FALL FICTION2017 Fiction for readers of all ages that inspires, informs, and entertains. Find us online at northstareditions.com, fluxnow.com, or jollyfishpress.com.

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BIG NAMES, BEST SELLERS FROM FLUX Welcome Home by Eric Smith

NEW FOR FALL!

Welcome Home collects a number of adoption-themed fictional short stories and brings them together in one anthology from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors. The all- star roster includes Edgar Award winner Mindy McGinnis, New York Times best- selling authors C. J. Redwine (The Shadow Queen) and William Ritter (Jackaby), and acclaimed YA authors across all genres, like Adi Alsaid, Lauren Gibaldi, Sangu Mandanna, Karen Akins, and many more.

Warehouse Date: August 4, 2017 Publication Date: September 5, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63583-004-0 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63583-005-7 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 352 pages BISAC Code: YAF018010 Price: $11.99 US YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption Imprint: Flux Rights: World English, excludes audio, TV, film, and Age: 14 & up dramatic Trim: 5 x 8 Selling Territory: World English

Eric Smith is a young adult author and literary agent who Contributors: Adi Alsaid, Karen Akins, Erica M. Chapman, grew up in the wilds of New Jersey. When he isn’t working Caela Carter, Libby Cudmore, Dave Connis, Julie Eshbaugh, on books (his and other people’s), he can be found writing Helene Dunbar, Lauren Gibaldi, Shannon Gibney, Jenny about books for places like Book Riot and Paste Magazine. Kaczorowski, Julie Leung, Sangu Mandanna, Matthew Quinn He lives with his wife, Nena, and their legion of small, furry Martin, Mindy McGinnis, Lauren Morrill, Tameka Mullins, animals. Find him online at www.ericsmithrocks.com or on Sammy Nickalls, Shannon Parker, C. J. Redwine, Randy Twitter at @ericsmithrocks. Ribay, William Ritter, Stephanie Scott, Natasha Sinel, Eric Smith, Courtney C. Stevens, Nic Stone, Kate Watson, and Tristina Wright

2 Toll Free 888-417-0195 THE TOWN BUILT ON SORROW by David Oppegaard

NEW FOR FALL! Welcome to the strange mountain foothills town of Hawthorn, where sixteen-year-old Harper Spurling finds herself increasingly obsessed with the diary of a local 1860s pioneer girl while a serial killer runs unchecked through the area, dumping his victims into the town’s dark river. As Harper’s curiosity leads her closer and closer to the killer, she’ll have to think fast or join the killer’s growing list of victims. Because in Hawthorn, a town built on sorrow, the barrier between life and death is as fragile as an old, forgotten skull.

Warehouse Date: August 18, 2017 Publication Date: September 26, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63583-006-4 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63583-007-1 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 264 pages BISAC Code: YAF026000 Price: $11.99 US YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Horror Imprint: Flux Rights: World English, excludes audio, TV, film, and Age: 14 & up dramatic Trim: 5.25 x 8 Selling Territory: World English

Also by the author Praise for The Firebug of Balrog County David Oppegaard is the author of the 2016 Minnesota Book A 2016 Minnesota Book Award Finalist Award finalist The Firebug of Balrog County (Flux), the Bram Stoker-nominated The Suicide Collectors (St. Martin’s Press), “Take one angry 18-year-old, sprinkle with zingy narrative, and add a match.”—Kirkus And the Hills Opened Up (Burnt Bridge), and Wormwood, Reviews Nevada (St. Martin’s Press). He holds an MFA in Writing from “This darkly comic coming-of-age story with Hamline University and a BA in English from St. Olaf College. tremendously likable characters also packs a He lives in St. Paul. serious emotional punch.”—StarTribune

www.northstareditions.com 3 Fix Me by Lisa M. Cronkhite NEW FOR FALL! Penelope Wryter‘s life has been a mess ever since her sister committed suicide a year ago. Now Pen’s hooked on Fix, an illegal drug that makes her feel, think, and see differently. The hallucinations are intense, but there’s one vision that keeps Pen coming back for more—Nate. He’s the only person who cares about her. Too bad he’s just a side effect of the drug.

Pen knows she’s going nowhere fast. She’s desperate to change. But when she tries to say goodbye to Nate, he professes his love for her making her more confused than ever. Then, when a girl from school goes missing during a bad Fix trip, Pen realizes she may be in a lot more danger than she ever imagined. Unless Pen straightens up and faces reality quick, she might be the next missing girl on the list.

Warehouse Date: October 27, 2017 Publication Date: November 28, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63583-008-8 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63583-009-5 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 256 pages BISAC Code: YAF042000 Price: $11.99 US YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Imprint: Flux Stories Age: 14 & up Rights: Worldwide, all languages Trim: 5.25 x 8 Selling Territory: World

Lisa M. Cronkhite is the author of Dreaming a Reality, Demon Girl, Deep in the Meadows, and her most recent release, Disconnected. Her work has also appeared online and in print magazines including Storyteller, Poetry Salzburg Review, and Ruminate Magazine. She lives and writes in a small suburb near Chicago. You can find her online at www.writingsbylisamcronkhite.blogspot.com and on Twitter at @lmcronkhite.

4 Toll Free 888-417-0195 All The Wrong Chords by Christine Hurley Deriso

NEW FOR FALL! Scarlett Stiles is desperate for a change of scenery after her older brother, Liam, dies of a drug overdose. But spending the summer with her grandfather wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. Luckily, Scarlett finds something to keep her busy—a local rock band looking for a guitarist. Even though playing guitar has been hard since Liam died, Scarlett can’t pass on an opportunity like this, and she can’t take her eyes off the band’s hot lead singer either. Is real happiness just around the corner? Or will she always be haunted by her brother’s death?

Warehouse Date: November 10, 2017 Publication Date: December 12, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63583-010-1 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63583-011-8 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 288 pages BISAC Code: YAF047030 Price: $11.99 US YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Performing Arts / Music Imprint: Flux Rights: Worldwide, all languages, excludes dramatic Age: 14 & up rights Trim: 5.25 x 8 Selling Territory: World

Also by the author Praise for Tragedy Girl Christine Hurley Deriso is an award-winning author of YA “A deftly plotted psychological mystery.” novels, including Tragedy Girl, Thirty Sunsets, and Then I Met —Kirkus Reviews My Sister. She has also contributed to Ladies’ Home Journal,

“Adeptly building anticipation in her Parents, and other national magazines. She lives and writes psychological mystery, Deriso keeps readers in South Carolina. Visit her online at guessing while eloquently describing grief www.christinehurleyderiso.com. and the effort it takes to move through it.” —Publishers Weekly

“Should appeal to fans of both April Henry’s thrillers and Sarah Dessen’s realistic romances.”—Booklist www.northstareditions.com 5 CONTRIBUTE Book two in the Holo series, sequel to Consider by Kristy Acevedo

NEW FOR FALL! The holograms lied to everyone on Earth and only Alexandra Lucas knows the truth. Now she’s trapped in the year 2359 without family or friends—worse, without her anxiety medication. Alex attempts to reconcile the marvelous scenery, technological advances, and luxurious living with the knowledge that the holograms weren’t being completely honest—what else are they lying about?

With a secret that could shatter her society, Alex tries to find her place among strangers, convicts, and a rebellion striving to bring the holograms down. Alex struggles to find the best way to reveal the truth and reunite with those she loves. But when surrounded by beauty and every convenience, Alex wonders if truth becomes irrelevant in a perfect world.

Warehouse Date: June 9, 2017 Publication Date: July 11, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63163-098-9 Ebook: 978-1-63163-100-9 Format: Trade Paperback Original Price: $8.99 US 336 pages BISAC Code: YAF056000 Price: $14.99 US YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science Fiction / General Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: 14 & Up Selling Territory: World Trim: 5.5 x 8.25

Also by the author Praise for Consider Kristy Acevedo is a high school teacher and a huge fan of “[A] fast-paced adventure that will keep Star Trek and Harry Potter. She is the author of Consider, readers compulsively turning pages to see which won the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s what will happen next.” —School Library Journal Book Discovery Award. She lives in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

A 2017 Philip K. Dick Award Finalist

Winner of the 2015 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award

6 Toll Free 888-417-0195 CURSES and WARFARE Book two in the Tokens and Omens series by Jeri Baird

NEW FOR FALL! The day twins Zander and Alexa became adults, Moira, the embodiment of fate, revealed that Zander would become a leader of warriors and Alexa would be a fortuneteller of great power. Moira instructed the twins to use their talents to prepare their village, Puck’s Gulch, to fend off an imminent invasion.

Now, six months later, Zander is struggling to convince the quarrelsome villagers of the impending danger and unite them in a single cause to protect the village. Meanwhile, Alexa struggles to get along with her mentor, the fortuneteller Melina Odella. As the battle draws near, the twins and their few allies are further than ever from their goals, and all the while traitors lurk in the shadows, taking every opportunity to bring Puck’s Gulch to its knees.

Warehouse Date: August 4, 2017 Publication Date: September 12, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63163-126-9 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63163-128-3 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 312 pages BISAC Code: YAF019000 Price: $16.99 US YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: 12 & up Selling Territory: World Trim: 5.5 x 8.25

Also by the author Praise for Tokens and Omens Before becoming an author, Jeri Baird worked as a paper “There is mystery, duplicity, and triumph artist, an entrepreneurship teacher for at-risk students, a . . . Any parent can give this book to their reflexologist, and a rock painter. As a farm child, she had middle-school child and feel good about it.” —Paranormal Romance Guild an assortment of pets, including mice, hamsters, rabbits, cats, dogs, ferrets, a rescued sparrow, and a pony. Jeri lives “With well-developed characters, refreshing magic elements, and believable world- in Colorado with her husband. When not writing, she enjoys building features, this book can stand-alone.” kayaking, motorcycling, and visiting her sons. Visit Jeri online —Teacher Librarian Magazine at JeriBaird.com.

www.northstareditions.com 7 Book two in the Monster or Die series by Cynthia Reeg NEW FOR FALL! In this tale of two monsters, seventh-grade troll Malcolm McNastee is on a mission to rid Uggarland of misfits, especially Frankenstein (Frank) Frightface Gordon. Much to Malcolm’s horror, Frank rescued Malcolm’s disgraced dad from exile. This unspeakable act could tarnish Malcolm’s true-blood troll reputation. On the other claw, Frank—a neat freak who’s never fit the normal monster mode—must quickly reform under a new Uggarland law. If he doesn’t, he could face exile—or worse.

Malcolm decides to regain his good- monster standing by leading Frank and a band of misfits into the dangerous Shadowlands—where many enter and few emerge unscathed. Frank and Malcolm must brave the Shadowlands’ perils, realizing that even if they make it out alive, their lives will never be the same.

Warehouse Date: September 1, 2017 Publication Date: October 10, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63163-134-4 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63163-135-1 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 200 pages BISAC Code: JUV037000 Price: $14.99 US JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: 8–12 Selling Territory: World Trim: 5.25 x 8

Also by the author Praise for From the Grave Cynthia Reeg, a St. Louis librarian, ventured from behind the “Young readers will laugh out loud, root for book stacks to write her own books. While she’s had worldly Frank, boo Malcolm, and wait with bated adventures—fishing for piranhas in the Amazon, climbing the breath for these characters’ next adventure.” —Victoria Coe, author of Fenway and Hattie Great Wall of China, and whitewater rafting in New Zealand— she’s mainly a Midwestern girl. Cynthia enjoys tennis, hiking, reading, and hanging out with her amazing family. Learn more at www.cynthiareeg.com.

8 Toll Free 888-417-0195 series by Tim Collins The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the illustrated by Sarah Horne World’s Worst Knight

NEW FOR FALL! Meet Roderick—a scrawny, unremarkable teenager keeping a diary of his life in the Middle Ages. When he’s chosen to become a knight on a quest to find a holy relic (the fingers of St. Stephen), Roderick is determined to prove his honor and graduate from zero to hero. The hilarious Long-Lost Secret Diary series put readers inside the heads of hapless figures from history struggling to carry out their roles and getting things horribly wrong. The accessible, irreverent stories will keep young readers laughing as they learn the importance of not being afraid to learn from one’s mistakes. Get Real fact boxes featured throughout, as well as a glossary and additional back matter, provide historical context and background.

Warehouse Date: August 8, 2017 Publication Date: September 19, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63163-137-5 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63163-138-2 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 216 pages BISAC Code: JUV001000 Price: $9.99 US JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: North America, English Age: 8–12 Selling Territory: North American including Trim: 5 x 7.8 Canada and Mexico

The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Pirate

Meet Thomas—a young man sailing with his parents aboard a merchant ship in the NEW FOR FALL! 18th century and prone to daydreaming about living an exciting life as a pirate on the high seas. When a pirate crew led by Captain Bartholomew Morgan takes over the ship, Thomas stows away and is accepted into their motley gang. However, life as a pirate proves far less romantic than what he was expecting. The hilarious Long-Lost Secret Diary series put readers inside the heads of hapless figures from history struggling to carry out their roles and getting things horribly wrong. The accessible, irreverent stories will keep young readers laughing as they learn the importance of not being afraid to learn from one’s mistakes. Get Real fact boxes featured throughout, as well as a glossary and additional back matter, provide historical context and background.

Warehouse Date: August 8, 2017 Publication Date: September 19, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63163-141-2 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63163-142-9 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 216 pages BISAC Code: JUV001020 Price: $9.99 US JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Pirates Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: North America, English Age: 8–12 Selling Territory: North American including Trim: 5 x 7.8 Canada and Mexico

Tim Collins worked as a copywriter in advertising before Sarah Horne studied illustration at Falmouth College of Art becoming a full-time author. He writes nonfiction books and Kingston University. Her acclaimed illustrations have for adults and children’s fiction books, including books been commissioned by institutions such as Kew Gardens and designed to appeal to reluctant readers. His work has The Guardian. She specializes in illustrating quirky children’s been translated into forty languages. His books have won books. She lives and works in London. numerous awards, including the Manchester Fiction City Award and the Lincolnshire Book Award. He is originally from Manchester but now lives in London. www.northstareditions.com 9 by Kevin Wolf NEW FOR FALL! Fleeing his ruined reputation, frontier newspaper man Kepler arrives in the Colorado mining town of Brokeheart in the hopes of making a fresh start. As he begins to report the goings on of Brokeheart and the conditions at the mine, Kepler attracts attention from all quarters, from the mysterious European aristocrat who hires him to oversee the construction of a hunting lodge to the unsavory foreman of the Brokeheart mine.

As tension thickens, a spate of mysterious deaths trouble Kepler. Though the sheriff and townspeople wave them off as accidents and suicides, the disturbing marks on the bodies leave Kepler wondering if something more sinister is going on. As danger looms on every side, will Kepler survive long enough to save Brokeheart? Warehouse Date: September 8, 2017 Publication Date: October 24, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63583-900-5 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63583-901-2 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 248 pages BISAC Code: FIC033000 Price: $14.99 US FICTION / Westerns Imprint: North Star Editions Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: Adult Selling Territory: World Trim: 5.25 x 8

Kevin Wolf’s debut novel, The Homeplace, is the winner of the 2015 Tony Hillerman Award for best debut mystery set in the Southwest. The great-grandson of Colorado homesteaders, he enjoys fly fishing, old Winchesters, 1950s’ Western movies, and the occasional bump in the night. He lives in Littleton, Colorado with his wife and two beagles.

