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Secret projects volume 2
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Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
SCIENCE FICTION SANDER 2023
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SCIENCE FICTION SANDER 2023
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2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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"A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the "real world" should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval...
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Northwest Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION OH 2022
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YA FICTION OH 2022
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Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION OH 2022
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YA FICTION OH 2022
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In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.
Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her...
3) Stardust
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION GAI 1999
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SCIENCE FICTION GAI 1999
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Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION GAI 1999
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YA FICTION GAI 1999
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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The story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. He has fallen in love with beautiful Victoria Forester and in order to win her hand, he must retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to her.
4) Akata witch
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Akata series volume 1
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"Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. Her characters take your heart and squeeze it; her worlds open your mind to new things." -- Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and American Gods Affectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," Akata Witch weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one's place in the world. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone! Sunny Nwazue lives in...
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Nightmare-verse volume 1
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Northwest Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION MCKINN 2018
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YA FICTION MCKINN 2018
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION MCKINN 2018
1 available
YA FICTION MCKINN 2018
1 available
South Valleys Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION MCKINN 2018
1 available
YA FICTION MCKINN 2018
1 available
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"The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But...
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Genie Lo novels volume 1
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Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION YEE 2017
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YA FICTION YEE 2017
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The struggle to get into a top-tier college consumes sixteen-year-old Genies every waking thought. But when she discovers shes a celestial spirit whos powerful enough to bash through the gates of heaven with her fists, her perfectionist existence is shattered. Enter Quentin, a transfer student from China whose tone-deaf assertiveness beguiles Genie to the brink of madness. Quentin nurtures Genies outrageous transformationsometimes gently, sometimes...
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A "[d]eeply satisfying" [The New York Times Book Review] story of a father who has committed an unbelievable crime and a daughter who must then fight to save her own life.
"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story...[This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status." --Seattle...
"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story...[This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status." --Seattle...
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A court of thorns and roses volume 1
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16 copies, 241 people are on the wait list.
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19 copies, 195 people are on the wait list.
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19 copies, 195 people are on the wait list.
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"Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"--
Dragged off to a treacherous magical land as retribution for killing a wolf, huntress Feyre...
9) Magonia
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Magonia novels volume 1
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Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION HEADLE 2015
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YA FICTION HEADLE 2015
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Sparks Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION HEADLE 2015
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YA FICTION HEADLE 2015
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Aza Ray Boyle's life has been defined by a unique lung disease and her evolving friendship with Jason, but just before her sixteenth birthday, she is swept up into the sky-bound world of Magonia and discovers her true identity.
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Chronin volume 1
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
741.5 WILGUS 2019 v.1
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741.5 WILGUS 2019 v.1
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Her name is Mirai Yoshida. She was not born in Japan. She is not supposed to be in 1864. But, through a time-travel mishap, Mirai is stuck with no way out. Help may be found when she befriends Hatsu, a humble tea mistress harboring a dangerous secret. Yet time is running short for the entire nation, because Mirai knows that the shogunate is about to fall. Learning the way of the sword might be her only path towards survival.
11) Rosewater
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Wormwood trilogy volume 1
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION THOMPS 2018
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SCIENCE FICTION THOMPS 2018
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"Rosewater is the start of an award-winning trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging voices. *Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner *Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, winner Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless -- people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or...
12) girl from everywhere
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GAIMAN 2015
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FICTION GAIMAN 2015
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION GAIMAN 2015
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FICTION GAIMAN 2015
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An author-preferred edition of the story of Richard Mayhew, who discovers an alternate city beneath London, reconciles inconsistencies between the U.S. and U.K. versions, reinstates previously cut scenes, and incorporates the Neverwhere tale "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back."
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Daevabad trilogy volume 1
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2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
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"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she's a con woman of unsurpassed talent....
15) NOS4A2: a novel
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HILL 2013
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FICTION HILL 2013
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When Charles Talent Manx, an unstoppable monster who transforms children into his own terrifying likeness, kidnaps her son, Victoria McQueen, the only person to ever escape his unmitigated evil, must engage in a life-and-death battle of wills to get her son back.
Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photography, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way...
16) Kindred
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION BUTLER 2004
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SCIENCE FICTION BUTLER 2004
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION BUTLER 2004
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SCIENCE FICTION BUTLER 2004
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION BUTLER 2004
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SCIENCE FICTION BUTLER 2004
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"Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned across the years to save him. After this first summons, Dana is drawn back, again and again, to the plantation to protect Rufus and ensure that he will grow to manhood and father...
17) Un Lun Dun
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Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION MIEVIL 2007
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YA FICTION MIEVIL 2007
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18) Annihilation
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Southern Reach novels volume 1
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Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
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Divine series (P.C. Cast) volume 1
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It's the beginning of summer break, and high school English teacher Shannon Parker is ready to relax poolside with some red wine and a good book. She's friggin' earned it! But first—a little shopping, a la fancy estate auction.
Surrounded by old folks and even older artifacts, Shannon never expects to find something that shocks her down to her very core: an ancient vase, complete with a beautiful painting of a goddess that looks just
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION JOHNSO 2020
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SCIENCE FICTION JOHNSO 2020
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION JOHNSO 2020
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SCIENCE FICTION JOHNSO 2020
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"A multiverse-hopping outsider discovers a secret that threatens her home world and her fragile place in it-a stunning sci-fi debut that's both a cross-dimensional adventure and a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging. CARA IS DEAD ON THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR WORLDS. The multiverse business is booming, but there's just one catch: no one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel...