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Meggie and Laura kick off the 21st season by discussing 'City of Bones', the first book in Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters series set in New York City.

Well, well, well look what we have here: YA, We Read It!'s 21st season. Resident YA readers, best friends, and hosts Meggie and Laura are back and this time they're reading Cassandra Clare's best-selling Shadowhunters series: The Mortal Instruments. Welcome to the City of Bones! (Just kidding, that's later!) Actually, welcome to NEW YORK CITY! The city of dreams, the city that never sleeps, the big apple! And the city where our protagonist Clary resides. She's your average city-living teen but her entire world is turned upside down when she meets Shadowhunters Jace, Alec and Isabelle and soon learns that she's one of them.

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