10 Toll Free 888-417-0195 The Dog Walker’sby Kathryn Diary Donahue

NEW FOR FALL! When jaded and overworked Los Angeles literary agent Daniel Ashe hires Annie Doherty, an Irish dog walker, he’s simply looking for someone to care for his dogs so he can focus on landing a dream client and save his career. He certainly doesn’t expect to come home each night to find Annie has left him a new and fantastical story about the secret lives of his dogs—or that she’s cast him, a man who doesn’t believe in love, as a romantic hero.

When his personal life and professional one collide, Daniel must ask himself how much he really knows about his dog walker and whether he’s truly incapable of falling in love after all.

Warehouse Date: October 6, 2017 Publication Date: November 7, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63583-902-9 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63583-903-6 Format: Trade Paperback Original Ebook Price: $9.99 US 400 pages BISAC Code: FIC027020 Price: $14.99 US FICTION / Romance / Contemporary Imprint: North Star Editions Rights: English language, including radio, TV, film, Age: Adult and dramatic rights. Trim: 5.25 x 8 Selling Territory: Exclusive North America English language, non-exclusive the rest of the world except the UK and its territories

Kathryn Donahue is a freelance writer and former canine advice columnist for The Deepwell Press. Her humor essays have been published in First Sunday, and she won the Spotlight Award for her one act play, The Sty. She lives with her husband and welsh corgi in Batavia, New York. The Dog Walker’s Diary is her first novel.

www.northstareditions.com 11 Recent Releases

Fall of the Dragon Prince by Dan Allen

Toran joined the five realms and tied their destinies to the survival of his secret heirs. But the king is now dead and his enemies are gathering. Reann, a serving girl and self- appointed librarian of Toran’s estate, has a chance to unravel the greatest mystery in the realm. On the other side of the kingdom, Terith and the other dragon riders fight to stop the invasion that would mean the fall of the empire. But first, Terith must ride the challenge. In this cross-country dragon race, Terith faces a black-hearted traitor with even darker purposes, to win the kingdom and the heart of the woman he loves. One rider will fall; one fate will rise.

“Allen has crafted a series which will ensnare readers and keep them coming back for more.” —Kevin L. Nielsen, author of the Sharani series

February 2017 Trim: 5.5 x 8.25 ISBN: 978-1-63163-086-6 Ebook: 978-1-63163-088-0 February 2017 Format: Trade Paperback Original Price: $8.99 378 pages BISAC Code: YAF019000 Price: $17.99 US Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy/General Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: 12 & Up Selling Territory: World

BLACK TEMPEST BOOK TWO IN THE TIME SHIFT TRILOGY by Ryan Dalton

It’s summer in Emmett’s Bluff, and the ice is spreading. Six months after confronting an enemy from the future, Malcolm and Valentine Gilbert have returned to their normal teenage lives. Or, they’ve tried to. During the battle to save their town, a mysterious force awoke inside the twins. Time calls to them, and it’s growing too strong to be ignored. When warriors from a mysterious ancient kingdom appear, they bring warnings of an unstoppable foe—one whose control of the ice is powered by Time itself. But ice is far more than the Black Tempest’s signature. As the twins uncover the truth behind it, they realize their town is only the beginning. If the Black Tempest is not stopped here, his corruption will threaten the very course of history. As cold advances and doom draws near, the twins’ only hope lies in learning to wield Time itself, and in trusting their strange new friends—even if those friends have secrets of their own. “[The book] … will have readers rooting for the allies to prevail.” —Kirkus Reviews April 2017

April 2017 Ebook: 9780-163163-108-5 ISBN: 978-1-63163-106-1 Price: $14.99 US Format: Trade Paperback Original BISAC Code: YAF019050 448 pages Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy/Wizards Price: $14.99 US & Witches Imprint: Jolly Fish Press Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: 12 & Up Selling Territory: World Trim: 5.5 x 8.25

12 Toll Free 888-417-0195 Recent Releases The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie

Three weeks have passed since Cassandra Leung pledged her allegiance to ruthless pirate- queen Santa Elena and set free Bao, the sea monster Reckoner she’d been forced to train. The days as a pirate trainee are long and grueling, but it’s not the physical pain that Cas dreads most. It’s being forced to work with Swift, the pirate girl who broke her heart. But Cas has even bigger problems when she discovers Boa is not the only a monster swimming free.

A 2017 Junior Library Guild selection

“Skrutskie deftly balances introspection and action, making for a page-turning, thoughtful read.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Sci-fi piracy at its finest—Skrutskie has penned another winner.”—Booklist

April 2017 Ebook: 978-1-63583-001-9 ISBN: 978-1-63583-000-2 Price: $9.99 US Format: Trade Paperback Original BISAC Code: YAF056000 April 2017 296 pages Young Adult Fiction/Science Fiction/ Price: $11.99 US General Imprint: Flux Rights: World English, Excludes audio, Age: 14 & up TV, film and dramatic. Trim: 5.25 x 8 Selling Territory: World English

Seekingby Kate Watson Mansfield Sixteen-year-old Finley Price has perfected two things: how to direct a world-class production, and how to fly way, way under the radar. The only person who ever seems to notice Finley is her best friend and godparents’ son, Oliver Bertram. But when teen movie stars Emma and Harlan Crawford move across the street from the Bertrams, they shake up Finley and Oliver’s stable friendship. As Emma and Oliver grow closer, Finley realizes that Harlan’s attention is shifting to her. She discovers she might have feelings for him too. Or, is she only interested in Harlan because Oliver is taken? Finley doesn’t want to be won, and she doesn’t want to see Oliver with anyone else. To claim Oliver’s heart—and keep her own—she’ll have to find the courage to do what she fears most: step into the spotlight.

“A commendable adaptation of a 200-year-old tale made fresh for a 21st-century audience.” —Kirkus Reviews

“This debut ultimately weaves an impressive mosaic and is an excellent selection for fans of young adult literature that is heavily thematic or romantic.” May 2017 —School Library Journal

May 2017 Ebook: 978-1-63583-003-3 ISBN: 978-1-63583-002-6 Price: $9.99 US Format: Trade Paperback Original BISAC Code: YAF052000 312 pages YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Price: $14.99 US General Imprint: Flux Rights: Worldwide, all languages Age: 12 & Up Selling Territory: World Trim: 5.5 x 8.25

www.northstareditions.com 13 Complete Backlist

Consider Tokens and Omens The Holo Series Baird, Jeri Acevedo, Kristy 978-1-63163-082-8 • $16.99 978-1-63163-058-3 • $14.99 Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 284 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 288 pages Zander trusts Fate. Alexa only trusts herself. When mysterious holograms suddenly When Fate intervenes, they find they’re both appear heralding the end of the world, wrong. After Zander and Alexa each earn a 17-year-old Alexandra Lucas must battle Black Panther omen that makes surviving the through the intense effects of her anxiety quest nearly impossible, they must break the disorder and decide whether to stay on Earth rules and challenge Fate together.

or step through a portal to the unknown. “There is mystery, duplicity, and triumph. . . . A 2017 Philip K. Dick Award Finalist Any parent can give this book to their middle- school child and feel good about it.”—Paranormal Winner of the 2015 PEN New England Susan P. Romance Guild Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award “With well-developed characters, refreshing magic “[A] fast-paced adventure that will keep readers elements, and believable world building features, compulsively turning pages to see what will this book can stand alone.”—Teacher Librarian happen next.”—School Library Journal Magazine

Mercy Lily Words and Their Meanings Albert, Lisa Bassett, Kate 978-0-73872-699-1 • $9.95 978-0-73874-029-4 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Lily’s mother has slowly been losing herself A gifted writer, seventeen-year-old Anna to MS. When traditional treatment and other O’Mally is headed for the stars. Or she was therapies fail, it becomes clear that she wants until her uncle Joe died. Anna worshipped to die. In Oregon, the Death with Dignity the ground Joe walked on . . . until she Act allows patients to make the decision to discovers that she didn’t know him as well as end their own lives. Now Lily, a high school she thought she did.

sophomore, has to make an unimaginable A 2015 IPPY Award Gold Medalist (Young Adult choice: grant Mama’s request, or cling to her Fiction) fading life for all it’s worth. A 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Honorable Mention “Teen readers will find this novel both affecting and Winner (Young Adult Fiction) thought provoking as they identify with Lily’s agony “Bassett’s debut novel scores a hat-trick of literary and examine their own beliefs.”—VOYA merit in a strongly crafted and complex plot, deeply drawn characters with palpable grief, and beautifully woven and rich prose.”—School Library Journal

Fall of the Dragon Prince Pirouette The Forgotten Heirs Trilogy Bavati, Robyn Allen, Dan 978-0-73873-481-1 • $9.99 978-1-63163-086-6 • $17.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 378 pages Simone was raised as a dancer, but she hates Toran joined the five realms and tied their performing. Hannah loves nothing more than destinies to the survival of his secret heirs. dancing, but her adoptive parents think it But the king is now dead, and his enemies should only be a hobby. When the two girls are gathering. Reann, a serving girl and self- meet at camp, they discover they’re identical appointed librarian of Toran’s estate, has a twins. Choreographing a plan to switch chance to unravel the greatest mystery in the places, they realize fooling their friends realm. and family is more challenging than they

“A riveting book full of action, suspense and expected. romance that may keep readers up way past their “An excellent debut novel.”—School Library Journal normal bed times.”—Deseret News “[T]eens from all backgrounds will recognize “A definite must-read for all fantasy fans.”—Kevin L. the family conflicts and the pull of a forbidden Nielsen, author of the Sharani series passion.”—Booklist

14 Toll Free 888-417-0195 Complete Backlist

The Last Good Place Faking Faith of Lily Odilon Bloss, Josie Beitia, Sara 978-0-73872-757-8 • $9.95 978-0-73872-068-5 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages After a humiliating “sexting” incident, Lily Odilon—local wild child from a small seventeen-year-old Dylan becomes a Idaho town—has vanished after spending social outcast. Once she finds the blogs of the night with her boyfriend, new kid homeschooled fundamentalist Christian Albert Morales. Now he is suspected in girls, Dylan becomes fascinated by their her disappearance. Albert and Lily’s prickly old-fashioned beliefs. Blogging as Faith, younger sister Olivia set out to discover what her devout alter ego, Dylan grows close to happened to her. Kidnapped? Runaway? Abigail, the group’s queen bee. Murder victim? The fast-paced narrative A Junior Library Guild Selection jumps through three timelines—painting a “The novel illustrates how profoundly teenagers startling picture of all three teens. who seem to have nothing in common can connect A 2011 YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults and support each other, even as they choose very (Thrillers & Killers) different paths.”—Publishers Weekly

“A journey well worth taking.”—Publishers Weekly

Sirenz I Am (Not) the Walrus Bennardo, Charlotte, and Natalie Zaman Briant, Ed 978-0-73872-319-8 • $9.95 978-0-73873-246-6 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Bickering frenemies Meg and Shar are doing As the singer and bass player for Lucky some serious damage at a midnight sample Twenty, a Beatles cover band, Toby wants to sale when they find themselves arguing over make it big. But Zach, Toby’s best friend, is a pair of shoes—with fatal consequences. convinced there’s a problem: Toby’s utter lack One innocent bystander later, the girls are of mojo. How can he croon about love when suddenly at the mercy of Hades, god of the he’s never even kissed a girl? So begins Toby’s underworld. To make them atone for what quest for cred as a lovestruck singer.

they’ve done, Hades forces the teens to “Fast-paced, with authentic characters (the become special-assignment Sirens, luring to chemistry between Toby and Michelle is the Underworld any individual whose unholy particularly satisfying) and a general air of good- contract is up. natured fun, Briant’s story rings true and doesn’t disappoint.”—Publisher’s Weekly “[F]unny and entertaining. . . . Bennardo and Zaman are bringing the gods into the twenty-first century, “Briant has an ear for smart-aleck teen talk and and Meg and Shar get caught up in the fast-paced keeps the first-person narration crisp. A light and drama.”—Booklist entertaining rock-’n’-roll romp.”—Kirkus Reviews

Sirenz Back in Fashion How Many Letters Bennardo, Charlotte, and Natalie Zaman Are in Goodbye? 978-0-73873-187-2 • $9.95 Cassidy, Yvonne Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages 978-0-73874-745-3 • $11.99 When Shar tries on a ring from Hades, it Trade paperback original • 6 x 9 • 432 pages activates an obscure contractual clause Rhea Farrell carries the scars of a childhood that puts Shar and Meg in Hades’ service accident in which she lost her arm. But she once more. Shar is whisked away to the also carries scars from the loss of her mother, Underworld to prepare a ball for Persephone, her father’s drinking, and her confusion while Meg is sent to retrieve the errant soul around her sexuality. Running away to New of spoiled rich girl Paulina Swanson and send York, she turns to her mother through letters. her to the abyss. A 2017 ALA Rainbow List Top Ten Pick (Young Adult Fiction)

“Heavy and intense, this book will make readers confront their own senses of identity.”—Kirkus Reviews

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More Than Good Enough 15 Days Without a Head Chappell, Crissa-Jean Cousins, Dave 978-0-73873-644-0 • $9.99 978-0-73873-642-6 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 216 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trent Osceola’s life is turned upside When his alcoholic mother doesn’t come down when he moves to the Miccosukee home from work one night, Laurence Roach reservation to live with his father. is terrified that child services will separate Reconnecting with a childhood friend for a him from his brother. So Laurence keeps her film assignment, Trent starts to see himself disappearance secret while trying to track through her eyes . . . and he’s not so sure he her down.

likes what he sees. A Junior Library Guild Selection

A 2014 Florida Book Award Medalist Winner of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the UK

“Chappell renders the atmosphere of sweltering, “A teenager holds his crumbling family life together swampy south Florida in all its grittiness, giving the in this finely crafted debut that strikes a delicate novel a unique flavor.”—Booklist balance between humor and pathos.”—Kirkus “[C]ompelling and emotionally nuanced.”—Kirkus Reviews Reviews

Narc Waiting for Gonzo Chappell, Crissa-Jean Cousins, Dave 978-0-73873-247-3 • $9.95 978-0-73874-199-4 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Seventeen-year-old stoner Aaron Foster was Oz has a talent for trouble, but when a joke offered a choice: go to jail or turn undercover backfires at his new school, he attracts the narc. To get close to the school’s biggest attention of the school bully—and that’s just players, Aaron lies to everyone—including the beginning. After causing an accident that cute Morgan Baskin. Can he protect her from puts his mom in the hospital, Oz isn’t popular the drug bust planned for Halloween night at home, either. His older sister’s no help, without losing everything? but she has her own problem . . . one that’s

