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Game of Strength and Storm ©21
by Rachel Menard

Victory is the only option. Once a year, the Olympian Empresses grant the wishes
of ten people selected by a lottery-for a price. Seventeen-year-old Gen, a former
circus performer, wants the freedom of her father, who was sentenced to life
in prison for murders she knows he didn’t commit. Castor plans to carry the
island Arcadia into the future in place of her brother, Pollux, but only after the
Empresses force a change in her island’s archaic laws that requires a male heir. ISBN: 9781635830767 • LIST: $22.50/DISC: $18.00
To get what they want, Gen and Castor must race to complete the better half of Paperback • 400 Pages • 51/4” x 8” • DEWEY: FIC
ten nearly impossible labours. They have to catch the fastest ship in the sea, slay Reading Level: Grades 9-12 • Flux • Spring 2021
the immortal Hydra, defeat a gangster called the Boar, and capture the flesh-
eating Mares, among other deadly tasks. Gen has her magic, her ability to speak
to animals, her inhuman strength-and the help of Pollux, who’s been secretly
pining for her for years. But Castor has her own gifts: the power of the storms,
along with endless coin.

Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe ©22
by Lindsay S. Zrull
Bounced between foster homes since the age of seven, Jessica knows better
than to set down roots. Most of the kids at her new Michigan high school think
she’s a witch anyway (because, you know, goth). The only one who gives her
the time of day is geeky Oscar, who wants to recruit her fashion skills for his
amateur cosplay group. But Jess is fine showing off her looks to her Insta fans-
until a woman claiming to be her biological mother barges into her DMs. ISBN: 9781635830781 • LIST: $22.50/DISC: $18.00
Paperback • 352 Pages • 51/4” x 8” • DEWEY: FIC
Reading Level: Grades 9-12 • Flux • Fall 2022

I, Claudia ©22
by Mary McCoy

Disaffected teen historian Claudia McCarthy never expected to be in charge of
Imperial Day Academy, but by accident, design, or scheme, she is pulled into the
tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honour Council. Suddenly,
Claudia is wielding power over her fellow students that she never expected to ISBN: 9781728467658 • LIST: $16.50/DISC: $13.20
have and isn’t sure she wants. Claudia vows to use her power to help the school. Paperback • 424 Pages • 51/2 x 81/4” • DEWEY: FIC
But there are forces aligned against her: shocking scandals, tyrants waiting in Reading Level: Grade 6 • Interest Level: Grades 8-12
the wings, and political dilemmas with no easy answers. As Claudia struggles to Author Biography, Discussion Points
be a force for good in the universe, she wrestles with the question: does power LernerClassroom • Fall 2022
inevitably corrupt?

Jordie and Joey Fell from the Sky ©22
by Judi Lauren

When another kid at school tried to force Jordie to show him the “crop circles” on
his back that prove they’re aliens, it’s Joey who takes the kid to the ground. And
when they got kicked out of their foster home because Joey kissed the other boy
who lived there, it was Jordie who told him everything would be okay. As long as
they’re together, it will be. So when the principal calls their current foster mother
about the fight, the boys know she’s done with them. From spying in their file, ISBN: 9781631635816 • LIST: $18.00/DISC: $14.40
they also know they’re going to be separated. Facing the world alone rather Paperback • 240 Pages • 51/4” x 8” • DEWEY: FIC
than without one another, the boys use money Joey won during dares and follow Reading Level: Grades 3-7 • Interest Level: Grades 3-9
Jordie’s plan to get to Roswell, New Mexico, so they can discover once and for Flux (Jolly Fish Press) • Fall 2022
all what the circles on their spines mean and if they might just have family who
crash-landed there. And maybe, just maybe, the government is holding them
hostage at Area 51. For Jordie and Joey, it’s family or bust.

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