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Drop of Doubt by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
· 21 ratings
Sang Sorenson and the Academy boys return to Ashley Waters High School but before they get a chance to even settle in, Sang’s life is threatened by an anonymous caller.They retreat to the protective walls of the Morgan estate, a safe house for when the boys are under fire...

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Push and Shove by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
· 21 ratings
Sang Sorenson struggles with her growing feelings when the Academy boys take her in and draw her closer into their world. They work together to uncover the true secrets happening at Ashley Waters High School, where Principal Hendricks will stop at nothing to take them all down...

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A Secret Service by Joy Jenkins
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Carter Owens, daughter of a Secret Service agent, is trained to disassemble any weapon, any situation, and anyone. Her biting sarcasm and razor-sharp mind make her impossible to beat in a word fight and when talking doesn’t work, she uses her fists. She attends Hamilton Prep, Washington D.C.’s most prestigious high school, where everyone is related to someone in power, except her...

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Friends vs. Family by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 25 ratings
Sang Sorenson is forced to suffer through another of her mother’s extreme punishments. It almost kills her. The Academy boys vow it will be the last. They're determined to keep Sang safe, especially from her own family. Their solution: complete invasion of her life. Kota, Luke, Silas, Nathan, Victor, Gabriel and North do everything within their power to show Sang what true loyalty means...

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House of Korba by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 19 ratings
It's homecoming week at Ashley Waters, but Sang Sorenson has a lot more on her mind than dresses and crowns. Silas's troubled past—full of secrets he and his team thought they'd buried—comes back to haunt him, threatening to ruin everything. Silas tries to deal, but guilt weighs heavily on him and Sang realizes she might be the only one who can help him keep it together...

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Forgiveness and Permission by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 21 ratings
Sang Sorenson’s abusive mother is secure in a hospital, and her father has vanished to a new family of his own, leaving Sang and her sister to fend for themselves. Sang is hanging by a thread, and her only hope is a group of boys she feels she barely knows.She’s never really alone. The Academy team has stepped in, promising to protect and care for Sang...

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Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
· 53 ratings
With more than a million Gallagher Girls books sold, a legion of fans have fallen in love with the New York Times best-selling spy-girl series, and the fifth book delivers the most nerve-wracking, high-stakes adventure yet...

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United We Spy by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
· 31 ratings
Don't miss a moment of the beloved, bestselling series where spies-in-training navigate double crosses, secret missions, friendship, and first love-now with a bonus epilogue! Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet...

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Home for the Holidays by Heather Vogel Frederick
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
This Christmas season, join the girls of the mother-daughter book club for a variety of holiday-themed adventures! Becca, Megan, Emma, Cassidy and Jess have plenty of reading material to bring on their trips, too, because the book club is tackling the Betsy-Tacy series before their next meeting on New Year’s Eve. But unfortunately, nothing goes quite as planned for any of the girls...

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First Days by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
· 25 ratings
Sang Sorenson used to be the invisible girl in class. As a new student to Ashley Waters High School, Sang hopes that her new friends will be the change she’s been craving and will make fitting in a breeze.But Academy students aren’t there to take it easy. The high school is overcrowded and rife with violence...

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Love's Cruel Redemption by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
· 17 ratings
From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, C. L. Stone, read Love's Cruel Redemption, the much-anticipated twelfth book in The Academy Ghost Bird Series.Sang’s life was on pause after the dramatic break with her real family. Now she’s back in the game, returning to Ashley Waters to appear like a normal student. However, returning to school hasn’t made her life any easier...

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Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
· 38 ratings
When Cammie Morgan enrolled at the Gallagher Academy, she knew she was preparing for the dangerous life of a spy. What she didn’t know was that the serious, real-life danger would start during her junior year of high school. But that’s exactly what happened two months ago when Cammie faced off against an ancient terrorist organization dead set on kidnapping her...

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The Healing Power of Sugar by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
· 19 ratings
From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, C. L. Stone, read The Healing Power of Sugar, the ninth book in The Academy Ghost Bird Series. It’s been a week since Sang has attended any classes at Ashley Waters, and since then, everything has changed. Her school schedule has been turned upside down, and now, thanks to her absences, the school counselor, Ms. Wright, has suspended her...