“Chappell does a great job of showing readers growing bigger by the day. a gritty Miami most people don’t think about “Cousins follows up his debut . . . with another when they think of South Beach and sunshine, tightly woven, heartwarming story of the ups and and populating it with realistic characters. Really downs in the life of a teenager and his family.” great book.”—Trish Doller, author of Something Like —Kirkus Reviews Normal

What We Keep Is Not Beautiful Music for Ugly Always What Will Stay Children Cockrell, Amanda Cronn-Mills, Kirstin 978-0-73872-615-1 • $9.95 978-0-73873-251-0 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Angie never thought much about God until Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he things started getting weird—like the statue was born with a girl’s body. With his new of St. Felix talking to her and Angie’s mother public access radio show gaining popularity, busting up her third marriage for no reason. Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, Then there’s Jesse Francis, sent home from and parents. His entire future is threatened Afghanistan with his leg blown off. when several violent guys find out that Gabe the DJ is also Elizabeth from school. Named a 2011 Best Book for Children by the Boston Globe A 2014 ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner (Young Adult) Named a 2011 Blue Ribbon selection by the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books A 2014 IPPY Award Silver Medalist (GLBT Fiction)

A 2014 YALSA Top Ten Popular Paperback

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The Year of Lightning Then I Met My Sister The Time Shift Trilogy Deriso, Christine Hurley Dalton, Ryan 978-0-73872-581-9 • $9.95 978-1-63163-050-7 • $17.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 344 pages Summer Stetson lives inside a shrine to Fifteen-year-old twins Malcolm and Valentine her dead sister. Eclipsed by Shannon’s Gilbert never imagined an old house across greatness, Summer feels like she’s a constant the street could be so much trouble, but a disappointment to everyone. All that changes secret machine inside has woken up, and its when she receives a special birthday gift: power is growing. When the twins discover Shannon’s diary. Is this lovestruck, mom- a connection between the house and the bashing badass the same Shannon everyone storms, their situation goes from mysterious raves about?

to crazy-stupid dangerous. “Deriso illuminates a complex family that, despite “Sci-fi fans will gobble this one up and be waiting the faults of every member, emerges as strong and impatiently for the next.”—School Library Journal loving. An absorbing story teens will connect with.” —Kirkus Reviews “Exciting plot, smart characters, and engaging prose: Dalton’s writing jolts straight to your heart.” “[W]ill be enjoyed by fans of Sarah Dessen and girls —Ellie Ann, New York Times best-selling author who want a realistic drama, a bit of romance, and not an overload of angst.”—Booklist

The Black Tempest Thirty Sunsets The Time Shift Trilogy Deriso, Christine Hurley Dalton, Ryan 978-0-73873-991-5 • $9.99 978-1-63163-106-1 • $14.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 448 pages For Forrest Shepherd, getting away to the When warriors from a mysterious ancient family’s beach house is the best part of the kingdom appear, they warn teenage twins summer. But this year, Forrest’s relaxing Malcolm and Valentine Gilbert about an vacation falls into turmoil as painful family unstoppable foe. As cold advances and secrets are revealed. She finds solace in Scott, doom draws near, the twins’ only hope lies in a guy she meets on the beach, and starts learning to wield Time itself, and in trusting ignoring her friends’ warnings that Scott is a their strange new friends. player . . . or worse.

“The book’s down-to-earth teenagers, bonded by “Deriso has a knack for families, filling them with adventure, will have readers rooting for the allies to flawed people who maintain their bonds with love.” prevail.”—Kirkus Reviews —Kirkus Reviews

“This is an easy sell for adventure fans.”—VOYA “A feel-good romance . . . that packs a big wallop.” —School Library Journal

Jump the Cracks Tragedy Girl DeKeyser, Stacy Deriso, Christine Hurley 978-0-73871-274-1 • $9.95 978-0-73874-703-3 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 216 pages Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 240 pages Fifteen-year-old Victoria is fuming when her Anne and Blake are perfect together. They dad fails once again to be at the train station both bring sob stories to the table: her like he’s promised. When she sees a teen parents died in a car wreck; his girlfriend mother stash her bruised little boy in the drowned. But even as Anne starts to feel train’s bathroom and get off the train alone, she’s finally found something good in all Victoria makes a split-second decision. She the tragedy, she can’t ignore signs that boards the next train out of town—taking the something’s not right with Blake.

toddler with her. “A deftly plotted psychological mystery.”—Kirkus Winner of the Connecticut Press Club’s 2009 Reviews Communication Award (YA Fiction) “Should appeal to fans of both April Henry’s thrillers and Sarah Dessen’s realistic romances.”—Booklist

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I’ll Get There. These Gentle Wounds It Better Be Worth the Trip. Dunbar, Helene Donovan, John 978-0-73874-027-0 • $11.99 978-0-73872-134-7 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Five years after his mother killed herself and I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. is three of his siblings, Gordie lives with his half best known as the first teen novel to address brother Kevin. It is an ideal arrangement, homosexuality. Set in 1969, Donovan’s until Gordie’s absentee father comes back seminal tale centers on Davy Ross, a lonely into the picture, demanding a place in his thirteen-year-old who moves to Manhattan life. Now the only one who can help Gordie to live with his estranged mother. Then he is himself . . . if he can confront the past and meets a boy and experiences something that take back his future. changes his life. “A heartbreaking novel.”—VOYA A School Library Journal Best of 1969 Book List Pick

A Time magazine New York Times Best of 1969 Book List Pick

“Shattering . . . frank . . . intelligent.”—Horn Book

The Culling What Remains The Torch Keeper Dunbar, Helene Dos Santos, Steven 978-0-73874-430-8 • $9.99 978-0-73873-537-5 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 432 pages After a terrible accident, Cal Ryan loses his Lucian “Lucky” Spark has been recruited for promising baseball career and Lizzie, one training by the Establishment, a totalitarian of his best friends. Everyone expects him to government. If a recruit fails any level of pick up the pieces and move on, but all that the violent training competitions, a family remains for Cal is an overwhelming sense member is brutally killed . . . and the recruit that her death was his fault. Cal thought he has to choose which one. An undeniable could overcome any obstacle. But grief might attraction develops between Lucky and be the one exception.

another recruit, Digory Tycho. But only one of “Recommended to fans of tragic love stories a la them can survive. John Green and Rainbow Rowell.”—VOYA

A 2014 ALA Rainbow List Top Ten Pick “Teens will enjoy this as the warm and caring story “A heart-pounding page-turner.” —VOYA of friendship that it is.”—School Library Connection

The Sowing How to Ruin a Summer Vacation The Torch Keeper A How to Ruin a Summer Vacation Novel Dos Santos, Steven Elkeles, Simone 978-0-73873-540-5 • $9.99 978-0-73870-961-1 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 408 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages When Lucian “Lucky” Spark is caught Amy is a spoiled American teenager with an attempting to assassinate members of the attitude to match her Jimmy Choo slides. Establishment—including his former lover, When her estranged father drags her to Cassius—Lucky finds himself facing the Israel to meet a family she’s never known, worst kind of punishment. It’s Recruitment one hilarious humiliation after another tests season. And this time, instead of choosing Amy’s fierce spirit.

who will die, Lucky will be an Incentive, a A 2007 IPPY Award Silver Medalist (Multicultural sacrificial lamb on the wrong side of the Fiction) Establishment’s brutal competition. Voted #3 on YALSA’s 2007 Teen Top Ten List “Revels in plot twists and big reveals . . . expect many readers to devour this installment in one sitting.” —VOYA

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How to Ruin My Teenage Life Return to Paradise A How to Ruin a Summer Vacation Novel A Leaving Paradise Novel Elkeles, Simone Elkeles, Simone 978-0-73871-019-8 • $11.99 978-0-73871-868-2 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Amy has a new step-dad, a new step-sib on Maggie and Caleb just went through the the way, and a new living situation with her worst year of their lives. Hit by a car and dad in Chicago. Is everyone conspiring to ruin starting life over with a limp, Maggie never her life? thought she would forgive Caleb. But she

A 2008 IPPY Award Gold Medal Winner did—and fell in love. What they shared was (Multicultural Fiction) real. But Caleb wanted to be free from the past—and a terrible secret: he wasn’t the one A 2008 Association of Jewish Libraries Notable who hit Maggie. So he left Paradise—and Book for Teen Readers Maggie—forever.

A 2011 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers

Winner of the 2010 RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Young Adult Novel

How to Ruin Your Nothing Boyfriend’s Reputation Friedman, Robin A How to Ruin a Summer Vacation Novel 978-0-73871-304-5 • $9.95 Elkeles, Simone Trade paperback original • 5 x 7 • 240 pages 978-0-73871-879-8 • $9.95 Seventeen-year-old Parker Rabinowitz is Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages wealthy, smart, and drop-dead handsome. Amy’s jetting to the Holy Land this summer He’s got just one problem: bulimia. Parker’s to visit her boyfriend Avi, who’s in the Israeli sister Danielle is the only one who seems army. Two weeks at a military training base to notice what’s happening behind her (her grandmother’s idea) turns out to be pure brother’s perfect-seeming exterior, as he hell . . . and only gets worse when the team disappears into a world of deception and leader is Avi. desperation.

“A multidimensional coming-of-age story.”—RT A 2010 YALSA Popular Paperback Book Reviews A 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year “A great read-alike for fans of Meg Cabot, Melissa Bronze Medalist Kantor, and Sarah Dessen.”—VOYA A 2009 Sydney Taylor Award Notable Book for Teens

Leaving Paradise Katana A Leaving Paradise Novel A Katana Novel Elkeles, Simone Gibsen, Cole 978-0-73871-018-1 • $11.99 978-0-73873-040-0 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages One fateful night, Caleb Becker left a party Rileigh Martin can’t explain her new drunk and crashed into Maggie Armstrong. incredible fighting skills. Turns out she’s The past year has been hospitals and physical harboring the spirit of an ancient samurai therapy for Maggie, juvenile detention for warrior. Attacked by ninjas, Rileigh has no Caleb. Now they must return to their lives choice but to master the katana, a deadly and face the town—and each other. Japanese sword. But she would rather be A 2015 YALSA Popular Paperback breaking hearts than breaking bones—and she’s falling fast for a handsome martial arts A Book Sense Children’s Pick List Title instructor. “Elkeles writes convincingly about family tensions, “An action-packed page-turner.”—Booklist retreating from painful reality, and teens outgrowing their old skins.”—School Library Journal

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Senshi But I Love Him A Katana Novel Grace, Amanda Gibsen, Cole 978-0-73872-594-9 • $9.95 978-0-73873-261-9 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages At the beginning of senior year, Ann was a After learning she is a reincarnated samurai smiling, straight-A student with friends and and nearly getting killed (several times), a future. Then she met a haunted young Rileigh Martin decides to put her warrior life man named Connor. Only she can heal his on hold to focus on her senior year of high emotional scars; only he could make her feel school. But a reincarnated female ninja has so loved—and needed. By graduation, her other plans—including destroying the world. life has become a dangerous high-wire act. When evil ninja assailants nearly kill Rileigh Just one mistake could trigger Connor’s rage, and kidnap her best friend, she must choose a violent storm damaging everything—and between saving the world and saving him. everyone—in its path.

“Alternating time lines . . . keep the story moving, “A disturbing reverse chronology of a love gone with Rileigh tossing pithy quips Buffy-style and horribly wrong . . . powerful and compulsively delivering kickass action.”—Booklist readable.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Beautifully written and wholly believable.” —Booklist”

Shinobi In Too Deep A Katana Novel Grace, Amanda Gibsen, Cole 978-0-73872-600-7 • $9.95 978-0-73873-911-3 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages All I wanted to do that night was make a Reincarnated samurai Rileigh Martin is play for Carter Davis. His heartless rejection overjoyed when her boyfriend, Kim, regains was mortifying, but people got the wrong his memories. But the celebration is short- idea when they saw me leaving his bedroom, lived when Rileigh’s enemy Sumi attacks and crying. That’s how rumors of rape started. they switch bodies. Now Rileigh must track Now people are taking sides, and the school down the vengeful ninja before she’s stuck in has become a war zone—forcing me to make Sumi’s body forever. a terrible choice.

“A swift tale of romance for the young teen with a A Junior Library Guild Selection warrior heart.”—Kirkus Reviews “Suspenseful . . . honest and constantly interesting.” —Kirkus Reviews

“[A]n easy, engrossing, uncomplicated but not oversimplified read that will be enjoyed by male and female readers who like reading about relationships and school culture.”—VOYA

Burn No One Needs to Know Gibson, Heath Grace, Amanda 978-0-73873-095-0 • $9.95 978-0-73873-625-9 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages William Tucker loves being a volunteer When Olivia’s twin brother, Liam, starts firefighter. After he rescues his crush, she dating, she tries to drive away his girlfriends undergoes a profound transformation for in an effort to get her best friend back. But the better. He may not be able to meet she meets her match in Zoey, Liam’s latest his father’s expectations or protect his gay fling. A call-it-like-she-sees-it kind of girl, Zoey brother, but for those who need a second sees right through Olivia’s tricks, and they fall chance at life, William isn’t afraid to light for each other.

the match—and become the hero the town A 2016 ALA Rainbow List Pick needs. “A surprisingly sweet take on two girls falling in “Gibson pens authentic Southern, small-town love.”—School Library Journal teenspeak and settings that add fuel to the fires (so to speak) of William’s life. Compelling.”—Kirkus “A no-nonsense gracefully handled romance about Reviews girls who just happen to love girls.”—Booklist

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The Truth About You & Me Of Scars and Stardust Grace, Amanda Hannah, Andrea 978-0-73873-624-2 • $9.99 978-0-73874-082-9 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Madelyn is smart for her age, so she’s taking Claire Graham ran away from a tragedy that classes at community college, earning credits still haunts her. But when she learns that her for high school and college simultaneously. sister, Ella, has gone missing, Claire decides Her biology professor is funny, hot, and oh to return to Amble, Ohio, and face what so interested. She knows that if she told him happened there. Determined to find Ella, she’s only sixteen, their relationship would be Claire turns to Grant Buchanan, the soft- over. So Madelyn makes a simple decision: spoken boy from her past who, like Claire, has She won’t tell him. secrets he guards closely.

“Recommended for fans of ‘forbidden love’ stories.” “An intriguing puzzle of a book.”—Kirkus Reviews —School Library Journal “This psychological thriller reads like a Robert “Grace . . . treats delicate issues with honesty and Cormier version of Twilight.”—Booklist control.”—Publishers Weekly “An unsettling read for fans of stories that leave the reader wondering what is real and what is truly delusion.”—VOYA

Ferocity Summer My Life from Air Bras to Zits Grosso, Alissa Haworth-Attard, Barbara 978-0-73873-070-7 • $9.95 978-0-73871-483-7 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Scilla Davis must soon stand trial for her “Let’s buy you some boobs.” Teresa Tolliver involvement in a deadly speedboat accident. is starting tenth grade with the “womanly With the possibility of conviction looming, life profile” she’s always wanted. Coping with seems utterly hopeless. An FBI agent—eager her plummeting social status at school, a to crack down on a dangerous new drug bridezilla sister at home, and a grandfather sweeping the nation—offers her a way out of who’s showing early signs of dementia, Teresa this nightmare. Can Scilla betray her drug- wishes her new air bra could somehow lift dealing boyfriend to save herself? her self-confidence, as well.

