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Grave Digger Academy by C.A. King, USA Today Bestselling Author

Grave Digger Academy by C.A. King, USA Today Bestselling Author

There is a reason why people don’t believe in monsters and it’s not because zombies, vampires, mummies, and ghosts don’t exist…

Welcome to Grave Digger Academy- the last place anyone wants to end up.

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It’s Makayla’s first year in the paranormal academy system. When all three of the schools she applies to deny her entry, there’s only one left. Unfortunately, she’s more interested in finding a way out of Grave Digger Academy than in learning its curriculum.

Gravediggers actually do the digging. Grave Diggers, however, keep buried bodies where they belong—six feet under.

This year’s students are about to learn corpses can be temperamental, and when the dead refuse to cooperate, there’s Hell to pay.

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Uprooted: Young Adult Epic Fantasy (Four Stars over Ardtaz: Sovereigns Book 1)

About Uprooted: Young Adult Epic Fantasy (Four Stars over Ardtaz: Sovereigns Book 1):

“This is a story to savor. Kandi J. Wyatt brings characters and settings into vivid life with exceptional skill. Epic fantasy lovers won’t want to miss Uprooted.” USA Today Bestselling Author, A.L. Knorr

Who can you trust?

Hest’s dad taught him all he knows about horses, but when the most magnificent stallion he’s ever seen walks through his stable, 18-year-old Hest’s life changes as drastically as it did the day his parents died.

Now in the service of the warrior who owns this fabulous creature, Hest travels far from the only home he’s known and into the world of kings, princesses, and court intrigue.

If only life was as simple as working with a horse, but people are more complex and want more than fresh straw and some oats. If Hest isn’t careful, he’ll end up on the wrong side of a sword or worse—betraying the very people who have taken him in.

Uprooted is the first book in the coming-of-age fantasy series, The Sovereigns. If you like action, rounded character development, and dragons, you’ll love Kandi J Wyatt’s book.

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Firmament: In His Image

About Firmament: In His Image:

It was supposed to be a routine check of a parched planet. That was what Andi expected when she joined the small exploration team, but when their shuttle crash landed, the unthinkable happened–they encountered intelligent life.

Now stranded on the strange world, the team accidentally angers the iron-fisted leader of the village, and the compassionate intervention of a young native named Elasson may be all that’s keeping them alive.

Their shuttle seems beyond repair, the oppressive heat is sapping their strength, and the local ruler is determined to execute them. Can Andi help find a way to escape before it’s too late?

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Blind Gambit: a near-future sci-fi novel

About Blind Gambit: a near-future sci-fi novel:

He’s the game’s only hope…

…but the truth is, he sucks.

In the near future, the B-chip allows blind people to see in virtual worlds.

The only time Brian really feels alive is when he’s playing Gambit…even though he’s the worst player.

When a hacker seeks to destroy the game, Brian’s immune to the weapon that’s kicking everyone else out. But immunity isn’t enough.

Brian must level-up to take on Gambit’s biggest threat.

With the help of friends and rivals, he must learn new skills, craft awesome weapons, and discover who or what is trying to tear down the only thing he cares about before it’s too late…

In the real world, Brian is forced to confront his disability. But how can he adjust to a world without sight when Gambit offers so much more?

Written by a visually impaired author, Blind Gambit is a GameLit novel as a fun action adventure, filled with geeky references and an authentic perspective on disability.

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Progressive Digression: A Book of Poetry

About Progressive Digression: A Book of Poetry:

A collection of mostly free verse poems written throughout the author’s adolescence and young adulthood. This is the familiar story of striving for progression, while continuously digressing. It is an attempt to show the struggle that we all face in growing: we move on, but not always forward, and not always in a straight line. In these pages are stories of unrequited love and sadness, as well as hopefulness, found truly only in One Source.

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World of Shawn

About World of Shawn:

This is the story of a lonely kid who develops a computer game, using what little of quantum physics that he has read, that renders game levels from maps of any format; the result is just a little too realistic. When he tries to combine this “World of Shawn” with a favorite game of his childhood, “World of One,” he soon finds Worlds colliding, to the detriment of his friends. Shawn must step up and rectify things, rescue the princess and save the World.

