Young Adult Fiction, Coming of Age
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The Last Tree in Galanthus
by Shelley Blignaut
Violet has always known that her sister, Arina, is different. Not only does she have strangely elongated ears, close-to-translucent skin, and an abnormally skinny, long body—but animals are drawn to her; grass turns green under her feet. And then...
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Rite of Passage
by John Bailey
Élan - Half Eldridge. Half Castalian. Total outcast. Helpless witness to the butchering of his parents by the invading Satyr forces, Élan is unwillingly saved and mentored by his DragonLord Uncle, Leavenstar — that is, only after Leavenstar is...
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The Kamikaze
The Galapagos' Islands Tale by Aracelly Contreras Borja
Life is like music. Music is like being alive. It has all the stations of life. Music makes us fall in love, shed tears, laugh, and it can also make us want to die, depending on the mood. A world without music would be lifeless. If I had to...
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Chinook
A novel by Richard Wambolt
"I don’t go looking for it, but trouble seems to find me.” It’s the summer of 1977 in Medicine Hat, Alberta and twelve-year-old Will Widmann’s biggest problems are worrying about starting junior high in the fall, maintaining his summer...
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The Shadow Brand
by Paul Vanhoutteghem
In search of Kailani, the next guardian of the chaos portal and the master of shadows, Cordelia and her companions embark on a perilous journey deep into the Arachnin Mountains. Once there, they encounter new enemies and make new friends who lead...
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Imagine Disaster
by N. A. Walker
What do you do when much of what you've built up over the last five years is suddenly destroyed in an earthquake? With their home gone, Pirrul's desire for another baby must go on the back burner. Who's in charge? Eiric thinks it should be him....
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The Legend of the Blue Boy
The Promise by Kayla Phair
The Earth, scorched and tarnished, can no longer sustain life. Geodesic domes protect food plants and produce desperately needed oxygen, while children don breathing tanks for the ride to school. Archer Larson, a bitter, lonely teenager with the...
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The Remarkable Meadow Andrews
by Melissa D MacKinnon
“Your baby is special. I’ve never seen eyes like hers. She’s going to see and do remarkable things in her lifetime.” When Isaac and Lisa Andrews hear these words about their newborn daughter, they don’t realize just how true they are....
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Fire in the Mountain
by G.W. Osborne
Eldavain has been ruled by a generation of darkness. Lord Revvik oversees all from his place in the Black Tower, keeping his people obedient and without magic thanks to the cruel hand of his dark knights and their wretched wraiths. In the small,...
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Zebra-Girl
by Pearl Lee
Seventeen-year-old Nessa Harding’s world—previously filled with light and colour has faded to black and white. Her father, a frustrated poet, has left home. Her mother, a talented seascape painter, is in the midst of a nervous breakdown. Nessa’s...
