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Title:  Turtles All The Way Down Author: John Green Pages: 304 Audiobook read by: Kate Rudd Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Teen/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: October 10, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Audio- Kobo  *for review by Penguin Audio* Summary ( Goodreads ) Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.  I n his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of  Looking for Alaska  and  The Fault...

Title: Frostblood (Frostblood Saga #1) Author: Elly Blake Pages: 376 Genre: Fantasy, Teen Publisher: Little Brown for YR/ HBG Canada Release Date: January 10, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *An ARC was provided by the publisher for review* Summary ( Goodreads ) The frost king will burn. Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate to have her revenge. Despite her unpredictable abilities, Ruby trains with the rebels and the infuriating—yet irresistible—Arcus, who seems to think of her as nothing more than a weapon. But before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the king’s tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions. Now she has only one chan...

Title: Alex, Approximately Author: Jenn Bennett Pages : 400 Genre: Contemporary Teen Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: April 4, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review by Simon Schuster* Summary ( Goodreads ) In this delightfully charming teen spin on  You’ve Got Mail , the one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet. Classic movie buff Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by “Alex.” Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush. Faced with doubts (what if he’s a creep in real life—or  worse? ), Bailey doesn’t tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. Or that she’s landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Or that she’s being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth—a.k.a. her new arch-nemesis. But life is whole lo...

Title: The Secret History of Us  Author: Jessi Kirby Pages: 288 Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: August 1, 2017 Summary: (Goodreads) Gorgeously written and emotionally charged,  The Secret History of Us  explores the difficult journey of a teenage girl who must piece her life together after losing her memory in a near-fatal accident. When Olivia awakes in a hospital bed following a car accident that almost took her life, she can’t remember the details about how she got there. She figures the fog is just a symptom of being in a week-long coma, but as time goes on, she realizes she’s lost more than just the last several days of her life—she’s lost her memory of the last four years. Gone is any recollection of starting or graduating high school; the prom; or her steady boyfriend Matt. Trying to figure out who she is feels impossible when everyone keeps telling her who she was.  As Liv tries to block out what her fami...

Title : The Name They Gave Us Author: Emery Lord  Pages: 400 Genre: YA Contemporary Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children/Raincoast Books Release Date: May 16, 2017 Summary (Goodreads) Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend, working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake. But when her mom’s cancer reappears, Lucy falters—in faith, in love, and in her ability to cope. When her boyfriend “pauses” their relationship and her summer job switches to a different camp—one for troubled kids—Lucy isn’t sure how much more she can handle. Attempting to accept a new normal, Lucy slowly regains footing among her vibrant, diverse coworkers, Sundays with her mom, and a crush on a fellow counselor. But when long-hidden family secrets emerge, can Lucy set aside her problems and discover what grace really means?

Title: A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR #3) Author: Sarah J, Maas Pages : 648 Genre: YA Fantasy,  Publisher: Raincoast Books/Bloomsbury USA Childrens Release Date : May 2, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series. Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places.  In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could...

Title: Letters to the Lost Author: Brigid Kimmerer Pages: 400  Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary  Publisher : Bloomsbury/Raincoast Books Release Date: April 4, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave. It's the only way Juliet can cope. Declan Murphy isn't the sort of guy you want to cross. In the midst of his court-ordered community service at the local cemetery, he's trying to escape the demons of his past. When Declan reads a haunting letter left beside a grave, he can't resist writing back. Soon, he's opening up to a perfect stranger, and their connection is immediate. But neither Declan nor Juliet knows that they're not actually strangers. When life at school interferes with their secret life of letters, sparks will fly as Juliet and Declan discover truths that might tear them apart.

Title: Flame in the Mist  Author: Renee Ahdieh  Pages: 368 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Putnam's Sons Books for Young/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: May 16, 2017 Buy: Chapters Indigo | Summary (Goodreads)  The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place—she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor's favorite consort—a political marriage that will elevate her family's standing. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko narrowly escapes a bloody ambush by a dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, who she learns has been hired to kill her before she reaches the palace. Dressed as a peasant boy, Mariko sets out to infiltrate the ranks of the Black Clan, determined to track down the person resp...