The interaction and constant dialogue between the characters in this story, as well as the humor and action intertwined, have drawn comparison to that in such works as “The Lord of the Rings,” “Harry Potter,” and “Narnia,” so if a reader has an interest in any of those, as well as an interest in video games, either in the past or the present, it would be a safe bet that they would enjoy getting to know Shawn and his World!

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“Your Hero”
(Book Excerpt)

I watch you from afar,
You don’t know who I am,
But I care for you,
And would die to defend you.
You are my Princess,
And I am here to save you.
I am Always,
Your Hero

—
“The One”
(Bonus Material)

When no one else is around, you are the one who listens.
When all is darkness, you are the one who turns on the lights.
When the evil in this world seems to have overcome the good and all that was once true is utterly gone,
You are the one who keeps me going just one more day.
You are the one that holds back the tide.
You are the One.

—

These are songs that helped me in the development of “World of Shawn” and songs that help recall scenes and elements from Shawn’s World, in chronological order. These would also be awesome for a WoS movie soundtrack, if a movie was ever produced! More will be added as I recall them:

1.Live For The Night – Krewella
2.Surrounded – BT+Aqualung
3.Atmosphere – Kaskade
4.Another Night Another Dream – La Bouche
5.Wake Me Up – Avicii+Aloe Blacc
6.Creep – Radiohead
7.Tidal Wave – Sub Focus+Alpines
8.Wild One Two – David Guetta+Nicky Romero+Sia
9.Starlight (Could You Be Mine) – Don Diablo+Matt Nash
10.Take Me Home – Cash Cash
11.Take Me – Tiesto+Kyler England
12.Never Say Goodbye – Hardwell & Dyro feat. Bright Lights
13.If I Lose Myself – Alesso+OneRepublic
14.Down – Mat Kearney
15.Worlds Apart – Jars of Clay
16.Hurt – Johnny Cash
17.Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia
18.Save The World-Zedd Remix – Swedish House Mafia+John Martin
19.Pompeii Remix – Bastille+Kat Krazy

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The Guidal: Discovering Puracordis

About The Guidal: Discovering Puracordis:

In a future where the mention of magic is banned, one paranoid man rules the entire country. Adopting children to become his private bodyguards, they are raised together in a strict institute where sixteen-year-old Aurora struggles to follow the rules. Finding herself disciplined often, she doesn’t particularly like her endless life of servitude.

Soon, she will have to take part in the institute’s annual Unity ceremony where she could end up engaged to a complete stranger!

Aurora’s fears of being different are realised when she discovers something about herself, something which will make most fear her, and her adoptive father will want her killed for.

Friends, bullies, and a touch of something magical, Aurora’s first year in the grown-ups’ quarter is far from ordinary.

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The Shadow After Sunset

About The Shadow After Sunset:

“I guess it was arrogant to think myself so much smarter than the people of the past, that observable reality is all there is. That’s a lot easier to handle. Now the bliss of ignorance is gone.”

Travis and Alyssa Barnes are a typical suburban couple, trying to find happiness in the life they’ve created for themselves. However, recent events, coupled with their unwillingness to face the ugly truth of their relationship, has driven a deep divide into their idyllic marriage. When they come into the possession of a mysterious mask, their world is flung into a whole new level of turmoil. The secrets hidden behind the mask, as well as the ghostly figure tied to it, send the couple into a spiral of the unknown. Recorded through their personal journals, follow Alyssa and Travis on their terrifying fight to save their relationship and their reality as both begin the quick descent into madness.

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Progressive Digression: A Book of Poetry

About Progressive Digression: A Book of Poetry:

A collection of mostly free verse poems written throughout the author’s adolescence and young adulthood. This is the familiar story of striving for progression, while continuously digressing. It is an attempt to show the struggle that we all face in growing: we move on, but not always forward, and not always in a straight line. In these pages are stories of unrequited love and sadness, as well as hopefulness, found truly only in One Source.

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World of Shawn

About World of Shawn:

This is the story of a lonely kid who develops a computer game, using what little of quantum physics that he has read, that renders game levels from maps of any format; the result is just a little too realistic. When he tries to combine this “World of Shawn” with a favorite game of his childhood, “World of One,” he soon finds Worlds colliding, to the detriment of his friends. Shawn must step up and rectify things, rescue the princess and save the World.

