Nora Dearly is the only human on Earth who is immune to the Laz, a virus that brings the dead back to life, but that doesn't make the epidemic any less hard on her. Things are just starting to get back to normal for her and her zombie boyfriend, Bram Griswold, but things are about to take a turn for the worst. After much work, Nora's father's vaccine proves ineffective due to the arrival of new strain of the virus. Panic is spreading quickly, making people feel more anti-zombie than ever.
The best part of summer in the little town of Winston is the Fourth of July festival. The townspeople this year, however, are hoping the festival will end better than the previous two years, without the murder of one of their children. Despite the people of Winston's insistence to keep everything as normal as possible, the media is all over town, talking about a serial killer and predicting a third murder.
Many years have passed since the last king ascended to the throne of Adarlan. Since then, he has outlawed magic, conquered nearly the entire continent of Erilrea, and ruled with an iron fist. It's been one year since assassin Celaena Sardothien was sent to the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes. Now, Celaena is brought before the Crown Prince of Adarlan and offered freedom...if she can defeat twenty-three other thieves and assassins in a competition to find a Champion.
It's 1985, and Freya Kallas has just moved back to Canada after her diplomat father was killed in an accident. Even though she's back in her native country, she can't shake the feeling that something isn't right. Freya has been having vivid dreams about another life, and her memories don't feel real. When she sees a boy on the street, Freya is positive that she knows him - even though they have never met. Freya will do anything to uncover the truth, but there are people out there who don't want her to know, and are intent on stopping her.
With Dwight and origami Yoda now at the Tippett Academy, the horizon looks bleak for Tommy, Kellen, and even Harvey. But then comes in the Fortune Wookiee, a paper fortune teller. Shara says that Dwight made it for them. It is doing a good job, but classmates see Dwight and see that he is not the same. Tommy goes to talk to him and sees that he is “almost normal,” which is weird to see. Will Tommy and his classmates be able to find out the mystery of the Fortune Wookiee and find out why Dwight is almost normal? You have to read this mystery packed book to find out!
In Alenna Shawcross's world, the United States of America is a thing of the past. Instead, the entire continent of North America is now the UNA, a country formed from the remains of the USA, Canada, and Mexico, a country that dragged Alenna's parents away from her when she was ten. Now, six years later, Alenna fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take--the test says she has criminal tendencies. As a result, Alenna is sent to a brutal, isolated prison island where two groups of teenagers are waging a violent war against each other.
UnEarthed, written by Rebecca Bloomer, is the story of sixteen-year-old Jodi Scarfield's relocation to the Martian colony of Anphobos. Although she is initially unenthusiastic about the move, the self-described "techno-geek" soon realizes that Martian technology is amazing, and she uses her hacking skills to skirt around Martian regulations. Life on Mars is not perfect, however, and Jodi soon becomes aware of the movement to liberate Mars from the control of Earth.
Jacinda has ancient Draki blood running deep in her veins, so when Cassian’s sister Miram, daughter of the Draki Pride leader, is taken by the enemy to a facility where Drakis never return from, she feels obligated to save her, especially since her love for hunter Will is the reason Miram was captured in the first place. To get Miram back and repair her dream of riding off into the sunset with Will, Jacinda takes the ultimate risk and gets herself captured. However, when she arrives and a seemingly ancient Draki threatens her escape all appears to be lost.
Thirteen years before Thomas and Theresa entered the Glade, teenagers Mark and Trina are struggling to survive in a world ravaged by sun flares. They have found a simple, yet peaceful, life in a settlement with other survivors, and spend their time foraging for food and trying to be happy again. Their lives are shattered yet again when a dart-spewing aircraft brings an incredibly contagious, deadly disease to the survivors. The virus, which earns the nickname "The Flare," seems to infect the brain, and those affected soon go crazy.
Chelsea Knot is a popular and talkative sophomore at her local high school. She loves to gossip and her penchant for spreading rumors has earned her the reputation of someone who can't be trusted. Under normal circumstances, Chelsea would relish this description. But when she tells a secret that ends in a physical assault, Chelsea's world comes crashing down. Hated by both the victim's friends and the perpetrators, Chelsea decides to take a vow of silence. Not talking is hard, but learning to forgive herself is even harder.
