K. Ancrum
1) Darling
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A teen girl finds herself lost on a dangerous adventure in this YA thriller by the acclaimed author of The Wicker King and The Weight of the Stars-reimagining Peter Pan for today's world.
On Wendy Darling's first night in Chicago, a boy called Peter appears at her window. He's dizzying, captivating, beautiful-so she agrees to join him for a night on the town.
Wendy thinks they're heading to a party, but instead they're soon running in the city's...
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Tig Torres investigates Hollow Falls' horrific history in this original novel based on the hit podcast Lethal Lit fromEinhorn's Epic Productions and iHeartRadio!
Lethal Lit follows Tig Torres, a Cuban American teen detective, in her hometown of Hollow Falls. In season one of the hit podcast,Tig used her smarts and fearlessness to track down the infamous "Lit Killer," a serial killer who staged his murders after deathscenes from famous books. But...
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Jack once saved August's life ... now can August save him?
August is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team-but their intense friendship goes way back. Jack begins to see increasingly vivid hallucinations that take the form of an elaborate fantasy kingdom creeping into the edges of the real world. With their parents' unreliable behavior, August decides to help Jack the way he always has-on his own. He accepts...
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A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances.
Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn't an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the "wrong" side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends.
One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann's offer of friendship....
6) Icarus
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm
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A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
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2021.
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x, 326 pages ; 22 cm
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These fifteen reimaginings of Shakespeare's classic works include a midsummer's dance in a gym, a cast party amongst the stars, and an ode to a fallen rap legend. These authors for teens put a modern spin on the works, for contemporary audiences. -- adapted from jacket.