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Mom The Invincible
Carla F. Cripps
Synopsis: Okay, picture this: Your Mom disappeared when you were little. You've lived with your grandma practically your whole life because your Dad tours with his rock band most of the year. Your aunt's a self-involved airhead. What would you do if you suddenly found out that Mom hadn't deliberately abandoned you? If she's back, but not just for a cozy family reunion? What if she's all that's standing between your family-especially you-and some very nasty blood-drinkers... and what if... Mom's a vampire, too?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Paranormal
WILF (The Journey Begins)
Synopsis: WILF is a serialized coming of age story, told in four volumes. Please visit www.wilf.us.com for more information.


It’s the summer of 1943 and World War II is raging all across the globe.

While sixteen-year-old Peggy’s boyfriend is overseas, helping to protect England from Nazi air attacks, a young British boy named Wilf arrives in Pasadena to live with Peggy and her mother.

Because she blames the English for putting her boyfriend’s life at risk, Peggy despises Wilf even before she meets him. In response, Wilf hates her right back.

As Wilf adjusts to California and Peggy adjusts to Wilf, someone who has a secret crush on Peggy slowly becomes an important part of their lives. Before the summer ends, the bond that develops between the three will change each one’s future forever.

But in this first volume their story’s just beginning.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
WILF (Things Change)
Ruth Campbell
Synopsis: WILF is a serialized coming of age story, told in four volumes. Please visit www.wilf.us.com for more information.


It’s the summer of 1943 and, in spite of their mutual dislike, young Brit Wilf and American teen Peggy are becoming a true team as they work together for the sake of the war effort.

When the two become reluctant performers in a hospital show for wounded soldiers, they ask Arden Brown to join their act. Soon, Peggy finds herself thinking more about Arden and less about her boyfriend who’s fighting overseas.

It’s still to early to tell how WILF’s story will end. But, in Volume Two, things are starting to change.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Historical Fiction
The Elephant of Surprise
Brent Hartinger
Synopsis: Book 4 in the Lambda Award-winning Russel Middlebrook Series!

People aren't always what they seem to be. Sometimes we even surprise ourselves.

So discovers seventeen-year-old Russel Middlebrook in The Elephant of Surprise, a stand-alone sequel to Brent Hartinger's landmark 2003 gay young adult novel Geography Club (which has now been adapted as a feature film co-starring Scott Bakula and Nikki Blonsky).

In this latest book, Russel and his friends Min and Gunnar are laughing about something they call the Elephant of Surprise – the tendency for life to never turn out as expected. Sure enough, Russel soon happens upon a hot but mysterious homeless activist named Wade, even as he's drawn back to an old flame named Kevin. Meanwhile, Min is learning surprising things about her girlfriend Leah, and Gunnar just wants to be left alone to pursue his latest technology obsession.

But the elephant is definitely on the move in all three of their lives. Just who is Wade and what are he and his friends planning? What is Leah hiding? And why is Gunnar taking naked pictures of Kevin in the shower?

The Elephant of Surprise includes Hartinger's trademark combination of humor and romance, angst and optimism. Before the story is over, Russel and his friends will learn that the Elephant of Surprise really does appear when you least expect him—and that when he stomps on you, it really, really hurts.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Disconnect: The Divided Worlds Trilogy #1
Synopsis: Dirtying fingernails in sewers is fast approaching worthlessness for Zachary, a 16-year old Underworld scavenger. When footage of an Overworld girl, Rosa, is discovered, his intrigue heightens at why she expresses sadness with a lavish lifestyle.

In meeting Rosa, Zachary is scorned by her opinion of the deprived. She pities him and provides a means for them to communicate. With time, friendship and something he’s never felt grows; love for another human. Knowing Rosa calls him when it suits her isn’t enough; he wants to meet her, but how? Relationships in Underworld are few, let alone the impossibility with those above the ceiling.

Underworld will suffer when plans to conquer Jupiter’s moon, Europa move ahead. Worse is Rosa’s father, a disgraced Overworld ambassador, approving the plan.

Zachary must defeat the prejudice of the worlds, sneak within opposing forces, lose friends and challenge Rosa’s sadness. In doing so, a twisted secret is uncovered that may devour the reason he lives; Rosa.

In space, love has boundaries.

