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orange Vol. 4 by Ichigo Takano, 高野苺
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsOn the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she receives a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter's predictions come true one by one, Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class...Categorized as:
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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 20 by Julietta Suzuki
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity... -
Orange, Vol. 1 by Ichigo Takano
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOn the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she recieves a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter's predictions come true one by one Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class...Categorized as:
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Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's cracked down on a mind-melding gang of bullies and saved the ex-mayor of Metropolis from the double who framed him. But now, Lois Lane embarks on a case even she isn't sure she can solve . .Categorized as:
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Life Is Strange: Dust by Emma Vieceli
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe story fans never thought they’d see, continuing the acclaimed story of Life is Strange, one of the hit game’s two shocking endings.One year after the storm destroyed Arcadia Bay, fan-favourite characters Max and Chloe have a new life together… but timelines are starting to tangle...Categorized as:
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Recursion by Blake Crouch
A thriller about time, identity, and memory...Reality is broken. At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen...Categorized as:
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Spike by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe pack is back on the prowl in this Virals adventure set after the events of Terminal. Tory and the Virals have untangled the most twisted mysteries and proven no crime is too complex for them to solve…now they just need to make it through Kit and Whitney’s wedding day. As the daughter of the groom and maid-of-honor it’s up to Tory to make sure everything goes off without a hitch... -
Double Down by Gwenda Bond
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLois Lane has settled in to her new school. She has friends, for maybe the first time in her life. She has a job that challenges her. And her friendship is growing with SmallvilleGuy, her online maybe-more-than-a-friend...Categorized as:
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Divine by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime is a vast cosmic sea, where each life exists as rippling circles on its surface, past and future being eternally present. And occasionally, one expanding ring tangles with that of another, linking two lives together even though separated by centuries . . -
The Future Without Hope by Nazarea Andrews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeparated from Finn, captive of the Order, Nurrin has no hope left. But she has survived twenty years of zombies--and she has the unshakable faith that Finn will find her. But Finn is a long way away. The Order's influence runs deeper than was ever suspected, and politics are shifting--and zombies may not be the most dangerous thing she's facing...Categorized as:
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Three Wishes by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. BECAUSE YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT. Zara Ruiz is a normal California girl on the verge of graduating high school and thinking about her dawning future. But when dusk brings a shattering loss—and she discovers a priceless object in the shallows of a tide pool—she is thrust a hundred-and-eighty years into the past...Categorized as:
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The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 12 by Aya Shouoto
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHimari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate which exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms. Out of his attachment to Amane, the previous nue, the shikigami Kagura created a false version of Momochi House’s guardian... -
Shift: A Virals Adventure by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTory's great aunt, Temperance Brennan, visits just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhead Island Research Institute. As a renowned forensic anthropologist, Tempe is obviously qualified to figure out whodunit, but Tory and her Virals pack want to crack the case on their own. Yet the crime is puzzling... -
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Waking in Time by Angie Stanton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStill mourning the loss of her beloved grandmother and shaken by her mysterious, dying request to “find the baby,” Abbi has just arrived at UW Madison for her freshman year. But on her second day, she wakes up to a different world: 1983. That is just the first stop on Abbi’s journey backward through time. Will is a charming college freshman from 1927 who travels forward through time...Categorized as:
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Deception by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn epidemic is sweeping the country.You are among the infected. There is no cure, and you cannot be permitted to infect others. You are now under quarantine. The 5% of the infected who survive are dangerous and will be taken into the custody of the army.As the epidemic spreads, survivors are being hunted like witches, for the authorities fear their strange new powers...Categorized as:
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The Progeny by Tosca Lee
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee brings a modern twist to an ancient mystery surrounding the most notorious female serial killer of all time. A fast-paced thriller for fans of Ted Dekker’s The Books of Mortals , Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code , and BBC America’s hit series Orphan Black . Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now, she’s become the hunted...Categorized as:
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The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIf you could change the past, would you? How far would you go to save the person you love?Luna is about to do everything she can to save her mother's life.Even if it means sacrificing her own...Categorized as:
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Spark by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEvie doesn’t have a choice. One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer. The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death. And then there’s Jamie. irresistible...Categorized as:
