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1) Cinder
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As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
2) Winter
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"Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace, kindness, and beauty--despite the scars that mar her face. She despises her stepmother, Queen Levana, who won't approve of Winter's feelings for Jacin, the handsome palace guard. Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be: she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. With cyborg mechanic Cinder and her allies, she might even have the power to launch a revolution....
3) Scarlet
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Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
4) The Kingdom
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Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.
5) Cress
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"Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they are plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who has only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she is being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she has just received...
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The girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved, learning learn to be the best society has to offer. Under the watchful gaze of their Guardians they are obedient young ladies, free from arrogance, defiance, or opinions... until Mena starts to realize that their carefully controlled existence may not be quite as it appears. Uncovering the dark secrets of what's actually happening-- and who they really are-- the girls of Innovations...
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A collection of six stories from the universe of the Lunar Chronicles answer such questions as: How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies?
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""Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns..." In GIRLS WITH SHARP STICKS, Mena and the rest of the girls escaped Innovations Academy after learning their true origins. "Make me a girl with a razor heart..." In GIRLS WITH RAZOR HEARST, the girls discovered the outside world is just as cruel as the academy that made them. And in the thrilling conclusion of the trilogy, GIRLS WITH REBEL SOULS, it's time for the ultimate showdown"--
12) Rebel sisters
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Living a comfortable life in the Space Colonies, Ify, now nineteen and a medical administrator, must return to wartorn Nigeria, where she last saw her sister, to investigate why young refugees from that nation are carrying a deadly virus.
13) War girls
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In 2172, when much of the world is unlivable, sisters Onyii and Ify dream of escaping war-torn Nigeria and finding a better future together but are, instead, torn apart.
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In 1818 in the city of Geneva, there is a hidden society of clockwork-built men, cared for by the Shadow Boys, illegal mechanics whose lives are always in danger. Two years ago, Shadow Boy Alasdair's life fell apart when his brother Oliver died and his sweetheart Mary disappeared. His only chance to get out of Geneva is gone--unless he does the unconscionable and brings his brother back from the dead with clockwork technology. He partially succeeds,...
15) One-Punch Man: 2
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"Saitama's easily taken out a number of monsters, including a crabby creature, a malicious mosquito girl and a muscly meathead. But his humdrum life takes a drastic turn when he meets Genos--a cyborg who wants to uncover the secret behind his strength!" --