“This book is definitely for the oldest of the teen “Although laugh-packed, the heart of this audience with intense language and sexuality, endearing, but definitely not sappy, novel is Teresa’s and adult readers will devour it as well . . . evolving family relationships, which challenge her Recommended.”—VOYA to grow up quickly.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A book for chick-lit fans who want more intelligence than fluff.”—ForeWord Reviews

Shallow Pond The Boy Meets Girl Massacre Grosso, Alissa (Annotated) 978-0-73873-071-4 • $9.99 Hogarth, Ainslie Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages 978-0-73874-472-8 • $11.99 Babie Bunting is constantly mistaken for her Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 288 pages siblings, but she’s determined not to end When a party commemorating the up like her family. She doesn’t plan to stick anniversary of a gruesome killing at the around Shallow Pond after graduation, and infamous Boy Meets Girl Inn ends in a she certainly won’t be ruined by a broken bloodbath, Noelle Dixon’s diary becomes the heart. When her oldest sister comes down key piece of evidence. But the cryptic entries with a mysterious illness—something more suggest there’s more to the bizarre case than serious than “lovesickness”—Babie starts can be rationally explained. investigating their mother’s death. “Highly frightening and effective.”—Kirkus Reviews “A cautionary tale [that] rolls along at lightning “Hogarth delivers in bringing . . . a summer slasher speed with more than a few twists.”—Booklist flick to the page.”—Publishers Weekly

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The Lonely Skyship Academy: Hogarth, Ainslie The Pearl Wars 978-0-73874-133-8 • $9.99 Skyship Academy Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages James, Nick After she discovers The Terrible Thing, Easter 978-0-73872-341-9 • $9.95 Deetz goes looking for her sister but ends Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages up pinned under a giant boulder with her A devastated Earth’s last hope is found in legs crushed into tomato paste. Bored, Pearls: orbs from space that can power disappointed, and thoroughly dismembered, entire cities. The Skyship dwellers—political Easter lies in The Woods with only sinister dissidents who live in Earth’s stratosphere— squirrels to keep her company, making it very are battling the corrupt Surface government difficult for her to think in peace. to control the Pearls. Everything changes “Dark and daring, this memorable debut should when an unexpected encounter between a appeal to teens with a black sense of humor.” Skyship brat and a young Surface operative —Booklist triggers remarkable and dangerous powers in the two enemies. “Some teens will revel in this surreal world full of gruesome humor.”—VOYA “A definite must-read!”—James Dashner, New York Times best-selling author of The Maze Runner

The Memory Jar Skyship Academy: Crimson Hoole, Elissa Janine Rising 978-0-73874-731-6 • $11.99 Skyship Academy Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 336 pages James, Nick Since the accident, Taylor’s memory has 978-0-73872-342-6 • $9.99 been fuzzy. Who knows what her boyfriend, Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Scott, will remember when he comes out of Pearlbreaker Jesse Fisher is on a mission to the coma. Will he remember that Taylor was free as many Drifters as he can—ignoring the driving the snowmobile? Will he remember direct orders of Captain Alkine. When Jesse is the engagement ring? Her pregnancy? Will mysteriously freed from the Skyship brig, he he remember that she tried to break up with rescues Cassius from Theo, Madame’s newest him? protégé. With Skyship agents in hot pursuit, Named one of the Best Books of 2016 by Kirkus Cassius and Jesse learn they are the children Reviews of Haven rebels, sent to Earth to continue the battle against Haven’s totalitarian regime. “An intricately crafted story of teen pregnancy helmed by a bold, achingly real protagonist determined to decide her own fate.”—Kirkus Reviews

Sometimes Never, Sometimes Skyship Academy: Strikeforce Always Skyship Academy Hoole, Elissa Janine James, Nick 978-0-73873-722-5 • $9.99 978-0-73873-637-2 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages When Cassandra Randall’s religious parents Earth is under attack by the alien Authority stifle her creativity in English class, she from the planet Haven. Cassius and his secretly creates a tarot-inspired advice blog. brother Jesse are the keys to defending Earth. As her blog spirals into a cyber-bullying crisis, But the enemy’s new weapon sends the Cass wants to protect the victim, the way she resistance into turmoil. Alliances shift, traitors protects her brother from the homophobes are revealed, and soon Earth’s last chance at at church. But what will it take for her to tell salvation lies in the hands of one brother who the truth? must make the ultimate sacrifice. “An adrenaline-packed conclusion to the Skyship Academy series.”—VOYA

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Insomnia Pure Red The Night Walkers Joseph, Danielle Johansson, J. R. 978-0-73872-743-1 • $9.95 978-0-73873-593-1 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Orange is for energy, pink means love, and Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the I, Cassia Bernard, do solemnly swear to dream of the last person he’s had eye contact find pure red—my passion—this summer. with. His exhaustion is crippling. Then he I’m giving basketball a chance. But what I meets Mia, whose calm dreams allow him really want to score this summer is Graham blissful rest. He must go to bizarre lengths to Hadley—a.k.a. Cutebutt. Then when Dad catch Mia’s eye every day. agrees to mentor Graham with his art project,

A 2014 Whitney Award Finalist all of Cutebutt’s attention is on him—leaving me feeling as colorless as the Miami sky on a “Keep[s] pulses pounding.”—Kirkus Reviews rainy day. “Creates a real sense of tension, anticipation, and “Joseph’s third novel has much in common with dread.”—ForeWord Reviews her first two—strong teen girl protagonists who are “A suspenseful mystery.”—School Library Journal straightforwardly dealing with real-life issues.” —VOYA

Paranoia The Blending Time The Night Walkers Blending Time Johansson, J. R. Kinch, Michael 978-0-73874-018-8 • $9.99 978-0-73872-067-8 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages Parker Chipp is learning to master his abilities Turning seventeen in the year 2054 means as a Watcher. But as he trains, his alter ego it’s time for Global Alliance work, ranging does everything it can to destroy his life. Even from backbreaking drudgery to deadly as it spins him out of control, Parker must canal labor. Three “s’teeners” chosen to be face a worse threat. The Takers are forcing his blenders—whose task is to help repopulate chemist father to create an immortality pill, Africa—believe they’re lucky. But they soon and Parker must enter their realm to rescue learn otherwise.

him. “Full of action, this is a compelling, realistic, and “Highly unique premise and thrilling plot.”—VOYA exciting thriller for more mature young readers.” —Kirkus Reviews “A worthy sequel to an imaginative new series.” —Kirkus Reviews “Entertaining, credible, scary, and memorable.” —VOYA

Mania The Fires of New SUN The Night Walkers Blending Time Johansson, J. R. Kinch, Michael 978-0-73874-431-5 • $9.99 978-0-73873-076-9 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 408 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages With an attack by the body-stealing Takers In this thrilling sequel to The Blending Time, imminent, Jack and Parker must put aside Nswibe refugees take refuge at a New SUN their grief and track down the ingredients of outpost, which later sustains a crippling ’gade their father’s formula—one that will rein in the attack. Survival is vital—defeat would mean power-hungry Takers—to keep their family slavery, death, and the end of the blender and friends out of danger. Their only hope lies program, Africa’s last hope. Jaym, Reya, and in a riddle where each brother unknowingly D’Shay must reunite the splintered factions possesses a piece of the solution. and mount a daring counterattack.

“[Mania] is exciting and highly addictive, and “For some great action, this can’t be beat.”—Kirkus the entire series boasts an original plot with Reviews compelling, dynamic characters.”—VOYA

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The Rebels of New SUN Redemption Blending Time Hearts of Stone Kinch, Michael Launier, Veronique 978-0-73873-151-3 • $9.99 978-0-73873-074-5 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Jaym, Reya, and D’Shay infiltrate the capital For five hundred years, Guillaume de city in their first offensive strike aimed at Rouen existed as a gargoyle perched returning power to the people. But under atop an old Montreal church, protecting the threat of torture in the Snakepit—a prison a lineage of witches. When Aude Vanier where no one leaves alive—the New SUN accidently releases him, Guillaume shifts rebels must evade robohounds, dragonfly into a seventeen-year-old human boy and drones, and GlobeTran cops to secure sets off to learn about Aude and her power. freedom for the people once and for all. Spending time together only raises more

“[In the Blending Time Series], issues of social questions—about her heritage, a native justice are seen through the lens of high-speed, Mohawk prophecy, and an unearthly magic cinematic action.”—Booklist threatening their city.

If You Wrong Us Innocent Darkness Klehr, Dawn The Aether Chronicles 978-0-73874-599-2 • $11.99 Lazear, Suzanne Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 240 pages 978-0-73873-248-0 • $9.95 Becca and Johnny plot revenge after a car Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 408 pages crash steals the lives of two people they love. In this steampunk faerie tale, Noli Braddock In an upside-down world where love and takes a flying car out for a joyride and ends hate become one, Becca and Johnny find up in reform school. There, an innocent wish themselves grappling with the truth. summons Kevighn, a handsome man who

“A thoroughly enjoyable read.”—VOYA takes Noli to the Realm of Faerie. But this isn’t a rescue. Kevighn wants to use Noli as a “An intricate psychological page-turner that . . . blood sacrifice to restore his dying world. reads like Gone Girl through a teen lens.”—Kirkus Reviews “In addition to creating an intriguing world and cast, Lazear weaves real substance into her story.” “The climactic showdown is gripping, and the path —Publishers Weekly to it has plenty of grim twists and turns to hold readers’ attention.”—Publishers Weekly

Love Drugged Charmed Vengeance Klise, James The Aether Chronicles 978-0-73872-175-0 • $9.95 Lazear, Suzanne Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages 978-0-73873-302-9 • $9.99 Fifteen-year-old Jamie Bates will do anything Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 408 pages to hide the fact that he’s gay. Could an Returning to the mortal realm after being experimental new drug that’s supposed to forbidden from seeing her Faerie Prince “cure” his attraction to guys be the answer? boyfriend V, Noli joins the crew of her

A 2011 ALA Stonewall Honor Book (Children’s & brother’s airpirate ship, the Vixen’s Revenge. Young Adult Literature) There she discovers that her brother has hired the scallywag Faerie, Kevighn Silver. A Lambda Literary Award Finalist (LGBT Children’s/ Meanwhile, the Earth Court King plans to find Young Adult) a secret artifact that will bring destruction to “Told with a dark sense of humor, the novel gives everyone Noli loves. readers a firsthand look at the pressures closeted gay teens can face.”—Chicago Tribune “[Lazear’s] imagination soars as high as her airship, and it will have readers hooked.”—Kirkus Reviews “One of, to my mind, the finest young adult novels. Fabulous.”—Rick Kogan, host of The Sunday Papers “Lazear’s second Aether Chronicles title is a thrilling, on WGN-AM in Chicago non-stop read . . . with strong action and lots of angst.”—RT Book Reviews 24 Toll Free 888-417-0195 Complete Backlist

Fragile Destiny Zeroboxer The Aether Chronicles Lee, Fonda Lazear, Suzanne 978-0-73874-338-7 • $11.99 978-0-73873-986-1 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 432 pages Carr Luka is a rising star in the weightless In an effort to keep the Otherworld from combat sport called zeroboxing. But Carr falling into darkness, Noli and her true love gets involved with a far-reaching criminal V plot the daring theft of a jewel Ciarán, the scheme, threatening his budding relationship dark king, needs to rebuild a powerful relic. with his marketing strategist.

But Ciarán is not easily defeated. He sets A Junior Library Guild Selection a plan in motion for a showdown that will decide who rules the Otherworld once and A 2016 YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers for all. “A superior sci-fi outing.”—Kirkus Reviews “Lazear’s romance-filled steampunk adventure continues with this rollicking chapter.”—School “Lee’s debut novel is an intense, smart, and action- Library Journal packed read.”—VOYA

“The Aether Chronicles give us a fine steampunk “This gripping sci-fi novel will have teens screaming ride right through the trilogy’s denouement.” for a sequel.”—School Library Journal —Booklist

Creed Fires of Man Leaver, Trisha, and Lindsay Currie Psionic Earth 978-0-73874-080-5 • $9.99 Levinson, Dan Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 264 pages 978-1-93996-732-9 • $16.99 When their car breaks down, Dee, her Trade paperback original • 6 x 9 • 392 pages boyfriend Luke, and his brother Mike take In a world where powerful nations wage refuge in a seemingly abandoned town grand wars with psionic super-soldiers, the called Purity Springs. The town’s inhabitants outcome of the coming conflict falls to a appear the next morning, and Dee, Luke, and handful of individuals. Unaware of the part Mike find themselves at the mercy of the they will play in the great geopolitical game, charismatic leader who plans to make Dee can these soldiers and scientists protect their his new wife. countries without losing themselves?

“A straight-ahead, cover-your-ears tale of terror that grows more nihilistic and grueling by the page.” —Booklist

“A suspenseful and sporadically gory thriller.” —Publishers Weekly

Hardwired Shadows Collide Leaver, Trisha, and Lindsay Currie Psionic Earth 978-0-73874-226-7 • $11.99 Levinson, Dan Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 240 pages 978-1-63163-026-2 • $16.99 When Lucas tested positive for the warrior Trade paperback original • 6 x 9 • 328 pages gene—a genetic abnormality believed to With the great nations Calchis and Orion still predispose humans toward violence—he was locked in a battle for global supremacy, their shipped off to a government facility called psionic super-soldiers are getting closer to the Bake Shop. Then the van transporting the front lines of an all-out world war. Still him home is forced off the road by radicals reeling from the events of the first book, who insist there’s more going on at the Sonja and Aaron are now caught up in the facility. To find the truth and save his friend, middle of an ancient prophecy. Lucas infiltrates the Bake Shop’s inner sanctum.

“This fast-paced, not-so-distant dystopian futuristic tale will appeal to teen readers. A must-have for libraries seeking dystopian futures.”—School Library Journal www.northstareditions.com 25 Complete Backlist

Secret of the Sevens Hero Worship Lindquist, Lynn Long, Christopher E. 978-0-73874-404-9 • $11.99 978-0-73873-909-0 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Decades ago, the original members of Ever since becoming an IWP—Individual with the Society of Seven murdered the Singer Powers—Marvin Maywood has dreamed of school’s founder and then perished in the joining the Core, a group of gifted heroes fire they lit to hide the evidence. When Talan who save lives and stop crimes. But because Michaels accepts a mysterious invitation he’s a homeless teenager who is forbidden to join a group calling itself the Sevens, he to use his amazing powers, wanting and expects pranks, parties, and perks. Instead, he achieving that dream are two very separate becomes tangled in web of lies someone will things.

kill to keep hidden. A Junior Library Guild Selection

“A satisfying read for secret-society fanatics and “Loaded with action and moral ambiguity, this is a romantics alike.”—Kirkus Reviews classic superhero story with noir sensibilities.” “Conspiracy, loyalty, secrets, oaths, lies, and riddles —Booklist flourish, making this the perfect book for readers “This is a superhero story for the post-punk era: Live who love to untangle mysteries by puzzling it out.” fast, die young, and take over the world.”—Kirkus —Booklist Reviews

Cleopatra Ascending Dating Down A Shadow’s Edge Novel Lyons, Stefanie Lipinski, Maureen 978-0-73874-337-0 • $9.99 978-0-73873-193-3 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Told in waves of poetry, Dating Down is a Rhea Spencer feels like a normal teenager— portrait of the exhilaration and pain of a even if she is the reincarnation of Cleopatra. fractious first love.