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The Delphi Effect by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt’s never wise to talk to strangers…and that goes double when they’re dead. Unfortunately, seventeen-year-old Anna Morgan has no choice. Resting on a park bench, touching the turnstile at the Metro station—she never knows where she’ll encounter a ghost. These mental hitchhikers are the reason Anna has been tossed from one foster home and psychiatric institution to the next for most of her life...Categorized as:
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All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhat would you change? Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain. Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart...Categorized as:
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Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking the big questions about true love, fate, and time travel 2083. London. Wake Romeo.It’s the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forward. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the “now,” living off of the scraps left behind...Categorized as:
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The Yearbook by Carol Masciola
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMisfit teen Lola Lundy has every right to her anger and her misery. She’s failing in school, living in a group home, and social workers keep watching her like hawks, waiting for her to show signs of the horrible mental illness that cost Lola’s mother her life...Categorized as:
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Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wholly original and mind-bending debut YA novel about memory, family, and an earthquake that breaks apart time There’s a catfish under Japan and when it rolls the land rises and falls. At least, that’s what Sora was told after she lost her mother to an earthquake so powerful that it cracked time itself... -
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Betrayed: An Altered Saga Novella by Jennifer Rush
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter leaving Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick behind, Trev is on his own and under the watchful eye of the Branch once more. But where do Trev's loyalties really lie? Riley, Trev's overseer, is determined to find out.On Riley's command, Trev sets off on a mission to a small Wisconsin suburb. His locate and kill a seemingly innocent teen named Charlie...Categorized as:
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Reborn by Jennifer Rush
The Branch is in shambles, but Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick can't rest easy. Remnants of the organization lurk unseen, and the flashbacks of their old lives are only getting stronger--especially Nick's.Following scattered memories and clues from his Branch file, Nick sets off alone in search of answers--and the girl who haunts his dreams...Categorized as:
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Never Forgotten by Kelly Risser
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRisser keeps her focus on the little details of Meara’s everyday life, lending the book a nice, homey charm. The real heart of the book is Meara’s emotional struggle with her mother’s illness and her first romance...Categorized as:
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Drawn by Marie Lamba
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the artist that finds him in her drawings. He’s the medieval ghost that conquers her heart. And their time is running out. Michelle De Freccio moves to England seeking a normal life, but someone starts appearing in her sketches. Then he grabs her at the castle, his pale green eyes full of longing... -
Ashfall Legacy by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPittacus Lore finished telling the story of the Lorien Nine. Now, he’s back to recount an all-new adventure rooted in the real mysteries surrounding Roswell, New Mexico, that will enthrall fans of Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman, and Brandon Sanderson.We have waited generations for you…Syd Chambers knows that there’s life on other planets because he’s descended from it...Categorized as:
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Malice by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat I know: a boy in my school will one day wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus. What I don’t know: who he is. In a race against the clock, I not only have to figure out his identity, but I’ll have to outwit a voice from the future telling me to kill him. Because I’m starting to realize no one is telling the truth...Categorized as:
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The Similars by Rebecca Hanover
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJunior year gets cutthroat when clones roam the halls... Similar teens: This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're clones. And the "similar" teens are joining the class alongside their originals...Categorized as:
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CLOCKWISE: A Young Adult Time Travel Romance by Elle Strauss
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn alternate cover edition can be found here.Casey Donovan has issues: hair, height and uncontrollable trips to the 19th century! And now this --she's accidentally taken Nate Mackenzie, the cutest boy in the school, back in time. Protocol pressures her to tell their 1860 hosts that he is her brother, and when Casey finds she has a handsome, wealthy (and unwanted) suitor, something changes in Nate...Categorized as:
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The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA streetwise girl trains to take on a gang of drug dealers and avenge her best friend’s death in this thriller for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Robin Wasserman. People say when you take Heam, your body momentarily dies and you catch a glimpse of heaven. Faye was only eleven when dealers forced Heam on her and her best friend, Christian. But Faye didn’t glimpse heaven—she saw hell... -
Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSometimes there's a town called Indianola. And sometimes there isn't.Summer, 1993. Claire has been dumped in rural Indianola, Texas, to spend her whole vacation taking care of mean, sickly Grammy. There's nothing too remarkable about Indianola: it's run-down, shabby, and stifling hot, a pin-dot on the Gulf Coast.Well, there is one remarkable thing, she discovers. Something otherworldly...Categorized as:
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A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOlivia A. Cole blends a richly imagined world, fantastical creatures, family secrets, and a simmering romance in her cinematic sci-fi/fantasy YA debut, perfect for fans of Amie Kaufman and Pierce Brown.Octavia has only ever had one goal: to follow in the footsteps of her parents and become a prestigious whitecoat, one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv...Categorized as:
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Tabula Rasa by Kristen Lippert-Martin
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Bourne Identity meets Divergent in this heart-pounding debut. Sixteen-year-old Sarah has a rare chance at a new life. Or so the doctors tell her. She’s been undergoing a cutting-edge procedure that will render her a tabula rasa—a blank slate. Memory by memory her troubled past is being taken away...Categorized as:
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Undying by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTrapped aboard the Undying's ancient spaceship and reeling from what they've learned there, scavenger Mia and academic Jules are plunged into a desperate race to warn their home planet of the danger humanity's greed has unleashed...Categorized as:
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Duplicity by N.K. Traver
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA computer-hacking teen. The girl who wants to save him. And a rogue mirror reflection that might be the death of them both.In private, seventeen-year-old Brandon hacks bank accounts just for the thrill of it. In public, he looks like any other tattooed bad boy with a fast car and devil-may-care attitude. He should know: he’s worked hard to maintain that façade...Categorized as:
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The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe greatest mystery of all time...the history of human origins...will be revealed.In Antarctica, researchers discover a mysterious structure, buried in ice.In a lab in Jakarta, an autism researcher identifies a revolutionary treatment that could change everything.But these two incredible discoveries aren't what they seem...Categorized as:
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The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA gripping, near-future thriller - The Hunger Games meets Station Eleven, for fans of pacey, disruptive TV, such as the Noughts and Crosses adaptationWelcome to the Arcadia.Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States - a leftover piece of a fractured USA...Categorized as:
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Spliced by Jon McGoran
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn this gripping sci-fi thriller, genetically altered teens fight for survival in a near-future society that is redefining what it means to be human.Sixteen-year-old Jimi knows people change, but nothing could prepare her for what’s about to happen to her best friend, Del...Categorized as:
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Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a world where gods you’ve never heard of have wound themselves into hearts, and choice has led its history down a different path. This is a world where France made a small, downtrodden island called England part of its vast and bloated empire. There are people here who can cross a thousand miles with their minds... -
This Is How It Ends by Jen Nadol
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you could see the future, would you want to? After the disturbing visions Riley and his friends see turn out to be more than hallucinations, fate takes a dangerous twist in this dark and suspenseful page-turner. Riley and his friends are gearing up for their senior year by spending one last night hanging out in the woods, drinking a few beers, and playing Truth or Dare...Categorized as:
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Loop by Karen Akins
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAt a school where Quantum Paradox 101 is a required course and history field trips are literal, sixteen year-old time traveler Bree Bennis excels…at screwing up. After Bree botches a solo midterm to the 21st century by accidentally taking a boy hostage (a teensy snafu), she stands to lose her scholarship...Categorized as:
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The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAvery West's newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war. Part of a powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle, they believe Avery is the key to an ancient prophecy. Some want to use her as a pawn. Some want her dead...Categorized as:
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Once We Were by Kat Zhang
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"I'm lucky just to be alive." Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. As the recessive soul, she should have faded away years ago. Instead, she lingers in the body she shares with her sister soul, Addie. When the government discovered the truth, they tried to “cure” the girls, but Eva and Addie escaped before the doctors could strip Eva’s soul away...Categorized as:
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The Body Electric by Beth Revis
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe future world is at peace. Ella Shepherd has dedicated her life to using her unique gift—the ability to enter people’s dreams and memories using technology developed by her mother—to help others relive their happy memories. But not all is at it seems. Ella starts seeing impossible things—images of her dead father, warnings of who she cannot trust...Categorized as:
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Mind Games by Shana Silver
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsArden sells memories. Whether it’s the becoming homecoming queen or studying for that all important test, Arden can hack into a classmate’s memories and upload the experience for you just as if you’d lived it yourself. Business is great, right up until the day Arden whites out, losing 15 minutes of her life and all her memories of the hot boy across the school yard...Categorized as:
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Unleashed (Uninvited) by Sophie Jordan
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUnleashed, the romantic, high-stakes sequel to New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's Uninvited, is perfect for fans of James Patterson's Confessions of a Murder Suspect.Davy has spent the last few months trying to come to terms with the fact that she tested positive for the kill gene HTS (also known as Homicidal Tendency Syndrome)...Categorized as:
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More of Me by Kathryn Evans
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTeva goes to school, studies for her exams, and spends time with her friends. To the rest of the world, she’s a normal teenager. But when she goes home, she’s anything but normal. Due to a genetic abnormality, Teva unwillingly clones herself every year. And lately, home has become a battleground...Categorized as:
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