Steven Boyer
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Horace Carpetine does not believe in ghosts. Raised to believe in science and reason, Horace Carpetine passes off spirits as superstition. Then he becomes an apprentice photographer and discovers an eerie-and even dangerous-supernatural power in his very own photographs. When a wealthy lady orders a portrait to place by her daughter's gravesite, Horace's employer, Enoch Middleditch, schemes to sell her more pictures-by convincing her that her daughter's...
2) Deadline
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Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.
How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho? First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on-not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he decides to...
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When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band Inchworm, he can't resist a visit to Harry's Bar, where Gobi told him she'd meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well... Gobi shows up, and once again Perry is roped into a wild, nonstop thrill ride with a body count. Double crossings, kidnappings, CIA agents, arms dealers, boat chases in Venetian canals, and a shootout...
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Deep in trouble, Deep in the canyons…Fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands has come all the way from North Carolina to Big Bend National Park, on the Texas/Mexico border, to paddle the fabled Rio Grande. His partner in adventure is a local river rat, his cousin Rio. As the two are packing their boats for ten days in the canyons, six Black Hawk helicopters appear overhead and race across the river into Mexico. The army won't tell the boys what's happening,...
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Ferris Bueller meets La Femme Nikita in this funny, action-packed young adult novel. Its prom night and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a muchanticipatedgig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskastheir quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission,...
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He is a motherless child,
a coal miner,
a circus star,
a con artist,
a seer,
a hero,
and a survivor.
This is the tale of Billy Creekmore, a young boy with mystifying powers and the gift of storytelling. But his life in the Guardian Angels Orphanage is cruel and bleak, and when a stranger comes to claim Billy, he sets off on an extraordinary journey. From the coal mines of West Virginia to the world of a traveling circus, he searches for...
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Rick Yancey's first gothic suspense tale, The Monstrumologist, earned him a prestigious Michael L. Printz Award. The second installment of this acclaimed series, Curse of the Wendigo finds young Will Henry on the hunt for a supernatural beast plaguing New England in the late 1800s. Will and his mentor, the domineering Dr. Warthrop, are enlisted to help the doctor's former fiancEe. It seems her husband has been lost in the Canadian wilderness. And...
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There Is No Dog explores the question ''What if God were a teenage boy?'' Bob created the heavens and all the creatures on land and sea, but every time he falls in love, natural disasters on Earth follow. So imagine his dismay when he falls harder than ever for an irresistible girl named Lucy.
9) The Django
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Jean's world is turned upside down when he meets the Django. His new friend is so much fun and things are always exciting when the Django is around. But there's only one problem-ever since they met, Jean has found himself in heaps of trouble. What should Jean do? He doesn't want to send his special pal away, but he can't keep getting in trouble either. Finally Jean makes up his mind and does what he must: He sends the Django on his way. Soon Jean...
10) The Seance
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Best-selling author Iain Lawrence's adventures and mysteries for children and young adults are enormously popular selections. In the midst of the roaring '20s, Scooter, the son of a psychic, admires Harry Houdini. He can't wait to see Houdini perform his amazing new illusion. But backstage at the show, Scooter finds something that he wishes were merely an illusion: a dead body floating in Houdini's tank.
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Born in South Africa, Emma Rathbone was a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia, where she received her M.F.A. The Patterns of Paper Monsters is her debut novel. Convicted of armed robbery, 17-year-old Jacob is sentenced to a Virginia detention center. Bored, Jacob begins romancing an inmate he bumps into once in a while. But when Jacob is asked to help bring the center down, he must choose between his new relationship and the chance for...
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Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city's dark practices - until he learns of the gruesome underworld ruled by the 'blackbirders,' who snatch free Northerners of color, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them South to toil as plantation property. But in 1846, slave catching isn't just legal - it's law enforcement. When the beautiful and terrified Lucy...
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Will Henry has been through more that seems possible for a boy of fourteen. He’s been on the brink of death on more than one occasion, he has gazed into hell- and hell has stared back at him, and known his face. But through it all, Dr. Warthrop has been at his side. When Dr. Warthrop fears that Will’s loyalties may be shifting, he turns on Will with a fury, determined to reclaim his young apprentice’s devotion. And so Will must face one of the...
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Sonny Brewer writes compelling Southern novels that resonate strongly with readers. When 80-year-old Rove MacNee sets about to tell his life's story, he begins a coming-of-age narrative taking place in the small gulf coast town of Fairhope, Alabama. The son of an alcoholic captain, Rove finds peace casting his fishing net into the sea-but soon he will face the crossroads of his life.
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In the series' third entry, Will Henry is left behind as Dr. Warthrop and his eager new assistant Arkwright embark on a quest to find the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology." But when Arkwright returns with news of the doctor's demise, Will sets off on his own quest, to the Isle of Blood, to determine the truth.
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Best-selling author Patrick Carman delivers his first novel for teens with a page-turner that explores the dark side of having a superpower. In Thirteen Days to Midnight, Carman presents a close circle of friends who find themselves facing intriguing questions: Can a life really be saved? Or is it a fool's game to deny death's insistence? And even if possible, would saving one life mean bringing doom upon another-or creating a harmful rift in the...
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1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde's dreams literally incinerate in a fire, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD. While making his rounds, Wilde literally runs into a little girl, not more than ten years old, dashing through the dark in her nightshift...covered...
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Jenny Hubbard's debut Paper Covers Rock earned instant acclaim upon publication, garnering starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. Tucked away at an exclusive boys' boarding school, friends Alex and Glenn fail to prevent their classmate's drowning in a nearby river. Distraught, Alex pours his guilty feelings into a journal, and Glenn weaves a web of lies to explain their actions that day. Meanwhile,...
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Award-winning author Rick Yancey has captivated young adult readers with his popular Alfred Kropp novels. Now Yancey begins a gripping new series with The Monstrumologist. Dr. Warthrop is a scientist who tracks and studies real-life monsters. Assisted by his 12-year-old apprentice Will Henry, Dr. Warthrop discovers a pod of Anthropophagi and launches a hunt to destroy the foul beasts.
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"I'm 11-years-old, from the city, and my parents are mean alcoholics. One day the deputy takes me away to live with some distant relatives on their sprawling farm in the country. At the Larsen farm, I meet my Uncle Knute and Aunt Clair and their two children, Glennis and her wild brother Harris. I also meet Louie, the crusty old guy who works as a farmhand and steals all the pancakes at breakfast. Harris introduces me to life on the farm, and it proves...