The Gone Away Place

The Gone Away Place

Christopher Barzak

Fiction / Speculative Fiction / Young Adult

From Stonewall Honor author Christopher Barzak comes a haunting novel of love and loss, in which a series of tornadoes rips through a small midwest town, forever altering the lives of those who live there.Ellie heads up her high school yearbook, and until the tornadoes come, her biggest worry is how to raise enough money to print them. But since the day when a rash of powerful tornadoes touched down in Newfoundland, Ohio—killing more than half of the students in her school, not to mention dozens more people throughout the town—she's been haunted: by the ghosts of her best friends, by the boy next door, even by her boyfriend. And the living are haunting her too, all those left behind in the storm's wake to cope with the "gone away" pieces in their lives. A chance encounter with one ghost leads Ellie to discover a way to free the spirits that have been lingering since the storm, and she learns that she's not the only one seeing the ghosts—it's a...
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Book 1

Book 1

Lennox Brown

Speculative Fiction

Winston knew the teapot was trouble. Its ability to transport one to other realms had made him the target of a mysterious death cult that would stop at nothing to get it. Now there was only one way for a vampire PI like him to outrun them: use it.Maggie knew the teapot was freedom. It was the key to escaping the tedium of her life as a witch-for-hire on the streets of East London. But it also meant confronting a past she'd thought was long buried, a past that began and ended with Winston.Timir knew the teapot was hope. He spent his life serving those with money and power, but even they could not stop the cult that threatened his world. Now it seemed Winston and Maggie, the most powerless people he knew, might be the only ones who could help.
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The Broken Kingdom

The Broken Kingdom

Sarah Chapman

Fantasy / Speculative Fiction

Reeling from the news of the destruction of the mountain, Vann flees Coastside with the fish people. Meanwhile, Karesh and Aerlid must find a way to survive outside the safety of the mountain while the ehlkrid become ever more vicious. As the months pass, the situation in Astar becomes ever more dire. While their shields keep them safe from a direct attack, food becomes a pressing concern.
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The Mix-Up

The Mix-Up

Adrian Beck

Animals / Speculative Fiction / Childrens

Charles was the best player in the boys' football team. Charlotte was the best player in the girls' side. But this season they're both playing in the same mixed team. Is there room for two Champion Charlies on one side? And can they get past their rivalry to help form the greatest football team Jindaberg Primary has ever seen?With prankster teammates, a karaoke coach, dancing dads and an arch rival with an axe to grind, the Champion Charlies soon learn that achieving success is not going to be easy . . . but it sure will be fun!
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Crawf's Kick it to Nick

Crawf's Kick it to Nick

Adrian Beck

Animals / Speculative Fiction / Childrens

After a long first half of the season, the Crocs might finally have a chance to win a game. But when mutant bugs start burrowing up from beneath the oval to attack, there may not even be a team left to take the field. If Nick and his friends can't figure out how to stop the bugs, losing the game will be the least of their problems!
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The Wanderer and the New West

The Wanderer and the New West

Adam Bender

Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction / Western

Kirkus Reviews Indie Best Books of the Month, April 2018Winner of Kirkus Star, featured in 2/15/18 magazineA rogue vigilante seeks redemption in a lawless, near-future America that fully protects the rights of armed citizens to stand their ground against mass shooters and motorcycle gangs."A dystopian novel about an America ruled by gangs and gun manufacturers and about the brave few who are willing to fight them both ... A tight, thoughtful work that has much to offer readers on both sides of the gun control debate." — Kirkus Reviews (Starred)The Wanderer and the New West reinvents the Western novel with a dystopian outlook on a possible American future. When a marksman known as the Wanderer opens war against injustice in the state of Arizona, his violent actions attract the attention of journalist Rosa Veras, writer of a subversive blog about America's return to the Wild West.As Rosa tracks the movements of the Wanderer, she...
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Divided We Fall

Divided We Fall

Adam Bender

Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction / Western

The war has come home. The mission has failed. But all Eve wants is to get Jon back.Agent Eve Parker refuses to accept Jon's change of heart when he loses his memory and becomes a revolutionary known as Seven. Her mission is to stop him from overthrowing the President and the Headmaster of the Church. However, when Eve learns more about the President's plan to broaden citizen surveillance through a national ID program, she begins to question what she's always believed to be right.Seven runs, but in his flight realizes that losing his memory may not have been enough to erase his feelings for Eve. Unable to escape his past, Seven determines that he must come to terms with the man he was if he ever wishes to win freedom.
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