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Laurie Halse Anderson’s Forge
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Forge is the second novel in the Chains trilogy (The next book won’t be out until 2014!). Forge, instead of following Isabel, tells Curzon’s...
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Catching Fire – by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Catching Fire is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy – and in my opinion, it is not as good as the original. I think it relies too much...
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The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw
The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw My rating: 2 of 5 stars Jim and Sally had been through a lot this year. They lost their mom and had to move to Minerva Mansion because of their dad’s...
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“Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick”
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber My rating: 3 of 5 stars I decided to pick up this book after hearing good things from my friend. “Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick” is a great story of...
View ArticleDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
This was a funny book about a middle school boy named Greg who tries his best to make his way through the awkward early teen years. Greg wants what all people wants and that is for others to like him....
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I Am Nujood Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nujood’s story was appalling because it brings to light the cultural practice of marrying young girls to much older men in Yemen....
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Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wanted to read this book to see what all the fuss was about. I borrowed it from my 16-year-old cousin who told me “I’m obsessed. I read one...
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The Devil’s Paintbox by Victoria McKearnan
The Devil’s Paintbox by Victoria McKernan My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Oregon Trail was not just an early 90’s computer game. It was a real path though the country leading folks to dreams of prosperity...
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Tricksters: Native American Tales-A Graphic Collection compiled by Matt Dembicki
Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection by Matt Dembicki My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tricksters: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection This is a wonderful illustrated graphic...
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“Beautiful Creatures” by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia “Beautiful Creatures” definitely falls under the category of supernatural teen romance. The back of the book says that if you like Stephanie Myers’ “Twilight,” you’ll...
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Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford My rating: 5 of 5 stars Becoming Billie Holiday is a unique biography of iconic jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday. This is not your typical...
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Beauty Queens
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray My rating: 3 of 5 stars What do you get with an airplane full of contestants for The Teen Dream beauty pageant, a deserted island, and a whole bunch of foot notes? Libba...
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Shiver
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 2 of 5 stars Well it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me that I liked Shiver about as much as the Twilight series, which I still can’t believe I wasted so...
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How to Say Goodbye in Robot
How To Say Goodbye In Robot by Natalie Standiford My rating: 4 of 5 stars Maybe it’s because I grew up not far from Ithaca, NY, and went to college in Baltimore that I had fun relating to the places...
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What Happened to Goodbye
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen My rating: 3 of 5 stars Who hasn’t wanted to have a new persona at some point in their life? For Mclean Sweet, that’s what she’s been doing every time her and...
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Paper Towns
Paper Towns by John Green My rating: 5 of 5 stars We’ve all seen the neighborhoods before, where every house looks exactly the same except what side the garage is on. If you tried to navigate the...
View ArticleDear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves By: Miranda Kenneallyl
This is such a great book! If you wanted to take a step back from reading the traditional fiction reads within the area of YA literature, this is definitely the book for you. Over 70 authors take part...
View ArticleMeant to Be by: Lauren Morrill
So many people…especially teens…feel that their first love is who they are meant to be with. That at that exact moment in time, life is exactly how it is meant to be, and nothing can possibly go wrong....
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“Perry’s Killer Playlist” by Joe Schreiber
Perry’s Killer Playlist by Joe Schreiber My rating: 3 of 5 stars Perry, who just the previous spring was involved with driving around his Lithuanian exchange student roommate turned assassin, has gone...
View ArticleThrough to You by: Emily Hainsworth
If you believe in life after death, parallel worlds, and people stuck between two different worlds than this book is definitely a great choice for you. I am one who believe in all of that stuff…that...
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