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Blast off with:

? Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo an all-new and exclusive tale from Rick Riordan

? A Day in the Life by award-winning author/illustrator Shaun Tan

? Rise of the RoboShoes by Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame

And many more weird and wonderful stories by legendary writer Ray Bradbury, Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead, Shannon Hale, D. J. MacHale, Eric Nylund, Kenneth Oppel and Neal Shusterman.

Compiled by US National Ambassador for Children¡¯s Literature (and Secret Ambassador for the Intergalactic Alliance) Jon Scieszka, Other Worlds will boldly take you where no reader has gone before.]]> 331 Jon Scieszka Natalie 0 to-read 4.15 2013 Other Worlds
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 9 (Vampire Knight, #9)]]> 6801652
Cross Academy is attended by two groups of the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark the Night Class is full of vampires!

A war among vampires has started at Cross Academy, and even Day Class students are being attacked. Kaname finally reveals his hidden plan to Zero, and Zero must choose on which side he will fight. But in order for Zero to defeat the enemy, he will have to take part in an atrocious act...]]> 200 Matsuri Hino 1421531720 Natalie 5 4.31 2008 Vampire Knight, Vol. 9 (Vampire Knight, #9)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> Tricks (Tricks, #1) 5510384
Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story¡ªa story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, "Can I ever feel okay about myself?"]]> 627 Ellen Hopkins 1416950079 Natalie 5 4.28 2009 Tricks (Tricks, #1)
author: Ellen Hopkins
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.28
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)]]> 6457229 These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me.

So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphaned assistant to Dr. Pellinore Warthorpe, a man with a most unusual specialty: monstrumology, the study of monsters. In his time with the doctor, Will has met many a mysterious late-night visitor, and seen things he never imagined were real. But when a grave robber comes calling in the middle of the night with a gruesome find, he brings with him their most deadly case yet.

A gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does man become the very thing he hunts?
]]> 434 Rick Yancey 1416984488 Natalie 0 to-read 3.93 2009 The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)]]> 18660669
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger... and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever...]]> 332 Richelle Mead Natalie 0 to-read 4.09 2007 Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
author: Richelle Mead
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[What My Mother Doesn't Know (What My Mother Doesn't Know #1)]]> 170529 This book is about me.
It tells
the heart-stoppingly riveting story
of my first love.
And also of my second.
And, okay, my third love, too.

It's not that I'm boy crazy.
It's just that even though
I'm almost fifteen
it's like
my mind
and my body
and my heart
just don't seem to be able to agree
on anything.]]> 261 Sonya Sones 0689855532 Natalie 0 to-read 3.84 2001 What My Mother Doesn't Know (What My Mother Doesn't Know #1)
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name: Natalie
average rating: 3.84
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]]> Same Sun Here 10788983 In this extraordinary novel in two voices, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner¡¯s son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles.

Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City¡¯s Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner¡¯s son. As Meena¡¯s family studies for citizenship exams and River's town faces devastating mountaintop removal, this unlikely pair become pen pals, sharing thoughts and, as their camaraderie deepens, discovering common ground in their disparate experiences. With honesty and humor, Meena and River bridge the miles between them, creating a friendship that inspires bravery and defeats cultural misconceptions. Narrated in two voices, each voice distinctly articulated by a separate gifted author, this chronicle of two lives powerfully conveys the great value of being and having a friend and the joys of opening our lives to others who live beneath the same sun.]]> 288 Silas House 0763656844 Natalie 0 to-read 3.96 2012 Same Sun Here
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]]> Making Faces 18301124
Making Faces is the story of a small town where five young men go off to war, and only one comes back. It is the story of loss. Collective loss, individual loss, loss of beauty, loss of life, loss of identity. It is the tale of one girl's love for a broken boy, and a wounded warrior's love for an unremarkable girl. This is a story of friendship that overcomes heartache, heroism that defies the common definitions, and a modern tale of Beauty and the Beast, where we discover that there is a little beauty and a little beast in all of us.]]> 405 Amy Harmon 1301673870 Natalie 0 to-read 4.40 2013 Making Faces
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average rating: 4.40
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]]> I Don't Want To Be Crazy 32377
This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was excited by the possibilities -- freedom from parents, freedom from a boyfriend who was reckless with her affections, freedom from the person she was supposed to be. At first, she revelled in the independence ... but as pressures increased , she began to suffer anxiety attacks that would leave her mentally shaken and physically incapacitated. Thus began a hard road of discovery and coping, powerfully rendered in this poetry memoir.]]> 280 Samantha Schutz 043980518X Natalie 0 to-read 3.81 2006 I Don't Want To Be Crazy
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name: Natalie
average rating: 3.81
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]]> With or Without You 9757264
Then Evan and Davis are recruited to join the Chasers, a fringe crowd that promises them protection and status. Davis is swept up in the excitement, but Evan is caught between his loyalty to Davis and his love for Erik. Evan¡¯s lied to keep his two worlds separate. Now his lies are about to implode¡­and destroy the very relationships he¡¯s been trying to protect.]]> 349 Brian Farrey 1442406992 Natalie 0 to-read 3.89 2011 With or Without You
author: Brian Farrey
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies]]> 65053 My name is Ruby. This book is about me.