All that changes on Rhea’s sixteenth birthday, “Told in musical, poignant verse, Sam’s story is when a hot representative of the secret Order lyrical and heart-wrenching.”—Booklist of Antony shows up. Together, they travel to “A fast, freefalling read that’s difficult to put down.” Egypt to stop a dark cabal of Octavians from —Jessica Machado, associate editor of Rolling Stone unleashing a devastating magical force. “Gritty, lyrical, often heart-stopping verse . . . a “Rhea is both an entertaining narrator and a breathless stay-up-all-night read.”—Stasia Ward compelling heroine, whom readers will increasingly Kehoe, author of The Sound of Letting Go and enjoy rooting for . . . ”—Kirkus Reviews Audition

Backward Glass Surfacing Lomax, David Magro, Mark 978-0-73873-751-5 • $9.99 978-1-63163-054-5 • $15.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 280 pages In 1977, Kenny Maxwell finds the mummified Sixteen-year-olds Zoe and Balt have lived in body of a baby in his family’s old Victorian a mysterious underground research institute home. Then a mysterious girl introduces all their lives. Now they must escape and Kenny to a mirror that allows him to travel find their way to the surface to learn the in time. Kenny and his new friends—the truth about the institute and the fate of the “mirror kids”—discover that Prince Harming, a human race. But are they ready to learn the dangerous figure, is hunting them. truth about themselves?

“Intricate, lusciously creepy paranormal mystery.” “Told from the alternating points of view of Balt —Kirkus Reviews and Zoe, the story will leave readers clamoring for more.”—VOYA “This debut novel will leave readers eager for more.” —Booklist

“Debut novelist Lomax handles the plot’s complexities with skill.”—Publishers Weekly

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The Iron Witch Sweet Unrest The Iron Witch Series Maxwell, Lisa Mahoney, Karen 978-0-73874-081-2 • $11.99 978-0-73872-582-6 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Lucy Aimes can’t explain her dreams. Dark The child of alchemists, Donna Underwood and familiar, they are filled with people she feels cursed by her magical heritage. When shouldn’t know, but does. When her family she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her moves to New Orleans, Lucy is drawn into father and drove her mother mad. But when the city’s mystical undercurrent to search for the darkest outcasts of Faerie—the vicious answers.

wood elves—abduct her best friend, Donna A 2016 South Carolina Book Awards Finalist must accept her role in the centuries-old war between the humans and the fey. “A well-written, spellbinding, and informative story that teen readers (and adults) are sure to snap up.” “This story has it all for fans of (sub)urban: vicious —School Library Journal adversaries, devoted friendship and first romance.” “A tale of magic, murder, and romance in the —Kirkus Reviews steamy South.”—Kirkus Reviews “Dark and beautiful, sensual and dangerous, utterly “Maxwell’s debut proves her to be a talented enthralling . . . You’ll fall under this book’s spell.” wordsmith.”—Publishers Weekly —Richelle Mead, New York Times best-selling author

The Wood Queen Gathering Deep The Iron Witch Series Maxwell, Lisa Mahoney, Karen 978-0-73874-542-8 • $11.99 978-0-73872-662-5 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Chloe Sabourin’s world was turned Donna Underwood is facing an alchemist upside down when she learned that the tribunal for stealing the elixir of life when unspeakable murders in her native New her ailing mother takes a turn for the worse. Orleans were committed by her own mother. Aliette, the Wood Queen, offers her a deal: if Now, a new series of ritualistic killings Donna can use her powers to open the door suggests that she’s at it again.

to Faerie and send the wood elves home, “Maxwell’s mixture of past and present, dreams Aliette will free her mother from the elven and reality, speech and telepathy is immersive and curse that has shattered her mind. delirious. . . . Offers psychological melodrama and “If you like Fae, magic, alchemy and the young adult ghoulish thrills.”—Kirkus Reviews genre, this series will hold your attention and not “Fans of gothic horror will eagerly flock to this let go.”—USA Today’s Happily Ever After blog spooky sequel.”—Booklist

“An exciting installment in this fantasy series.” “A stunningly intricate and fascinating —Kirkus Reviews masterpiece.”—VOYA

The Stone Demon The Oathbreaker’s Shadow The Iron Witch Series McCulloch, Amy Mahoney, Karen 978-0-73874-405-6 • $11.99 978-0-73873-340-1 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Fifteen-year-old Raim lives in a world where If alchemist’s apprentice Donna Underwood you tie a knot for every promise you make. can’t recreate the Philosopher’s Stone, the If you break that promise, you’re scarred world will be plunged into a devastating for life and cast out into the desert. On the modern-day Dark Age. most important day of his life, Raim’s wrist

“This engrossing series conclusion does justice knot bursts into flames, scarring him as an to its kick-ass heroine, her funny sidekick and a oathbreaker. Now he has two options: run or vulnerable romantic interest.”—Kirkus Reviews die. “An excellent choice for those looking for a compelling and detailed fantasy novel.”—School Library Journal

“Middle-school readers looking to get lost in another world will enjoy this adventure-packed read.”—Booklist www.northstareditions.com 27 Complete Backlist

The Shadow’s Curse The Crimson Gate McCulloch, Amy Miller, Whitney A. 978-0-73874-512-1 • $11.99 978-0-73874-204-5 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 456 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages For Raim, the threat of battle means he Harlow Wintergreen has just been named must master the powers he and his spirit- the new Matriarch of VisionCrest, but there’s companion Draikh possess, seek out the one big problem: the real Harlow is trapped maker of the oath that caused his exile, and inside a Cambodian temple, and her double, rescue Wadi, the girl he loves, from his former the evil Isiris, is masquerading as her. Now best friend Khareh, the tyrannical Khan who’s initiated as the organization’s leader, Isiris holding her prisoner. intends to unleash a deadly super-virus

“[The Shadow’s Curse] has much to offer and will aimed at ridding the planet of VisionCrest. appeal to fans of the previous novel.”—School “Extreme gore and exciting suspense in a highly Library Journal strange package.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Action, mystery, and magic abound in this “Miller’s first novel was fairly gory and exciting, and deliciously twisted plot.”—Booklist Online this sequel shares that unique brand of horror- adventure.”—Booklist

Up in the Air The Firebug of Balrog County Meyers, Ann Marie Oppegaard, David 978-1-93996-704-6 • $12.99 978-0-73874-543-5 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.5 • 244 pages Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 312 pages Ten-year-old Melody has always wanted to While his family is haunted by his mother’s fly—and after a trip to the magical realm of recent death, Mack Druneswald looks for Chimeroan, she’s given wings! However, the something to burn. When he encounters car accident that paralyzed her father still Katrina, Mack sets out on a path of plagues her with guilt. In the end, she must pyromania the likes of which sleepy Balrog choose between the fantasy of Chimeroan County has never seen.

and the reality of her family. “Take one angry 18-year-old, sprinkle with zingy narrative, and add a match.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Beautifully written and full of honest characters . . . This book is a winner.”—VOYA

“In this biting coming-of-age novel . . . Oppegaard doesn’t offer an easy solution to Mack’s problems, instead opting for a realistic and sensitive resolution that leaves on a hopeful note.”—Booklist

The Violet Hour Damage Miller, Whitney A. Parrish, Anya 978-0-73873-721-8 • $9.99 978-0-73872-700-4 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Harlow Wintergreen, daughter of the leader It took years of therapy to convince Dani that of a cultish group, has a dark and dangerous Rachel, the childhood “imaginary” friend that secret. She hears a voice in her head that pushed her from a building, wasn’t real. Now seems to have a mind of its own. When fifteen, Dani wants to make it as a dancer. people start dying, Harlow must expose But a deadly freak accident sends Dani a her secret to the boy she loves and face the terrifying message: Rachel is real, and she’s monster within her . . . or else be consumed trying to kill her. Dani teams up with Jesse, by it. who’s got a childhood nemesis of his own, to

“Miller’s debut comes out of nowhere, packed with investigate their astral tormentors. wild gore, unusual settings, and characters way off “A heart-pounding chase story that vibrates with the YA beaten path.”—Booklist danger . . . Imaginative suspense makes this one “Takes readers on a dark, delicious thrill ride . . . stand out.”—Kirkus Reviews This gripping debut establishes Whitney Miller as an author to watch.”—Gwenda Bond, author of The Woken Gods 28 Toll Free 888-417-0195 Complete Backlist

Where You End From the Grave Pellicioli, Anna Monster or Die 978-0-73874-403-2 • $9.99 Reeg, Cynthia Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages 978-1-63163-094-1 • $14.99 Miriam and Elliot’s relationship was intense, Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 216 pages passionate, all consuming. But it’s over now, Monster is as monster does, but Frankenstein and Miriam has to pick up the pieces. Even if Frightface Gordon is more concerned with Elliot has started seeing someone else. Even keeping tidy than scaring victims. A new if Miriam impulsively destroys a priceless law puts Frank and other misfit monsters on work of art. Even if she’s blackmailed by the notice, forcing Frank to prove if he is truly mystery girl who saw her do it. After all this, monster enough.

Miriam has to move on. If only she knew how. Winner of the 2017 New Mexico Press Women Zia “The language is evocative and atmospheric.” Book Award —Kirkus Reviews “Young readers will laugh out loud, root for Frank, “This is a well-crafted debut that speaks to the boo Malcolm, and wait with bated breath for these agony of love gone wrong, making Pellicioli an characters’ next adventure.”—Victoria Coe, author of author to watch.”—Booklist Fenway and Hattie

The Last Changeling Ripper Pitcher, Chelsea A Ripper Novel 978-0-73874-084-3 • $11.99 Reeves, Amy Carol Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages 978-0-73873-072-1 • $9.95 Elora, the young princess of the Dark Faeries, Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages plans to overthrow her tyrannical mother. In 1888, Arabella Sharp goes to live with her All she has to do is convince her mother’s grandmother in London. As women begin loathed enemy, the Bright Queen, to join her turning up brutally murdered at the hands cause. But the Bright Queen demands an of Jack the Ripper, Abbie begins having offering first: a human boy. strange visions that lead her straight to the

“An enjoyable, erotically tinged romp.”—Publishers Ripper’s next massacres. Soon she’s drawn Weekly into a deadly mystery involving the murders, her mother’s shadowed past, and a secret “The Last Changeling weaves mystery, romance, and brotherhood of immortals. high school drama to speak to a variety of issues, including sexuality, social hierarchies, and parental “Well written . . . Reeves cleverly uses one of the failings.”—VOYA most heinous figures from history to tell a gothic tale with a paranormal twist.”—VOYA

The Last Faerie Queen Renegade Pitcher, Chelsea A Ripper Novel 978-0-73874-349-3 • $11.99 Reeves, Amy Carol Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 408 pages 978-0-73873-262-6 • $9.99 Allied with the Bright Queen, the faerie Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages princess Elora rallies the Seelie Court for There’s a new malevolence afoot. Fishermen a battle aimed at overthrowing the Dark are being killed, their partially devoured Queen and uniting the Faerie realm. While bodies washing up on the shores of Scotland. some of her allies question their ability to Is the Ripper responsible? To save the man win, Elora senses victory, knowing she has a she loves, Abbie Sharp must comply with the secret weapon: Taylor, the boy she loves, and Ripper’s dreadful orders—and put her own a motley crew of his human friends. life in grave danger.

“Reeves strikes a good balance between Victorian sensibilities and a strong female protagonist.” —School Library Journal

“Reeves continues to build a rich story line blending history and paranormal elements for an enjoyable read.”—VOYA www.northstareditions.com 29 Complete Backlist

Resurrection Camelot Burning A Ripper Novel A Metal & Lace Novel Reeves, Amy Carol Rose, Kathryn 978-0-73873-877-2 • $9.99 978-0-73873-967-0 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages When Abbie Sharp learns that every British By day, seventeen-year-old Vivienne is lady- monarch has financially supported the in-waiting to Guinevere, the future queen Conclave, she’s furious that the monarchy of Camelot. By night, she toils away as would cooperate with such a nefarious group. apprentice to Merlin, the recovering magic Abbie refuses to help catch the person who addict. When Morgan le Fay, the king’s is blackmailing Queen Victoria, but a far sorceress sister, declares war on Camelot, greater threat emerges when the Ripper, Merlin enlists Vivienne’s help to create the Max, returns and brings a string of new perfect weapon.

murders with him. “Offers up magic, alchemy, and an epic struggle “Amy Carol Reeves once again twists an engaging along with vivid writing and a brave, intelligent lead tale that is as riveting as it is macabre. . . . You’ll character.”—Booklist want to sleep with the light on after this one.” “The perfect blend of romance and action.”—School —Gwen Hayes, author of Falling Under Library Journal

The Drowned Forest Avalon Rising Reisz, Kristopher A Metal & Lace Novel 978-0-73873-910-6 • $9.99 Rose, Kathryn Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages 978-0-73874-489-6 • $11.99 Jane and Holly have safely jumped off Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages the bridge over their Alabama reservoir In the aftermath of Morgan le Fay’s war on hundreds of times. But one day, Holly’s jump Camelot, Vivienne toils in secret on orders goes wrong. Her body never comes up, but from the Lady of the Lake to build an something else does—a sad creature of mud. aeroship that will ensure Camelot’s knights It’s Holly, mixed up with the river, accidentally triumph over the Black Knight in the quest killing anything she touches. A Southern for Avalon and the Holy Grail. But when a gothic tale of the friendship, grief, and company of knights goes missing, Vivienne redemption. commandeers the aeroship for a rescue

“Deliciously chilling . . . A solid creepfest from an mission, altering the fates of all involved. author with potential.”—Kirkus Reviews “Rose’s story line integrates the tales of Camelot “A unique story with a creepy, dark feel, reminiscent and the Holy Grail, which could intrigue fans of of Lisa McMann’s Cryer’s Cross.”—School Library myth and legend.”—VOYA Journal

Daddy Doin’ Work The Fat Girl Richards, Doyin Sachs, Marilyn 978-1-63163-014-9 • $16.99 978-0-73871-000-6 • $8.95 Trade paperback original • 6 x 9 • 232 pages Trade paperback original • 5 x 7 • 240 pages What does it mean to be a father in today’s Jeff Lyons is both repelled and fascinated by world? A lot more than just paying bills, that’s Ellen de Luca, the fat girl in his ceramics class. for sure. This honest and entertaining look at The “crumbs of kindness” he tosses her way fatherhood helps new mothers understand soon turn into advice on weight loss, college, what’s going through new fathers’ heads and clothes . . . until good-looking Jeff dumps confront problems before they start. his girlfriend to be with the fat girl! As Ellen

“This is a down to earth, straight- shooting and changes, Jeff resents the happy, independent humorous depiction of what fatherhood often young woman he has unleashed. is as well as what it could and should be!”—Alan An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Blankstein, award-winning author of Failure Is Not an Option “Compelling and discussion-provoking . . . ” —Booklist

“Gripping.”—Publishers Weekly

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All Those Broken Angels The View from Who I Was Salomon, Peter Adam Sappenfield, Heather 978-0-73874-079-9 • $11.99 978-0-73874-174-1 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Richard Anderson’s best friend Melanie At her school dance, Oona Antunes splits in vanished when they were six, and while two. A disembodied part of her watches as the police never found her, a part of her she wanders away from the school and lies remained—a living shadow that is now down in the cold to die. When she’s sent to Richard’s closest friend. For years, Richard a Native American school to recover from never questions the shadow . . . until a new her suicide attempt, Oona discovers that her girl moves to town, claiming to be Melanie. problems go beyond herself. If she’s to heal,

A Bram Stoker Award Finalist (YA Novel) she will not be able to do it alone.

