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Synopsis: 'A Master Storyteller.' - Jaime Polychrones. Book Expo America 2017.
In the eternal battle between dark magic and light, brothers Coinin and Marrok Wulf are called by an ancient Brotherhood to fulfil a great prophecy that will tip the fate of their world forever.
At play are the greatest forces of darkness in the universe: Death himself and dark wizard, Lordich Secracar, who will stop at nothing to thwart the brothers’ journey and pull Er’ath, their beloved home world, into the void.
To head off Death’s ultimate plans to rule the gods and bring chaos to the heavens, the two brothers must follow their destiny to unite the five sacred Swords of Cerathil, in the Tower of Elyia, as the ancient seer, Aduramis foretold.
In their path lie untold enemies and unspoken treachery. Torn between the powers that be and their call to fate, Coinin and Marrok must overcome all that stands in their way, or let their precious world fall into ruin …
Journey now into the brave new world of The Aduramis Chronicles, a coming-of-age fantasy series that is as diverse as it is dense--combining all of the classical elements of the fantasy adventures you love with the plot-driven, multi-faceted character dramas of the modern age.
Take off with Book One, Destiny of The Wulf, into a world unlike any other, as the ticking hand of fate moves ever closer towards destruction ...
In the eternal battle between dark magic and light, brothers Coinin and Marrok Wulf are called by an ancient Brotherhood to fulfil a great prophecy that will tip the fate of their world forever.
At play are the greatest forces of darkness in the universe: Death himself and dark wizard, Lordich Secracar, who will stop at nothing to thwart the brothers’ journey and pull Er’ath, their beloved home world, into the void.
To head off Death’s ultimate plans to rule the gods and bring chaos to the heavens, the two brothers must follow their destiny to unite the five sacred Swords of Cerathil, in the Tower of Elyia, as the ancient seer, Aduramis foretold.
In their path lie untold enemies and unspoken treachery. Torn between the powers that be and their call to fate, Coinin and Marrok must overcome all that stands in their way, or let their precious world fall into ruin …
Journey now into the brave new world of The Aduramis Chronicles, a coming-of-age fantasy series that is as diverse as it is dense--combining all of the classical elements of the fantasy adventures you love with the plot-driven, multi-faceted character dramas of the modern age.
Take off with Book One, Destiny of The Wulf, into a world unlike any other, as the ticking hand of fate moves ever closer towards destruction ...
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: With Dawna’s court date against the sex traffickers approaching, her younger sister, Emily, has a chip on her shoulder as high as Mt. Rose. When Dawna moved to Reno, she left Emily all alone to face the gossip of their small hometown. Suddenly Emily is thrust into a bigger problem when she finds Loyalton’s most popular cheerleader on the floor of the school bathroom semi-conscious. There are forces driving her and some new friends to take crazy risks. What is it? Where does it come from? Is there any hope of true friendship between seniors and freshman? And what about the boy in the barn?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Mystery
Synopsis: Although a true lover of books, Anne-Marie Entwhistle prefers not to read to her spirited daughter, Penny, especially from the likes of Madame Bovary, Gone With the Wind, or The Scarlet Letter. These novels, devoted to the lives of the Heroines that make them so irresistible, have a way of hitting too close to home -- well, to the Homestead actually, where Anne-Marie runs the quaint family-owned bed and breakfast.
In this enchanting debut novel, Penny and her mother encounter great women from classic works of literature who make the Homestead their destination of choice just as the plots of their tumultuous, unforgettable stories begin to unravel. They appear at all hours of the day and in all manners of distress. A lovesick Madame Bovary languishes in their hammock after Rodolphe has abandoned her, and Scarlett O'Hara's emotions are not easily tempered by tea and eiderdowns. These visitors long for comfort, consolation, and sometimes for more attention than the adolescent Penny wants her mother to give.
Knowing that to interfere with their stories would cause mayhem in literature, Anne-Marie does her best to make each Heroine feel at home, with a roof over her head and a shoulder to cry on. But when Penny begins to feel overshadowed by her mother's indulgence of each and every Heroine, havoc ensues, and the thirteen-year-old embarks on her own memorable tale.
Eileen Favorite's lively, fresh, and enormously entertaining novel gives readers a chance to experience their favorite Heroines all over again, or introduces these fictional women so beguilingly that further acquaintance will surely follow. Narrated by the courageous and irreverent Penny, The Heroines will make book lovers rejoice.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Synopsis: A total meltdown. The whole school watching. Now Poppy’s an ex-straight-A with no Plan B.
When Poppy Johnson throws away a full scholarship to Columbia, she can only blame the jelly beans. The yucky green ones? Midnight cram sessions and Saturday’s spent studying. The delicious red? The family legacy: Columbia, and a future in finance. Except now it’s starting to look like Poppy’s jelly bean theory is wrong. School has been her life until, but maybe it’s time to start living now.
