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Lottery Boy by Michael Byrne Call #: Jh BYN

Bully, an orphan living on the streets of London, races to cash in a winning lottery ticket while ruthless hoodlums track him down, desperate for the ticket themselves.

My Live with the Liars by Caela Carter Call #: Jh CAR

Behind the white-washed walls of the compound, life was simple. Follow the rules, "live in the light," and all would be well. But on the outside, things are different. There are colors and toys and food. There are liars and darkness. And twelve-year-old Zylynn now faces a difficult decision--to stay here with the enemy or find her way back to the light. And neither may be what it seems.

Ravenous by MarcyKate Connolly Call # Jh CON

A witch has come to the city of Bryne, traveling in a hut that has chicken feet. She is ravenous for little children, and captures Greta's little brother Hans. In order to free him, Greta goes on an epic quest to retrieve something the something the witch desires.

Guile by Constance Carter Call #: Jh COO

Yonie Watereye lives in the bayou. The water there is full of guile, a power that changes people and objects. Yonie, 16, makes a living investigating objects affected by guile, but in fact it’s her talking cat, LaRue, who has the power to see guile.      Yonie becomes aware that someone is sending harmful guile-changed objects to certain people, including herself. Her investigation becomes entwined with her hunt for the secrets of her mother’s past and leads her to discover dangers hidden within her own family.      In the suspenseful adventure that follows, Yonie and her furry sidekick face challenges that could end their adventuring forever.

Longbow Girl by Linda Davies Call #: Jh DAV

Brace and beautiful longbow girl Merry Owen is desperate for her family to stay on their struggling farm in the shadow of the Black Castle. Their aristocratic neighbors, the de Coureys, for generations are constantly conspiring to seize the Owens' property. While out riding, Merry discovers a chest containing a mysterious text that leads her to the sixteenth century--a time filled with treasure, secrets, and untold danger. Once there, she finds that she must compete in a royal archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from the de Coureys. Will Merry be able to survive the past to save the future?

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis Call #: Jh DUY

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2034, a comet is due to hit the Earth within the hour. Denise, who's sixteen years old and autistic, must try to find her missing sister and also help her neglectful, undependable mother safely aboard a spaceship.

Saving Wonder by Mary Knight Jh Call #: KNI

Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.

The Lifeboat Clique by Kathy Parks Call #: Jh PAR

During a party a tsunami hits the coast of California, and Denver and a handful of others escape death and are swept out to sea. Of course, one of her fellow castaways is none other than her ex-BFF, Abigail, who can barely stand the sight of her. Trapped on a small boat with the most popular kids in school and waiting to be rescued, Denver wonders what might kill her first--dehydration, sunstroke, or the girl she used to think of as a sister?

Same But Different: A Teen Lofe on the Autism Express by Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, and RJ Peete Call #: Jh616.85882 PEE

Through the alternating stories of twins Callie and Charlie, their fictional counterparts, teenagers Ryan Elizabeth Peete and RJ Peete discuss what it is like for RJ as a teenager with autism and Ryan as a teenager with an autistic sibling.

Where Futures End by Parker Peevyhouse Call #: Jh PEE

Five Teenages. Five Futures. Two Worlds. One Ending. One year from now, DYLAN develps a sixth sence that allows him to glimpse another world. Ten years from now, BRIXNEY must get more hits on her social media feed or risk being stuck in a debtor's colony. Thirty years from now, EPONY scrubs her online profile and goes "High-Concept". Sixty years from now, REEF struggles to survive in a city turned virtual gameboard. And more than one hundred years from now, QUINN uncovers the alarming secret that links them. Five people, divided by time, detemine the fate of us all. 

Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor Call #: Jh TAY

Sixteen-year-old Hope Walton travels back in time to help rescue her mother, a member of the secret society of time travelers, who is trapped in twelfth-century England in the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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