holiday cards, or journals. 
 

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Crochet How

Meghan Fernandes

Crochet How takes new crocheters through the basics so they can develop their skills and increase their crochet confidence with each new project. The book's friendly teaching style, clear instructions, and easy to make patterns are specifically designed to make starting out fun and to inspire new crocheters to stick with the craft. 

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Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing must find a new purpose.
 

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Private Rome

James Patterson

Jack Morgan, ex-Marine helicopter pilot and CIA agent, is in Italy to open the latest outpost of his international private investigation firm. But when a priest is murdered at the firm's opening party, Morgan and his newly-appointed deputy, Matteo Ricci, come under intense scrutiny. As Morgan and Ricci work the case, they discover that eight priests have died. This case rests on breaking the secret hold of the Holy See's all-powerful, all knowing inner circle.

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Gone Before Goodbye

Harlan Coben

After her medical license gets revoked, Army combat surgeon Maggie has lost her purpose but not her nerve or her passion. Then she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best ultra-discreet care that money can buy. When one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance, Maggie fulfills her end of the agreement. But after the patient disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself.

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The Girl from Devil's Lake

J. A. Jance

Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking forward to the holidays with her busy family. But her holidays are interrupted when a body is discovered beneath a flooded bridge in the Arizona desert, and Joanna is called onto the case. A young boy was murdered, and the details of the crime scene tell Joanna two things: This was not the killer's first murder. And it's only a matter of time before he kills again.

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The Widow

John Grisham

Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will after her husband left her a small fortune. Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder. To save himself, he must find the real killer.

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Hidden Nature

Nora Roberts

Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, walked right into a robbery in progress in a convenience store. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world. She may be down, but she’s not out. When a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases and finds them spread across three states. It will take every ounce of her endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case.

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More Than Enough

Anna Quindlen

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club. But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.

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The Italian Secret

Tara Moss

Plunged into a perilous search that will take her onto the first postwar luxury passenger ship to sail across the ocean to Italy, Billie finds herself up against a dangerous adversary—someone with a mysterious grudge against her family—as she races to uncover the secrets her father left behind. And as the trail leads her towards two women whose histories may be entwined with her own, she realizes that her father’s Italian secret just might upend everything she thought she knew.
 

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Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

Book 1 in the Six of Crows series

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first.

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Tower of Dawn

Sarah J. Maas

Book 6 in the Throne of Glass series

Chaol and Nesryn visit Antica hoping the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme can enable Chaol to walk again, and to persuade the rulers to ally with them to save Erilea.

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Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

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The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Book 1 in the Inheritance Games series

When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

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A Torch Against the Night

Sabaa Tahir

Book 2 in the Ember in the Ashes series

After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

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Matched

Ally Condie

Book 1 in the Matched series

All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?

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Okay for Now

Gary D. Schmidt

As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.

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Skyward

Brandon Sanderson

Book 1 in the Skyward series

Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. She dreams of becoming a pilot, but her fate is intertwined with that of her father-- a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team. When the Krell double their fleet, this may be Spensa's chance to get into Flight School.

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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

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The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

fter a dumpster fire of a Valentine's Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother;s house for some comfort. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she's back home in her own bed-- and it's Valentine's Day all over again.

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The Toll

Neal Shusterman

Book 3 in the Arc of the Scythe series

In the finale to the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that's conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created?

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Where There's Room for Us

Hayley Kiyoko

When her brother unexpectedly inherits an English estate, the outspoken and infamously daring poet, Ivy, swaps her lively New York life for the prim and proper world of high society, and quickly faces the challenges of its revered traditions-especially once she meets the most sought-after socialite of the courting season: Freya Tallon.

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Few Blue Skies

Carolina Ixta

Paloma is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend, Julio, broke up with her after his father's death. Now, her hometown of San Fermín is in danger. Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their warehouses beside her high school. Can Paloma and Julio put aside their fractured relationship to save their town?

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A Wild Radiance

Maria Ingrande Mora

When a girl with the ability to conduct electricity discovers that the powerful House of Industry is not the benevolent organization they present to be, she teams up with two boys-former lovers-who are standing against the harm the House has caused in the name of progress.

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They Call Her Regret

Channelle Desamours

In this young adult speculative mystery, a teen must find a way to free a cursed witch in order to save her best friend before time runs out.

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