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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.

 


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 series

Bobby 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.


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.


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.

 

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.


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.


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.

 

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.


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.

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.

 

 


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.


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.


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.

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