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Vega by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Haley, come home...I walked away from Knox, Theo, Chase, Jackson, and Liam, believing it was the best decision for everyone. But now that the Bennett brothers are back in my life, my resolve is weakening.They want me to come home to Santa Cruz...to them.I should say no. I should tell them this is goodbye. But they are insistent—they have a plan. The problem is, it’s a big risk...

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The Grift of the Magi: a Heist Society novella by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Katarina Bishop is a thief. To many it wouldn’t matter that she now uses her considerable skills to resteal valuable works of art and return them to their rightful homes. She’s still a thief. So that’s why Kat’s surprised when an Interpol agent comes to her one snowy evening, asking for her help...

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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
· 57 ratings
When Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart...

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Seabreeze Inn by Jan Moran
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.Ivy Bay’s life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives...

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Touch of Mischief by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
A Halloween Short StoryWith Homecoming and everything else that’s been going on in their world, everyone is on edge...

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Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 36 ratings
Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad's former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad's blood. And Vlad's arch enemy, D'Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all...

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Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
One moment of recklessness will change their worlds.Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyber-bully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life...

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Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Macey McHenry—Glamorous society girl or spy-in-training?W.W. Hale V—Heir to an American dynasty or master thief?There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together is a tossup.Born into privilege, Macey and Hale are experts at mingling with the upper class. But even if they’ve never raised an eyebrow at the glitz, neither teenager has ever felt at home with the glamour...

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I'm So Sure by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
"Think you're having a rough week? Bella's stepdad, a semi-pro wrestler, just signed the entire family up for a reality TV show. Bella's first thought: Kill. Me. Now." Living in Truman, Oklahoma wasn't 100% miserable for Bella. Sure, she misses Manhattan, couture clothes, and her dad. But she was making new friends at Truman High and almost enjoying her work at the school newspaper...

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So Over My Head by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Newly single, stalked by a killer, and in desperate need of some chic clown shoes--Bella is one skinny mocha frapp away from total meltdown. When the Fritz Family Carnival makes its annual appearance in Truman, Bella's keen reporter instincts tell her the bright lights hide more than they reveal. Her suspicions are confirmed when one of the stars is murdered...

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Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 66 ratings
Cammie Morgan is back, and it's clear that her life hasn't calmed down since the events of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. At first, giddy anticipation is in the air. Gallagher Academy, Cammie's elite spy school, is hosting a visit from a covert training center for boys...

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Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter, Angela Dawe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 28 ratings
Katarina Bishop and W.W. Hale the fifth were born to lead completely different lives: Kat comes from a long, proud line of loveable criminal masterminds, while Hale is the scion of one of the most seemingly perfect dynasties in the world. If their families have one thing in common, it's that they both know how to stay under the radar while getting-or stealing-whatever they want...

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Perfect by Cecelia Ahern
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Celestine North is Flawed.Ever since Judge Crevan declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret—one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing...

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Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
· 39 ratings
“I made the wrong choice.”Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back home...

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On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 30 ratings
I'm dreaming of the boy in the tree. I tell him stories. About the Jellicoe School and the Townies and the Cadets from a school in Sydney. I tell him about the war between us for territory. And I tell him about Hannah, who lives in the unfinished house by the river. Hannah, who is too young to be hiding away from the world. Hannah, who found me on the Jellicoe Road six years ago...

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A French Affair by Jennifer Bohnet
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
*Brand new from the bestselling author of Villa of Sun and Secrets*What will be will be...Belinda Marshall’s idyllic teenage life in Brittany, France, fell apart when her parents dramatically separated and her mother took her backto England.Fast forward thirty-five years when Belinda’s world is once again turned upside down...

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Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
· 33 ratings
Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That’s why Kat isn’t surprised when she’s asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners. There are only three problems...

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Princess in Practice by Connie Glynn
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Lottie and Ellie are back! Return to Rosewood Hall with your two favourite princesses in the sequel to Undercover Princess!----------As they return to Rosewood after the dramatic events of their first year, Lottie and Ellie are hoping for a peaceful term.But strange things are happening at Rosewood. Pupils are being poisoned...

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Long Way Home by Katie McGarry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving.It’s the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it’s up to her to do the saving...

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Legacy by C.J. Daugherty
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
In the last year, Allie's survived three arrests, two breakups and one family breakdown. The only bright point has been her new life at Cimmeria Academy. It's the one place she's felt she belongs. And the fact that it's brought dark-eyed Carter West into her life hasn't hurt either...

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Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
· 43 ratings
It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.Dance until dawn? Sure...