Title: Bad Romance Author: Heather Demetrios  Pages: 368 Genre: YA Contemporary Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR)/Raincoast Books Release Date: June 13, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Out of her California town, too small to contain her big city dreams. Out of her life, and into the role of Parisian artist, New York director—anything but scared and alone. Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape.  Deeply affecting and unflinchingly honest, this is a story about spiraling into darkness—and emerging into the light again.

Title: A Million Junes Author: Emily Henry Pages: 350 Genre: YA/Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin Canada Release Date: May 16, 2017 Summary (Goodreads) Romeo and Juliet  meets  One Hundred Years of Solitude  in Emily Henry's brilliant follow-up to  The Love That Split the World , about the daughter and son of two long-feuding families who fall in love while trying to uncover the truth about the strange magic and harrowing curse that has plagued their bloodlines for generations.  June O'Donnell—a.k.a. Junior, a.k.a. Jack, a.k.a. Jonathan O'Donnell IV, a.k.a. the first female O'Donnell first-born—has always been haunted by her family's mythic but complicated legacy. As she prepares to begin her final year of high school, June is itching to leave behind her ghosts in Five Fingers, Michigan, and travel the world.  And then, just like it always happens to the O'Donnells, a painful glimmer from her past returns to mess everything up. Ent...

Title: Given to the Sea Author: Mindy McGinnis Pages: 352 Publisher: Putnam's Children  Release Date: April 11, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to the water, her flesh preventing a wave like the one that destroyed the Kingdom of Stille in days of old. But before she’s allowed to dance – an uncontrollable twitching of the limbs that will carry her to the shore in a frenzy – she must produce an heir. Yet the thought of human touch sends shudders down her spine that not even the sound of the tide can match. Vincent is third in line to inherit his throne, royalty in a kingdom where the old linger and the young inherit only boredom. When Khosa arrives without an heir he knows his father will ensure she fulfills her duty, at whatever cost. Torn between protecting the throne he will someday fill, and the girl whose fate is tied to its very existence, Vincent’s loyalty is at odds with his heart. Dara and Donil are the l...

Title : Wintersong Author: S. Jae-Jones Pages: 448 Genre: Fantasy/YA/Retelling Publisher: Thomas Dunne  Release Date: February 7, 2017 Summary (Goodreads) Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse around which her music is composed. Yet, as Liesl helps shoulder the burden of running her family’s inn, her dreams of composition and childish fancies about the Goblin King must be set aside in favor of more practical concerns. But when her sister Käthe is taken by the goblins, Liesl journeys to their realm to rescue her sister and return her to the world above. The Goblin King agrees to let Käthe go—for a price. The life of a maiden must be given to the land, in accordance with the old laws.  A life for a life , he says. Without sacrifice, nothing good can grow. Without death, there can be no ...

Title: Spindle Fire Pages: 368 Genre: Fantasy/Retelling Publisher: HarperTeen/HarperCollins Canada Release Date: April 11, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo, Spindle Fire is an enthralling, wholly original re-imagining of a classic faerie story. Half-sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king’s headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always been extremely close. And then everything changes, with a single drop of Aurora’s blood, a Faerie Queen who is preparing for war, a strange and enchanting dream realm—and a sleep so deep it cannot be broken. Spindle Fire is a tour de force fantasy set in the dwindling, deliciously corrupt world of the fae, and featuring two truly unforgettable heroines.  

Title: King's Cage  Author: Victoria Aveyard  Pages: 448 Genre: Fantasy  Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: February 7, 2017 Summary (Goodreads) In the third book in the #1  New York Times  bestselling Red Queen series, Mare is forced to play a psychological cat-and-mouse game with an old and deadly enemy, where the stakes are not only the future of the Red Rebellion but the sanctity of her own mind.

Title: Carve of the Mark (Duology) Author:  Veronica Roth Pages: 528 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date : January 17, 2017 Summary : (Goodreads)  On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not — their gifts make them vulnerable to others’ control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world? Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power — something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows. Akos is from the peace-loving nation of Thuve, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Though protected...