Poppy has thirty days to try a new life. No school, no studying. Just jumping into every possible world. Thirty days to find her passion, her path, and maybe even love. The Jelly Bean Crisis is officially on.
When Poppy Johnson throws away a full scholarship to Columbia, she can only blame the jelly beans. The yucky green ones? Midnight cram sessions and Saturday’s spent studying. The delicious red? The family legacy: Columbia, and a future in finance. Except now it’s starting to look like Poppy’s jelly bean theory is wrong. School has been her life until, but maybe it’s time to start living now.
Poppy has thirty days to try a new life. No school, no studying. Just jumping into every possible world. Thirty days to find her passion, her path, and maybe even love. The Jelly Bean Crisis is officially on.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Synopsis: What would you do if a phantom needed your helpt?
When a small plane crashes behind Jason Lee's rural home, strange things begin to happen. He tries to tell his parents that the ghost of the pilot is haunting him, but they don't believe in such things. Then he sees Stevie Rae Sanders entering the local haunted house, and he thinks he has found someone brave enough to help him. Stevie-girl isn't certain she is all that brave, but she agrees to try. Together they confront The Phantom Pilot. But is it too late, or will he live in Jase's closet forever?
When a small plane crashes behind Jason Lee's rural home, strange things begin to happen. He tries to tell his parents that the ghost of the pilot is haunting him, but they don't believe in such things. Then he sees Stevie Rae Sanders entering the local haunted house, and he thinks he has found someone brave enough to help him. Stevie-girl isn't certain she is all that brave, but she agrees to try. Together they confront The Phantom Pilot. But is it too late, or will he live in Jase's closet forever?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis: The Utopian society of Managrail has lost its young king, and Queen Raina must raise their twins, the impetuous Lila, and her sullen brother Simian alone. No one could know that one of Lila’s demands will change the lands forever. Lila and Simian have awakened the Fergay, ancient beasts that hunger for flesh, and it is plentiful in Managrail. Armed with magic talismans the Light Bringers, they will face challenges beyond their imaginations. Privilege won’t save them from death, nor will it save them from a journey of love and betrayal that will last two years. A colorful cast of characters joins them and together they will face an evil long forgotten. A magic war is on the horizon, and all the tribes will unite for one last time to stand against the Sorceress Shantra from the White Realm. With Lila’s help Shantra hopes to break free from her frozen prison of one hundred years. Will the talismans and revenge finally be hers? Little does anyone realize that the Light Bringers hold their own secret plan.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: Ten-year old Blake and eight-year old Riley are just your average suburban brothers spending their summer vacation honing their skills at Mario Kart and swimming at the pool. But the boys’ predictable summer changes in an instant when they find a strange gold sphere in a box in their neighbor’s shed. As Blake and Riley ponder their discovery, they are suddenly whisked away to a medieval world and thrust into a desperate attempt to save a young princess in danger.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Synopsis: Sixty-eight seasons of darkness have now passed since the vast majority of the Earth’s population ended in an explosive holocaust. Out of the destructive chaos, a new society emerged, one that strictly forbids any knowledge of the past. This poses great danger to Kally, Quinn, Jade, and Doc, four tightly knit friends from the village of Serenity, who stumble upon a secret hidden vault buried deep in the woods. In one of its main chambers sits an old journal containing the writings of a father and son, Jason and Tad Hastings. It is through their eyes that the four friends become fascinated as they explore the details of the events leading up to the Big Occurrence.
Over the next several seasons, Kally and the others continue to secretly visit the vault, gaining knowledge and understanding of their current existence. Unfortunately, they find themselves faced with a difficult dilemma for they cannot share what they have learned without facing banishment or even death. While they face this challenge, Serenity experiences a formidable event in the sky...something so bizarre and mysterious that the friends find themselves caught up in a new adventure - an adventure that will take then to new worlds - worlds that are in desperate need of the knowledge contained in the Vault and the Journal.
Over the next several seasons, Kally and the others continue to secretly visit the vault, gaining knowledge and understanding of their current existence. Unfortunately, they find themselves faced with a difficult dilemma for they cannot share what they have learned without facing banishment or even death. While they face this challenge, Serenity experiences a formidable event in the sky...something so bizarre and mysterious that the friends find themselves caught up in a new adventure - an adventure that will take then to new worlds - worlds that are in desperate need of the knowledge contained in the Vault and the Journal.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: Levi Puskaric is an ordinary sixteen year old kid. He has a best friend, James; parents, a little sister and a weird Polish grandmother who walks around the house chanting, dressed in black and making signs to ward off evil.
Together, Levi and James are ‘The Team’ and one day; the team is going to Make It Big. They just haven’t figured out how yet.
