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All you need to know about SUPERNATURAL INVESTIGATIONS Author: B.B. Alston  Look, when a snotty brat at school mocks you that your brother is dead, it can't be wrong to put her in her place and just push her onto her butt, right?  Apparently, it is wrong, when you're a poor girl studying in an expensive school under a scholarship, and some conceited hellions would take every opportunity to remind you of your status.  But Amari Peters was never the type to back away from a fight. Which is probably what led to her being suspended and having her scholarship revoked, while Emily Grant got away with nothing but a warning.  But Amari's life had never been easy, especially since her brother Quinton had disappeared. Quinton was the golden boy of their neighbourhood, with extraordinary academic achievements and a really bright future ahead, but a few months after he had joined this top-secret job, Quinton had gone missing, leaving Amari and her mother all alone without anybod...

All you need to know about SHADOW AND BONE TRILOGY Author : Leigh Bardugo  The once-great Ravka is in shambles. The country has been torn apart by the Shadow Fold, a barrier that is almost impossible to penetrate and is inhabited by flesh-eating monsters of darkness. The country itself has been ravaged by civil war and the citizens are in pitiful conditions, and the cities seem to have graveyards that extend far wider than the cities themselves.  Alina Starkov had never been capable of much. A sickly child when she was younger, and a plain young woman with abysmal social skills and a grouchy personality, Alina had been a lonely orphan most of her life, save for her only friend, Malyen Oretsev. Best friends since birth, both orphaned by war and yet serving as soldiers in a regiment, they'd only ever had each other, though Mal's less grumpy temperament gained him more companions.  But when a journey into the Shadow Fold proves disastrous and it seems that the entire regimen...

All you need to know about THE MEDORAN CHRONICLES   Author : Lynette Noni   Alex had always had an unusual life, as compared to everybody else. Her parents were avid archaeologists, and Alex had spent her whole life in solitude, constantly rushing from one end of the globe to the other. So when her parents decided to embark on their new journey, certain circumstances lead to Alex being left behind to start a new year at the International Exchange Academy. While her parents thought this would be a good chance for her to settle down, have friends and finally get a normal life, Alex thought otherwise. She was convinced that the entire plan was certifiably terrible. She had spent her whole life travelling, and now they expected her to stay put? Oh, come on! Little did she know that it was going to be a whole lot weirder than she had actually anticipated.  Long story short, she opens the supposed doorway to the headmaster's office, only to get yeeted into oblivion an...

All you need to know about THE INHERITANCE GAMES  Author : Jennifer Lynn Barnes   This is the story of a regular teenager, trying to survive high school and her complicated family when one day, her unexpected inheritance makes her future extremely unstable, her problems much bigger and her life shockingly dangerous.  Allow me to explain.  Avery Kylie Grambs was pretty much a nobody. Recovering from her mother's recent demise, Avery lived with her sister, studied at the local high school and was counting down to the days she would graduate and go to college and finally begin her life.  But when Avery learns that she has been invited to the reading of the late Tobias Hawthorne's will, she is understandably perplexed. She has never heard the man's name in her life, so why on earth would he bequeath anything to her? But for a girl who barely had two pennies to rub together, this inheritance might help with her college plans, so who was she to complain? But Tobi...

All you need to know about THE PHOENIX FILES  Author : Chris Morphew Luke Hunter was having a really bad year. His parents split up, and now he and his mom were moving. He missed his dad, and the sudden move after their divorce wasn't really helping him get used to the new changes he was already dealing with. So all in all, Luke wasn't exactly loving his life at the moment. And the place they were moving to wasn't helping his peace of mind either.  For one, Pheonix wasn't an ordinary town. It was in the middle of nowhere and was run by the powerful Shackleton Cooperative, the company his mother worked for. The town is pretty much brand new, and only the employees of Shackleton Cooperative lived in it. And that's not even the weird part.  Pheonix had no access to the internet. None of the people had cars, they weren't allowed to. And worse, they had no access to phones either, so there was no communication possible with anyone outside the town. All the houses in ...

All you need to know about PAOLA SANTIAGO  Author : Tehlor Kay Mejia  Twelve-year-old Paola Santiago and her best friends, Dante and Emma had one rule to follow: Stay. Away. From. The. River. An unusual rule, considering rivers are usually harmless (unless it's about to sweep you away), but ever since a schoolmate of theirs drowned in the river a year back, the kids were expressly forbidden from stepping foot near the banks. Paola's mom had been warning her about the river even before, as she was convinced that La Llorona, the wailing woman, lurked in the river's murky water, dragging any unsuspecting victim in at the first chance. For a girl like Pao, who believed in science and nothing but science, her mom's superstitious warnings were ridiculous, and a source of great embarrassment.  Well, too bad the river was the perfect spot for stargazing.  As Pao, Dante and Emma make plans to meet up at the river banks one night to stargaze with her new telescope, things go w...

All you need to know about WINGS OF FIRE (Arc 2) Author : Tui T Sutherland Note: Arc 2 of the series occurs directly after Arc 1, so the second arc must be read after the first five books. Even this summary may have spoilers.  Peace has finally come to Pyrrhia after the long years of war, and the Dragonets of the Prophecy have come up with the best plan to unite all the tribes once again, by constructing Jade Mountain Academy, a school for all dragonets of all tribes, that will teach them about living together in peace and harmony. Which was so not easy, considering the animosity between the tribes which was still not completely eradicated. But nothing is impossible for the heroes of the Prophecy! Unfortunately, things are rarely so very easy, right? Moonwatcher, a Nightwing who had been been hidden away and brought up in solitary, was quite nervous about the prospect of school. Because Moon had an astounding secret.  She could read minds, and look into the future. Since the ...