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Resistance by C.J. Daugherty
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 29 ratings
After months on the run, Allie returns to Cimmeria Academy to find the school in turmoil. The atmosphere is thick with danger. Overshadowing it all is Nathaniel. He is close – very close – to getting everything he wants.A secret civil war is tearing the British political elite apart. And Allie’s family is in the thick of it. Both sides want her...

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Making Thyme by T.J. Hamilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
FOLLOW UP TO THE BEST SELLING NOVEL BUYING THYME She may have left prostitution, but can Mia face the demons of her past? Now working for a different kind of Agency, with a new set of rules and a new life. There is so much to learn in so little time. The world of espionage is not too far from the secret life of prostitution that she’s trying to leave behind...

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The Darkness Dwellers by Kirsten Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Don’t miss Strike three!First they ventured deep under New York to save the city itself.Then things got personal as the Irregulars ventured into a haunted mansion in Chinatown to uncover an evil twin...

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Fight to the Finish by Shannon Greenland
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
[The Specialists, book 5. An award winning spy series.)When someone close to TL disappears, The Specialists pull out all the stops. GiGi is brought into another mission along with Bruiser and Mystic. This time it's a fight to the end where everyone's secrets are revealed...

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Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret…But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide...

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This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that's exactly what happens. Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera's twin brother and the most serious person Sloane's ever met...

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Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
The princess is dead. Long live the princess.Centuries ago, the royal family of Adria was killed…or so everyone thought.Now Grace Blakely knows the truth: There was one survivor, and that survivor’s blood runs through her veins. This simple fact could cause a revolution—which is why some people will stop at nothing to keep it from coming to light...

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Introductions by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
· 25 ratings
With an agoraphobic mother and a barely-there father, Sang abhors the isolation keeping her in the shadows. The only thing Sang craves is a fresh start and to be accepted as ordinary by her peers, because for her being different meant being cast out alone.When her family moves to a new school district, Sang infiltrates a group of boys nearly perfect in every way...

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The Rise by Shari King, Shari Low
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
When we bury our secrets, they always come back to haunt us...Their rise was meteoric.Only a few years before, they had been three friends from Glasgow, just trying to survive tough lives of danger and dysfunction.But on one Hollywood evening in 1993, they were on the world’s biggest stage, accepting their Oscar in front of the watching world.That night was the beginning of their careers...

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Payback by Kristen Simmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
The unpredictable truth will be revealed in Payback, the stunning conclusion to Kristen Simmons’ Edgar-nominated thriller series that started with The Deceivers...Brynn Hilder has conned a lot of people. From the spoiled rich kids of Sikawa City to her mom's loser ex-boyfriend, from a motorcycle gang to a senator's son...

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If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Mike was seven when his father was killed in mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan. Eight years later, the family still hasn't recovered: Mike's mom is overworked and overprotective; his younger sister Mary feels no connection to the father she barely remembers; and in his quest to be "the man of the family," Mike knows he's missing out on everyday high school life...

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Classified Material by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Only Ally knows the secrets that lie within the world of the Gallagher Girls. And the biggest secret of all? In Out of Sight, Out of Time, the fifth installment in the Gallagher Girls series, Cammie “The Chameleon” Morgan has awoken in an alpine convent with one very important thing missing — her memory...

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This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
The Winslow family lives by five principles:1. No one can know your real name.2. Don’t stay in one place too long.3. If you sense anything is wrong, go immediately to the meeting spot.4. Keeping our family together is everything.5. We wish we could tell you who we are, but we can’t. Please—do not ask...

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How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Our memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are the stories that tell us who we are. Without them we are nobody.Hattie's summer isn't going as planned. Her two best friends have abandoned her: Reuben has run off to Europe to 'find himself" and Kat is in Edinburgh with her new girlfriend...

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The Ends of the World by Maggie Hall
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
The Circle is hers. But Avery West has lost everything else: her mother, the family she’d just found, and the one boy she trusted. In their place are unfathomable power, a staged relationship that makes her question every real feeling she’s ever had, and a mission to find the cure to the virus that’s made her own blood a weapon...

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Down to the Wire by Shannon Greenland
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Book 2 of The Specialists GiGi is back, this time teaming up with electronics specialist Frankie, aka Wirenut, for their next mission. Wirenut has an uncanny knack for breaking into the highest-level security systems that stump even the experts. Which is precisely why he was recruited by the Specialists...

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