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Angela recommends:
J.K.
Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
During his
third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry
Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible
for his parents' deaths. |
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Anna recommends:
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne,
a young woman in 18th century Boston, has an affair with a Puritan
minister and bears a daughter out of wedlock. She struggles to keep
the identity of her lover a secret while she is condemned to wear a
scarlet A embroidered on her clothes. |
D.J.
MacHale
Pendragon
seriesBobby Pendragon was living the life
of a normal 14 year old guy, until his Uncle Press appeared with a
mission: protect all of time and space from a demon named Saint
Dane, a cold-blooded villain who wants nothing less than the
dismantling of humanity. The only force standing in Saint Dane’s
way is a mysterious group of people called Travelers, and Bobby is
surprised to discover that he is one of them. |
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Chelsea recommends:
Robin
Benway
Audrey, Wait!
While trying to
score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper,
sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status
when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about
her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts. |
Anthony
Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
Burgess' satire of
the present inhumanity of man to man through a futuristic culture
where teenagers rule with violence. |
Eileen
Cook
Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood
In eighth grade,
Lauren publicly betrayed her best friend Helen and humiliated her so
badly that Helen moved away, but as Lauren starts her senior year of
high school, Helen returns with a new appearance and a plot to get
revenge. |
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Dmitriy recommends:
Masashi
Kishimoto
Naruto
Tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who
constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage,
the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the
strongest of all.
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Ben
Mikaelsen
Touching Spirit Bear
After his anger
erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison,
agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the
Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan
Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. |
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Janina recommends:
Rachel
Hawthorne
Full Moon
As the time for
her werewolf transformation draws near and a deadly threat to the
Dark Guardians escalates, Lindsey finds herself increasingly
captivated by Rafe despite her long-standing commitment to Connor. |
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Katy recommends:
Holly
Black
Tithe: a Modern Faerie Tale
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since
childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature
with a special destiny.
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Kimberly
Pauley
Sucks to be Me
When
sixteen-year-old Mina is forced to take a class to help her decide
whether or not to become a vampire like her parents, she also faces
a choice between her life-long best friend and the boy she has a
crush on versus new friends and possible boyfriends in her mandatory
"vampire lessons." |
Neal
Shusterman
Everlost
When Nick and
Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo
for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at
nothing--even skinjacking--to break free. |
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Kyra recommends:
Esther
Friesner
Sphinx's Queen
Chased after by
the prince and his soldiers for a crime she did not commit,
Nefertiti finds temporary refuge in the wild hills along the Nile's
west bank before returning to the royal court to plead her case to
the Pharaoh. |
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Elizabeth
Haydon
The Dragon's Lair: The Lost Journals of Ven
Polypheme
book 3
Young Ven
Polypheme and his friends find adventure--and a very angry
dragon--when King Vandemere sends them afar to learn the cause of a
dispute between two warring kingdoms.
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Marléne recommends:
Brian
Keene
The Rising
The dead are returning to life as zombies. But they are not just
flesh-eating ghouls, they are intelligent, capable creatures that
are taking on all forms of life: both human and animal. Trapped by
the undead, escape seems impossible for Jim Thurmond. But Jim’s
young son is alive and in dire peril hundreds of miles away with his
ex-wife and her husband. Despite overwhelming odds, Jim vows to find
him— or die trying. |
Pittacus
Lore
I am Number Four
In rural Ohio,
friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a
fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to
develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other
six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed
their planet, Lorien. |
Lauren
Oliver
Before I Fall
After she dies in
a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and
over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to
save herself. |
Neal
Shusterman
Unwind
In a future world
where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their
lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others,
three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and,
perhaps, save their own lives. |
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Nam recommends:
Mike
Lupica
Million Dollar Throw
Eighth-grade star
quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the
troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby
is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if
he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England
Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed. |
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Robyn recommends:
Rachel
Caine
Morganville Vampires
series
The series features Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie
University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of
Morganville, Texas. |