It tells the deeply hideous story

of what happens when my mother dies

and I'm dragged three thousand miles away

from my gorgeous boyfriend, Ray,

to live in L.A. with my father,

who I've never even met

because he's such a scumbag that he

divorced my mom before I was born.

The only way I've ever even "seen" him

is in the movies,

since he's this megafamous actor

who's been way too busy

trying to win Oscars

to even visit me once in fifteen years.

Everyone loves my father.

Everyone but me.]]> 272 Sonya Sones 1416907882 Natalie 0 to-read 3.97 2004 One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
author: Sonya Sones
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.97
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]]> Lucy in the Sky 12755252 A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay¡¯s Journal. The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life...but one party changed everything. One party, where she took one taste¡ªand liked it. Really liked it.Social drinking and drugging lead to more, faster, harder... She convinced herself that she was no different from anyone else who liked to party. But the evidence indicates Soon she was she hanging out with an edgy crowd, blowing off school and everything she used to care about, all to find her next high.But what goes up must come down, and everything¡ªfrom her first swig, to her last breath¡ªis chronicled in the diary she left behind.]]> 289 Anonymous Natalie 0 to-read 4.01 2012 Lucy in the Sky
author: Anonymous
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> Far from You 4732517 355 Lisa Schroeder 1416975063 Natalie 0 to-read 4.09 2008 Far from You
author: Lisa Schroeder
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.09
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]]> The Mission 6613320
Kaden Norris's life is shattered when his older brother -- his best friend and hero -- is killed in Iraq. All Kaden has left of Kenny is a letter, urging him to break away from his sheltered life and to go to San Francisco to visit his cousin, James.

Kaden is blown away, as James introduces him to a life filled with drugs, sex, and apathy. He goes from extreme high to extreme low, having no idea what to expect. And when Kaden uncovers secrets about his family that have been kept from him for years, his entire world comes crashing down. This may not be the trip his brother had envisioned for him, but it's one Kaden will never forget.]]> 376 Jason Myers 1416984550 Natalie 0 to-read 4.09 2009 The Mission
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Night I Sang to the Monster]]> 6413788
I have it in my head that when we're born, God writes things down on our hearts. See, on some people's hearts he writes Happy and on some people's hearts he writes Sad and on some people's hearts he writes Crazy on some people's hearts he writes Genius and on some people's hearts he writes Angry and on some people's hearts he writes Winner and on some people's hearts he writes Loser. It's all like a game to him. Him. God. And it's all pretty much random. He takes out his pen and starts writing on our blank hearts. When it came to my turn, he wrote Sad. I don't like God very much. Apparently he doesn't like me very much either.]]> 239 Benjamin Alire S¨¢enz 1933693584 Natalie 0 to-read 4.25 2009 Last Night I Sang to the Monster
author: Benjamin Alire S¨¢enz
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> On the Road 70401 307 Jack Kerouac 0140042598 Natalie 0 currently-reading 3.63 1957 On the Road
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1957
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]]> Intensity 32439
Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first, her sole aim is to get out alive - until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess's next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl... as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.]]> 436 Dean Koontz 0553582917 Natalie 1 currently-reading 4.04 1995 Intensity
author: Dean Koontz
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1995
rating: 1
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]]> The Green Mile 11566
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them.]]> 592 Stephen King 0451933028 Natalie 0 to-read 4.48 1996 The Green Mile
author: Stephen King
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1996
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]]> <![CDATA[Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances]]> 3213286 B006MOW98E

Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks.

Thanks to three of today¡¯s best-selling teen authors¡ªJohn Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle¡ªthe magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses.]]> 352 John Green 0142412147 Natalie 0 to-read 3.82 2008 Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
author: John Green
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.82
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]]> Will Grayson, Will Grayson 6567017
It's not that far from Evanston to Naperville, but Chicago suburbanites Will Grayson and Will Grayson might as well live on different planets. When fate delivers them both to the same surprising crossroads, the Will Graysons find their lives overlapping and hurtling in new and unexpected directions. With a push from friends new and old - including the massive, and massively fabulous, Tiny Cooper, offensive lineman and musical theater auteur extraordinaire - Will and Will begin building toward respective romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most awesome high school musical.]]> 320 John Green 0525421580 Natalie 0 to-read 3.70 2010 Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> An Abundance of Katherines 49750 Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.

On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun--but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.]]> 229 John Green 0525476881 Natalie 0 to-read 3.54 2006 An Abundance of Katherines
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average rating: 3.54
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]]> Looking for Alaska 99561 Before. Miles ¡°Pudge¡± Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave ¡°the Great Perhaps¡± even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.]]> 221 John Green 1435249151 Natalie 0 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
author: John Green
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> Paper Towns 6442769 Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life¡ªdressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge¡ªhe follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues¡ªand they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...]]> 305 John Green 014241493X Natalie 0 3.68 2008 Paper Towns
author: John Green
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average rating: 3.68
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]]> Love¡­Under Different Skies 18616029 250 Nick Spalding 1477849890 Natalie 0 to-read 3.85 2013 Love¡­Under Different Skies
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> Paper Towns 2914097 Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life¡ªdressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge¡ªhe follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues¡ªand they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...]]> 305 John Green 0525478183 Natalie 0 currently-reading 4.00 2008 Paper Towns
author: John Green
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Longest Ride 17407748
A few miles away, at a local rodeo, a Wake Forest College senior¡¯s life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death ¨C loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans -- a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he¡¯s keeping doesn¡¯t destroy it first.

Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.]]> 398 Nicholas Sparks Natalie 0 to-read 4.15 2012 The Longest Ride
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> The Choice 531350 272 Nicholas Sparks 0446579920 Natalie 5 4.00 2007 The Choice
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.00
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rating: 5
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]]> Glass (Crank, #2) 270804 Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips. She needs the monster to keep going, to face the pressures of day-to-day life. She needs it to feel alive.

Once again the monster takes over Kristina's life and she will do anything for it, including giving up the one person who gives her the unconditional love she craves -- her baby.

The sequel to Crank, this is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.

]]> 681 Ellen Hopkins 1416940901 Natalie 4 4.29 2007 Glass (Crank, #2)
author: Ellen Hopkins
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Burned (Burned, #1) 270807 I do know things really began to spin out of control after my first sex dream.

It all started with a dream. Nothing exceptional, just a typical fantasy about a boy, the kind of dream that most teen girls experience. But Pattyn Von Stratten is not like most teen girls. Raised in a religious¡ªyet abusive¡ªfamily, a simple dream may not be exactly a sin, but it could be the first step toward hell and eternal damnation.

This dream is a first step for Pattyn. But is it to hell or to a better life? For the first time Pattyn starts asking questions. Questions seemingly without answers¡ªabout God, a woman's role, sex, love¡ªmostly love. What is it? Where is it? Will she ever experience it? Is she deserving of it?

It's with a real boy that Pattyn gets into real trouble. After Pattyn's father catches her in a compromising position, events spiral out of control until Pattyn ends up suspended from school and sent to live with an aunt she doesn't know.

Pattyn is supposed to find salvation and redemption during her exile to the wilds of rural Nevada. Yet what she finds instead is love and acceptance. And for the first time she feels worthy of both¡ªuntil she realizes her old demons will not let her go. Pattyn begins down a path that will lead her to a hell¡ªa hell that may not be the one she learned about in sacrament meetings, but it is hell all the same.

In this riveting and masterful novel told in verse, Ellen Hopkins takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride. From the highs of true love to the lows of abuse, Pattyn's story will have readers engrossed until the very last word.]]> 544 Ellen Hopkins 1416903542 Natalie 0 4.25 2006 Burned (Burned, #1)
author: Ellen Hopkins
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 16 (Vampire Knight, #16)]]> 15803940 200 Matsuri Hino 1421551543 Natalie 0 4.10 2012 Vampire Knight, Vol. 16 (Vampire Knight, #16)
author: Matsuri Hino
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak Natalie 0 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> It's Kind of a Funny Story 248704
Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness.]]> 444 Ned Vizzini 078685197X Natalie 0 4.08 2006 It's Kind of a Funny Story
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name: Natalie
average rating: 4.08
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]]> Wuthering Heights 6185 You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.

New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.

Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.

A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 464 Emily Bront? Natalie 5 3.89 1847 Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Bront?
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1847
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]]> Go Ask Alice 46799
Read her diary.

Enter her world.

You will never forget her.

]]> 213 Beatrice Sparks 1416914633 Natalie 4 3.75 1971 Go Ask Alice
author: Beatrice Sparks
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.75
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rating: 4
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]]> Magical 13082544 480 Alex Flinn 3833901047 Natalie 0 to-read 3.64 2012 Magical
author: Alex Flinn
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[A Whisper To A Scream (The Sociopath Diaries, #1)]]> 12037109 210 Lauren Hammond 0983868123 Natalie 0 to-read 3.67 2011 A Whisper To A Scream (The Sociopath Diaries, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Illusions (Illusions, #1)]]> 18461625
VERY contemporary.

Beautiful Illusions is a Cinderella Romance With a Twist - and what a twist it is!

Attorney Iris Snowe drinks too much, eats too much, and spends too much. Her sex life has been as spectacularly unsuccessful as her law practice, so she spends her evenings in her tiny apartment watching bad TV, talking to her cat, and rescuing pit bulls.

And her name might be Iris, but it should be Jade. As in jaded, which is how she feels about romance and men in general.

So, when a gorgeous and sexy stranger appears in her law office on Monday morning, after a one-night stand the previous Saturday, she doesn't think that he is coming to see her because he is interested. She just figures that she left something behind in the room and he is enough of a gentleman to deliver it to her.

How wrong she is.

As it turns out, Ryan Gallagher not only looks like a Ralph Lauren model come to life, but is also fabulously wealthy, as he is the son of a prominent billionaire.

In other words, light years out of Iris' league.

And completely into her, in more ways than one.

And so begins the erotic Cinderella romance of her life, with a man who truly loves her. And oh, if it could just be that simple. But, of course, it's not -the fairy tale is fractured, as it is marred by obsession, jealousy, and dark secrets that Ryan has desperately sought to conceal and repress. It turns out that, behind those magnificent green eyes, lies the memories of a past that nobody should ever have to experience. Nobody.

But when his past becomes his present, his secrets come to light.

And one of those secrets just might be deadly...

This is a full-length novel, approximately 100,000 words.

Story continues in Deeper Illusions.

