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We Need New Names book cover We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo

On shelves 05/21/2013

We Need New Names a portrait of a childhood — a childhood spent on two continents, in two climates, in two vastly different cultures. A...
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Being Henry David book cover Being Henry David
by Cal Armistead

On shelves 03/01/2013

Being Henry David is a rather thrilling journey of self-discovery.

He wakes up in a train station with no luggage, no ID, no...
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Just One Day book cover Just One Day
by Gayle Forman

On shelves 01/08/2013

Can I gush?

Just One Day is beautiful and captivating. In many of the same ways as last year's fabulous January release, ...
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Love and Other Perishable Items book cover Love and Other Perishable Items
by Laura Buzo

On shelves 12/11/2012

"Adolescence! How I don't miss you!"

Love and Other Perishable Items is a brilliant tale of a first crush — with that person who...
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Going Vintage book cover Going Vintage
by Lindsey Leavitt

On shelves 03/19/2013

This is a way cute story. Mallory is a junior in high school and has a boyfriend, Jeremy. She believes she's in love with him. He is her first...
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Miss Fortune Cookie book cover Miss Fortune Cookie
by Lauren Bjorkman

On shelves 11/13/2012

Miss Fortune Cookie starts out as a tale of three girls who are moving into adulthood. Three rather nerdy and somewhat repressed girls,...
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Dodger book cover Dodger
by Terry Pratchett

On shelves 09/25/2012

I am quite sure I would have never called Charles Dickens a wily chap had I not read Terry Pratchett's newest, Dodger. I am also quite...
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A Thunderous Whisper book cover A Thunderous Whisper
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

On shelves 10/09/2012

A Thunderous Whisper straddles the line between mid-grade and teen readers. Elegant and spare, it describes the horrors of Guernica and...
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The Casual Vacancy book cover The Casual Vacancy
by J. K. Rowling

On shelves 09/27/2012

And now for something completely different. . .

The Casual Vacancy is diametrically opposed to Rowling's series of books on...
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One Year in Coal Harbor book cover One Year in Coal Harbor
by Polly Horvath

On shelves 09/11/2012

Polly Horvath is always a joy to read. Her characters are always smart (even when bumbling) and always positive (even when faced with loss). She...
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Safekeeping book cover Safekeeping
by Karen Hesse

On shelves 09/18/2012

Safekeeping is a quiet shout. Told as much through Hesse's ambiguous photography as her haunting and dream-like prose, it is a series of...
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Ask the Passengers book cover Ask the Passengers
by A. S. King

On shelves 10/23/2012

Astrid Jones lives in teen hell. Her home is repressive, white-supremist Unity Valley. Her father is broken and perpetually stoned. Her sister...
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The Light Between Oceans book cover The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman

On shelves 07/31/2012

For the first several chapters of this book, I couldn't help but think "People don't do things like that. They don't make decisions like that"....
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Forget Me Not book cover Forget Me Not
by Carolee Dean

On shelves 10/02/2012

From Brandon:

Verse novels are novels which are told through poetic structures and styles. If you have never read one, Forget Me Not...
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Every Day by David Levithan book cover Every Day
by David Levithan

On shelves 08/28/2012

Since A was born, A has woken up in a different body every day. A starts every morning by checking to see if the day's body is male or female...
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