About the Author
Imran Siddiq may have tried to leave Leicester a few times, but its become his place to wake up to two cats, freeze when the heating’s off and most of all, get down to writing. During a night in the jungle (2007), the bug inside awakened, and since then he’s been sacrificing every second that he can to write. A veteran of writing festivals, a presence on Twitter and always reading to find new worlds. His preferred genre is Science Fiction in YA, though will meddle with fantasy. He has a tendency to throw a droid in every novel – literally.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Starchild: The Age of Akra (Book #1)
Synopsis: When Mai is chosen to take a pilgrimage to the Valley of a Thousand Thoughts to train with the oldest and wisest master of their people, an ancient prophecy is set in motion. The events to come have been predicted but are not unchangeable. When the Starchild returns to the planet of Sage, the foreknowledge of the prophecy begins to gain strength.

Four children come together and become linked to the events that lie ahead. In The Age of Akra, the first stage of their journey has them facing the deadly spiderflax, only then to be confronted by a creature of the underworld, an evil Dementra called Amual.

The struggle to bring peace to the world of powerful energies lies in the hands of these four children and a strange little lizard. And it will not come easy. This journey is only the beginning.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Majestica; First Glimpse
Synopsis: There’s a small clearing up in the mountains, in the cold, dark woods of Alaska, where a warm, bright light shines. Anyone that comes upon this light is pulled into it, by its exquisite beauty and wonder. Once you pass through this light, you are taken into another world, the world of Majestica. Lacey Grayson had no idea other worlds like this existed until she met Jace, and her world was changed forever.

Lacey was the typical teenage girl. Her life revolved around school, friends, and boys. She was in love with the concept of love. All she wanted was to find her prince charming, her knight in shining armor, the one boy that would love her unconditionally. No one ever knows exactly how and when they’ll find their true love, and for Lacey, well, she found her true love in the most unusual of places, in a situation she never expected to find herself in, and fell in love with him right then and there. And he was perfect. Jace was the definition of perfect; from his gorgeous looks to his endearing demeanor. He was the man she had been longing for.

She was ready to live a happy, fairytale life with him by her side. However, it didn’t quite work out that easily. Lacey finds herself dealing with the sneers from her classmates about dating the “dangerous” guy that lives up on the mountain, and dealing with threats from the boy at school that had tried to attack her. Fate had brought Lacey and Jace together. Jace had saved her life, and had protected her time and time again. He was the one true love she had been waiting for. When Jace reveals that he has to leave her to go to Majestica to avenge his father’s death, Lacey must try and find a way to stop him before he, himself, is killed. He saved her before, now will she be able to save him? How far would you go to save the person you love?

Majestica; First Glimpse is the story of love, courage, determination, and hope. Through all the joy, torment, and wonder, watch as the love between Lacey and Jace is challenged and threatened time and time again, and yet somehow continues to thrive.

This is the first book in the Majestica trilogy. Majestica; First Glimpse is a passionate and suspenseful love story, with an interesting fantasy twist, not just for the young adult crowd, but for romance fans of every age.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
The Last Enchantress
Judith Powell, Scott Powell
Synopsis: Being nineteen for over three hundred years bites, and being single in New York with magical powers isn't much better.

Eva is trying to live an everyday life in New York. When this fails, she takes a seemingly unmagical job as a translator for a wealthy American family in Spain. Eva cannot stay out of trouble for long as she runs into a friendly but hungry vampire named Louis. Eva feels drawn to this handsome, dangerous stranger who has problems of his own.

Louis's life was just fine until Eva walked into his church. She smells like heaven. Or is it hell, always smelling but never partaking? Surely she is the devil coming to collect on his lost soul.

UPDATED 7/15/2013

Book length: 491 pages
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Shadow of Darkness:  Volume I of the Creature Kid Series
Synopsis: You have been warned.

The human race has been coddled, protected by an ancient species, in a multi-dimensional war that spans centuries. Under this umbrella, the people of Earth have thrived, ignorant of the threat looming just out of sight. This umbrella, this safety net, woven together from the lives of the fallen, will protect them no more.

Our story begins in the small town of North Shore. A place known for its tropical climate and year round beaches. An unlikely place to find the savior of a war that is still undiscovered.

Anthony Dimair doesn't know it, but he may be the last hope for Earth. Or, he may be the cause of its ruin. A darkness that has been buried deep inside of him for years, is slowly brewing to the surface, itching to find its way out.

Can this teenage boy and his friends uncover the secrets before it's too late? Can they solve the riddle before the entire town is consumed by the Shadow of Darkness?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Why Do Horses Have Manes?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
The Switch Sisters
Synopsis: As the only Chinese family in town, the Switch sisters have always kept to themselves. But when Mara Switch is framed for murder, her sisters are forced to step into the spotlight and prove her innocence—all without revealing a dark family secret.

