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My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters By Syndey Salter
Jory is getting ready to embark on her senior year.  But there are a few things that she wants to accomplish over the summer that are essential to senior year success.  One is (More)
Wolves, Boys and Other Things that might Kill Me By Kristen Chandler
In the nature of Carl Hiaason's YA novels Hoot and Flush, Kristen Chandler's first novel is set in Yellowstone National Park where the wolf population is dwindling after their (More)
The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Ben Campbell is mad when he and his two dads move from the gritty city streets where temptation to act out is abundant to Rough Butte, Montana where life is as slow as mo (More)
Lifted By Wendy Toliver
Lifted is Wendy Toliver's third young adult novel and I must say, edgiest!  Main character, Poppy, has just moved to a small town in Texas after having lived in Boulder, Colo (More)
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Fifteen year old Evie has found herself in Florida on vacation with her Stepfather and mother just after the conclusion of World War II.  Her stapfather, Joe, is a appliance salesman and after receiving a phone call in a long line of harassing phone (More)
Heist Society by Ally Carter
It seems likely that one of my favorite chick lit authors would create yet another fun, inventive and action packed story with an unlikely heroine.  Carter, author of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, does not disappoint with th (More)
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
This first person narrative was exactly what I needed in the midst of the vampire fiction I have been so immersed in lately!  Set in the future on the cusp of World War Three this 'realistic' fiction story is about a girl named Daisy, and her new liv (More)