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Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16: No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer, especially when "no" means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society. Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them. This is the story of how she became a possible criminal mastermind.
As a Graceling, Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. She never expects to learn the truth behind her Grace, or the terrible secret that lies hidden far away; a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.
After serving hard labor, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before Prince Dorian who offers her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. If she beats her opponents, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom.
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.
Karou fills her sketchbooks with monsters, she disappears on mysterious "errands", and speaks many languages. When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
Faith wants to follow in her father's footsteps as a natural scientist, even though the trappings of the Victorian era would keep her from it. When her father is murdered, Faith takes the investigation into her own hands, and along the way discovers her own strength, as well as the strength and secrets of the other women in her life.
Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the online game Warcross illegally. Emika hacks into the Championship game—only to glitch herself into the action and become a sensation. Convinced she’s going to be arrested, she gets a call from the game’s creator, Hideo Tanaka; he needs Emika to be a spy inside the tournament.
In 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left her in the wrecked fuselage of their plane.
When Malala was 15 she was shot in the head while riding the bus home from school by the Taliban. This is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
At Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hard-core lady-types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams. Luckily, Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are five rad, butt-kicking best pals determined to have an awesome summer together... And they're not going to let a magical quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!
Amani Al’Hiza is a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she grew up. Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, and sees him as the perfect escape route. She’s spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she’d gallop away on mythical horse—or that it would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought she knew.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, 101 American Army and Navy nurses serving in the Philippines were suddenly treating wounded and dying soldiers while bombs exploded all around them. This is a story of sisterhood and suffering, of tragedy and betrayal, of death and life. The women cared for one another, maintained discipline, and honored their vocation to nurse anyone in need—all 101 coming home alive.
This twist on the classic Cinderalla story follows Cinder, a cyborg mechanic in New Bejing. Hated by her stepmother and stepsister, she meets the handsome Prince Kai and finds herself caught in the a war with an evil queen. Can Cinder uncover the secrets of her mysterious past to save Earth?
Katniss Everdeen is chosen to represent her district, along with Peeta Mellark the boy who saved her life, in the evil Capital’s annual Hunger Games. Armed with her skill with a bow and arrow, she must figure who she can trust in a fight for her life.
In future Chicago, teenagers take a test at age 16 to determine which of society’s 5 factions they belong in based on their dominant virtue. After Beatrice “Tris” Prior’s test leaves her with a dangerous secret, she meets the enigmatic Four and they learn what happens when one faction doesn’t want to play by the rules.
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