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1) Nightbane
Author
Series
Lightlark volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After breaking ancient curses and becoming the leader of two realms, Isla Crown faces the aftermath of a devastating betrayal, but as old secrets unravel and her kingdom is threatened, Isla must confront her past as her future hurtles towards two possible fates.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter is set over the course of one summer on a lush private island and explores addiction and sex, family and independence and who holds the power in a modern underworld.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trapped alone in her fiancé's family 'cottage' as a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island, Ismay Chalmers, as she prepares for the storm, discovers some disturbing items hidden in a closet that have her questioning everything she knows about the seemingly perfect Windsor family—especially her fiancé.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suddenly orphaned, Rosie Frost is sent to the mysterious Bloodstone Island, home to both extraordinary teens and endangered species, where she faces mean girls and shocking family secrets while competing in the Falcon Queen Games to save the island itself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1927, on an isolated Isle of Iona, Jane Wunderly joins the Order of the Golden Dawn, a group made up of supernatural ceremonies, influential people and an undefinable darkness, to catch a killer and soon finds playing along won't help her solve the case, but revealing too much could be deadly.
6) Sky's end
Author
Series
Above the black volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades"--
7) The survivor
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When archeologist Riley Smith comes to ask Eve Duncan for help, Eve has to say no. Traveling halfway around the world on a dangerous quest is not her expertise as a forensic sculptor. But Eve is intrigued by the prospect of an isolated island that holds a secret locked in time. Traveling to Southeast Asia, Riley is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who are already searching and have no qualms about killing to get what they want. When she...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Once upon a time, a young woman named Juno lived in a cabin, deep in the woods on a remote island. She had only Mother; Father; her little brother Boy; and a book of fairytales for company. They lived in constant fear, because danger lurked on the other side of the lake, seeking them out--'strangers', as they called them, who wanted to destroy the family. They lived safely, under seven strict commandments. Until Juno was spotted by a stranger. In...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Five years ago, Cass barely survived a brutal attack that left her family dead. Now a scuba diving instructor in Thailand, she has spent years trying to build a new, anonymous life for herself as one of the Permanents, a group of expats who have claimed the beautiful Thailand destination as their own. The permanents are charming, they're close-knit, and they don't linger on who they were before the island--they're the perfect group for Cass to finally...
10) Hunt
Author
Series
PIGGY volume 3
Publisher
AFK, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Welcome back to the bone-chilling world of PIGGY, the survival-horror game that will have you hearing haunting oinks in your sleep, guaranteed! Three months after his adventures in Doveport, Ben and his friends have been sweeping the island of Lucella for the Infected, administering the newly created cure and reuniting families. However, the only real cure to their problems will be finding out how this infection started, and putting a stop to it....
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez. Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante estilo de García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos es un canto...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Catapult edition.
Language
English
Description
A lonely thirtysomething disrupts the relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter on a beautiful Greek island, distorting the lines between lover and beloved and child and adult, in a queer version of Lolita by an award-winning Swedish writer.
14) Marina's turf
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover edition, First Little Simon paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
When Isla hears a stranded baby dolphin call for help, she encounters a boy her age also trying to help, but Isla struggles to understand what the dolphin is saying and feels out of her depths.
15) Island snow
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 6
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition, First Little Simon hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Isla's friend Tora is missing the snowy winter she was used to in La Ciudad, so Isla and her animal friends try to come up with ways to cheer her up, and show off the unique magic of Sol.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Emily Hunt went missing from her affluent liberal arts school on graduation weekend. Her body was found floating in a river, and a quiet loner who most people on campus really didn't know died by suicide. A tenuous link--one text--bound the two dead students together and was enough for law enforcement to close the case. ... Twelve years later, college friends gather to celebrate an engagement over a long overdue getaway on a swanky private island...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"On islands around the worldfrom Manhattan to Phillip Island, Australia, to Komodo Island and beyondnine children face life-changing moments: escaping a flood; embracing their identity; discovering that the adults in their lives can ease the burden of their eco-anxiety. And although each child couldnt be more different, one thing connects them all: a turtle swam into each of their lives at a critical moment, and left them changed.
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