The interaction and constant dialogue between the characters in this story, as well as the humor and action intertwined, have drawn comparison to that in such works as “The Lord of the Rings,” “Harry Potter,” and “Narnia,” so if a reader has an interest in any of those, as well as an interest in video games, either in the past or the present, it would be a safe bet that they would enjoy getting to know Shawn and his World!

—

“Your Hero”
(Book Excerpt)

I watch you from afar,
You don’t know who I am,
But I care for you,
And would die to defend you.
You are my Princess,
And I am here to save you.
I am Always,
Your Hero

—
“The One”
(Bonus Material)

When no one else is around, you are the one who listens.
When all is darkness, you are the one who turns on the lights.
When the evil in this world seems to have overcome the good and all that was once true is utterly gone,
You are the one who keeps me going just one more day.
You are the one that holds back the tide.
You are the One.

—

These are songs that helped me in the development of “World of Shawn” and songs that help recall scenes and elements from Shawn’s World, in chronological order. These would also be awesome for a WoS movie soundtrack, if a movie was ever produced! More will be added as I recall them:

1.Live For The Night – Krewella
2.Surrounded – BT+Aqualung
3.Atmosphere – Kaskade
4.Another Night Another Dream – La Bouche
5.Wake Me Up – Avicii+Aloe Blacc
6.Creep – Radiohead
7.Tidal Wave – Sub Focus+Alpines
8.Wild One Two – David Guetta+Nicky Romero+Sia
9.Starlight (Could You Be Mine) – Don Diablo+Matt Nash
10.Take Me Home – Cash Cash
11.Take Me – Tiesto+Kyler England
12.Never Say Goodbye – Hardwell & Dyro feat. Bright Lights
13.If I Lose Myself – Alesso+OneRepublic
14.Down – Mat Kearney
15.Worlds Apart – Jars of Clay
16.Hurt – Johnny Cash
17.Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia
18.Save The World-Zedd Remix – Swedish House Mafia+John Martin
19.Pompeii Remix – Bastille+Kat Krazy

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Firmament: Radialloy

About Firmament: Radialloy:

The year is 2320. Andi Lloyd is content with her life as the assistant to her adoptive father, a starship doctor, but her secure world turns upside down when she begins uncovering secrets from her past. When her father mysteriously starts losing his mind, she finds that she can no longer count on him to guide or help her. With mutiny breaking out on the ship, and two factions desperate for a valuable secret she holds, she must race to help her father and herself before time runs out.

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The Light and the Loyalists by

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Zaharina, an outcast in her desert clan, is used to hiding both her scars and her power. That is, until she meets Emir, a quirky college boy on a mission to foil a government plot that will plunge his people into danger.

When he passes out at her feet, she takes pity on him and he soon cracks her toughened exterior, convincing her to help him. But Zaharina has discovered a destiny of her own, and enemies trail close behind as they bring together an unlikely crew of chosen ones to help save the world from intergalactic war.

Join Zaharina and Emir on an exciting adventure of found family and self-discovery in this first installment of the Lodestar Diaries.

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So What! Stories – The Trilogy: The Complete Tales from Birch Green High School (So What! Series Book 4) by G J Griffiths

About So What! Stories – The Trilogy: The Complete Tales from Birch Green High School (So What! Series Book 4) by G J Griffiths:

This Great Blockbuster Trilogy of the So What! Stories has it all – Nature, humour, heartache and criminal thrills and spills!
In Book One follow the career of teacher Robert Jeffrey through the antics of his pupils – both in and out of the classroom. Giggle and gasp at the hilarious and sad tales of pupils. Romance, bullying and struggling teachers give you a full range of daily life in Birch Green High School!
In Book Two student teacher Molly Pearson is rewilding the school’s wildlife and nature garden with the help of her Year 7 kids. Self-harming, arson, gang violence and teenage angst all seem to be teaming up as obstacles to block success from Molly and her class of 11 year-olds!
In Book Three try to keep up with ex-pupil detective Nigel Shantra as he pursues the desperate criminals who caused trauma and tragedy to the school community. A criminal fireworks stunt that goes disastrously wrong leads to death and mayhem. Conspiring fraudsters look like they might get away with things when a black spider monkey in a zoo unwittingly assists detective Shantra in his chase!

