NYT - Young Adult Hardcover | Downers Grove Public Library

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#1 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"The gods are dead. All that's left are the players... The performers of the Playhouse are as worshiped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime--a chance for one...

2) Stolen Midnights

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Quinn, Katherine

Series

Stolen Midnights

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#2 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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This magical new YA romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of To Kill a Shadow will steal your heart. Set in Andalay, a world where the ruling Fates bestow gifts among the favored, a thief must join forces with the palace darling after he unwittingly steals a necklace with the power to change everything. This stunning hardcover edition features gorgeous, flower-patterned sprayed edges, silver foil, and embossing! When Damien, a cold...

3) Fake skating

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Painter, Lynn

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#3 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 19 week(s).

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Excited to return to Minnesota and reconnect with her childhood sweetheart Alec, Dani discovers her nerdy best friend is now a hunky hockey star, and only a fake-dating situation may truly reunite them.

4) Queen of faces

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Lord, Petra

Series

Queen of faces series volume 1

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#4 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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With her consciousness trapped in the decaying body of a boy, seventeen-year-old Anabelle attempts to steal a new body and winds up working as a mercenary for the elite in exchange for a better life. Anabelle Gage is trapped in a male body, and it's rotting from the inside out. In Caimor, where the magical elite buy and swap designer bodies like clothes, Ana can't afford to escape her tattered form. When she fails the entrance exam to the prestigious...

5) If only I had told her

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Nowlin, Laura

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#5 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 14 week(s).

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"Finn has always loved Autumn. She is a constant in his life, except it's in the role of friend, not girlfriend. Finn wants her to see him as more, wants to prove HE should be the man by her side. Even if that means heartache for the people they are each dating. It would be worth the pain to be with right person. Finn knows he and Autumn are fated to be together. But sometimes fate can be cruel to those in love"-- Provided by publisher.

6) Wings of starlight

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Saft, Allison

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#6 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 51 week(s).

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"It's been centuries since a warm-season fairy in Pixie Hollow has crossed into the Winter Woods, and while most fear the legends of monsters lurking in the frozen lands, Clarion, can't help being intrigued by Winter's stoic beauty. But under the watchful eyes of the current monarch and the court's seasonal ministers, Clarion has little time to dwell on daydreams while the days to her coronation dwindle away. That is, until reports of a monster crossing...

7) Dragon cursed

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Kova, Elise

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#7 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 5 week(s).

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Since the dragons emerged-along with the scourge that ravaged our lands and people-there's only one human city that remains standing: Vingard. But the hellfire from above is nothing compared to the threat from within. For there is no worse fate than being dragon cursed. Slowly and excruciatingly, you'll be transformed into a mindless beast who destroys everything-and everyone-you love. Any of us could be tainted. Any of us could be lying. Any of us...

8) Better than the movies

Author

Painter, Lynn

Series

Better than the movies volume 1

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#8 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 5 week(s).

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Michael, to whom Liz Buxbaum gave her heart long ago, has returned but to get his attention and, perhaps, a prom date she must scheme with her nemesis Wes, her next-door neighbor. Liz Buxbaum's crush Michael never really saw her before he moved away. Now he is back in town, and Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar, and maybe snag him as a prom date. Attractive next-door neighbor Wes Bennet might seem like a prime candidate for romantic...

9) Sibylline

Author

de la Cruz, Melissa

Series

Sibylline

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#9 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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**A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick**
Three teens infiltrate the magical ivy league in this heart-stopping dark academia romantasy, the first in a young adult duology from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.
Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember. But when the magical ivy league rejects them, the friends’ plans of a future together studying...

10) Beth is dead

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Bernet, Katie

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#10 on the Young Adult Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 5 week(s).

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After Beth March is found dead in the woods on New Year's Day, her sisters begin investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. As they examine Beth's relationships and recent events, multiple individuals emerge as possible suspects, including people close to the family. The narrative alternates between the perspectives of the surviving sisters and flashbacks from Beth's point of view, revealing family tensions, personal ambitions, and public...