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Regret
was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.
Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all. Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand. But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it…. With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl’s journey in a barren world not so different than our own. |
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Deadly Secrets
Tangled Lies Woven truths Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested. Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her dad’s jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape. Because tonight, they’ll come for her. |
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In Deuce’s world, people earn
the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that
point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders,
Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their
arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember.
As a Huntress, her purpose is clear—to brave the dangerous tunnels outside the enclave and bring back meat to feed the group while evading ferocious monsters known as Freaks. She’s worked toward this goal her whole life, and nothing’s going to stop her, not even a beautiful, brooding Hunter named Fade. When the mysterious boy becomes her partner, Deuce’s troubles are just beginning. Down below, deviation from the rules is punished swiftly and harshly, and Fade doesn’t like following orders. At first Deuce thinks he’s crazy, but as death stalks their sanctuary, and it becomes clear the elders don’t always know best, Deuce wonders if Fade might be telling the truth. Her partner confuses her; she’s never known a boy like him before, as prone to touching her gently as using his knives with feral grace. As Deuce’s perception shifts, so does the balance in the constant battle for survival. The mindless Freaks, once considered a threat only due to their sheer numbers, show signs of cunning and strategy… but the elders refuse to heed any warnings. Despite imminent disaster, the enclave puts their faith in strictures and sacrifice instead. No matter how she tries, Deuce cannot stem the dark tide that carries her far from the only world she’s ever known. |
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Life as Kim and Krickitt
Carpenter knew it was shattered beyond recognition on November 24, 1993. Two
months after their marriage, a devastating car wreck left Krickitt with a
massive head injury and in a coma for weeks.
When she finally awoke, she had no idea who Kim was. With no recollection of their relationship and while Krickitt experienced personality changes common to those who suffer head injuries, Kim realized the woman he had married essentially died in the accident. And yet, against all odds, but through the common faith in Christ that sustained them, Kim and Krickitt fell in love all over again. Even though Kim stood by Krickitt through the darkest times a husband can ever imagine, he insists, “I’m no hero. I made a vow.” Now available in trade paper with a new chapter and photo insert, The Vow is the true story that inspired the major motion picture of the same name starring Rachel McAdams (The Notebook), Channing Tatum (Dear John), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), and Academy Award winner Jessica Lange. |
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Do
you believe there are ghosts and demons and Diviners among us?
Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old
hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is
pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies,
Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to
live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.
Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a
supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the
police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called
to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.
As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer,
other stories unfurled in the city that never sleeps. A young man named
Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running
from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown
to all, something dark and evil has awakened....
Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray opens a brand-new
historical series with The Diviners,
where the glittering surface of the Roaring Twenties hides a mystical horror
creeping across the country.
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Since the age of ten, Mia has lived under the iron
fist of the fundamentalist preacher who lured her mother away to join his
fanatical family of followers. In Edenton, a supposed “Garden of Eden” deep
in the South American jungle, everyone follows the Reverend’s strict but
arbitrary rules—even the mandate of whom they can marry. Now sixteen, Mia
dreams of slipping away from the armed guards who keep the faithful in, and
the curious out. When the rebellious and sexy Gabriel, a new boy, arrives
with his family, Mia sees a chance to escape.
But the scandalous secrets the two discover beyond the compound’s façade are more shocking than anything they ever imagined. While Gabriel has his own terrible secrets, he and Mia bond together, more than friends and freedom fighters. But is there time to think of each other as they race to stop the Reverend’s paranoid plan to free his flock from the corrupt world? Can two teenagers crush a criminal mastermind? And who will die in the fight to save the ones they love from a madman who’s only concerned about his own secrets? |
