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(0)Amy McCulloch
Author
Series
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (376 pages) : map
Language
English
Description
In the land of Darhan, promises are bound by magic, tied into knots, and worn with pride. Those who break them are physically scarred, cast out into the desert, and stalked by vengeful shadows of their treachery. Fifteen-year-old Raim, the best young fighter ever to train for the elite Yun guard, has worn a simple knot around his wrist for as long as he can remember. He doesn't know where it came from and barely thinks about it at all. But on the...
2) Jinxed
Author
Series
Jinxed volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
After fourteen-year-old Lacey Chu repairs a highly advanced smartphone/robotic pet companion, or baku, called Jinx, the baku gets her into her dream school, Profectus, where she is exposed to dangerous secrets.
Lacey Chu has big dreams of working for the company behind the 'baku' - a customizable smart pet that functions as a phone but makes the perfect companion for its user. The only problem is, she's just been rejected from Profectus Academy...
3) Unleashed
Author
Series
Jinxed volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Armed with their companioneering and coding skills and accompanied by their loyal bakus, Lacey Chu and her friends attempt a rescue mission deep in the heart of a sinister transnational tech corporation.
4) Midnight
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While on a dream cruise aboard a luxury liner to Antarctica, actuary Olivia Campbell is plunged into a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to stop the ship from reaching its final destination, soon discovering she may have booked a one-way ticket to her own death." -- Provided by publisher.
5) Breathless
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Journalist Cecily Wong is in over her head. She's come to Mount Manaslu, the eighth highest peak in the world, to interview internationally famous mountaineer Charles McVeigh on the last leg of a record-breaking series of summits. She's given up everything for this story--her boyfriend, her life savings, the peace she's made with her climbing failures in the past--but it's a career-making opportunity. It could finally put her life back on track....