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Allegiant

Veronica Roth · 526 pages

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's

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Fragments

Dan Wells · 564 pages

**KIRA WALKER HAS FOUND THE CURE** for RM, but the battle for the survivial of humans and Partials is just beginning. Kira has left East Meadow in a desperate search for clues to who she is. That the Partials themselves hold the cure for RM in their blood cannot be a coincidence--it must be part of a large plan, a plan that involves Kira, a plan that could save both races. Her companions are Afa D

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Pure

Julianna Baggott · 448 pages

In a post-apocalyptic world, Pressia, a sixteen-year-old survivor with a doll's head fused onto her left hand meets Partridge, a "Pure" dome-dweller who is searching for his mother, sure that she has survived the cataclysm.

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Birthmarked

Caragh M. O'Brien · 341 pages

In a future world baked dry by the sun and divided into those who live inside the wall and those who live outside it, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is forced into a difficult choice when her parents are arrested and taken into the city.

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The Jewel

Amy Ewing · 379 pages

Violet, a poor girl from the outer city, finds forbidden romance and uncovers brutal secrets when, after three years of training, she is purchased by a royal family as a surrogate mother for royal children. Violet, a poor girl from the outer city, uncovers brutal secrets when, after three years of training, she is purchased by a royal family as a surrogate mother for royal children. The plot co

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UnWholly

Neal Shusterman · 416 pages

"Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful poli

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Specials

Scott Westerfeld · 372 pages

After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home.

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The Declaration

Gemma Malley · 310 pages

Set in a bleak future world, this novel tells the story of a young woman, Anna, who lives a harsh life in the isolation of an institution for children who were born against the rules, Grange Hall, a place that is governed by strict rules and where she learns unquestioning obedience - That is, until Peter arrives, and Anna learns from him, shocking things about the world outside - This makes her qu

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Max

James Patterson · 250 pages

Don't wait for Maximum Ride to hit the big screen - prepare for takeoff now with the flock's highest-flying adventure ever. **When the planet faced destruction, they saved it.** Max and the flock have traded in Antarctica's subzero temperatures for sunny Los Angeles, where they're taking over the skies with their hair raising air show. But far below, a deadly assassin watches their every mo

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Inhuman

Kat Falls · 384 pages

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Uninvited

Sophie Jordan · 372 pages

When seventeen-year-old Davy Hamilton tests positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, everyone believes it is only a matter of time before she murders someone. When seventeen-year-old Davy Hamilton tests positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, everyone believes it is only a matter of time before she murders someone. The plot contains mild profanity and graphic violence. Book #1

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Hunger

Michael Grant

It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.Three months since all the adults disappeared.Gone. Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers.Tension rises and

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Cinder

Marissa Meyer · 448 pages

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when

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Perception

Lee Strauss · 262 pages

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Starters

Lissa Price

Sixteen-year-old Callie, having lost every family member besides her little brother when a genocide spore killed all of those who were not vaccinated, thinks she has found a way to support them by renting her body to seniors who want to be young again, but after a neurochip malfunction results in her being stuck in the life of her rich renter, she uncovers the horrible plan of her boss and must ra

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Chosen Ones

Tiffany Truitt · 400 pages

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The Drowned Cities

Paolo Bacigalupi · 441 pages

In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.

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The Kill Order

James Dashner · 384 pages

Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth, killing most of the population. Mark and Trina were there when it happened. They survived. But now a virus is spreading. A virus that fills humans with murderous rage. They’re convinced that there’s a way to save those who are left—if they can stay alive. Because in this new, devas

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Eve

Anna Carey

Where do you go when nowhere is safe? Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns

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For Darkness Shows the Stars

Diana Peterfreund

"Elliot North fights to save her family's land and her own heart in this post-apocalyptic reimaging of Jane Austen's PERSUASION"--

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Echoes of Us

Kat Zhang · 356 pages

Fifteen-year-old Addie and Eva, still sharing a body as they fight for hybrid freedom, jump at the chance to go undercover and film the wretched conditions of a hybrid institution, but the price they might pay for the hope of a better future is higher than they could have imagined. Addie and Eva, still sharing a body as they fight for hybrid freedom, jump at the chance to go undercover and film t

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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 380 pages

The story takes place in the country of Opium, a strip of land between Mexico (now called Aztlán), and the United States. Opium, which is essentially an opium-producing estate, is ruled by Matteo Alacrán, also known as El Patrón. El Patrón's work-force consists of illegal immigrants whom the Farm Patrol (ex-criminals who are tempted with the offer of protection from the police) enslave when they c

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Blightborn

Chuck Wendig · 518 pages

Along with his pals Lane and Rigo, Cael journeys to the Empyrean to rescue his sister and Gwennie, risking everything while outmaneuvering Boyland, while Gwennie makes a bold move that changes the course of an Empyrean man's life.

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Through the Ever Night

Veronica Rossi · 352 pages

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