Title: Lock and Key Author: Sarah Dessen Summary: Ruby knows she can make it. She only has a few months left before she turns 18,…
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Bog Child
Title: Bog Child Author: Siobhan Dowd Summary: Fergus McCann is living in troubled times. At sixteen, he is preparing for his college entrance exams, which…
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Title: Whale Talk Author: Chris Crutcher Summary: Chris Crutcher is one of those unique writers who manages to get his work challenged almost as often as he…
View More Whale TalkImmortal Rain
Title: Immortal Rain Author: Kaori Ozaki Summary: As a new assassin, Machika Balfatin has the ambitious goal of taking down the mysterious Methuselah, the only…
View More Immortal RainZen and the Art of Faking It
Title: Zen and the Art of Faking It Author: Jordan Sonnenblick Summary: Because his dad was a con man (now in prison), San has spent…
View More Zen and the Art of Faking ItA Northern Light
Title: A Northern Light Author: Jennifer Donnelly Summary: Unlike many girls in the Great North Woods at the turn of the century, Mattie Gokey is gifted: She is a writer…
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Title: Little Brother Author: Cory Doctorow Summary: After a terrorist attack in his hometown of San Francisco, Marcus and his friends are detained in a…
View More Little BrotherNever Let Me Go
Title: Never Let Me Go Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Summary: Set in a not-too-distant future England, students at Halisham live a typical boarding-school life: classes and…
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Title: Story of a Girl Author:Sara Zarr Summary: A terrific book for mature readers about making mistakes and overcoming them. When Deanna was in the…
View More Story of a GirlRight Behind You
Title: Right Behind You Author: Gail Giles Summary: On the afternoon of his seventh birthday, I set Bobby Clarke on fire. I was nine. It…
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