Danville Teen Advisory Board Recommendations- February, 2022Like this list

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• Ace of Spades

  Abike-Iyimide, Faridah,

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  An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism, from an exceptional new YA voice.

• The Hating Game

  Thorne, Sally, 1981-

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  Debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.

• Beach Read

  Henry, Emily,

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  A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

• One of Us Is Next

  McManus, Karen M,

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  A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts. Until now.

• Frankenstein

  the 1818 Text

  Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851,

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  This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ceremony

  Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-

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  This story, set on an Indian reservation just after World War II, concerns the return home of a war-weary Laguna Pueblo young man. Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Collectors

  West, Jacqueline, 1979-

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  Van has always been an outsider. Most people don’t notice him. But he notices them. And he notices the small trinkets they drop, or lose, or throw away—that’s why his collection is full of treasures. Then one day, Van notices a girl stealing pennies…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi,

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  Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Incarceron

  Fisher, Catherine, 1957-

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  Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery.

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before

  Han, Jenny,

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  Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes, but she's written each boy a letter about how she felt, and sealed it, and hid it in a hatbox under her bed. One day she finds that her secret box of letters has been mailed, and her life goes out of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way of Kings

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  A new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Moon Goddess

  Tan, Sue Lynn,

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  A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of Chang'e, the Chinese moon goddess, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm.

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite.

• The Starless Sea

  Morgenstern, Erin,

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  From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.

• Cloud and Wallfish

  Nesbet, Anne,

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  Slip behind the Iron Curtain into a world of smoke, secrets, and lies in this stunning novel where someone is always listening and nothing is as it seems. Noah Keller has a pretty normal life, until one wild afternoon when his parents pick him up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scythe

  Shusterman, Neal,

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  In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Things They Carried

  a Work of Fiction

  O'Brien, Tim, 1946-

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  In 1979, Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato—a novel about the Vietnam War—won the National Book Award. In this, his second work of fiction about Vietnam, O'Brien's unique artistic vision is again clearly demonstrated. Neither a novel nor a short…Read moreRead more of this annotation