Don't miss the exciting conclusion to the trilogy! Estimated publication date is September 23!]]> 364 Annie Jocoby 1490501541 Natalie 0 to-read 3.38 Beautiful Illusions (Illusions, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Before Lucky (Forever Love, #2.5)]]> 17972023
Zane Beaumont¡¯s life changed the day he walked into Lou¡¯s Burger Joint and saw Lucky Morgan for the first time. He wasn¡¯t sure if it was her smile, or her chocolate brown eyes that captured his heart, but he knew that he would do anything to make sure he got to know her better.

We all know the story of how Lucky fell in love with Zane, now it¡¯s time to see how Zane fell for Lucky. Before Lucky tells the story of how one handsome, but broken man found love for the first time.

**New Adult Contemporary Romance**]]> 188 J.S. Cooper 1940218039 Natalie 0 to-read 3.89 2013 Before Lucky (Forever Love, #2.5)
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]]> Don't Make Me Beautiful 17981514 Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00EZ5R78O.

NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers the romantic suspense novel DON¡¯T MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL.

This story was inspired by true events. If you liked the movie "Sleeping With the Enemy", then you might like this story too.?

No one knew a woman lived there or that she even existed. A monster, living in darkness...

At twenty-two, Nicole doesn't even look human anymore. The beast made sure of that. So she hides. A monster, consigned to a life of fear and solitude. This is all she deserves, she is quite sure of that. ?And then one day out of the blue, the autographed baseball caught by Brian Jensen at the latest Marlins game enters her prison and manages to turn her world completely upside down.

Temptation comes in the form of pity at first, and then perhaps something more. Does she dare to believe the things she's told, that this is not the life she was meant to live? That being a monster is not her forever-fate? And will she be willing to risk everything, to reach out and accept the helping hands around her and share her deepest, darkest secrets? She knows only too well that hands can hurt. Finding out whether they can also heal is a risky proposition, especially when the beast is still out there. Looking for her.

Content warning: Violence, foul language, and adult situations. Not meant for younger readers.?

A note from Elle about this book: A really long time ago, I read an article in a newspaper or a magazine (I haven¡¯t been able to locate the original) about a woman who was so badly beaten over a long period of time, she couldn¡¯t leave her house. I thought about that woman a lot over the years and about what her thoughts might have been, her fears, her reality ¡­ and this book was my attempt to both exorcise those thoughts from my brain and also shed some light on a subject ¡ªdomestic violence¡ª that I feel should never be left in darkness.]]> 370 Elle Casey Natalie 0 to-read 4.03 2013 Don't Make Me Beautiful
author: Elle Casey
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]]> Carter Reed (Carter Reed, #1) 18221931 351 Tijan Natalie 0 to-read 3.99 2013 Carter Reed (Carter Reed, #1)
author: Tijan
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.99
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]]> Leap of Faith 17299264 Can true love be built on lies? A teen on the run seeks relief and redemption in this gripping, romantic read.

Leah Kurtz has finally found a place to call home, a town where she and baby Addy can live in peace, far from the drug-infested place she grew up. Chris is one of the best parts of her new life, the only person who's ever made her feel safe. And now that she's found him, there's no way she can tell the truth:

Her real name is Faith, not Leah. She's seventeen, not nineteen. And the baby isn't hers¡ªFaith kidnapped her.

Faith's history catches up with her when a cop starts asking questions and Chris's aunt spots her picture in the newspaper. She knows it's time to run again, but if Faith leaves, she'll lose Chris. If Chris is in love with a lie, though, did Faith ever really have him in the first place?]]> 240 Jamie Blair 1442447133 Natalie 0 to-read 3.80 2013 Leap of Faith
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]]> Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) 15717943
That¡¯s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she¡¯s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he¡¯s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn¡¯t at all who he¡¯s been claiming to be. When the secrets he¡¯s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky¡¯s life will change forever.]]> 410 Colleen Hoover 1301949825 Natalie 0 to-read 4.26 2012 Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.26
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]]> Collide (Collide, #1) 17158596
Colliding with a second chance¡­

On the heels of graduating college and trying to cope with her mother¡¯s death, Emily Cooper moves to New York City for a fresh start.

While harboring secrets of his own, Dillon Parker takes care of Emily through her grief. Knowing he can¡¯t live without her by his side, he¡¯s sweet, thoughtful, and everything Emily has ever wanted in a man.

Until she meets Gavin Blake¡ªa rich and notorious playboy who is dangerously sexy and charming as hell. Emily tries to deny the instant connection she feels, but Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome is not inclined to let go so easily. Recovering from his own painful past, Gavin will stop at nothing to win Emily over.

This unexpected encounter compels Emily to question her decisions, forcing her to make a choice that will destroy friendships, shatter hearts, and forever change her life.]]> 395 Gail McHugh Natalie 0 to-read 4.21 2013 Collide (Collide, #1)
author: Gail McHugh
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Effortless (Thoughtless, #2) 15840245 432 S.C. Stephens 1476717508 Natalie 0 to-read 4.29 2011 Effortless (Thoughtless, #2)
author: S.C. Stephens
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.29
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]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)]]> 16102004 An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling.

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate¡ªand completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative¡ªcompletely infuriating¡ªcreature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules¡ªor outright smash them¡ªif it means he can have her. All over the office.

As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.

Originally only available online as The Office by tby789 ¡ª and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites ¡ª Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.]]> 271 Christina Lauren 1476730105 Natalie 0 to-read 3.91 2013 Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)
author: Christina Lauren
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]]> Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) 13065327 A fresh and fun repackage of Wild Cards, Better Than Perfect launches a romantic new series from NY Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles.

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek¡¯s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else¡¯s family drama.

Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek¡ªsomeone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants?]]> 352 Simone Elkeles 0802734375 Natalie 0 to-read 3.95 2013 Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1)
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3)]]> 8662836
Luis enters a dark world he's never known, and just when he thinks he's got life all figured out, learns some disturbing news about his family that destroys his positive outlook on life. Will that Fuentes bad boy streak come out with a vengeance and lure Luis to live on the edge like his new girlfriend and his own father?

Continuing all the steamy romance of the first two books, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Simone Elkeles gives fans one more satisfying taste of the irresistible Fuentes boys.]]> 310 Simone Elkeles 0802720870 Natalie 0 to-read 4.10 2011 Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)]]> 7137775
When Alex arranges for Carlos to live with his former professor and his family to keep him from being sent to jail, Carlos feels completely out of place. He's even more thrown by his strong feelings for the professor's daughter, Kiara, who is nothing like the girls he's usually drawn to. But Carlos and Kiara soon discover that in matters of the heart, the rules of attraction overpower the social differences that conspire to keep them apart.

As the danger grows for Carlos, he's shocked to discover that it's this seemingly All-American family who can save him. But is he willing to endanger their safety for a chance at the kind of life he's never even dreamed possible?]]> 336 Simone Elkeles 0802720854 Natalie 0 to-read 4.18 2010 Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)]]> 4268157
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created "perfect" life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for¨Dher flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.

In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.]]> 368 Simone Elkeles 0802798233 Natalie 5 4.05 2008 Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
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easy read hard to out down couldnt even stop to dry my hair needless to say today wasnt a great hair day
]]> The Sociopath Next Door 72536 you know?

Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?
Your sadistic high school gym teacher?
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?
The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?

In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He¡¯s a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and colleague? They may be sociopaths too.

We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people¡ªone in twenty-five¡ªhas an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in twenty-five everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath. They could be your colleague, your neighbor, even family. And they can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt.

How do we recognize the remorseless? One of their chief characteristics is a kind of glow or charisma that makes sociopaths more charming or interesting than the other people around them. They¡¯re more spontaneous, more intense, more complex, or even sexier than everyone else, making them tricky to identify and leaving us easily seduced. Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to show sham emotion, but underneath they are indifferent to others¡¯ suffering. They live to dominate and thrill to win.

The fact is, we all almost certainly know at least one or more sociopaths already. Part of the urgency in reading The Sociopath Next Door is the moment when we suddenly recognize that someone we know¡ªsomeone we worked for, or were involved with, or voted for¡ªis a sociopath. But what do we do with that knowledge? To arm us against the sociopath, Dr. Stout teaches us to question authority, suspect flattery, and beware the pity play. Above all, she writes, when a sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game.

It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know.]]> 256 Martha Stout 0767915828 Natalie 0 currently-reading 3.76 2005 The Sociopath Next Door
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]]> <![CDATA[Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves]]> 12479640 Dear Teen Me includes advice from 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including physical abuse, body issues, bullying, friendship, love, and enough insecurities to fill an auditorium. So pick a page, and find out which of your favorite authors had a really bad first kiss? Who found true love at 18? Who wishes he¡¯d had more fun in high school instead of studying so hard? Some authors write diary entries, some write letters, and a few graphic novelists turn their stories into visual art. And whether you hang out with the theater kids, the band geeks, the bad boys, the loners, the class presidents, the delinquents, the jocks, or the nerds, you¡¯ll find friends--and a lot of familiar faces--in the course of Dear Teen Me.]]> 192 E. Kristin Anderson 1936976218 Natalie 0 to-read 3.71 2012 Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves
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]]> Smoke (Burned, #2) 8664957 Pattyn¡¯s father is dead. Now she¡¯s on the run in this riveting companion to New York Times bestseller Burned, which Kirkus Reviews calls ¡°a strong, painful, and tender piece about wresting hope from the depths of despair.¡±Pattyn Von Stratten¡¯s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that fatal night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated.Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life as a migrant worker on a California ranch. But is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you¡¯ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth?Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.]]> 543 Ellen Hopkins Natalie 0 to-read 4.33 2013 Smoke (Burned, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories]]> 10428981 YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Discover how Lauren Kate transformed the feeling of that one mean girl getting under her skin into her first novel, how Lauren Oliver learned to celebrate ambiguity in her classmates and in herself, and how R.L. Stine turned being the "funny guy" into the best defense against the bullies in his class.

Today's top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying¡ªas silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators¡ªin a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal.]]> 369 Megan Kelley Hall 006206097X Natalie 0 to-read 4.07 2011 Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
author: Megan Kelley Hall
name: Natalie
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]]> Fallout (Crank, #3) 7171876 Hunter. Autumn. Summer.
Different homes. Different guardians. Different last names.
Different lives.
But there is one person who binds them together.
Kristina.

Nineteen years after Kristina Snow met the monster---crank---her children are reeling from the consequences of her decisions. Instead of one big, happy family, they are a desperate tangle of scattered lives united by anger, doubt, and fear.

A predisposition to addiction and a sense of emptiness where a mother's love should be leads all three down the road of their mother's notorious legacy. Sex, drugs, alcohol, abuse---there is more of Kristina in her children than they would ever like to believe. But when the thread that ties them together brings them face-to-face, they'll discover something powerful in each other and in themselves---the trust, the hope, the courage to begin to break the cycle.

Fallout is bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's riveting conclusion to her trilogy begun by Crank and Glass. It is a revelation and a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person's problem.]]> 665 Ellen Hopkins 1416950095 Natalie 0 to-read 4.26 2010 Fallout (Crank, #3)
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]]> Perfect (Impulse, #2) 9917945 Cara¡¯s parents¡¯ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body¡ªno matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run¡ªon the field and off¡ªSean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he¡¯ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.
Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?]]> 622 Ellen Hopkins 1416983244 Natalie 0 to-read 4.33 2011 Perfect (Impulse, #2)
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]]> Identical 2241059 Or in a better place?

Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple. As daughters of a district-court judge father and a politician mother, they are an all-American family¡ªon the surface. Behind the facade each sister has her own dark secret, and that's where their differences begin.

For Kaeleigh, she's the misplaced focus of Daddy's love, intended for a mother whose presence on the campaign trail means absence at home. All that Raeanne sees is Daddy playing a game of favorites¡ªand she is losing. If she has to lose, she will do it on her own terms, so she chooses drugs, alcohol, and sex.

Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept¡ªfrom each other or anyone else. Pretty soon it's obvious that neither sister can handle it alone, and one sister must step up to save the other, but the question is¡ªwho?]]> 565 Ellen Hopkins 1416950052 Natalie 0 to-read 4.30 2008 Identical
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]]> Tick Tock 281433 352 Dean Koontz 0345405137 Natalie 4 3.76 1996 Tick Tock
author: Dean Koontz
name: Natalie
average rating: 3.76
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 17 (Vampire Knight, #17)]]> 16146049
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen plus audiences.]]> 208 Matsuri Hino 1421557010 Natalie 0 to-read 4.09 2012 Vampire Knight, Vol. 17 (Vampire Knight, #17)
author: Matsuri Hino
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 15 (Vampire Knight, #15)]]> 13077588
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for T+ audiences.]]> 192 Matsuri Hino 1421549476 Natalie 5 4.17 2011 Vampire Knight, Vol. 15 (Vampire Knight, #15)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 14 (Vampire Knight, #14)]]> 11707621 187 Matsuri Hino 1421542188 Natalie 5 4.15 2011 Vampire Knight, Vol. 14 (Vampire Knight, #14)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 13 (Vampire Knight, #13)]]> 7706970 184 Matsuri Hino 1421540819 Natalie 5 4.28 2010 Vampire Knight, Vol. 13 (Vampire Knight, #13)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.28
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 12 (Vampire Knight, #12)]]> 8679704 184 Matsuri Hino 1421539381 Natalie 5 4.22 2010 Vampire Knight, Vol. 12 (Vampire Knight, #12)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 11 (Vampire Knight, #11)]]> 6494601 192 Matsuri Hino 1421537907 Natalie 5 4.33 2009 Vampire Knight, Vol. 11 (Vampire Knight, #11)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 10 [Vampire Knight 10]]]> 6070804 200 Matsuri Hino 459218310X Natalie 5 4.25 2009 ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 10 [Vampire Knight 10]
author: Matsuri Hino
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 8 [Vampire Knight 8] 5147134 196 Matsuri Hino 4592183088 Natalie 5 4.31 2007 ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 8 [Vampire Knight 8]
author: Matsuri Hino
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 7 [Vampire Knight 7] 3769623 198 Matsuri Hino 459218307X Natalie 5 4.32 2007 ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 7 [Vampire Knight 7]
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 5 (Vampire Knight, #5)]]> 2324902 195 Matsuri Hino 1421519542 Natalie 5 4.28 2007 Vampire Knight, Vol. 5 (Vampire Knight, #5)
author: Matsuri Hino
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 6 [Vampire Knight 6] 3765336 196 Matsuri Hino 4592183061 Natalie 5 4.34 2007 ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥Ñ¥¤¥¢òTÊ¿ 6 [Vampire Knight 6]
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 4 (Vampire Knight, #4)]]> 1898916 197 Matsuri Hino 1421515636 Natalie 5 4.29 2006 Vampire Knight, Vol. 4 (Vampire Knight, #4)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 3 (Vampire Knight, #3)]]> 784222 196 Matsuri Hino 1421513242 Natalie 5 4.25 2006 Vampire Knight, Vol. 3 (Vampire Knight, #3)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.25
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 2 (Vampire Knight, #2)]]> 263173 186 Matsuri Hino 1421511304 Natalie 5 4.23 2005 Vampire Knight, Vol. 2 (Vampire Knight, #2)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: Natalie
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Uglies: Cutters (Uglies: Graphic Novel, #2)]]> 13572811
Experience the riveting, dystopian Uglies series seen as never before¡ªthrough the eyes of Shay, Tally Youngblood¡¯s closest and bravest friend, who refuses to take anything about society at face value.

¡°From the moment we are born, we are considered threats in need of ¡®special¡¯ management. We are watched and shaped and exploited by a force most of us never see. . . . All to keep us safe. . . . Do you feel safe?! Or do you feel like you¡¯re in a cage?¡±¡ªShay

In Pretties, Tally Youngblood and her daring best friend, Shay, both underwent the operation that turned them from ordinary Uglies into stunning beauties. Now this thrilling new graphic novel reveals Shay¡¯s perspective on living in New Pretty Town . . . and the way she sees it, there¡¯s more to this so-called paradise than meets the eye.

