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Fantastical Fiction - YA
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
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Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
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McKinney March Madness
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McKinney March Madness
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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
3) Ender's game
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Ender Wiggin volume 1
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2024 Summer Reading: Kick-Off Kaboom
Dystopian (Adult/YA)
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Once again, the Earth is under attack. Alien 'buggers' are poised for a final assault. The survival of the human species depends on a military genius who can defeat the buggers. But who? The brilliant, ruthless, cunning Ender Wiggin, a mere child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battleschool. Although he proves himself to be a genius, and excels at simulated war games,...
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Shadow series (Orson Scott Card) volume 1
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Follows the life of Ender Wiggin's comrade Bean from his escape from the mean streets of Rotterdam, to his student days at the Battle School, and to his role as Ender's right hand ally, strategist, and friend in the epic struggle to save Earth from alien invaders.
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Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.
"Three thousand planet-bound years have fled since Edgar Wiggin won Earth's war with the Formics by totally destroying them. Ender remains young, traveling constantly at relativistic speeds. In three thousand years, the Hive Queen and the Hegemon have become holy writ, and...
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