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Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
After a mysterious rain, seeds sprout overnight into black grass that takes over everything in sight. Worse yet, they bloom and release toxic pollens, and even develop carnivorous pods that swallow animals and people. Anaya, Petra, and Seth, three teens living on Salt Spring Island near Vancouver, seem immune to the toxic plants and may be the only ones who can stop this invasion.
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Dark Life by Kat Falls
When fifteen-year-old Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas
A black hole follows eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez home from NASA and tries to live with her as a pet, and Stella isn't sure if she should keep it as the black hole swallows everything it touches. Then Stella learns she can use the black hole to swallow items that remind her of her recently deceased father, a loss which broke her heart. But when the black hole swallows something precious, she is forced to go inside the black hole herself to retrieve it.