Named one of the Top Ten Books All Young “Beautifully written.”—Kirkus Reviews Georgians Should Read in 2015 “This debut novel packs a walloping punch ... Raw “Another slow-motion car crash of a story but with insight and tenderness, this story deftly characterized by scant but thrilling detail and explores life’s varied riches that come from the tense, pulsing scenes that often feel more like connections we build with others.”—Booklist threatening gestures.”—Booklist

Henry Franks Riptide Salomon, Peter Adam Scheibe, Lindsey 978-0-73873-336-4 • $9.99 978-0-73873-594-8 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages For Henry Franks, death is everywhere. It Grace Parker’s dream is to earn a surf claimed his mother a year ago, in an accident scholarship to UC San Diego, but her parents’ that robbed him of his memory and left him impossible expectations stand in her way. covered with horrific scars. And it’s stalking She has just one summer to train with her the streets, where a serial killer’s path of best friend, Ford Watson, for the biggest destruction reveals the dark truth of Henry’s surf competition of her life. This summer, past. everything changes.

Named one of the Books All Georgians Should Read “This debut about a surfer girl delves into in 2014 hidden child abuse and scores with strong characterizations.”—Kirkus Reviews “The thinking teen’s horror choice of the year.” —Booklist “Surfing is described viscerally . . . and the sport serves as a fine metaphor for building strength and “A strong start for a promising author.”—Publishers identifying risks worth taking.”—Publishers Weekly Weekly

Life at the Speed of Us A Blue So Dark Sappenfield, Heather Schindler, Holly 978-0-73874-730-9 • $11.99 978-0-73871-926-9 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 384 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages When Sovern Briggs survives a car crash, Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose has been she stops talking to seal in the memory of hiding a secret. Her mother, a talented her mother’s life. As conflict with her father artist, is being consumed by schizophrenia, builds, Sovern seeks relief in a dangerous and Aura has been her sole caretaker ever boyfriend and in speed’s adrenaline edge. since her dad walked out. Convinced that Dyslexia, math, cutting-edge science, genius, creative equals crazy, Aura shuns her own and love weave together in a reluctant artistic talent. Just as desperation threatens journey toward acceptance. to swallow her whole, Aura discovers that art,

A 2017 Colorado Book Award Finalist love, and family are profoundly linked—and offer an escape from fear. “It is intriguing to find quantum mechanics blended into a coming-of-age story . . . that is rich in A 2011 IPPY Award Gold Medalist (Juvenile/YA sensory detail and filled with dynamic characters.” Fiction) —VOYA A 2010 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Silver Medalist www.northstareditions.com 31 Complete Backlist

Playing Hurt Jerkbait Schindler, Holly Siegert, Mia 978-0-73872-287-0 • $9.95 978-1-63163-066-8 • $14.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 350 pages Chelsea Keyes is a high school basketball star Identical twins Robbie and Tristan are high whose promising career is snipped short by a school hockey players—but that’s where their horrific fall. At a Minnesota resort, she meets similarities end. Secrets, hidden desires, and Clint, a former hockey player haunted by his the high-stakes pressure of the professional own tragedy. The attraction is mutual, but sports world combine, forcing each twin to there are complications. Will their romance decide just how far he will go.

end up hurting them all over again? “Siegert pulls no punches in her debut.”—Publishers “With no slick, happily-ever-after ending, this novel Weekly will capture teens with the characters’ guilt, anger, “[This book] wrecked me. Brace yourselves for tears. and, especially, the intensity of the young people’s It’s gorgeous and gut-wrenching.”—Becky Albertalli, connection.”—Booklist author of the William C. Morris Award-winning “Playing Hurt is a delicious, tantalizing love story novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda that will captivate you until the final, satisfying sigh.”—Kristin Walker, author of A Match Made in High School

Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. Dead Girl Walking Sharif, Medeia Dead Girl 978-0-73872-323-5 • $9.95 Singleton, Linda Joy Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages 978-0-73871-405-9 • $9.95 I vow that this will be my first successful fast Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages for Ramadan. My family does this every year, High-school senior Amber Borden wants to even though I’ve been to a mosque exactly make a name for herself as the talent agent twice. My oppressive parents also forbid for the adolescent A-list. But after a near- dating, even though Peter might be my death experience, there’s a cosmic accident, soul mate. Now there’s a new Muslim girl in and Amber returns to someone else’s body— school commanding every boy’s attention— the most popular girl in school, who just including Peter’s. How can I get him to notice tried to commit suicide. Hmm, maybe being me? Will I ever feel like a typical American queen bee isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. girl? A 2009 ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults

“A humorous, hip look at the ups and downs “This page-turner has wit, love, courage, adventure, of fasting for Ramadan within the context of and remarkable insight. A must-have purchase for intergenerational and cultural challenges.”—Kirkus fans of the supernatural and the occult.”—School Reviews Library Journal

Wish You Were Here Dead Girl Dancing Shoup, Barbara Dead Girl 978-0-73871-355-7 • $9.95 Singleton, Linda Joy Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages 978-0-73872-207-8 Jackson Watt’s senior year should have been Ebook only • 264 pages a blast. Then his best friend Brady runs away Apparently, this freaky phenomenon of without telling anyone, the first of many stepping into someone else’s life—and their dramatic changes in Jax’s life. His mom body!—has a name: Temp Lifer. Thanks to my gets remarried, meaning a new family, a dead grandmother, it’s happened again. So new house, and a new role as well-adjusted now I’m hungover and gazing in the mirror at stepbrother. Not until a life-changing road . . . my boyfriend’s sister. Grammy, help! trip to Graceland does Jax learn to accept the [The Dead Girl series] is a must-have for fans of past year—and what it means to grow up. the supernatural and the occult.”—School Library An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Journal

“[A] touching, thought-provoking, and very candid coming-of-age tale.”—Booklist

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Dead Girl in Love The Abyss Surrounds Us Dead Girl Skrutskie, Emily Singleton, Linda Joy 978-0-73874-691-3 • $11.99 978-0-73871-407-3 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Cassandra Leung’s been a sea-monster This Temp-Lifer assignment will be easy. trainer ever since she could walk, raising See, my dead grandmother keeps finding genetically engineered beasts to defend people who need help, and then I step into ships crossing the NeoPacific . . . until pirates their life—and their body—to help them solve snatch her from the blood-stained decks.

their problems. This time, I’m in the body A 2017 IPPY Awards Bronze Medalist (Young Adult of my BFF, Alyce. Since we know everything Fiction) about each other, I won’t have to do a lot of A Junior Library Guild Selection detective work. But, as Alyce, I still have one big question: What am I doing in this coffin? “[A] fresh and fascinating look at a lawless future.” —Kirkus Reviews “[The Dead Girl series] is a must-have for fans of the supernatural and the occult.”—School Library “This is a solid, well-crafted, new adventure story Journal with an interesting, unusual hook.”—Booklist

Witch Ball The Edge of the Abyss The Seer Series Skrutskie, Emily Singleton, Linda Joy 978-1-63583-000-2 • $11.99 978-0-73870-821-8 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.25 x 8 • 296 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 216 pages Eighteen-year-old Cas Leung struggles with Sabine is starting to feel accepted at her new her morality and her romantic relationship school. But helping run the psychic booth with fellow pirate Swift as she and the at a school fundraiser, she discovers a fake Minnow crew work to take down wild sea crystal ball has been mysteriously switched. monsters, dubbed Hellbeasts, who are Now the predictions are coming true, and attacking ships and destroying the ocean its final prediction—her own death—may ecosystem.

become a reality. A Junior Library Guild Selection

A 2007 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers “Sci-fi piracy at its finest—Skrutskie has penned “Tingly and otherworldly.”—KLIATT another winner.”—Booklist “Skrutskie deftly balances introspection and action, making for a page-turning, thoughtful read.”—Kirkus Reviews

Fatal Charm The Latte Rebellion The Seer Series Stevenson, Sarah Jamila Singleton, Linda Joy 978-0-73872-278-8 • $9.95 978-0-73871-153-9 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages Getting called a “towel head” inspires Riddled with curiosity about her half-sister, high school senior Asha Jamison with a Sabine uses astral projection to spy on great money-making idea: selling T-shirts her. But one night—while out of body—she promoting the Latte Rebellion, a club that witnesses a gruesome murder! And when the raises awareness of mixed-race students. killer from her nightmare turns out to be real, When their “cause” goes viral, Asha’s life Sabine finds she must open her heart to the spirals out of control.

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The Truth Against the World Ballad Stevenson, Sarah Jamila A Lament Novel 978-0-73874-058-4 • $9.99 Stiefvater, Maggie Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages 978-0-73871-484-4 • $9.95 When Londoner Gareth Lewis finds San Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages Franciscan Wynn Evans online, they discover James Morgan’s gift for music has attracted they’re both having supernatural dreams Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie who feeds on about Wynn’s ancient Welsh ancestors. After the creative energies of exceptional humans traveling to Wales with her family, Wynn until they die. But while collaborating on meets up with Gareth. Together they delve a musical composition, James and Nuala into the secret history of Wynn’s people . . . unexpectedly fall in love. When James and what they discover is beyond anything realizes that Nuala is being hunted by the they could have imagined. Fey, he plunges into a soul-scorching battle

“A fresh-air alternative to claustrophobic dystopias.” with the Faerie Queen. —Kirkus Reviews “Readers of Holly Black’s Tithe or Charles de Lint’s The Blue Girl will enjoy this rich foray into faerie. The book’s backdrop, so firmly rooted in Celtic myth, is scary, mysterious, magical, and horrifying.”—Booklist

Underneath Blue is for Nightmares Stevenson, Sarah Jamila Stolarz Series 978-0-73873-596-2 • $9.99 Stolarz, Laurie Faria Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages 978-0-73870-391-6 • $9.95 With New Agey parents and a Pakistani Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages heritage, it might have been difficult for It started with freaky phone calls. Now Sunny Pryce-Shah to fit in. Thankfully, someone’s leaving the same death lilies that she had her older, popular cousin Shiri to have been showing up in Stacey’s dreams. talk to—until now. Shiri’s shocking suicide Everybody thinks it’s a twisted game . . . until brings heart-wrenching pain and grief, and another girl at school is murdered. With it also seems to have triggered a new and everyone as a potential suspect, Stacey turns disturbing ability in Sunny: hearing people’s to the folk magic her grandmother taught thoughts. Was her cousin also cursed with her. But will it be strong enough? this “gift”? A 2007 ALA Popular Paperback

A 2005 ALA Reluctant Readers Quick Pick

A 2004 ALA Top Ten Teen Pick Nominee

Lament White is for Magic A Lament Novel Stolarz Series Stiefvater, Maggie Stolarz, Laurie Faria 978-0-73871-370-0 • $9.95 978-0-73870-443-2 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a A year has passed since Stacey Brown saved music prodigy who’s about to find out she her best friend from a horrible death. Now can see faeries. Two mysterious (and cute) she’s having nightmares again, haunted guys enter her life. Trouble is, Luke is a by ghosts . . . and by a crazed stalker. As soulless faerie assassin and Aodhan is a dark she desperately casts healing spells, a new faerie soldier. Their orders from the Faerie student named Jacob enters her world. To Queen? Kill Deirdre. stop a killer, they must join together. But can

“Vibrant and potent, YA readers searching for Jacob be trusted? faerie stories will be happy to find this accomplished A 2009 ALA Popular Paperback Nominee debut novel.—Publishers Weekly A 2006 ALA Reluctant Readers Quick Pick Nominee “Part adventure, part fantasy, and wholly riveting A 2005 COVR Award Finalist love story, Lament will delight nearly all audiences with its skillful blend of magic and ordinary life.” —KLIATT 34 Toll Free 888-417-0195 Complete Backlist

Silver is for Secrets This Is What I Want to Tell You Stolarz Series Stone, Heather Duffy Stolarz, Laurie Faria 978-0-73871-450-9 • $9.95 978-0-73870-631-3 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5 x 7 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Fraternal twins Nadio and Noelle share Stacey, her boyfriend Jacob, and their friends a close connection—and as Noelle’s best have rented a beach cottage for the summer. friend, Keeley Shipley fit perfectly into their But when Stacey’s nightmares return, Jacob, world. But everything changes when Nadio the only one who understands Stacey’s falls in love with Keeley. This is the deeply magic, starts keeping secrets. Is he betraying moving story of how secrets can consume a Stacey’s trust or protecting her from revenge friendship—and how love can heal it.

and tragedy? “A sharp writer, Stone’s central triangle of A 2006 COVR Award Finalist relationships is both strong and universal, and her details are authentic.”—Booklist A 2006 ALA Reluctant Readers Quick Pick Nominee “Stone does a good job of voicing the angst and A 2005 Quill Award Nominee confused feelings of the twins in this appealing rite- of-passage story.”—VOYA

Red is for Remembrance Lifeless Stolarz Series Strickland, AdriAnne Stolarz, Laurie Faria 978-0-73874-222-9 • $9.99 978-0-73870-760-0 • $11.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Tavin Barnes’ flight from Eden City ended Shattered by her boyfriend’s tragic death, with the ultimate curse: becoming the next Stacey is struggling in her first year of college. Word of Death. Now he’s been forced into Casting healing spells brings Stacey closer to training under one of the Godspeakers, Ryse, Porsha—a troubled girl who’s also dreaming who wants him to be ruthless. As the Word of of death—and to a strange boy whose life is in Death, Tavin can kill with a touch, and Ryse’s danger. To save him, it’ll take all the strength goal is to make him an assassin—whether he and magic they’ve got. wants to be or not.