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The Immortals by Mary Hallberg

About The Immortals by Mary Hallberg:

McKenzie Palmer is only 16, but she’s going to live forever.
Well, maybe.
Ten years ago, a devastating economic collapse drove most of the United States into poverty. The only citizens who are free from money worries are the Immortals. Those lucky enough to be chosen are given unlimited access to a life prolonging drug called TNV and lifelong grants to sustain their lavish lifestyles. It’s a position many would kill for.
But when McKenzie is selected for this honor, she’s apprehensive. McKenzie’s grandfather was an Immortal, one of the few who left. He’s always told her how unlimited money and power corrupts most Immortals, and she doesn’t want to lose who she is.
But when McKenzie meets a handsome young Immortal named Gage, grandpa’s warnings fall by the wayside. The more McKenzie falls for Gage, the deeper into the world of the Immortals she goes — and the more she realizes how right her grandpa is. But if she leaves, she’ll lose her boyfriend, her eternal youth and her large income. With one foot in each world, McKenzie has to make the toughest decision of her young — and possibly eternal — life.
The Immortals is a young adult sci-fi/romance novel that explores the theme of whether eternal youth, beauty and power are really worth it in the end.

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The Cursebound Thief

About The Cursebound Thief:

Six of Crows meets Heist Society in this new young adult fantasy series.

The world wants a hero. The curse needs a thief.

The party of the decade stands between Jerek Holden and saving the people he would do anything to protect. After twelve years, he’s finally found a way to break the curse that ripped all magic from the world and destroyed the peace that took generations to build. All he needs is one, simple artifact. But he can’t steal the heliostone alone.

A girl with a soul of fire.
A vampire bound by a vow.
A werewolf bent on revenge.
A knight torn between honor and duty.
A hacker to keep them all alive.

The fate of magic lies in their hands―if they can survive long enough to pull off the heist of the century.

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Bloody Spade

About Bloody Spade:

A girl full of heart
A thief touched by darkness
A hot-tempered golden boy
An unwitting servant of evil

The era of magic was once thought to be a myth, but after the Reemergence ushered forces both dark and light into the mundane world, it has since become a harsh reality. Now those affected by this strange power—a specialized group of Empowered called Jokers, known collectively as Cardplay—must protect their world from the darkness that threatens to consume it, all the while fighting for equality in a society clinging to normalcy.

But the Reemergence was only the beginning.

When another influx occurs on the seventh anniversary of that fateful event, an unfortunate encounter at ground zero lands Iori Ryone, a teenage boy in possession of a corrupt and legendary magic, in the care of recent Joker graduate Ellen Amelia Jane. From him, she learns the Reemergence may not have been the inevitable natural disaster it first seemed.

Someone is trying to tear down the barrier that separates the magical realms from the mundane. The question is, can Cardplay stop them before it’s too late?

Bloody Spade is the first installment in an upper YA urban fantasy duology that follows a cat-eared thief and a spirited girl as they try to navigate his wild magic, her hotheaded brother, a sinister plot, and the feelings they’re developing for each other.

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A Practical DBT Skills Workbook for Modern Teens and Adolescents

About A Practical DBT Skills Workbook for Modern Teens and Adolescents:

Your teenage years are a time of great change and new experiences as you transition into adulthood.

You’re undergoing profound changes in your body, facing more challenging ordeals, and feeling deeper emotions, you may not have felt before.

On top of that are the stresses of school, the complications of teenage relationships and the

It can feel overwhelming to be a teen, and sometimes things can get to be too much for you.

Whether you’re feeling hurt, stressed, insecure, angry, anxious, or lonely, know that you don’t have to go through it alone.

You can always turn to your parents, friends, teachers, and mentors for advice, support, and assistance.

But aside from outside help, you can also take actions to help yourself deal with the pressures of teenage life.

One of the most effective ways is Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT.

It is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy that can aid those struggling with various issues such as depression and anxiety, anger outbursts, frequent mood swings, and more.

