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THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE
By Patrick Ness
P359
MANILA, Philippines - What if you aren’t the Chosen One? What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if you’re best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.
CRUEL CROWN
By Victoria Aveyard
P359
Two women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stories no one else knows. Discover the truth of Norta’s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to No.1 New York Times bestseller Red Queen. And also includes an exclusive excerpt of the hotly anticipated second book in the Red Queen series. Glass Sword transports readers to the world of Silver tyranny, and one girl’s resolve to break down the system that will hold her back no longer.
TRAVELER
By Arwen Elys Dayton
P525
Quin Kincaid is a Seeker. Her legacy is an honor, an ancient role passed down for generations. But what she learned on her Oath night changed her world forever. Quin pledged her life to deception. Her legacy as a Seeker is not noble but savage. She was trained to be an assassin. And the boy she once loved is out for a vengeance, with her family in his sights. Yet Quin is not alone. Shinobu, her oldest companion, might now be the only person she can trust. The only one who wants answers as desperately as she does.
THE ROSE SOCIETY
By Marie Lu
P545
Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME
By Stephanie Perkins
P479
If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by 12 bestselling young adult writers (Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de La Peña, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, Laini Tayler and Kiersten White), edited by the bestselling international author Stephanie Perkins.
