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Four Books for Teens that Address Multicultural Issues

jamie felton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:35:00 GMT

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Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Beth Gallaway — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT

This fantasy adventure tale has a heroine, a journey, a good vs. evil battle, and heart throbbing romance. Ultimately, though, it is a story of self-discovery, and dare I say it, identity.

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Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Jessica West — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:37:00 GMT

This is a book that I read even though I knew it would make me cry. It is the story of Tessa, who is sixteen years old and dying. She has stopped going to school because of how sick she is, and now only wants to live out her remaining time like any t

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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt

Jessica West — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:43:00 GMT

Any teen book that includes Shakespeare's plays as essentially a main character is one that I am going to appreciate. In this coming of age story, set in 1967, Holling Hoodhood initially believes that his exposure to Shakespeare is some sort of p

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Looks by Madeleine George

jamie felton — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:19:00 GMT

****First off, I admit that I did, in fact, judge this book by its cover. It has a shiny, silver cover and pink silhouettes of two girls. It kind of screamed THIS BOOKS IS PROBABLY SHALLOW (it's the shininess). However, after reading the first pa

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Paper Towns by John Green

jamie felton — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:18:00 GMT

*****Many of my co-workers will jaw your ear off about how wonderful John Green is. He is placed upon the pedestal of young adult literature far above criticism and slander. His previous books, An Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska, both

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The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor

linagordaneer — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:03:00 GMT

***When a mysterious young man arrives to stay in the middle of the night, sixteen year old Tiffany does not take much notice. She has her own problems. Her mother recently left her father for another man, her father and her are fighting and she is n

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Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

Jessica West — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:01:00 GMT

"In the winter you come to the pit to warm your feet in the tar. You stand long enough to sink as far as your ankles - the littler you are, the longer you can stand. . . But in summer, like this day, you keep away from the tar . . . Ikky was tal

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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

Beth Gallaway — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:22:00 GMT

Dial/Penguin, New York: 2008 ISBN 978-0-8037-3227-8 $16.99 408 pp Three juniors assigned to write about their "most excellent" year all choose the freshman year they became friends in this coming out/coming of age story that blends bas

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Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Liz — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Best friends Lissa Dragomir and Rose Hathaway are on the run from their boarding school St. Vladimir's Academy, hiding from the well-meaning but misguided Guardians of the school and the evil vampires the Strigoi. Lissa is a Moroi princess,

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Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo da Vinci's Servant by Christopher Grey

Beth Gallaway — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:43:00 GMT

****Inspired by Leonardo'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. Much of the plot concerns the completion of the fresco, th

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Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Liz — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:22:00 GMT

When a tracker marks her as a fledgling vampire, Zoey Redbird is afraid her life is over. It could be if her body rejects the Change. As a vampire fledgling, she must attend the House of Night, a boarding school where she wil

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

Liz — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:07:00 GMT

No spoilers here . . . Book 7 starts with some shocking events. Harry learns more about Dumbledore's history. Things get a little less exciting by page 300 (or maybe I was just getting tired because it was 6:30 in the morning a

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Bloom by Elizabeth Scott

Beth Gallaway — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:12:00 GMT

*****Lauren is a perfect but stagnant seed of a girl, content but not really happy. The story of her attraction to the new boy at school, who turns out to the son of one of her father's previous girlfriends, unfurls like a rose

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The Celebutantes: On the Avenue by Antonio Pagliarulo

Susan Smith — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:57:00 GMT

The Celebutantes: On The Avenue by Antonio Pagliarulo

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The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond by Victoria Foyt

Beth Gallaway — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:40:00 GMT

rating: **Lexie is a self-proclaimed girl gearhead, here defined not as a car nut or gadget geek...

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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, book one: The Pox Party

Beth Gallaway — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:40:00 GMT

MT Anderson's Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, has won a Printz Honor Award as well as the National Book Award for Young People's literature, and quite deservedly so. TMany librarians and educators question if teens iwll volunta

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The Book Thief

Susan Smith — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:37:00 GMT

Review of The Book Thief

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Injeanuity (Planet Girl)

Beth Gallaway — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:38:00 GMT

Review of Injeanuity (Planet Girl)

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Baby-Sitter's Club : Kristy's Great Idea (Baby-Sitters Club (Graphic Novels))

Laura Bernheim — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:06:00 GMT

Review of Baby-Sitter's Club : Kristy's Great Idea (Baby-Sitters Club (Graphic Novels))

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