Sixteen year-old Jun defies his father to enter the Guardian’s Tournament and restore his family’s honor. But without the dragon-born gift of his twin, he’ll need more than courage to win, because the fight for glory may decide the fate of the realm.
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Take a Journey Into the First Book in a Series: Suggested Reads for Teens
Ready to start a new series or duology? Look no further with this mix of newer and classic Young Adult series to dive into! *List created by Taylor in our Digital Learning Department*
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- After a revolution leaves witches hunted, Rune hides her magic by day and becomes the vigilante Crimson Moth by night. To protect her kind, she pretends to court ruthless witch hunter Gideon, only for him to court her back.
- In Ilya, only powered Elites survive. Ordinary and in hiding, Paedyn poses as a Psychic, until saving a prince lands her in the deadly Purging Trials. With no powers and rising feelings for the one who could expose her, survival has never been…
- If the "Final Fantasy" game and the "Shadow and Bone" series had a book baby, it would be this romantic fantasy reimagining of the Korean legend of Celestial Maidens.
- In a brutal empire where disobedience means death, Laia risks everything by infiltrating a ruthless military academy to save her condemned brother. There she meets Elias, a soldier desperate to escape the very system he serves, and together they…
- If you've been binging the show on Prime, check out the book that started it all.
- In a future where humanity has conquered death, only scythes are allowed to kill, and two unwilling teens are chosen to learn the craft. As Citra and Rowan train for a duty they despise, they’re pulled into a deadly world of politics, power, and…
- After witnessing a demon attack her first night on campus, Bree Matthews is thrust into a secret world of magic, Arthurian heirs, and a society hiding the truth about her mother’s death.
- When Fie, a fierce Crow chieftain-in-training, discovers the prince she’s meant to collect is still alive, she’s thrust into a perilous bargain that could save her persecuted people. Hunted by a vengeful queen and shadowed by a bodyguard with…
- Imagine a town where everyone over 14 suddenly disappears, leaving children and teens to fend for themselves in a world without adults.
- In a world where humanity nears extinction, a determined teen discovers a sentient crashed starship that could be her only chance to become a pilot and fight back.
- Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears for only 100 days to host a deadly game, where the rulers of six realms fight to break their curses and win unparalleled power. To survive, Isla Crown must lie, cheat, and betray. Even as love…
- Finished the "Twilight" series and craving (ha) more vampires? Definitely check this series out as well.
- Avery Grambs goes from struggling student to overnight heiress when a billionaire she’s never met leaves her his entire fortune...on the condition that she move into his puzzle-filled mansion. Surrounded by the Hawthorne grandsons, Avery must solve…
- When Blue Sargent unexpectedly sees the spirit of a living Aglionby boy fated to die, she’s pulled into Gansey and his friends’ dangerous quest, forcing her to confront a prophecy that her true love will be the one she kills.
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