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At age fifteen, Malcolm Little can’t leave tiny Lansing, Michigan for Boston fast enough.  Ever since his human rights activist father was killed when he was six, Malcolm, his seven siblings, and his mother have been struggling to make ends meet as an impoverished black family in a mostly white community.  More tragedy strikes when Mrs.

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In a dystopia where the basic cultural structure of families and the world have been all but deleted, scientist Thomas Harding struggles to undermine Mensam, the twisted government that started it all.

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Paige Kelly lives the lonely life of an outcast.

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When the village lout of Thimble Down shows up one day with a precious elvish brooch, rumors fly and greed accumulates.

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Seventeen-year-old Jesse and his friends have recently escaped slavery to aliens and are living in a rebel camp in relative safety.  As their leader gets weaker, plans for leadership and survival are debated and revised, and all the while Jesse’s mental powers are increasing and changing.  Some rebels begin to believe that he has been chosen by the gods to host the Warrior Spirit and will save them all as the camp’s safety disintegrates.  But before he can, Jesse must decide where his heart lies and come to terms with the power within him.

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For nearly ten years, Finnikin of the Rock and his mentor have been traveling the land of Skuldendore, searching for an area for the exiles of Lumatere.  During five fateful days, the royal family of the kingdom of Lumatere was slaughtered and a terrible curse was placed on the land, separating it from the rest of the kingdoms in Skuldendore; those who were able to leave the kingdom walls before the curse set in became exiled in the surrounding kingdoms, while those stuck inside were left to be ruled by an imposter king.  The exiles live separated and in despair, as do Finnikin an



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