All you need to know about RENEGADES Author : Marissa Meyer The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies -a group of people gifted with powers-, rising from the ruins of society. Even years after the Battle of Gatlon city, they remained a shining beacon of hope and courage, and were tasked with maintaining peace and order throughout the world. While almost everyone looked up to the Renegades with shining eyes and hearts full of hope, not all saw them as the salvation of humankind. 16 year old Nova Artino, or Nightmare, as she was most commonly known as, had every reason to hate the Renegades. After all, her misplaced faith in the so-called saviors of the world had cost her family their lives. All her life, her one ultimate aim had been to overthrow the Renegades from the ground, and show the world that their trust in the Renegades was every bit as destructing and worthless as hers was.  Adrian Everhart was the adopted son of two of the founding members of the Renegades organizat...

All you need to know about WINGS OF FIRE (Arc 1) Author : Tui T Sutherland Ever since the Sandwing tribe queen's demise, the peaceful land of Pyrrhia was ravaged by war among the seven dragon tribes, locked in a never-ending battle over an ancient, lost treasure. As winds of turmoil blew fiercely through out Pyrrhia, a secret movement, the Talons of Peace, sought to cease the war with the help of the Dragonet Prophecy, a fore-telling issued by the clairvoyant Nightwings.  In accordance to the prophecy, five dragonets from five different tribes were chosen and raised in a cave, against their will. After years of intense training and rules, the dragonets decide to escape the cave and the  expectations piled on them, and travel in search of their families, and finally have the chance to explore the world outside.  But when a successful expedition outside their cave goes awry, the dragonets realize that they have escaped from the fire pan, just to fall headfirst into the fire...

All you need to know about GOING WILD Author : Lisa McMann Charlie Wilde was NOT having a good time. No, not when her family was moving from the city of Chicago, where she has lived all her life, to the suburbs of Arizona. Being the new kid in high school was going to be the downright terrifying, and she was going to have to leave behind her home, her school, her friends...No, this was going to be awful. But just when Charlie was getting into her new pattern of life (after the typical initial feeling of doom and despair) and things seemed like they were getting back to normal, everything got very weird, very fast. Oh joy.  When she found a bracelet sent to "Charlie Wilde" while unpacking, Charlie puts on the bracelet, assuming that maybe it was a "I-know things-are-not-awesome-but-good-luck-anyway!" gift from someone, but boy, was she wrong... Soon, as Charlie realizes that the bracelet is not just cheap accessory, but an item that has given her super strength and s...

All you need to know about SCARLET AND IVY  Author : Sophie Cleverly  When thirteen year old Ivy's twin sister, Scarlet, had died a few weeks before at Rookwood Boarding school, Ivy receives a letter from the school inviting to join the school in the place of her sister. Understandably, Ivy has qualms about joining, as the school had been the place where Scarlet had passed away. But persuasion from her slightly crazy aunt leads to Ivy sitting in the car on the way to the school with Miss Fox, the deputy head of the school, who is probably the most crabbiest (and evil) person in the world.  Then, when a few minutes of discussion with the deputy head gives her the biggest head ache of her life, Ivy was about to enter full panic mode. Apparently, when she was told that she was to join "in the place" of her twin, it meant she was to replace her twin. It meant that she was to become her twin.  Whoa, that went overboard in a matter of seconds. Allow me to explain. Sca...

All you need to know about THE LUNAR CHRONICLES Author : Marissa Meyer If you can imagine classic fairytales such as Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White, set in the future with androids, space ships, cyborgs, lethal plagues and evil tyrant rulers of the Moon, you have a pretty good idea of how spectacular the Lunar Chronicles is.  Set thousands of years into the future, in the city of New Beijing, Linh Cinder is a sixteen year old cyborg mechanic, with a reputation to be the best. But it was still slightly startling to see Prince Kaito, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Commonwealth (An empire that was once called Asia.) at her booth, requesting her to fix his personal android, Nainsi. Cinder agrees to fix the android before the Annual Ball, which was fast approaching.  Kai, on the other hand, had problems of his own. His father, Emperor Rikan, was sick with Letumosis, the dreaded plague with tormented the entire planet. The malicious Queen Levana, the evil quee...

All you need to know about DRAGONWATCH Author : Brandon Mull Note: The Dragonwatch series is a sequel to the Fablehaven series, and must be read after Fablehaven. Even this summary may have spoilers.  Its been four months since the Demon Prison was sealed by Kendra and Seth, with the help of the Knights of Dawn, the Fairy queen and her subjects and the Dragons of Wyrmroost. Kendra and Seth have finally settled down, without having to worry about demons, gruesome magical creatures and unanticipated betrayals. Everything has not quite got normal yet, with Seth's debt to the Singing Sister's looming in the distance, and Agad's bargain with the Dragon Monarch, Celebrant the Just. But things are not what they seem. It was the calm before the storm.  Agad's bargain with Celebrant had ended up with Celebrant being made a co-caretaker of the Wyrmroost Dragon Sanctuary, alongside Agad himself. But a skirmish at the sanctuary of Soaring Cliffs has Agad rushing to help, leaving an...