A 2005 IPPY Award Semifinalist (Young Adult “Strickland’s mythology continues to be compelling, Fiction) and fans of the first entry will be eager to see how it unfolds.”—Booklist “[A] morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.”—Booklist “Those seeking a novel with a dark premise, new religion, and reluctant hero and assassin should give it a shot.”—VOYA

Black is for Beginnings The Tree Shepherd’s Daughter Stolarz Series The Faire Folk Saga Stolarz, Laurie Faria Summers, Gillian 978-0-73871-438-7 • $9.95 978-0-73871-081-5 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 168 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Stacey’s nightmares are back. And all she When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie wants to do is go to Colorado and work Heartwood must leave California to live with things out with Jacob. But before Stacey her nomadic father at a renaissance festival. and Jacob can have a future, they must face Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst their pasts. Black is for Beginnings reveals the nightmare. But then Keelie starts seeing never-before-seen backstory—and what lies fairies and uncovers her connection to a ahead—for the young, spell-casting lovers. community of elves.

A 2010 ALA Great Graphic Novels Nominee “Summers’s book is one of those remarkable tales in which the reader becomes completely immersed A 2009 Cybils Award Nominee (Graphic Novel) . . .”—KLIATT

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Into the Wildewood The Quicksilver Faire The Faire Folk Saga The Faire Folk Saga Summers, Gillian Summers, Gillian 978-0-73871-332-8 • $9.95 978-0-73871-571-1 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Getting to finally know her elf dad has been Keelie is brought to the dazzling Fairy High a good thing, although camping out in a Court—fraught with illusion and trickery—to homemade gingerbread RV while acting out repair a world-ending imbalance in magic, the 16th century isn’t so fab. But a mysterious but she can’t fix things alone. In a strange unicorn sighting, fairies showing up in the magical land, with nasty goblins running oddest places, and that nasty, vain elf-girl Elia amok and a handsome forest god pursuing are all working against Keelie’s chances to her, whom can she trust?

have a good time. “Summers’s true strength is in creating a wide “[T]his book is a great fairy tale about fairies, elves, and colorful array of personalities to populate her magic, evil and much more, and will appeal to stories, and The Quicksilver Faire is no exception.” many teens.”—School Library Journal —Renaissance Magazine

The Secret of the Dread Forest The Goblin’s Curse The Faire Folk Saga The Faire Folk Saga Summers, Gillian Summers, Gillian 978-0-73871-411-0 • $9.95 978-0-73871-572-8 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages Keelie Heartwood reluctantly joins her father Life as a part-elf isn’t always enchanting, in the Dread Forest, home to the elves. especially when you’re sixteen-year-old Keelie Except for her impossible guardian cat and Heartwood, an L.A. girl forced to live—without a bratty little princess tree, Keelie has no one an iPhone—at a year-round renaissance to hang with. Then she discovers a mysterious festival. In between foiling evil plots by rotten boy in the woods. Soon Keelie discovers that fairies and flirting with hot elfin boys, Keelie both humans and dark magical forces are struggles to embrace her special talents. encroaching on the elves’ enchanted realm, threatening to destroy the Dread Forest.

Shadows of the Redwood Some Quiet Place The Faire Folk Saga Sutton, Kelsey Summers, Gillian 978-0-73873-643-3 • $9.99 978-0-73871-552-0 • $9.95 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 336 pages Elizabeth Caldwell doesn’t feel emotions; she The acclaimed Faire Folk Saga continues sees them. Longing and Shame materialize with a new trilogy starring half-elf Keelie at school. Fury and Resentment appear in Heartwood. This summer, Keelie must find her home. They’ve all given up on Elizabeth, the Redwood Forest’s lost tree shepherd. but when it matters most, will Fear save her?

Her cranky elfin grandmother, her cat Knot, A 2014 IPPY Award Gold Medalist (Young Adult the handsome Sean, and a mysterious Fiction) coyote are all helping. Can Keelie discover A 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Award Bronze Medalist the deadly secret of the Bloodroot tree in time to vanquish the darkness and save the Named a 2015 Best Teen Book by Kirkus Reviews Redwood Forest? “Haunting, chilling, and achingly romantic.” “[A] fun and enchantingly enjoyable read, —Kirkus Reviews populated with a colorful cast of characters.” —Renaissance Magazine

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Where Silence Gathers Gold Sutton, Kelsey A Bandia Novel 978-0-73873-947-2 • $9.99 Vance, Talia Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 360 pages 978-0-73873-471-2 • $9.99 Alexandra Tate can see personified emotions, Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 408 pages and her best friend is Revenge. Every night, Descended from a demigod, Brianna has he waits with Alex outside Nate Foster’s fled to Ireland to escape the Sons of Killian. house as she builds up the courage to exact Taking refuge at the estate of her former her justice on Nate for the drunk-driving nemesis, Austin Montgomery, Brianna accident that killed her family. But when discovers a rift in time that opens to an era Forgiveness suddenly appears, Alex is faced before the feud began. But Brianna and with an impossible choice: getting even or Austin will need to combine their magical moving on. strength to avoid a tragic destiny.

“A poignant, heart-wrenching story of grief, love, and loss.”—School Library Journal

“With lyrical prose, palpable emotion, and suspenseful atmosphere, Sutton weaves a spellbinding tale.”—Eve Silver, national best-selling author of The Game series

No Man’s Land Dead of Night Underdahl, S. T. The Youngbloods 978-0-73873-305-0 • $9.99 Viehl, Lynn Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 288 pages 978-0-73872-646-5 • $9.95 Dov Howard loves his brother and is thrilled Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages when Brian, a National Guard soldier, is sent Cat Youngblood, a natural-born vampire home in one piece. Then things get weird. hunter, shares a forbidden romance with Talking to his jumpy brother is like juggling Jesse, an ageless boy from a centuries-old grenades, and Dov can’t help but notice vampire clan. Her job at a bookstore allows Brian’s new best friends: Jack Daniels and her to meet with Jesse secretly. When the pistol he sleeps with. What will it take for girls who look disturbingly similar to Cat his family to wake up and see the ugly truth? start disappearing, Cat and Jesse discover With humor and honesty, neuropsychologist frightening clues to their whereabouts in the S. T. Underdahl explores the timely topic of books.

post-traumatic stress disorder. “Paranormal romance fans can get everything they want here, and others will find an exciting story. Well crafted.”—Kirkus Reviews

Silver Beast Charming A Bandia Novel Wardell, Jenniffer Vance, Talia 978-1-93996-738-1 • $15.99 978-0-73873-303-6 • $9.99 Trade paperback original • 6 x 9 • 288 pages Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 384 pages In this modern spin on a classic tale, Beauty Brianna is a seventh-generation daughter of hesitantly takes a mysterious job working the goddess Danu. Blake is a son of Killian, for a butler in an enormous mansion, the trained to slay any daughter of Danu. Though owner of which proves to be a brooding their families are ancient enemies, their beast. When Beauty and the beast start passion for each other is overwhelming. having feelings for each other, they find their When their souls are magically bound relationship is the least of their concerns.

together, their desire to be with one another “Plenty of banter, romance and just enough becomes irresistible. Unable to break the deviations from the original tale to keep things spell, their only hope is to end the ancient fresh.”—Deseret News war between their families and conquer the fear that keeps them apart.

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Dreamless Mojave Green Wardell, Jenniffer Dimensions in Death 978-1-63163-042-2 • $17.99 The Brothers Washburn Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 352 pages 978-1-93996-785-5 • $14.99 Princess Elena is determined to find a cure Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.5 • 328 pages for the sleeping curse that will activate on In this intriguing blend of classic mystery- her eighteenth birthday—preferably one that solving and paranormal horror, teenagers doesn’t involve waiting a hundred years for a Camm and Cal learn that the nightmares prince to wake her up. But with the deadline of their first adventure were only just the a year away and no results, what’s a princess beginning. The children of Trona are still to do? disappearing, and it may be too late to stop

A 2016 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s something even worse. Choice Award 3rd place winner A 2016 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s “An entertaining, quirky twist on the Sleeping Choice Award 2nd place winner Beauty fairy tale.”—Deseret News “Scary, fun, and cool.”—Kirkus Reviews

“The Brothers Washburn excel in drama and build a scene with masterful skill.”—Deseret News

Fairy Godmothers Inc. Fatal Green Wardell, Jenniffer Dimensions in Death 978-0-98864-915-6 • $15.99 The Brothers Washburn Trade paperback original • 6 x 9 • 304 pages 978-1-63163-034-7 • $17.99 Kate, an experienced Fairy Godmother, has Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.5 • 292 pages just received a specialty assignment from For teenagers Camm and Cal, protecting one of the company’s board of directors. their small Mojave Desert mining town from Cinderella—Rellie for short—needs the dress, terrifying extra-dimensional predators is just ball, and handsome prince to complete a part of their average day. But when Cal her happily-ever-after. The fact that Rellie is stranded beyond a dimensional portal, isn’t sure this is her dream come true Camm will have to put everything on the line isn’t something management considers a and make a few unlikely allies to save her problem. friend.

“Witty dialogue and unexpected twists and turns A 2016 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s make this an enjoyable and engaging read.” Choice Award 2nd place winner —Deseret News

Pitch Green Seeking Mansfield Dimensions in Death Watson, Kate The Brothers Washburn 978-1-63583-002-6 • $14.99 978-0-98864-912-5 • $14.99 Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 312 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.5 • 280 pages Seeking Mansfield is a YA retelling Seven years earlier, as Camm Smith herded of Mansfield Park featuring a diverse a pack of little trick-or-treaters past an protagonist, a compelling balance between abandoned mansion, her young neighbor serious issues and light-hearted, teen- disappeared, becoming just one of many appropriate comedy, and all the swoon- children who have vanished from Trona over worthy romance a reader could ask for. the years. Joining forces with her best friend, It’s perfect for fans of Jane Austen’s work, Cal, Camm naively begins a perilous search romantic comedies, film, musical theater, for the truth. and character-driven YA novels.

A 2016 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer’s “This debut ultimately weaves an impressive mosaic Choice Award 2nd place winner and is an excellent selection for fans of young adult literature that is heavily thematic or romantic.” “The perfect mix of frightening and intriguing —School Library Journal that made it impossible to put down.”—The Daily Independent and Taft Midway Drill

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Blues for Zoey David Weston, Robert Paul The Unseen 978-0-73874-340-0 • $9.99 Worthen, Johnny Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 312 pages 978-1-63163-062-0 • $17.99 Kaz Barrett should be saving for college. Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25 • 340 pages Instead, he saves his pay from the Sit’N’Spin Eleanor is determined to end the destruction Laundromat to send his mother, who suffers that follows her strange powers by from a rare neurological disorder, to a sleep disappearing forever. But as she returns to a clinic. But when he meets Zoey—a mysterious home that believes her dead for one last visit, girl unlike anyone he has met—Kaz’s ordered what she finds may be hard to let go. Can life begins spinning out of control in a Eleanor pay the price of survival? whirlwind of lies, half-truths, and violence.

“Fans of gritty, realistic, and authentic works will find this novel an intriguing option.”—School Library Journal

“The twists and feints that lead the reader from a love story to a mystery are subtle enough that, like a good magic trick, you won’t know you’ve been had till the deal is done.”—Booklist

Eleanor Out of the Dragon’s Mouth The Unseen Zeiss, Joyce Burns Worthen, Johnny 978-0-73874-196-3 • $11.99 978-1-93996-734-3 • $14.99 Trade paperback original • 5.19 x 8 • 240 pages Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.5 • 360 pages After the fall of South Vietnam, fourteen- It was a gamble for Eleanor to rejoin year-old Mai is forced to flee across the South humanity, but she was driven to it. Ten years China Sea to a refugee camp near Malaysia. later, Eleanor hides in plain sight. She is an But when an accident forces Mai to flee the average girl getting average grades in a small camp, she meets a half-American boy named Wyoming town. But now her mother is sick, Kien, who might be the only person who can and David has returned. And Eleanor again keep her alive until she’s sent to the US.

becomes reckless. “Given the dearth of material about the exodus of Winner of the League of Utah Writers Gold Quill the families that supported democracy in Vietnam, Award this novel has value in helping to bring home to modern readers the great costs they suffered.” “A riveting supernatural character study wrought —Kirkus Reviews with the pains of first love and the struggles of self- acceptance.”—Kirkus Reviews “This well-written . . . story puts emotions and a face to the word ‘refugee.’”—School Library Journal

Celeste The Unseen Worthen, Johnny 978-1-63163-022-4 • $14.99 Trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.5 • 376 pages Sixteen-year-old Eleanor, a shapeshifter dealing with her new body, finds herself targeted by rumors, superstition, and religion. As a dangerous predator stalks her hometown, she is forced to decide if she should cling to hope or follow her instincts and run.

Winner of the League of Utah Writers Bronze Quill Award

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Sparks Epoch Adams, S. J. Carter, Timothy 978-0-73873-002-8 • $9.95 • Ebook • 264 pages 978-0-73872-507-9 • $8.95 • Ebook • 312 pages Since sixth grade, Debbie Woodlawn has Preparing for the end of the world isn’t new nursed a secret crush for her best friend, Lisa. to fourteen-year-old Vincent and his religious All that time, Debbie pretended to love ‘80s family. But he can hardly believe it when he sitcoms and abstinence rallies, just to be with starts seeing elves and pixies—who tell him her. So when Lisa hooks up with the most the world is ending in two days. Can he get boring guy at school, Debbie decides it’s time his family off Earth before demons wipe out to confess her love. But first, she embarks on everything? an almost holy quest.

The Buccaneer’s Apprentice Evil The Cassaforte Chronicles Carter, Timothy Briceland, V. 978-0-73872-216-0 • $9.95 • Ebook • 264 pages 978-0-73872-374-7 • $9.95 • Ebook • 360 pages Stuart Bradley knows something’s up when On Nic Dattore’s first sea voyage away from he gets caught “self-pleasuring” in the the magical city of Cassaforte, pirates attack shower and then an angry mob is chasing his vessel. From a desert island, Nic and a down every teen who ever had an “impure” motley crew of castaways hatch a dangerous thought. plan to get home. If there’s any hope of saving Cassaforte from a diabolical plot, they must battle pirates, assassins, and a cursed ship with a powerful secret.

The Glass Maker’s Daughter Hollyweird The Cassaforte Chronicles Clark, Terri Briceland, V. 978-0-73873-580-1 • $9.95 • Ebook • 240 pages 978-0-73872-257-3 • $9.95 • Ebook • 336 pages When sixteen-year-old Aly King wins a date Magic lies at the heart of Cassaforte, a with movie star Dakota Danvers, it’s like a medieval city resembling Venice. Risa Divetri dream come true. What she doesn’t know will soon leave home to study the family is that he’s also Satan’s son. Luckily for Aly, craft—creating and enchanting glass objects. there’s a (fallen) angel on her side working But when Cassaforte’s age-old magic unravels hard to derail Dakota’s evil machinations. and corruption threatens their kingdom, Risa’s untapped powers rise to the surface— leading her toward her true fate.

