The Indigo Notebook

From Catherine, Teen Book Reviewer author: Resau, Laura The Indigo Notebook  The book, The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau is a fictional book about a girl who travels the world with her mom. Each year they move to a different place, with a different culture and lifestyle. It takes a while to get used to [...]

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Jaffa

From Alicja Feitzinger author: Yedaya, Keren  Jaffa [videorecording] This is a compelling drama about a young Jewish woman, Mali Wolf. Her father owns an auto repair shop in the heart of Jaffa. Mali and Toufik, a Palestinian mechanic, have been in love for years and now she is pregnant. As they plan their future together, [...]

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Gone

From Chelsea, Teen Book Reviewer author: McMann, Lisa Gone Things should be great for Janie, the main character of Gone, by Lisa McMann. She has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she’s totally in love with. Despite the thought, she thinks she is a total train wreck and [...]

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Sea Change

From Elizabeth Harty author: Friedman, Aimee Sea Change Sea Change by Aimee Friedman is a fictional novel geared towards the young adult reader. As a high school teacher, I am always looking for books that will captivate the interest of my students while simultaneously providing them with an interesting book to read. Sea Change fits [...]

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The merry recluse: a life in essays

From Jackie Cantwell author: Knapp, Caroline The merry recluse: a life in essays  This was published posthumously in 2004. The compiler is Sandra Shea, her former editor. The author died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42.  Ms. Knapp was a columnist for the Boston Phoenix, an alternative newspaper, and her essays [...]

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Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison

From Andrea Payne author: Kerman, Piper  Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison This is unlike any ‘prison’ story you’ve ever come across. Piper Kerman writes about and accepts responsibility for a drug trafficking crime she committed in her youth. Ten years later, the feds come knocking and the Smith College [...]

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Instant Temptation

From Jody Bassuk author: Shalvis, Jill Instant Temptation This is a continuation of the Wilder Brother books.  I didn’t read the first two, but I enjoyed this one anyway.  This is the story of oldest brother Cam and his longtime relationship with Harley.  She’s holding a grudge against him because he doesn’t remember what happened [...]

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Thirteen Plus One

From Chloe Rafferty author: Myracle, Lauren Thirteen Plus One This book was so awesome and  i couldn’t put it down. It is about a girl named Winnie Perry and her two best friends, Cinnamon and Dinah. It starts off during Winnie’s birthday and she is having a great day. But, all day she was longing [...]

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Bridget Jones’s diary

From Jackie Cantwell author: Fielding, Helen Bridget Jones’s diary I saw the movie before reading the book.  This is the classic book that spawned Chick Lit.  It holds up well (it was published in 1996). Some of the British-isms take getting used to: such as “fag” for cigarette and “flat” for apartment.  Each diary entry [...]

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The Help

From Charlene Muhr author: Stockett, Kathryn The Help It’s 1962, and Eugenia Skeeter Pheelan, is a recent white college graduate, who returns home to Jackson, Mississippi, in hopes of becoming a writer.  The local paper hires her to write a housekeeping column, a subject very unfamiliar to her.  Seeking advice for her column, Skeeter begins [...]

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