Death has come to the small town of Larsenville. From the moment the poster calling for a town meeting was nailed to poles all over town; people had changed. Residents are reduced to a scowling eye looking out from a twitching curtain.
The city sends specialists; but just like everyone else in Larsenville, they guess. Everyone except for Grandma Puskaric; because she knows the truth. She escaped death as a young girl growing up in a small village in Poland.
But she is old and her old ways are foolish. This is the new land and there is no room for, or belief in legends.
For ‘The Team’, it doesn’t come bigger than killing a monster and saving the town.
But as Levi and James discover, there is much to lose.
Levi’s younger sister Pauly is in the right age group to be chosen. They soon realize that the creature is real and it is smart enough to retaliate. In a bid to destroy the team, their strength.
The Zmora’s second attempt to take Pauly takes Levi to the edge and he watches his family and the team, unravel. He understands that he must face evil alone and destroy the monster.
Together, Levi and James are ‘The Team’ and one day; the team is going to Make It Big. They just haven’t figured out how yet.
Death has come to the small town of Larsenville. From the moment the poster calling for a town meeting was nailed to poles all over town; people had changed. Residents are reduced to a scowling eye looking out from a twitching curtain.
The city sends specialists; but just like everyone else in Larsenville, they guess. Everyone except for Grandma Puskaric; because she knows the truth. She escaped death as a young girl growing up in a small village in Poland.
But she is old and her old ways are foolish. This is the new land and there is no room for, or belief in legends.
For ‘The Team’, it doesn’t come bigger than killing a monster and saving the town.
But as Levi and James discover, there is much to lose.
Levi’s younger sister Pauly is in the right age group to be chosen. They soon realize that the creature is real and it is smart enough to retaliate. In a bid to destroy the team, their strength.
The Zmora’s second attempt to take Pauly takes Levi to the edge and he watches his family and the team, unravel. He understands that he must face evil alone and destroy the monster.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Paranormal
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They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice.
Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, The Giver, as well as Gathering Blue and Messenger where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis: Lily is a primitive spirit trapped on Earth, and has been from the day she was born, nine years ago and counting. She can’t smell, taste, touch or be heard. Lily wants to experience such sensations. But most of all, she wants her human sister – dead.
Rose discovers her twin sibling in a forest, and she and Lily are transported to the afterlife, three billion light years away, within a galaxy called Domino.
On the planet Kiian, the twins go in search of their mother, the key to transforming Lily into a fully formed spirit. However, humans and primitives are not welcome. Fearless creatures called the Govern seek to banish the twins from the afterlife and, in turn, from each other.
Rose discovers her twin sibling in a forest, and she and Lily are transported to the afterlife, three billion light years away, within a galaxy called Domino.
On the planet Kiian, the twins go in search of their mother, the key to transforming Lily into a fully formed spirit. However, humans and primitives are not welcome. Fearless creatures called the Govern seek to banish the twins from the afterlife and, in turn, from each other.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Synopsis: From USA Today bestselling author Lacy Williams, writing as Lacy Yager and Haley Yager comes a young adult novel: Alliance
How do you choose between destiny and love?
Forever seventeen, vampire Maggie Wells has spent her life in the shadows. A master at blending in, she lives among the troubled teens she's made it her mission to protect, along with her best friend and witch, Hannah Morgan.
Eighteen-year-old Shane Campton knows his destiny: he was born to kill vampires. When he crosses paths with Maggie, the only thing that keeps her alive are the witnesses present.
When Shane's younger sister, a mysterious supernatural, needs Maggie help, Shane is torn between his duty to kill and his sister's safety. He starts to get to know Maggie, and finds there is much more to her than he thought. But Maggie has a secret past that could destroy them all.
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* USA TODAY on this vampire series: “And here I thought the vampire teen romance thing was pretty played out! I’m glad to be wrong, thanks to Lacy Yager’s Unholy Alliance series.”
* Netgalley library reviewer on Shadow Allegiance, a young adult best seller: “This one is for the paranormal romantics, a modern day Romeo and Juliet with fangs. Enjoy!”
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Young Adult Romance Book Categories:
> Teen Fiction Romance
> Paranormal Teen
> YA Adventure
How do you choose between destiny and love?
Forever seventeen, vampire Maggie Wells has spent her life in the shadows. A master at blending in, she lives among the troubled teens she's made it her mission to protect, along with her best friend and witch, Hannah Morgan.
Eighteen-year-old Shane Campton knows his destiny: he was born to kill vampires. When he crosses paths with Maggie, the only thing that keeps her alive are the witnesses present.
When Shane's younger sister, a mysterious supernatural, needs Maggie help, Shane is torn between his duty to kill and his sister's safety. He starts to get to know Maggie, and finds there is much more to her than he thought. But Maggie has a secret past that could destroy them all.
