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Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Everyone has to keep a journal in English class, but Mrs. Dunphrey has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do not read this." It's the kind of assignment Tish Bonner usually wouldn't take very seriously. But right now, Tish desperately needs someone to talk to, even if it's only a notebook. As her life spins out of control, the entries in her journal become more and more private -- and dangerous. Is she risking everything by putting the truth on paper? And is she risking more by keeping silent?
Stars: ★★★★★
"It shows the real pressures of a 16-year-old and how life isn't predictable." - Marcela, 11
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Everyone has to keep a journal in English class, but Mrs. Dunphrey has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do not read this." It's the kind of assignment Tish Bonner usually wouldn't take very seriously. But right now, Tish desperately needs someone to talk to, even if it's only a notebook. As her life spins out of control, the entries in her journal become more and more private -- and dangerous. Is she risking everything by putting the truth on paper? And is she risking more by keeping silent?
Stars: ★★★★★
"It shows the real pressures of a 16-year-old and how life isn't predictable." - Marcela, 11
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All Good Children
Catherine Austen When the children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens, Max, a 17-year-old misfit and graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing concern. He escapes the treatment, but must pretend to be a "zombie" while he watches his freedoms and hopes decay. When Max's family decides to venture into the unknown world beyond New Middletown, Max's creativity becomes a bonus rather than a liability. |
Matched
Ally Condie Cassia trusts the Society to make the right choices for her, but when two different boys are shown at her Matching ceremony, she begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow. (Sequels: Crossed and Reach) |
Brotherband Chronicles: The Outcasts
John Flanagan They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians (as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you) are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field . . . especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. (Sequels: The Invaders and The Hunters) |
Page by Paige
Laura Lee Gulledge Paige Turner has just moved to New York with her family, and she's having some trouble adjusting to the big city. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries to make sense of her new life, including trying out her secret identity: artist. As she makes friends and starts to explore the city, she slowly brings her secret identity out into the open, a process that is equal parts terrifying and rewarding. |
Cinder
Melissa Meyer Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. |
All These Things I've Done
Gabrielle Zevin In 2083, chocolate and coffee are illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious (and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to avoid falling in love with the new assistant D.A.'s son, and avoiding her loser ex-boyfriend. That is until her ex is accidently poisoned by the chocolate her family manufactures and the police think she's to blame. Suddenly, Anya finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight--at school, in the news, and most importantly, within her mafia family. (Sequel: Because It Is My Blood) |
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