"Anything and everything might be possible. I won’t subscribe to any rational system again...if it makes me mad, so be it."
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| Calvin by Martine LeavittFiction. Seventeen-year-old Calvin's connection to Calvin and Hobbes is obvious: he was born on the day the last comic strip was published, his best friend is named Susie, and he can sense the presence of Hobbes, his 8-foot-tall tiger companion. This last fact lands Calvin in the psych ward, but rather than receive treatment for schizophrenia, Calvin sets out across frozen Lake Erie to find Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson and convince him to draw one final, crucial comic strip. Calvin's funny, philosophical narration draws readers into his uneasy relationship with reality, resulting in a bittersweet experience that's perfect for fans of Neal Shusterman's award-winning Challenger Deep. |
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| Dangerous Lies by Becca FitzpatrickSuspense. Witnessing a murder was bad enough, but things get even worse for 17-year-old Stella when she's placed in Witness Protection and moved from Philadelphia to a tiny town in Nebraska. Though her foster family is better than her drug-addicted mom, Stella misses her boyfriend and is desperate to get back to her life in the city. There is one perk to country living: Chet Falconer, an attractive new friend who tests not only Stella's loyalty to her boyfriend, but also her ability to hide her past. Packed with looming threats, surprising revelations, and simmering romance, Dangerous Lies is a small-town love story with a crime thriller edge. |
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Traffick
by Ellen Hopkins
A lyrical sequel to Tricks continues the narrative about five teens victimized by child sex trafficking who struggle to escape and heal in the face of abandonment, painful choices and traumatic experiences.
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| See No Color by Shannon GibneyFiction. Talented high school baseball player Alex wants to proudly proclaim her identity -- just as soon as she figures it out. She loves her adoptive family, but is frustrated by how her white parents ignore her biracial background. She can sense sparks between her and African American ball player Reggie, but she's not sure if he'll understand about her family. And then there's the letter from her birth father -- should she respond? All of these situations spur Alex's need to define herself, and readers who love authentic, character-driven stories will want to stay with her every step of the way. For another multilayered read about a multiracial family, pick up Una LaMarche's Don't Fail Me Now.
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| Not If I See You First by Eric LindstromFiction. Parker Grant's Rule #1 is ironclad: "Don't deceive me. Ever." The Rules are there so that Parker, who is blind, can structure her life and her relationships with the sighted people around her. And right now, that structure is more important than ever, since Parker is grieving the death of her father, training for upcoming track tryouts, and falling for a new guy while coping with the return of the ex-boyfriend who betrayed her. If you like realistic fiction that's both smart and emotional, you won't be able to resist the "crackling wit, intense teen drama, and a lively pace" (Booklist) of Not If I See You First. |
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Need
by Joelle Charbonneau
When the teens at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are increasingly drawn into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need, the community spirals into anarchy as the site compels them to commit increasingly malicious pranks. By the best-selling author of the Testing trilogy. Simultaneous eBook. 50,000 first printing.
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One of Us
by Jeannie Waudby
Caught in a bomb attack, fifteen-year-old K agrees to spy on the group held responsible. But at school, nothing is black and white, and even enemies become real people. When she falls for a boy, K faces the hardest choice of her life. Who's wrong and who's right? And can love keep them together?
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| Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Gris GrimlyGraphic Horror. If you ever tried to read Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein but couldn't get through it, you may want to try this illustrated adaptation by artist Gris Grimly. In Grimly's vision, Victor Frankenstein's doomed attempt at creating life takes place in a steampunk universe filled with spindly figures, outlandish clothing, arcane machines, and twilit colors. There are some gross scenes of weird science, but the real horror here is deep, dark, and psychological. If you're into classic storytelling with an eerie, angsty tone, this unusual graphic novel is for you. |
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| Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth OppelGothic Horror. Having failed to save his twin brother Konrad from fatal illness, young Victor Frankenstein takes on a new quest: to bring Konrad back to life. Frustrated with alchemy, Victor and his friends Elizabeth and Henry turn to ancient occult methods to find Konrad in the spirit world and build a new body for him to inhabit. But tension grows among the group as their powers (and their romantic alliances) change, leading to risky -- maybe deadly – mistakes. This follow-up to This Dark Endeavor is more thoughtful and intense, though it offers the same brooding, deliciously Gothic atmosphere. |
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
When Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings.
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This dark endeavor : The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
by Kenneth Oppel
When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura
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