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Evil Aunt Lily stole the Bliss family's magical Cookery Booke, and now Rosemary Bliss swears to beat Aunt Lily in an international baking contest to win the prize book back. The only problem is Lily has the book, which has magical recipes, and her magical ingredients give her an edge in any contest. The only way to win against a magic recipe is to find one of their own, and so Rose, her grandfather, a talking cat and mouse, and her brothers, find...
162) Crownchasers
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Alyssa Farshot has no intention of being the next in line for the throne, but when her uncle, the current emperor, falls ill, his dying wish surprises everyone. Rather than name Alyssa his successor, he calls for a crownchase, a competition between the prime families to find the royal seal which has been hidden somewhere in the empire. As much as Alyssa doesn't want to inherit the throne, her loyalty to her uncle motivates her to compete. Her talents...
163) La Selección
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America Singer is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illéa's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her.
164) Dragonfly girl
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"In this spellbinding thriller and YA debut from bestselling author Marti Leimbach, Kira Adams has discovered a cure for death--and it may just cost her life."--Provided by publisher.
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Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him. Until the day she hears that laugh--his laugh--pouring...
167) What we buried
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Siblings Liv and Jory Brewer have grown up resenting each another. Liv--former pageant queen and reality TV star--was groomed for a life in the spotlight, while her older brother, Jory, born with a partial facial paralysis, was left in the shadows. The only thing they have in common is contempt for their parents. Now Liv is suing her mom and dad for emancipation, and Jory views the whole thing as yet another attention-getting spectacle. But on the...
168) The beckoning shadow
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Terrified of her magical power after a horrifying incident resulting from her lack of control, teenage runaway, Vesper Montgomery, enters a dangerous tournament for a chance to rewrite the past and reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
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Toby Montrose, an assistant at his uncle's detective business, enters Hugh Abernathy's crime-solving contest in order to prove he doesn't have to stay an apprentice all his life. Together with his friend Ivy--who isn't allowed to compete even though she thinks she is the best detective around--Toby prepares for the challenge. Then, one of the other detectives is found murdered before the contest begins.