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* USA TODAY on this vampire series: “And here I thought the vampire teen romance thing was pretty played out! I’m glad to be wrong, thanks to Lacy Yager’s Unholy Alliance series.”
* Netgalley library reviewer on Shadow Allegiance, a young adult best seller: “This one is for the paranormal romantics, a modern day Romeo and Juliet with fangs. Enjoy!”
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Young Adult Romance Book Categories:
> Teen Fiction Romance
> Paranormal Teen
> YA Adventure
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis:
Arnold Singer is just like any other fifteen-year-old boy growing up in the suburbs – average height, average looks. The love of his life thinks he's a geek ... that is if she notices him at all. Pretty normal, and pretty boring, really.
But this normal life is about to change forever. On a school science trip to watch the test firing of a new particle accelerator, Arn is caught up in an accident that propels him into an extraordinary new world.
In this new land, Arn is the last human alive. It is populated with mysterious and bloodthirsty creatures, some of whom want him dead, while others see him as their only hope for survival.
Can Arn survive in a hostile world and save his new friends? Or has he arrived in time to witness the fall of a mighty empire?
An epic tale of love, betrayal and war in a world both familiar and terrifying.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: We Are Savages is the story of 12 year old Tris and what she finds when she runs from the responsibility of her household and descends through a rain grate into the child run world of Nowhere. "You go to bed angry or sad enough you can wake up just about anywhere," the Savages tell her. Nowhere is a brick utopia hidden in the sewers; made up of sweets, sports, hammocks, and fireflies. But even this haven, free of parents and protocol, is not everything it seems. Haunted by dark specters known only as Phocydes, feared for their reputation of consuming children whole, Tris works both to hunt and to hide from these hooded shadows. But something about them is familiar; something about them fires her curiosity more than her fear. And Tris slowly begins to realize that, no matter where you go, fear and responsibility are not things you can escape. The only thing to do is face them.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis: WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE?
One Planet.
Two Worlds.
Population: Human ... 7 billion.
Others ... unknown.
When 14-year-old Charlie Blake wakes up sweating and gasping for air in the middle of the night, he knows it is happening again. This time he witnesses a brutal murder. He's afraid to tell anyone. No one would believe him ... because it was a dream. Just like the one he had four years ago - the day before his dad died.
Charlie doesn't know why this is happening. He would give anything to have an ordinary life. The problem: he doesn't belong in the world he knows as home.
He belongs with the others.
>>> Fans of J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rick Riordan, Cassandra Clare and C.S. Lewis will love the first installment of this well-written, gripping YA fantasy trilogy.
One Planet.
Two Worlds.
Population: Human ... 7 billion.
Others ... unknown.
When 14-year-old Charlie Blake wakes up sweating and gasping for air in the middle of the night, he knows it is happening again. This time he witnesses a brutal murder. He's afraid to tell anyone. No one would believe him ... because it was a dream. Just like the one he had four years ago - the day before his dad died.
Charlie doesn't know why this is happening. He would give anything to have an ordinary life. The problem: he doesn't belong in the world he knows as home.
He belongs with the others.
>>> Fans of J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rick Riordan, Cassandra Clare and C.S. Lewis will love the first installment of this well-written, gripping YA fantasy trilogy.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Adventure
Synopsis: Pauline's Perils of Perplexity is a campy comedy for the Young Adult/New Age Adult (16 to 23 years of age) written in the style of another campy comedy "The Perils of Pauline".
Don't worry teens that chances are you've never read the old 1914, "The Perils of Pauline" melodrama. My melodramatic novel is set in the modern pre-internet, pre-cell phone era of the 1980's, your parents', or maybe even your grandparents' time period. You will enjoy this coming of age story just as much, even if you have never read the original.
Like yourself, you will follow Pauline learning to accept and embrace her life, even if her career, and her love life doesn’t always work out as planned. Join Pauline, and her undercover love interest, Matt search for clues to solve the Post Office mystery with plenty of humor along the way. Join the duo for their search for answers to life’s perplexing issues while they confront their anxieties, hopes, and plans for the future in LS Wagen’s campy comedy, Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity.
Don't worry teens that chances are you've never read the old 1914, "The Perils of Pauline" melodrama. My melodramatic novel is set in the modern pre-internet, pre-cell phone era of the 1980's, your parents', or maybe even your grandparents' time period. You will enjoy this coming of age story just as much, even if you have never read the original.
Like yourself, you will follow Pauline learning to accept and embrace her life, even if her career, and her love life doesn’t always work out as planned. Join Pauline, and her undercover love interest, Matt search for clues to solve the Post Office mystery with plenty of humor along the way. Join the duo for their search for answers to life’s perplexing issues while they confront their anxieties, hopes, and plans for the future in LS Wagen’s campy comedy, Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction