Nicholas Dane

From Divya Teen Book Reviewer  Author:   Melvin  Burgess Nicholas Dane   Nicholas Dane by Melvin Burgess is a book about fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane, who seems like your typical popular boy (good looks, leader,etc.), getting everything whisked away from him when his mother dies after a heroin overdose. Nicholas goes to live with Jenny, his mother’s best [...]

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Fontamara

From Elaine Pasquali author: Silone, Ignazio Fontamara This novel, set in a poverty-stricken village in southern Italy under Mussolini’s regime, is a classic study of the human condition.  The village is being legally robbed of a vital resource, water, that puts their already marginal exhistance at further jeapody.  This novel is both heart wrenching and [...]

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How To Say Goodbye in Robot

From Erem, Teen Book Reviewer author: Standiford, Natalie How To Say Goodbye in Robot This is a very creative novel about two people uncovering their identities through their friendship. “How to Say Goodbye in  Robot”, is about Beatrice, a new girl moving to a new town. She experiences many obstacles and surprises when she meets [...]

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Touch

From Darci, Teen Book Reviewer author: Prose, Francine Touch This is a very emotional book about a girl, Maisie, who is violated on the school bus by three of her best guy friends who she realizes later, aren’t her best friends at all. As things get tougher in school for Maisie, she realizes she could [...]

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The Miles Between

From Eric, Teen Book Reviewer author: Pearson, Mary E. The Miles Between The Miles Between is a unique story about four unique people. The main character is Destiny Faraday, a student at Hedgebrook Academy who tends to separate herself from the other students. Destiny has secrets, but chooses not to share them with anyone. All [...]

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The Mermaid’s Mirror

From Divya, Teen Book Reviewer author: Madigan, L.K. The Mermaid’s Mirror The Mermaid’s Mirror by L.K. Madigan is a great book about sixteen-year-old Lena, who lives on the beach but has never surfed in her whole life. The reason for this is her father, a former surfer who almost drowned years ago and banned her [...]

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The Duff

From Divya, Teen Book Reviewer author: Keplinger, Kody  The Duff Bianca, from the novel The Duff by Kody Keplinger, has problems in her life. Her mother, who is never home, might divorce her dad, who is a recovering alcoholic. She feels as though she is the “duff” in her group of friends, or the “Designated, [...]

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Hothouse

From Eric, Teen Book Reviewer author: Lynch, Chris Hothouse Hothouse is an emotional and unique story about the sharp and oftentimes unexpected change from being admired to being despised. The story is about seventeen-year-old Russell and his best friend D.J., who have shared similar childhoods. Both boys have grown up around the firehouse, because both [...]

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Sleepaway Girls

From Janin, Teen Book Reviewer author: Calonita, Jen Sleepaway Girls In the book I read, Sleepaway Girls, by Jen Calonita, the main character, Sam Montgomery decides to take a break from her best friend, Mal, who gets a boyfriend. She does not want to hear them being all “lovey” the whole summer. Sam goes for [...]

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She’s So Dead to Us

From Alex, Teen Book Reviewer author: Scott, Kieran She’s So Dead to Us  The Book She’s So Dead To Us by Kieran Scott is an enjoyable book. In this book, Ally has moved back to her home town after having moved away since her dad had some money problems. So now, she has to leave [...]

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