Age Category: YA
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Wren Hunt
Every Christmas, Wren is chased through the woods by her family’s enemies—the Judges—and there’s nothing that she can do to stop it. Once the Augurs controlled a powerful magic. But now that power lies with the Judges, who are set on destroying her kind for good. In a bid to save her family, Wren takes a…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Queen’s Rising
When her seventeenth summer arrives, Brienna desires to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her. While some are born with an innate talent for one of the five passions, Brienna struggled to find hers until she chose to study knowledge. However,…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Keeper
When a 200-year-old witch attacks her, Lainey Styles is determined to find a logical explanation. Even with the impossible staring her in the face, Lainey refuses to believe it—until she finds a photograph linking the witch to her dead mother. Lainey discovers that she, like her mother, is a Keeper: a witch with the ability…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The New Dark
There is no “Before”, there is only “Now”. Because now there’s no internet, no TV, no power grid. Food is scarce, and the world’s a hostile place. But Sorrel lives a quiet life in the tiny settlement of Amat. It’s all she’s ever known… Until a gang of marauding mutants destroys the village, snatching her…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… WaR: Wizards and Robots
Sara Luring is the founder of robot’s, the age-old foes of wizards. The wizards have sent a team to hunt down Sara and stop robots from being created. Geller, a wizard and Ada Luring, Sara’s daughter must learn to work together with the robots to change the past and secure the future. But they don’t…
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Uptown Oracle Reads…. Zenith
Androma Racella, the Bloody Baroness, is a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. But when a routine mission goes awry, the Marauder‘s all-girl crew is tested as they find themselves in a treacherous situation and at the mercy of a sadistic bounty hunter from Andi’s past. Meanwhile, a ruthless ruler waits…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Most Dangerous Place on Earth
In an idyllic community of wealthy California families, new teacher Molly Nicoll becomes intrigued by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to Molly, a middle school tragedy in which they were all complicit continues to reverberate for her kids: Nick, the brilliant scam artist; Emma, the gifted dancer and party girl; Dave, the…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… A Conspiracy of Stars
Octavia has only ever wanted to become one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv. The labs are closed to those under age, so when the rules change, allowing students inside, Octavia should be overjoyed. But something isn’t right. When Octavia witnesses one of the Faloii—the indigenous people of Faloiv—attacked in front…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Everless
In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency. The rich tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. When Jules discovers that her…