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1) Embassytown
Author
Language
English
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Description
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Publication Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (79 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Monica is torn between rooting for her school's football team and the team that her friend Rory plays for. Things get complicated when she is asked to be a substitute rider in the rival team's parade.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she’s recruited by Russia’s largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she’s in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America’s most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed...
Author
Publication Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake comes an intricate web of love, magic, and rival witch families in New York City. In modern-day Manhattan where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal empires. On one side of the conflict are the Antonova sisters--each one beautiful, cunning, and ruthless--and their mother, the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants, known only as Baba...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chato and Novio win a cruise but are disappointed to find that everyone else on board is a dog, and things go from bad to worse when the dogs party themselves sick and it is up to the cats to find help.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (86 pages).
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Ben's mother would like him to follow his best friend, Tanner, and join Chief Master Lisa Kleisch's tae kwon do studio, but Ben is loyal to his long-time instructor, Mr. Ronson. Besides, he really does not like what he sees of Lisa Kleisch's joyless technique--and when Tanner admits that he hates it at the new dojang, Ben is more determined than ever to prove that he can win with Mr. Ronson.
8) Deeplight
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
419 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The gods are dead. Decades ago, they turned on one another and tore each other apart. When 15-year-old Hark finds the still-beating heart of a terrifying deity, he risks everything to keep it out of the hands of smugglers, military scientists, and a secret fanatical cult so that he can use it to save the life of his best friend, Jelt. But with the heart, Jelt gradually and eerily transforms. How long should Hark stay loyal to his friend when he's...
9) Flamefall
Author
Language
English
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Description
"After a brutal revolution Callipolis is ravaged by famine and the Pythians are ready for revenge, so it's up to Annie, Lee, and newcomer Griff to decide what to fight for, and who to love"-- Provided by publisher.
10) City on fire
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful modern-day Helen of Troy comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Publication Date
2013
Physical Desc
545 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Waverly, Kate, and Amy are a tight-knit trio that's always had Waverly at its center. But now Waverly's cozy bakery is facing financial ruin. Kate's husband is on track to be the next governor, but unsettling questions are brewing in their future. And stay-at-home mom Amy's life is perfect on paper, until a horrific secret threatens to reveal itself. As life's pressures begin to tear the three women apart, Waverly knows she has some big decisions...
12) Dark skies: #2
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
480 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lydia is a scholar, but books are her downfall when she meddles in the plots of the most powerful man in the Celendor Empire. Her life in danger, she flees west to the far side of the Endless Seas and finds herself entangled in a foreign war where her burgeoning powers are sought by both sides.
13) Lone wolf
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Three authors combine their talents to celebrate the wildest version of man's best friend--the noble wolf. Each novella revolves around a rugged man and his trusty wolf protector as an opportunity for happily ever afters arise. Filled with sizzling tension and well-drawn characters--animal and human alike--this anthology is sure to resonate with readers looking to answer the call of the wild. Loyal as a wolf--and just as strong and untamed--three...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Publication Date
2026.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jabari Hall has spent his life on the ice until an injury leaves him benched. When his teammates set him up on a blind date, he never expected to be sitting across from Val Elliott, his ex's sister. With Val's loyalty on the line and Jabari searching for a new purpose, can they make it to the goal together, or will their hearts wind up in the penalty box?"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Lost autumn
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Australia, 1920. Seventeen-year-old Maddie Bright embarks on the voyage of a lifetime when she's chosen to serve on the cross-continent tour of His Royal Highness, the dashing Edward, Prince of Wales. Life on the royal train is luxurious beyond her dreams, and the glamorous, good-hearted friends she makes crack open her world. But glamour often hides all manner of sins. Decades later, Maddie lives alone in Brisbane, whiling away the days. When a...
16) Blood will tell
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the acclaimed debut No Bad Deed, a twisty novel about the bond between two sisters--and the crimes one covers up to protect the other."-- Provided by publisher.
Schoolteacher and single mom Frankie Barrera has always been fiercely protective of her younger sister Izzy--whether Izzy wants her to be or not. But over the years, Izzy's risky choices have tested Frankie's loyalty. Never so much as on a night five years ago, when a...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
2026.
Physical Desc
xi, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in urban and rural Pakistan, this novel follows the interconnected lives of multiple characters whose experiences reflect the country’s feudal, political, and social structures. The narrative traces the rise and struggles of individuals shaped by poverty, power, loyalty, and ambition, including servants, landowners, and political elites. Through their personal relationships and moral choices, the novel examines issues of class, authority,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An outsider must prove to the pack where their loyalty lies... Julia Martel was once a spoiled princess surrounded by powerful Shifters. Now she is a prisoner of the Great North Pack, trusted by no one and relegated to the care of the pack's least wolf, the only one who has shown her kindness. As the Omega, Arthur Graysson has always been at the bottom of the Great North's hierarchy. It's where the pack needs him most: as a wolf in the shadows, protecting...
19) Furysong
Author
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Annie and Lee are fighting for their lives--and for each other--as invading dragonfire threatens to burn their home to the ground"-- Provided by publisher.
A new revolution is underway, and nobody will emerge unscathed. In New Pythos, Griff is facing an execution by the dragonborn, who are furious at his betrayal. He has allies on both sides seeking to defy his fate, but the price of his freedom might come at a dear cost. And Delo will have to make...
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen/Tor Publishing Group
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
367 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Luminaries celebrate the Nightmare Masquerade, Winnie and her friends search for witches hidden among them, revealing everyone's true loyalties in their war with the Dianas.

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