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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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... read more... |
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