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power and corruption

Books about power and corruption for readers of all ages.

Cover of The bodies we wear

The bodies we wear

Jeyn Roberts

Ages 14–18identityconsciousness

Cover of Starters

Starters

Lissa Price

Ages 13–18survivalfamily loyalty

Cover of City of cannibals

City of cannibals

Ricki Thompson

Ages 12–18power and corruptionfamily dysfunction

Cover of A Great And Terrible Beauty

A Great And Terrible Beauty

Libba Bray

Ages 13–18friendshipself-discovery

Cover of Brief Guide to the Hunger Games

Brief Guide to the Hunger Games

Brian J. Robb

Ages 12–18survivalresistance

Cover of Political issues in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Political issues in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Dedria Bryfonski

Ages 12–18prejudice and discriminationpower and corruption

Cover of Idols

Idols

Margaret Stohl

Ages 13–18identityrebellion

Cover of The Imperial Perspective (Star Wars: Empire, Vol. 3)

The Imperial Perspective (Star Wars: Empire, Vol. 3)

Welles Hartley, Paul Alden, Jeremy Barlow, Davide Fabbri, Brian Ching, Raul Trevino, Patrick Blaine

Ages 12–18power and corruptionloyalty and duty

Cover of Francesca Haig Book 2

Francesca Haig Book 2

Francesca Haig

Ages 13–18twinssocial inequality

Cover of Mean streets

Mean streets

Graham Marks

Ages 13–18crime and justicepower and corruption

Cover of Hidden Kingdom

Hidden Kingdom

Amanda Hocking

Ages 13–18fantasy adventurepower and corruption

Cover of Proxy

Proxy

Alex London, Alex London

Ages 14–18class conflictidentity

Cover of All the kingdoms of the world

All the kingdoms of the world

Gabrielle Zevin

Ages 14–18power and corruptionmorality

Cover of Arkadien fällt

Arkadien fällt

Kai Meyer

Ages 14–18power and corruptionidentity and deception

Cover of The Eternity Cure

The Eternity Cure

Julie Kagawa

Ages 14–18survivalloyalty

Cover of Ink and Bone

Ink and Bone

Rachel Caine

Ages 13–18knowledge and censorshiplibraries and books

Cover of The House of the Scorpion

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer

Ages 13–18identitycoming of age

Cover of Because It Is My Blood

Because It Is My Blood

Gabrielle Zevin

Ages 14–18family loyaltyorganized crime

Cover of Bad guys and gals of the ancient world

Bad guys and gals of the ancient world

Dona Rice

Ages 8–12historycrime and justice

Cover of The immortal heights

The immortal heights

Sherry Thomas

Ages 13–18power and corruptionrebellion

Cover of Tetrarch

Tetrarch

Ian Irvine

Ages 14–18power and corruptionsurvival

Cover of Cruel Crown

Cruel Crown

Victoria Aveyard

Ages 13–18resistance to authoritypower and corruption

Cover of Twice-Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales

Gerard A. Barker, Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Katherine Mansfield, Антон Павлович Чехов, Samuel Seabough, Mark Twain, Frank O'Connor, Sherwood Anderson, Flannery O'Connor, D. H. Lawrence, Guy de Maupassant, Isak Dinesen, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Truman Capote, Angus Wilson, Elizabeth Bowne, Shirley Jackson, James Baldwin, Graham Greene, Kurt Vonnegut, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Edith Wharton, Conrad Aiken, Vladimir Nabokov, James Joyce, Paule Marshall, Eudora Welty, Dan Jacobson, Isaak Babel, Ralph Ellison, John Barth

Ages 14–18moralityhuman nature

Cover of The king slayer

The king slayer

Virginia Boecker

Ages 13–18magicloyalty