ReGAURDing GRACE by Karen A. Leppert is an exciting love story with a twist. Grace may seem like a normal girl, but there is more than meets the eye. She is a host, she has three "alter egos" with superhuman abilities, her secret seems to be safe until Jack Elliott appears. He is part of a society of hosts and was assigned to help integrate Grace, but he is hiding a connection that goes deeper than she could ever imagine. But things are about to get dangerous when one of her alters starts secretly conspiring with an enemy after Jack's life and Grace's powers.
The book starts off with three kids, Kya, Eliza and Sebastian, who lost at least one of their parents, and an old wizard, Hemlick, who is teaching them magic. Recently there have been paintings stolen at the art museum. It is up to those three to find out what is going on. But, also Marco, Sebastian’s nephew, has disappeared in the museum. There is magic in this mystery. There is a great army with magic in it. Will Kya, Eliza and Sebastian and a bunch of rebels destroy that army and kill the wicked ruler?
This book is about a teenage boy named Nick. He goes to high school like a normal teenager, has his drivers license, and plays on the football team. But Nick isn't normal. He is the Malachi, a demon born to eradicate all human life from the planet. But the Malachi doesn't control Nick's thoughts or actions. He lies sleeping inside Nick. And if Nick lets him wake up, the world will pay the price.
Robyn and her best friend Morgan were supposed to work as counselors at a summer camp, along with Morgan's boyfriend Billy, as a life gaurd, until Morgan breaks her leg. Robyn doesn't want to go without Morgan, but Morgan finally talks her into it. It's a great plan until the camp burns down. So Robyn then decides she's going to spend the summer with her boyfriend Nick, but he says he's going on a camping trip with friends. Nick lives alone in the apartment building Robyn's dad owns.
Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone are an unconventional couple and partners in crime: a poet and a slow-aging thief. As they wander to the Eastern edge of the world, they are swept into an adventure that involves magic scrolls, gangs, mythical dragons, and their unborn child.
Emma's world has just been turned upside down: her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and her family is moving back to the United States after living in Japan since Emma was a baby. Emma doesn't know how to deal with the stress, fear, lonliness and culture shock. However, things seem a little better when she starts volunteering at a long term care facility and helps a woman with locked-in syndrome write poems. She even meets a boy named Samnang there and they bond over Japanese and Cambodian culture.
In just one afternoon, teenage violinist Aurora Lewis finds her familiar world turned upside down when she discovers that her violin teacher has been murdered. As she struggles to make sense of the tragedy, she also begins to uncover secrets she never knew about her old teacher. With her trusty band of actor friends, Aurora searches for clues that will lead her to the killer, even if it means going against her parents' wishes. Her sleuthing leads to encounters with shady characters, a world famous violinist, and a stubborn police chief.
Kate and Marilyn are best friends. That is, they used to be. This book delves into the shaky relationship of two girls with a history together that is speeding farther into the distance each day. One minute they hate each other, the next they need their past friendship desperately. One thing is certain, they are growing apart, and neither is sure how to cope with this fact. A coming of age story that approaches the common teenage dramas that many girls growing up encounter.
Naya Adams is starting anew. After her parents deaths years before, she leaves for a fresh start in one of the most respected theater schools in New England. With her follows her abusive, controlling boyfriend, Seth. While walking into her first class she feels this pull, pulling her towards Etash, her Twin Flame. Twin Flames, they later learn, are two parts of one soul, who look for each other for eternity. They are meant to be together but there is one problem, Seth, so they constantly try to avoid one another and the pull.
Girl Z, by C.A. Verstraete, is about a time where there is a virus that can turn you into a zombie. However, if you are young and strong, there is a chance that it will only make you part zombie. This is what happens to the main character, Becca. The book is about her living with her aunt, dealing with her problems, and trying to find her mother who has gone missing. They meet up with a few more people on the way, some human and some part Z, as they're called.