The Nascenza Conspiracy The Sky Always Hears Me: And The Cassaforte Chronicles the Hills Don’t Mind Briceland, V. Cronn-Mills, Kirstin 978-0-73873-019-6 • $9.95 • Ebook • 360 pages 978-0-73872-265-8 • $9.95 • Ebook • 288 pages Petro Divetri—younger brother to famed Sixteen-year-old Morgan lives in a hick town sorceress Risa Divetri—wants to be left alone. in Nebraska. Her mom was killed in a car Being one of the seven ruling families in accident, her dad drinks, and her stepmom Cassaforte has saddled him with unwanted is a nonentity. When Morgan discovers a attention. When Petro and his best friend devastating secret about the one person she Adrio are sent to Nascenza, they swap completely trusted, her entire world crashes, identities. Their prank goes awry when Adrio and she must redefine her life and herself. is kidnapped by loyalists seeking to overthrow the king.

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After Midnight Busted: Confessions of an Culling, The 18 The Youngbloods Accidental Player 42 Curses and Warfare 7 Viehl, Lynn But I Love Him 20 978-0-73872-792-9 • $9.95 • Ebook • 360 pages After the death of their parents, Catlyn D Youngblood and her brothers settle in C Daddy Doin’ Work 30 a sleepy backwoods Florida town. One Camelot Burning 30 night, Cat meets—and instantly falls for—an Dalton, Ryan enigmatic and handsome boy. But their love Carter, Timothy Black Tempest, The 12 is forbidden: he belongs to a centuries-old Epoch 40 Year of Lightning, The 17 vampire clan, and Cat’s family is descended Evil 40 from a world-famous vampire hunter. Damage 28 Cassidy, Yvonne Dating Down 26 How Many Letters Are in David 39 Goodbye? 15 15 Days Without a Head 16 Beast Charming 37 Daykeeper’s Grimoire, The Celeste 39 43 Beautiful Music for Ugly Chappell, Crissa-Jean Children 16 Dead Girl Dancing 32 A More Than Good Enough Beitia, Sara Dead Girl in Love 33 Abyss Surrounds Us, The 16 Dead Girl Walking 32 33 Last Good Place of Lily Narc 16 Odilon, The 15 Dead of Night 37 Acevedo, Kristy Charmed Vengeance 24 Bennardo, Charlotte DeKeyser, Stacy Consider 14 Clark, Terri Sirenz 15 Jump the Cracks 17 Contribute 6 Hollyweird 40 Sirenz Back in Fashion 15 Derailed 43 Adams, S. J. Cleopatra Ascending 26 Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. 32 Deriso, Christine Hurley Sparks 40 Cockrell, Amanda 16 Black is for Beginnings 35 All the Wrong Chords 5 After Midnight 45 What We Keep Is Not Black Tempest, The 12 Then I Met My Sister 17 Albert, Lisa Always What Will Stay 16 Blending Time, The 23 Mercy Lily 14 Collins, Tim Thirty Sunsets 17 Bloss, Josie Tragedy Girl 17 All the Wrong Chords 5 Long-Lost Secret Diary of Faking Faith 15 the World’s Worst Knight, Dobkin, Bonnie All Those Broken Angels 31 The 9 Blue is for Nightmares 34 Dream Spinner 41 Allen, Dan Long-Lost Secret Diary of Blue So Dark, A 31 Fall of the Dragon Prince the World’s Worst Pirate, Dog Walker’s Diary, The 11 12 Blues for Zoey 39 The 9 Donahue, Kathryn AutumnQuest 41 Boy Meets Girl Massacre Consider 14 Dog Walker’s Diary, The 11 (Annotated), The 21 Avalon Rising 30 Contribute 6 Donovan, John Briant, Ed Cousins, Dave I’ll Get There. It Better Be I Am (Not) the Walrus 15 B 15 Days Without a Head 16 Worth the Trip. 18 Briceland, V. Don’t Die, Dragonfly 44 Backward Glass 26 Waiting for Gonzo 16 Buccaneer’s Apprentice, Creed 25 Dos Santos, Steven Baird, Jeri The 40 Crimson Gate, The 28 Culling, The 18 Curses and Warfare 7 Glass Maker’s Daughter, Sowing, The 18 Tokens and Omens 14 The 40 Cronkhite, Lisa M. Dreamless 38 Ballad 34 Nascenza Conspiracy, The Fix Me 4 40 Dream Spinner 41 Bassett, Kate Cronn-Mills, Kirstin Brokeheart 10 Drowned Forest, The 30 Words and Their Meanings Beautiful Music for Ugly 14 Buccaneer’s Apprentice, Children 16 Dunbar, Helene The 40 Bavati, Robyn Sky Always Hears Me: And These Gentle Wounds 18 Burn 20 the Hills Don’t Mind, The Pirouette 14 What Remains 18 40

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E From the Grave 29 Hero Worship 26 Johansson, J. R. Hogarth, Ainslie Insomnia 23 Edge of the Abyss, The 13 Boy Meets Girl Massacre Mania 23 Eleanor 39 G (Annotated), The 21 Paranoia 23 Elkeles, Simone Garrison, Terie Lonely, The 22 John, Antony How to Ruin a Summer AutumnQuest 41 Hollyweird 40 Vacation 18 SpringFire 42 Busted: Confessions of an Hoole, Elissa Janine Accidental Player 42 How to Ruin My Teenage SummerDanse 42 Life 19 Memory Jar, The 22 Jones, Carrie WinterMaejic 41 How to Ruin Your Sometimes Never, Girl, Hero 42 Gathering Deep 27 Boyfriend’s Reputation Sometimes Always 22 Love (and Other Uses for Gibsen, Cole 19 Hoops of Steel 41 Duct Tape) 43 Katana 19 Leaving Paradise 19 How Many Letters Are in Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Return to Paradise 19 Senshi 20 Goodbye? 15 Boyfriend 42 Epoch 40 Shinobi 20 How to Ruin a Summer Joseph, Danielle Vacation 18 Everything You Want 44 Gibson, Heath Pure Red 23 How to Ruin My Teenage Evil 40 Burn 20 Jump the Cracks 17 Life 19 Exit Strategy 43 Gigged 42 How to Ruin Your Gigged 42 Boyfriend’s Reputation K F Girl, Hero 42 19 Katana 19 Fairy Godmothers Inc. 38 Glass Maker’s Daughter, Kinch, Michael The 40 Faking Faith 15 I Blending Time, The 23 Goblin’s Curse, The 36 Fall of the Dragon Prince I Am (Not) the Walrus 15 Fires of New SUN, The 23 Gold 37 12 If You Wrong Us 24 Rebels of New SUN, The Fat Girl, The 30 Grace, Amanda I’ll Get There. It Better Be 24 Fatal Charm 33 But I Love Him 20 Worth the Trip. 18 Klehr, Dawn Fatal Green 38 In Too Deep 20 Initiation 41 If You Wrong Us 24 Ferocity Summer 21 No One Needs to Know In Too Deep 20 Klise, James 20 Fine, Susan Innocent Darkness 24 Love Drugged 24 The Truth About You & Insomnia 23 Initiation 41 Me 21 Into the Shadowlands 8 Finnin, Ann Grosso, Alissa L Into the Wildewood 36 The Sorcerer of Sainte Ferocity Summer 21 Lament 34 Felice 41 Iron Witch, The 27 Popular 42 Last Changeling, The 29 Firebug of Balrog County, Last Dance 44 The 28 Shallow Pond 21 J Last Faerie Queen, The 29 Fires of Man 25 James, Nick Last Good Place of Lily Fires of New SUN, The 23 H Skyship Academy: Odilon, The 15 Fix Me 4 Hannah, Andrea Crimson Rising 22 Last Kiss 43 Foley, John Of Scars and Stardust 21 Skyship Academy: The Latte Rebellion, The 33 Hoops of Steel 41 Hardwired 25 Pearl Wars 22 Launier, Veronique Mighty Wall, A 41 Hartinger, Brent Skyship Academy: Strikeforce 22 Redemption 24 Running with the Wind 41 Shadow Walkers 42 Jerkbait 32 Lazear, Suzanne Fragile Destiny 25 Haworth-Attard, Barbara Joey Parker Movement, The Charmed Vengeance 24 My Life from Air Bras to Friedman, Robin 43 Zits 21 Fragile Destiny 25 Nothing 19 Innocent Darkness 24 Henry Franks 31

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Leaver, Trisha Maxwell, Lisa Parker, Joey and Paris Richards, Doyin Creed 25 Gathering Deep 27 Hilton Daddy Doin’ Work 30 Joey Parker Movement, Hardwired 25 Sweet Unrest 27 Ripper 29 The 43 Leaving Paradise 19 McCulloch, Amy Ripslinger, Jon Parrish, Anya Lee, Fonda Oathbreaker’s Shadow, Derailed 43 Damage 28 Zeroboxer 25 The 27 Last Kiss 43 Shadow’s Curse, The 28 Pellicioli, Anna Levinson, Dan Riptide 31 Where You End 29 Fires of Man 25 Memory Jar, The 22 Rose, Kathryn Pirouette 14 Shadows Collide 25 Mercy Lily 14 Avalon Rising 30 Pitch Green 38 Life at the Speed of Us 31 Meyers, Ann Marie Camelot Burning 30 Up in the Air 28 Pitcher, Chelsea Lifeless 35 Running with the Wind 41 Last Changeling, The 29 Light Beneath Ferns 44 Mighty Wall, A 41 Last Faerie Queen, The 29 Lindquist, Lynn Miller, Whitney A. S Crimson Gate, The 28 Playing Hurt 32 Secret of the Sevens 26 Sachs, Marilyn Violet Hour, The 28 Popular 42 Lipinski, Maureen Fat Girl, The 30 Mojave Green 38 Pure Red 23 Cleopatra Ascending 26 Salomon, Peter Adam More Than Good Enough Potter, Ryan Shadow’s Edge 43 All Those Broken Angels 16 Exit Strategy 43 Lomax, David 31 My Life from Air Bras to Zits Henry Franks 31 Backward Glass 26 21 Q Lonely, The 22 Sappenfield, Heather Quicksilver Faire, The 36 Long, Christopher E. N Life at the Speed of Us 31 Hero Worship 26 View from Who I Was, The Narc 16 R 31 Long-Lost Secret Diary of Nascenza Conspiracy, The Raedeke, Christy Scheibe, Lindsey the World’s Worst Knight, 40 The 9 Daykeeper’s Grimoire, The Riptide 31 No Man’s Land 37 Long-Lost Secret Diary of 43 Schindler, Holly the World’s Worst Pirate, No One Needs to Know 20 Serpent’s Coil, The 43 Blue So Dark, A 31 The 9 Nothing 19 Rebels of New SUN, The 24 Playing Hurt 32 Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape) 43 Red is for Remembrance Secret of the Dread Forest, O 35 The 36 Love Drugged 24 Oathbreaker’s Shadow, The Redemption 24 Secret of the Sevens 26 Lyons, Stefanie 27 Reeg, Cynthia Seeking Mansfield 13 Dating Down 26 Of Scars and Stardust 21 From the Grave 29 Senshi 20 Out of the Dragon’s Mouth Into the Shadowlands 8 M 39 Serpent’s Coil, The 43 Reeves, Amy Carol Shadows Collide 25 Magician’s Muse 44 Oppegaard, David Renegade 29 Shadow’s Curse, The 28 Magro, Mark Firebug of Balrog County, The 28 Resurrection 30 Shadow’s Edge 43 Surfacing 26 Town Built on Sorrow, Ripper 29 Shadows of the Redwood Mahoney, Karen The 3 Reisz, Kristopher 36 Iron Witch, The 27 Other Sister, The 44 Drowned Forest, The 30 Shadow Walkers 42 Stone Demon, The 27 Remember This 44 Shallow Pond 21 Wood Queen, The 27 P Renegade 29 Sharif, Medeia Mania 23 Paranoia 23 Resurrection 30 Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. 32 Return to Paradise 19

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Shinobi 20 Stevenson, Sarah Jamila Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Welcome Home 2 Shoup, Barbara Latte Rebellion, The 33 Boyfriend 42 Weston, Robert Paul Everything You Want 44 Truth Against the World, Tokens and Omens 14 Blues for Zoey 39 The 34 Wish You Were Here 32 Town Built on Sorrow, The What Remains 18 Underneath 34 3 Siegert, Mia What We Keep Is Not Tragedy Girl 17 Jerkbait 32 Stiefvater, Maggie Always What Will Stay Ballad 34 Tree Shepherd’s Daughter, 16 Silver 37 The 35 Lament 34 Where Silence Gathers 37 Silver is for Secrets 35 Truth About You & Me, The Where You End 29 Singleton, Linda Joy Stolarz, Laurie Faria 21 White is for Magic 34 Dead Girl Dancing 32 Black is for Beginnings 35 Truth Against the World, The 34 WinterMaejic 41 Dead Girl in Love 33 Blue is for Nightmares 34 Wish You Were Here 32 Dead Girl Walking 32 Red is for Remembrance 35 Witch Ball 33 Don’t Die, Dragonfly 44 U Silver is for Secrets 35 Underdahl, S. T. Wolf, Kevin Fatal Charm 33 White is for Magic 34 No Man’s Land 37 Brokeheart 10 Last Dance 44 Stone Demon, The 27 Other Sister, The 44 Wood Queen, The 27 Magician’s Muse 44 Stone, Heather Duffy Remember This 44 Words and Their Meanings Sword Play 44 14 This Is What I Want to Tell Underneath 34 Witch Ball 33 You 35 Worthen, Johnny Up in the Air 28 Sirenz 15 Strickland, AdriAnne Celeste 39 Sirenz Back in Fashion 15 Lifeless 35 David 39 Skrutskie, Emily SummerDanse 42 V Eleanor 39 Vance, Talia Abyss Surrounds Us, The Summers, Gillian 33 Gold 37 Goblin’s Curse, The 36 X Edge of the Abyss, The 33 Silver 37 Into the Wildewood 36 Sky Always Hears Me: And Viehl, Lynn Quicksilver Faire, The 36 the Hills Don’t Mind, The After Midnight 45 Y 40 Secret of the Dread Forest, Year of Lightning, The 17 The 36 Dead of Night 37 Skyship Academy: Crimson Rising 22 Shadows of the Redwood View from Who I Was, The 36 31 Z Skyship Academy: Strikeforce 22 Tree Shepherd’s Daughter, Violet Hour, The 28 Zeiss, Joyce Burns The 35 Skyship Academy: The Out of the Dragon’s Mouth Pearl Wars 22 Surfacing 26 W 39 Zeroboxer 25 Smith, Eric Sutton, Kelsey Waiting for Gonzo 16 Welcome Home 2 Some Quiet Place 36 Wardell, Jenniffer Some Quiet Place 36 Where Silence Gathers 37 Beast Charming 37 Sometimes Never, Sweet Unrest 27 Dreamless 38 Sometimes Always 22 Sword Play 44 Fairy Godmothers Inc. 38 Sorcerer of Sainte Felice, The 41 Washburn, The Brothers Sowing, The 18 T Fatal Green 38 Then I Met My Sister 17 Sparks 40 Mojave Green 38 These Gentle Wounds 18 Spollen, Anne Pitch Green 38 Thirty Sunsets 17 Light Beneath Ferns 44 Watson, Kate This Is What I Want to Tell SpringFire 42 Seeking Mansfield 13 You 35

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