With the endless parties and custom-made clothes, life as a Pretty should be perfect. Yet Shay doesn¡¯t feel quite right. She has little to no memory of her past; it¡¯s as if something in her brain has inexplicably changed. When she reunites with Tally and the Crims¡ªher rebellious group of friends from Uglyville¡ªshe begins to recall their last departure to the wild, and the headstrong leader she used to be. And as she remembers the truth about what doomed their escape, Shay decides to fight back¡ªagainst the status quo, against the mysterious Special Circumstances, even against her own best friend.]]> 176 Scott Westerfeld 0345527232 Natalie 0 to-read 3.54 2012 Uglies: Cutters (Uglies: Graphic Novel, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Uglies: Shay's Story (Uglies: Graphic Novel, #1)]]> 12731487 ¡°This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.¡±¡ªShay
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Uglies told Tally Youngblood¡¯s version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing new adventures in the Uglies world¡ªas seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally¡¯s rebellious best friend who¡¯s not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost.
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A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Shay eagerly awaits her turn to become a Pretty¡ªa rite-of-passage operation called ¡°the Surge¡± that transforms ordinary Uglies into paragons of beauty. Yet after befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, ungoverned wild, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.]]> 208 Scott Westerfeld 0345527224 Natalie 0 to-read 3.72 2012 Uglies: Shay's Story (Uglies: Graphic Novel, #1)
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]]> Extras (Uglies, #4) 493456
Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse is no exception. But Aya¡¯s face rank is so low, she¡¯s a total nobody. An extra. Her only chance at stardom is to kick a wild and unexpected story.

Then she stumbles upon a big secret. Aya knows she is on the cusp of celebrity. But the information she is about to disclose will change both her fate¡­and that of the brave new world]]> 417 Scott Westerfeld 1416951172 Natalie 0 to-read 3.60 2006 Extras (Uglies, #4)
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]]> Specials (Uglies, #3) 24765
And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.

The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.

Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.]]> 384 Scott Westerfeld 0689865406 Natalie 5 3.76 2006 Specials (Uglies, #3)
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bride Wore Black Leather (Nightside, #12)]]> 10793701 310 Simon R. Green 1937007138 Natalie 0 to-read 4.17 The Bride Wore Black Leather (Nightside, #12)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny (Nightside, #10)]]> 6672129 275 Simon R. Green 0441018165 Natalie 0 to-read 4.10 2010 The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny (Nightside, #10)
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unnatural Inquirer (Nightside, #8)]]> 1295202 My new client can certainly afford me. The editor of the Unnatural Inquirer, the Nightside's most notorious gossip rag (the one everyone pretends not to read), has offered me one million pounds to find a man named Pen Donavon, who claims to have evidence of the Afterlife - picked up on a television broadcast and burned onto DVD. The Inquirer made Donavon a sweet deal for exclusive rights. Then both he and the disc vanished.
I don't know if the disc is on the level, but a job's a job (and a million pounds is a million pounds). Trouble is, not only are all of the usual suspects pretty dangerous individuals, but it's beginning to look like someone else - someone very powerful - is on the trail, too. And who - or what - ever it is, is deadly determined to find the disc first.]]> 246 Simon R. Green 0441015581 Natalie 0 to-read 4.05 2007 The Unnatural Inquirer (Nightside, #8)
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Just Another Judgement Day (Nightside, #9)]]> 3697357 272 Simon R. Green 044101674X Natalie 0 to-read 4.14 2008 Just Another Judgement Day (Nightside, #9)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> Hell to Pay (Nightside, #7) 74010

]]> 264 Simon R. Green 0441014607 Natalie 0 to-read 4.06 2006 Hell to Pay (Nightside, #7)
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Paths Not Taken (Nightside, #5)]]> 154105 ???????????
I left for a while, but I did come back, to make my living doing what I do better than anyone else: finding things¡ªlost or stolen, real or imaginary.
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Recently, I found the most dangerous thing of all: the true identity of my long-gone mother. Turns out she¡¯s a being who¡¯s been around since before the dawn of history. Then, she created the Nightside¡ªand now, for her own warped reasons, she intends to destroy it.
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To stop her before she even gets started, I¡¯ve got to do some hard traveling¡ªback in Time, through endless eons, into the very distant¡ªand probably deadly¡ªpast¡­]]> 262 Simon R. Green 0441013198 Natalie 0 to-read 4.05 2005 Paths Not Taken (Nightside, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]> 3049 144 Unknown 0451528182 Natalie 0 to-read 3.71 1375 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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]]> <![CDATA[Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Nightside, #6)]]> 104766
But I do. I was born here, I live here, and I got friends here. They might not all be acceptable in polite company, but they¡¯re my friends, nonetheless.