With this workbook, you’ll learn to develop useful skills to help you respond better to difficult and stressful experiences.

In A Practical DBT skills Workbook for Modern Teens and Adolescents, here is just a fraction of what you will discover:

● A helpful overview of DBT, how it works, and how it can improve your relationships and transform your life
● The 4 core components of DBT and how each can contribute to your mental health and wellbeing
● How you can change the way you feel no matter what situation you find yourself in using the Self-Soothe method
● 101 Fun and productive exercises (Self-help Worksheets) to help you develop the DBT skills you need to cope effectively with challenging situations
● Emotion regulation techniques that give you more understanding of and control over your emotions
● How to apply GIVE skills to enhance the quality of your relationships and deal with conflicts
● How to use Distress tolerance skills to improve your daily habits
● Step-by-step 30-60-90-day plan to improve your communication and relationships

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Ring Fold by Scott Swisher

Ring Fold by Scott Swisher

“High-octane, engrossing, and action-packed. A truly unmissable sci-fi read.” — Readers’ Favorite

“An exciting, heartfelt time travel novel. Scott Swisher mixes up scene-setting and action-based adventure exceptionally well. His imaginative descriptions of different historical periods transport readers with ease, and strong character development make this enjoyable sci-fi tale a standout.” — SPR

Jordan Zesker is one of only five surviving descendants of “The Ring.” She thinks the 1920s are tough, but family debt and speakeasy blues will soon seem insignificant. Her blood type, a bona fide blessing and a curse, has placed her in the sights of TEMPUS. Shadowy forces have long worked to weaponize the chosen few endowed with the gift to transcend time and space … and absolutely nowhere is safe.

When Jacob appears out of the blue, bearing news too strange to believe, a staggering decision must be made: will Jordan cling to her desolate life or trust this stranger and help assemble an intergenerational team to somehow save humanity?

Accessing the Fold, an extra-dimensional passageway through time, Jordan must race to find her fated kin across the ages. Rocco in 1956. Paul in 1973. Steffi in 1984. Carissa in 2015. Each will prove essential in the battle for humankind’s future—and past.

Should diabolic entities succeed in overtaking the Fold, it won’t just mean the end of Jordan’s kind but all things good.

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Dead Weapons: A standalone, near-future, YA science-fiction thriller

About Dead Weapons: A standalone, near-future, YA science-fiction thriller:

Violent gangsters want his hardware. Droid soldiers are after his blood. Can a son searching for his dad survive the fight of his life?

London in the near future. Ciaran Richards refuses to accept his heroic father’s death. So to uncover the true fate of his dearly departed parent, the fifteen-year-old agrees to deliver his criminal brother a rare AI-powered gun. But Ciaran barely escapes with the prized hi-tech piece when the illegal pickup goes south, and he’s framed for murder.

With the government’s intelligent weapon now fused to his hand and both cyborg black ops and mobsters hot on his heels, the embattled teen is desperate to unearth the truth. But when he ropes in his hacker ex-girlfriend to unlock the firearm’s gruesome secrets, he fears the grim reality of his father’s demise exposes an ugly and dangerous conspiracy.

Can Ciaran outrun those who want him exterminated in time to save the innocent?

Dead Weapons is an exhilarating standalone YA thriller. If you like cyberpunk tech, pulse-pounding action, and page-turning shootouts, then you’ll love Simon Paul Woodward’s mind-bending story.

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Puzzled (The Puzzled Mystery Adventure Series Book 1)

About Puzzled (The Puzzled Mystery Adventure Series Book 1):

** This book (and Book 2 of the series) are both FREE from September 9 through September 13!

Peter, an exceptionally clever junior high school kid, is pulled into an adventure where he and a few friends have to solve a series of very challenging riddles and puzzles. Peter’s mind, which has an amazing talent for problem-solving, is needed to save the world.

This adventure sure is a big change from what Peter typically deals with in life: He gets called geek and nerd by everyone in the cool group. He tries to hide his love for learning, in a hope to stick out a little less. He fantasizes about a girl who is out of his league.

Peter and his friends must solve every confusing riddle and challenging puzzle they face. If they can’t, a powerful supernatural being will cause immense destruction and devastation…

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