<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ages 16-18 @ hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com</title><link>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Ages 16-18) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:29:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Ages 16-18 @ hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Black Juice by Margo Lanagan</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/blackjuice.htm</guid><link>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/blackjuice.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blackjuice</comments><dc:creator>Jessica West</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&quot;In the winter you come to the pit to warm your feet in the tar. 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When I finished reading Fled]]></description><category>fledgling</category><category>octaviabutler</category></item><item><title>Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/vampire_academy_by_richelle_mead.htm</guid><link>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/vampire_academy_by_richelle_mead.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vampire%5Facademy%5Fby%5Frichelle%5Fmead</comments><dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Best friends Lissa Dragomir and Rose Hathaway are on the run from their boarding school St. Vladimir&#39;s Academy, hiding from the well-meaning but misguided Guardians of the school and the evil vampires the Strigoi.&nbsp; Lissa is a Moroi princess,]]></description><category>vampires</category><category>vampire academy</category><category>richelle mead</category><category>boarding school</category></item><item><title>Leonardo&apos;s Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci&apos;s Servant by Christopher Grey</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/leonardosshadow.htm</guid><link>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/leonardosshadow.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=leonardosshadow</comments><dc:creator>Beth Gallaway</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;****Inspired by Leonardo&#39;s Notebooks, author Grey creates a portrait of the famous painter and inventor as imaginitively seen through the eyes of his faithful young servant Giacomo. 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