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The Unwanteds volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Divided by their society into Wanted and Unwanted at thirteen, estranged twin brothers Aaron and Alex have both run into trouble--as mage of Artime, Alex must defend the island from attack, while Aaron continues to scheme to take over the islands and get rid of the Unwanteds altogether.
2. Last pick
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Last pick volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Three years ago, aliens invaded Earth and abducted everyone they deemed useful. The only ones spared were those too young, too old, or too "disabled" to be of value. Living on Earth under the aliens' harsh authoritarian rule, humanity's rejects do their best to survive. Their captors never considered them a threat--until now. Twins Sam and Wyatt are ready to chuck their labels and start a revolution. It's time for the kids last picked to step into...
3. The trap
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3.3 stars
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Strange, but good all the same. Four kids figure out how to leave their bodies while sleeping, but it's not creepy at all. Lots of friendship and teamwork. First crushes.
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In 1963, when twins Henry and Helen and their best friends, Alan and Nicki, try to find Alan's missing brother, Carl, they stumble into the knowledge of their "subtle forms" that can separate from their physical bodies, and into a criminal's plot to make himself immortal--at any expense.
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4.3 stars
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When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
5. The roar
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5 stars
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In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.
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Under their skin volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn and their robot stepsiblings, Jackson and Ava, try to save humanity from killer robots.
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The Unwanteds volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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In the third book of The Unwanteds, Alex is the leader in Artime now that former mage Mr. Today was murdered by Alex's twin brother Aaron. All the magic in Artime is gone and all they have left is a clue in poem form and a few buckets of water and a little broth. Two of Alex's friends, Lani and Samheed, are still missing on Warbler island and forced to work as slaves every day. The thorn necklaces embedded in their necks prevent them from speaking to each other. Sky and Crow, two of the silent kids from Warbler island, help decipher the clue and bring back Artime. Now that the magic is back Alex gathers all the living statues on the island and his friends and set out to rescue Lani and Samheed.
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The magical world of Artimé is gone and the Unwanteds are looking to Alex Stowe for answers, but while his twin brother Aaron continues to build his army in Quill, a very dangerous common enemy is revealed.
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Under their skin volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and most important, why their lives are in danger.
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The Unwanteds volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.
10. The Unwanteds
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The Unwanteds volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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I thought this book was a lot like Harry Potter in that there was a school for magic. Alex is an unwanted. That means that he is supposedly not needed in his own family or city. So when he and is twin brother turned thirteen, they were sent to become one of three kinds of people: a wanted, a necessary, or an unwanted. That was the day when Alex was separated from his wanted brother for being an unwanted. But when he was sent to be eliminated, (killed) he found himself in the magical land of Arteme where he is free to lean the arts and magic.
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In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.