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• Scythe

  Shusterman, Neal

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  In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Words We Said

  Scheier, Leah

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  Nine months after Danny disappeared, his closest friends, Ellie, Rae, and Deenie, deal with their loss very differently but will have to share secrets about the night he disappeared to uncover the truth. Chapters alternate between past and present.

• The Infinity Courts

  Bowman, Akemi Dawn

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  Murdered on the way to her high school graduation party, eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto finds herself in an afterlife ruled by Ophelia, a virtual assistant planning to eradicate human existence.

• Cemetery Boys

  Thomas, Aiden

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  When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Way Down

  Reynolds, Jason

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  As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

• They Both Die at the End

  Silvera, Adam, 1990-

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  In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.

• Layoverland

  Noone, Gabby,

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  Beatrice Fox deserves to go straight to hell. At least, that's what she believes. Her last day on Earth, she ruined the life of the person she loves most-her little sister, Emmy. So when Bea awakens from a fatal car accident to find herself on an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before I Fall

  Oliver, Lauren, 1982-

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  After she dies in a car crash, teenaged Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.

• Taproot: A Story About a Gardener and a Ghost

  Young, Keezy

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  Blue has been living as a ghost for a year when he meets Hamal, a beautiful and sweet gardener who has the ability to see and communicate with spirits. Together, their friendship develops into something more, but being a ghost, Blue can never truly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Belladonna

  Grace, Adalyn

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  Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death--and her own deathly powers--when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.

• Poison Princess

  Cole, Kresley

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  In the aftermath of a cataclysmic event, sixteen-year-old Evie, from a well-to-do Louisiana family, learns that her terrible visions are actually prophecies and that there are others like herself--embodiments of Tarot cards destined to engage in an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thirteen R3asons Why

  a Novel

  Asher, Jay 1975-

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  When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus

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  Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.