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2) Half bad
Author
Series
Half bad trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
In modern-day England, where witches live alongside humans, Nathan, son of a White witch and the most powerful Black witch, must escape captivity before his seventeenth birthday and receive the gifts that will determine his future.
3) Skyhunter
Author
Series
Skyhunter duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death, transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara's elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable....
Author
Series
Defy the night volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Prince Corrick is out of options. Held captive by the vicious Oren Crane, he's desperate to reunite with Tessa, but will need to ally with the rebel leader Lochlan, who until now wished him dead. An unlikely but deadly pair, Corrick and Lochlan must plot their next moves carefully. An island away, Tessa Cade is heartbroken and angry. Grieving Corrick, and unsure how to find a way back to Kandala, she doesn't know who to trust. Until Rian--the man...
Author
Series
Children of exile volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Kiandra Watanaboneset reluctantly takes charge when she, her brothers Enu and Edwy, and some young friends are captured by Enforcers and sent to a prison on the planet Zacadi.
7) Crazy house
Author
Series
Crazy House volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister Becca from Death Row.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Ever wonder how to navigate a quantum asteroid field? Escape a deep-space maximum-sercurity prison? Insult a powerful adversary without anyone catching on? You're in luck! In this ultimate intergalactic survival guide. Rocket covers everything you need to know - including what it takes to be a good member of a team. So pay attention and read up!
12) Fighting words
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Loving, loyal, and fierce, Suki is Della's own wolf---her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it...
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!"--
14) Steelstriker
Author
Series
Skyhunter duology volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation's most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter."--
Mara has fallen to the Karensa Federation's tyranny. Its destruction has unleashed Talin's worst nightmare: her friends are scattered; her mother held captive by the Premier; and she was forced...
15) The cursed moon
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit...
16) Airman
Author
Language
English
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Description
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
18) The convicts
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Series
Language
English
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Description
His efforts to avenge his father's unjust imprisonment force thirteen-year-old Tom Tin into the streets of nineteenth-century London, but after he is convicted of murder, Tom is eventually sent to Australia where he has a surprise reunion.
19) The cannibals
Author
Series
Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
20) Refugee 87
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In Ethiopia, fourteen-year-old Shif and his best friend Bini embark on a continent-crossing journey of survival after they are imprisoned and become refugees.
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