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Growing Up
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Finally free of London’s notorious criminal, “The Guvnor”, and his father’s murder; young Finn Maguire opens a new chapter in his life by opening a gym with his partner, Delroy, and his beautiful lawyer Nicky.  Life for Finn is now simple and good. But when loan-sharks call on his partner and his inheritance disappears with his lawyer all at once, Finn finds himself in a rut.

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This book has many funny ideas and some serious ideas. Silly things like changing your hair, holding a karaoke night, and purposely getting lost in town. Some serious subjects such as thinking about your future, eating healthy, and helping out at a shelter. The book provides insightful tips on renting your own apartment and alcohol. Overall this book gives readers new things to try before becoming a full fledged adult.

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When Cora and her sister Mimi leave London to stay with a mysterious Aunt they find themselves quickly wrapped up in a surreal adventure. Their relocation to Geurdon Hall has awakened something that hhas been asleep in the shadows for many years, something monsterous.  With the help of her new friend Cora begins to unravel the messages of the ghostly apparations who seem flock to her.  Can Cora stop a curse that has haunted her family for generations, and can she solve it in time to save her sister or will she be too late?

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Fighters are powerful, they are strong, they are the ones who stand tall when others cannot. That is Haley for you, she is the ultimate fighter. She is fighting so many battles all at once and most of them people do not even know about. She has a lot of secrets, but she is keeping them for a reason, she is protecting the ones she love. That doesn't mean she doesn't need protecting too and that is where West comes in.

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Life II by Scott Spotson is a fascinating twist on the theories of time travel, Life II tracks the multiple lives of Max Thorning. At 42 years old, unhappily married, working in an unsatisfactory career, but with two children he adores, Max is not living the life he wanted to be living.

 Blood Oath is a story about Gabi and her friends. They are part of a group called Eternals and Elementi. This is not a regular group.This group keeps the normals (all of us) safe from the Banished (these are demons that want to rule the world). When Gabi heads off to the academy, she learns who she really is and the prophecy she is supposed to fulfill. Then her grandma falls sick. Will she fulfill the prophecy or save her grandma?  When her grandma asks her to take a daring risk will she be able to put all else aside to complete the task?

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Jenny is a teenager who recently learned her brother was going to college to avoid the Vietnam draft.  Not in the states, as she expected, but in England.  She doesn’t like the idea one bit until she hears what her part in the whole plan is.  She gets to go to a boarding school in England near where her brother’s college is!   But soon after she arrives, she tells a small white lie about having a boyfriend.  The person whom she lied to makes a big deal out of Jenny’s not-so-real boyfriend.  Jenny soon realizes that she isn’t the onl

This book is about a boy named Orion who meets a stranger under a ship that was wrecked. The stranger gives Orion a knapsack that holds a dispatch box with a map. To find out the meaning of the map, he brings it to a friend of his grandpa's named Professor Meriwether. Together they head out on an expedition to see where the map leads. This expedition takes them to the top of the world. They end up finding themselves in a colony and accused of murder! Orion is the only one who is not in prison. Can he help his friends escape and still survive?
 
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This book is paranormal and supernatural, involving werepeople, vampires, demons, angels, and so forth. The story centers around three teenagers named Clyde, Yoshi, and Aimee. Clyde is a werepossum, Yoshi is a werecat, and Aimee is a human who knows about the werepeople. Yoshi ran away from home and is trying to find his sister, Ruby, in Texas, where she was last said to be. Unfortunately Ruby is suspected of murder. You'll have to read this book full of unusual characters to find out what happens.

 

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