The Switch sisters know they’re different. With ink black hair and cat-like eyes, they certainly draw stares in a small town like Ambrose, where everyone else is white and has lived in the same neat houses with the same grassy lawns for generations. Behind their Chinese faces, however, the girls are also witches. The sisters manage to keep their special powers under wraps—that is, until Mara falls in love with the mayor’s only son. Their wedding is the most exciting event in town history, but festivities abruptly end when someone is murdered and Mara is unjustly charged. Her three younger sisters know that she’s innocent. Each with a budding magical talent, the girls must bring their powers together in order to save their sister. Meanwhile, the real murderer is still on the loose...

An immigrant story inside a witch story, THE SWITCH SISTERS is the first novella in a young adult series that follows Mara, Morgan, Marie, and Mina as they grow up, fall in love, and learn to embrace who they are.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Disharmony
David Lundgren
Synopsis: Desperately trying to cross the treacherous desert to Miern, Raf is thrown into a dangerous world that his Forest upbringing hasn’t prepared him for: a massive, sprawling city, teeming with violence, corruption and intrigue, where he hopes to not only rescue the kidnapped ishranga, but also find a cure for the disease that is ravaging the Forest.
Meanwhile back at home, the foresters discover that their Miernan ‘guests’ have their own hidden agenda and the entire Forest is thrown into disarray as their carefully laid schemes unfold in an unexpected – and often brutal - way. As the very ground underneath them starts falling away, the peaceful villagers must take matters into their own hands.
Raf meets some new, rather mysterious friends, but then unwittingly finds himself at the center of a huge conspiracy, which has consequences that reach far beyond the city limits, and threaten not only his mission in Miern, but his life. With the fate of the dying Forest in his hands, he knows he must find a cure and get back before everything he knows and loves is destroyed.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Spellbound and Determined
Synopsis: Welcome to Mimi's Charms & Enchantments - a New Age shop filled with magical merchandise and colorful customers. Cam couldn't ask for a better afterschool job.

When a shady man in gray slinks in one afternoon, Cam is thisclose to calling 911. To her relief, he hurries away, leaving behind the nauseating odor of his cologne and a curious spell he's dropped on the floor. But this spell is not your average hocus-pocus. It's ancient, odd and promises Power Supreme - something Cam could definitely use to keep up her 3.9 grade point average.

But the spell requires more than what's stocked on Mimi's shelves. And acquiring each item will take some heavy teamwork. With the help of her best friend, Reade, and Zach, the high school's resident genius/nerd, Cam can't lose...unless the Gray man returns.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Paranormal
The Fall from Grace
Devin Marsman, Shelby Anne Manore, Emily Schuyler, H.D. Carpenter
Synopsis: She is found alone and left for dead, outside of a church. She has no memory, no ID and no one comes to claim her. She has no hope...
Until the day a nurse from the hospital she has been living in stuns her with an offer of a home, a family and a new life. She is even given a new name: Addison Martin. But, try as she might, Addison does not fit into her new teenage, suburban world. Shadows and voices follow her each day, while disturbing dreams haunt her in her sleep. It isn't until she is attacked by an ethereally beautiful man outside her new school that the memories begin to resurface: a child, a tragic death, a forbidden love, a destiny...
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Paranormal
Neverworld
E. Racine
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Samantha Beckett and her friend, Charley Neilson, are walking home from school when they find themselves being chased by two strange looking boys in a white van. Racing through backyards and under hedges, they finally shake their pursuers, only to run into Captain Bartholomew Jones, a man who claims he was sent to deliver Samantha to her mother, the woman who abandoned Samantha at birth.

Obsessed with the idea of finding her mother, Samantha agrees to go along with Jones, so long as Charley can accompany them. Trudging through the woods near her home, Jones leads them into a ring of mushrooms and thrusts a silver spoon into the ground. When the bright lights fade, Samantha finds herself in a land unlike any she has ever known, a harsh world of swordfights and sailing ships, a world without electricity or running water and filled with people who seem intent on killing her.

To find her mother and discover the reason for her abandonment, she and Charley will have to escape kidnappers, race typhoons and battle monsters. As they both soon learn, only the quick and the strong survive long on the other side of the map, in a place called Neverworld.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
No More Goddesses (Volume 1)
Synopsis: Getting a date shouldn’t be this hard.

Jordan Lake discovers an ancient bracelet in her grandmother's house and uncovers a family mystery that links her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn, a romantic movie, and an aunt she never knew. Jordan hopes the bracelet will bring her love. Instead, it brings one nightmare after another, unleashing Hathor, the Egyptian love goddess, who decides it's fun to mess with the McKnight High School social scene.

Jordan holds the key to vanquish Hathor, but will she figure out what it is in time to save her school, one of her best friends, and get a date to the Valentine’s Day dance?
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy

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