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What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: What Goes UpAuthor: Katie KennedyGenre: Science FictionRelease Date: July 18, 2017Synopsis (from Amazon): Rosa and Eddie are among hundreds of teens applying to NASA’s mysterious Interworlds Agency. They’re not exactly sure what the top-secret program entails, but they know they want in. Rosa has her brilliant parents’ legacies to live up to, and …

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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: Ship Breaker Author: Paolo Bacigalupi Genre: Dystopia Release Date: September 3, 2016 Synopsis (from Amazon): This thrilling bestseller and National Book Award Finalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties, set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change. In America’s flooded Gulf …

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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Science Fiction, Fairy Tale Retelling Release Date: January 3, 2012 Synopsis (from Amazon): Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows …

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Ever Upward (The Excelsior Journey, #2) by George Sirois, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: Ever Upward (The Excelsior Journey, #2) Author: George Sirois Genre: Science Fiction Release Date: May 10, 2018 Synopsis (from Amazon): An ancient foe. A divided planet. An impossible choice to make. A newly established link between Denab IV and Earth has endangered both planets, causing Excelsior’s own people to turn against him. With General Hodera …

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SpeedRunner (Tower of Babel, #1) by Adam Elliott, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: SpeedRunner (Tower of Babel, #1) Author: Adam Elliott Genre: LitRPG, Cyberpunk Release Date: June 30, 2017 Synopsis (from Amazon): Launch day. That was what they called it. The day when over four million people vanished in an instant from the island of Manhattan. The day earthquakes ravaged the east coast. The day a …

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Sidekick (The Red Raptor Files, #1) by Christopher J. Valin, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: Sidekick (The Red Raptor Files, #1) Author: Christopher J. Valin Genre: Urban Fantasy, Superhero Release Date: January 26, 2016 Synopsis (from Amazon): THE CITY’S GREATEST HERO HAS DISAPPEARED and it’s up to his teenage sidekick to find him. But Red Raptor isn’t prepared for the challenges he must face when he has to …

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Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1) by Kate Milford, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1) Author: Kate Milford Genre: Mystery Release Date: August 26, 2014 Synopsis (from Amazon): It’s wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers’ adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of …

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Dungeon Born (Divine Dungeon #1) by Dakota Krout, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterest Introduction Title: Dungeon Born (Divine Dungeon #1) Author: Dakota Krout Genre: LitRPG, Epic Fantasy Release Date: October 21, 2016 Synopsis (from Amazon): For eons, conquering dungeons has been the most efficient way to become a strong adventurer. Although, not everything is as straightforward as it seems. Several questions have always plagued the mind of …

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1), Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterest Introduction Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1) Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Urban Fantasy Release Date: June 7, 2011 Synopsis (from Amazon): A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable …

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Excelsior (The Excelsior Journey #1) by George Sirois, Books for Boys Review

Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterest Introduction Title: Excelsior (The Excelsior Journey #1) Author: George Sirois Genre: Science Fiction Release Date: July 22, 2017 (3rd Ed.) Synopsis (from Amazon): High school senior Matthew Peters thinks he’s just writing some online fiction about an alien superhero, Excelsior. But when a woman arrives at his school claiming to be from the distant …

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