I know that I¡¯m the only one who can stop her. The trick is, how to do it without fulfilling this prophecy that says whatever action I take, not only is the Nightside doomed, but the rest of the world will soon follow¡­]]> 247 Simon R. Green 0441013872 Natalie 0 to-read 4.11 2006 Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Nightside, #6)
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[Hex and the City (Nightside, #4)]]> 104765 246 Simon R. Green 0441012612 Natalie 4 4.07 Hex and the City (Nightside, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Nightingale's Lament (Nightside, #3)]]> 148213 217 Simon R. Green 0441011632 Natalie 5 3.98 2004 Nightingale's Lament (Nightside, #3)
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average rating: 3.98
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Agents of Light and Darkness (Nightside, #2)]]> 155291 New York Times bestselling author takes readers back to the Nightside.

A quest for the Unholy Grail-the goblet from which Judas drank at the Last Supper-takes private eye John Taylor deep into the secret, magical heart of London...called the Nightside.]]> 233 Simon R. Green 0441011136 Natalie 5 4.01 2003 Agents of Light and Darkness (Nightside, #2)
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)]]> 155421 per se, but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London where fantasy and reality share renting space and the sun never shines.]]> 230 Simon R. Green 0441010652 Natalie 4 3.78 2003 Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Hard Day's Knight (Nightside, #11)]]> 8288919
London Proper. It's been years since John's been back-and there are good reasons for that.]]> 294 Simon R. Green 0441019706 Natalie 0 to-read 4.14 2011 A Hard Day's Knight (Nightside, #11)
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2011
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]]> Nothing to Lose 544894 I shouldn't have come back to Miami . . . I've been escaping cops' notice for a year now. I'm no longer Michael Daye, high school athlete with a promising future. Now I look like someone with no future.

When Michael saw a chance to leave town with a traveling carnival a year ago, he took it. Back then, his home life was spinning violently out of control. The carnival, with its "no questions asked" policy, seemed like a welcome escape. But now Michael's job has brought him back to Miami, where his mother is on trial for murder, making him wonder how much longer he can hide from his past . . . and his future.]]> 304 Alex Flinn 0060517522 Natalie 0 to-read 3.82 2004 Nothing to Lose
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name: Natalie
average rating: 3.82
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]]> Towering 15806868
Mama, who isn't my mother, has kept me hidden away for many years. My only companions, besides Mama, are my books¡ªgreat adventures, mysteries, and romances that I long to make my reality. But I know that no one will come to save me¡ªmy life is not a fairy tale after all.

Well, at least no one has come so far. Recently, my hair has started to grow rapidly and it's now long enough to reach the bottom of the tower from my window. I've also had the strangest dreams of a beautiful green-eyed man.

When Mama isn't around, I plan my escape, even if it's just for a little while. There's something¡ªmaybe someone¡ªwaiting for me out there and it won't find me if I'm trapped here Towering above it all.]]> 296 Alex Flinn 0062024175 Natalie 0 to-read 3.35 2013 Towering
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average rating: 3.35
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]]> <![CDATA[Beastly: Lindy's Diary (Beastly, #1.5; Kendra Chronicles, #1.5)]]> 12421607 New York Times bestselling story Beastly through Lindy's eyes! This is her diary, kept while living in captivity with the beast. Lindy's Diary captures all the romance and edgy mystery of the original!

Diary,

I am locked away . . . with no one to confide in but you . . . and him. His fur, those claws¡ªthey caught me off guard at first, but now I'm noticing something else about him¡ªsomething deeper. It's the look in his eye. It tells me he's got a secret to keep. That's okay¡ªI've got one, too. I think I'm falling in love with him. . . .

Lindy

]]> 144 Alex Flinn 0062117424 Natalie 0 to-read 3.71 2012 Beastly: Lindy's Diary (Beastly, #1.5; Kendra Chronicles, #1.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bewitching (Kendra Chronicles, #2)]]> 11859244
Once, I put a curse on a beastly and arrogant high school boy. That one turned out all right. Others didn¡¯t.

I go to a new school now¡ªone where no one knows that I should have graduated long ago. I¡¯m not still here because I¡¯m stupid; I just don¡¯t age.

You see, I¡¯m immortal. And I pretty much know everything after hundreds of years¡ªexcept for when to take my powers and butt out.

I want to help, but things just go awry in ways I could never predict. Like when I tried to free some children from a gingerbread house and ended up being hanged. After I came back from the dead (immortal, remember?), I tried to play matchmaker for a French prince and ended up banished from France forever. And that little mermaid I found in the Titanic lifeboat? I don¡¯t even want to think about it.

Now a girl named Emma needs me. I probably shouldn¡¯t get involved, but her gorgeous stepsister is conniving to the core. I think I have just the thing to fix that girl¡ªand it isn¡¯t an enchanted pumpkin. Although you never know what will happen when I start . . . bewitching.]]> 336 Alex Flinn 0062024159 Natalie 0 to-read 3.94 2012 Bewitching (Kendra Chronicles, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1)]]> 389535
Intelligent, popular, handsome, and wealthy, sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect--on the outside, at least. What no one knows--not even his best friend--is the terror that Nick faces every time he is alone with his father. Then he and Caitlin fall in love, and Nick thinks his problems are over. Caitlin is the one person who he can confide in. But when things start to spiral out of control, Nick must face the fact that he's gotten more from his father than green eyes and money.]]> 263 Alex Flinn 0064472574 Natalie 0 to-read 3.89 2001 Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1)
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> A Kiss in Time 5266667 Talia fell under a spell...Jack broke the curse.

I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic...

I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind.

I awakened in the same place but in another time¡ªto a stranger's soft kiss.

I couldn't help kissing her. Sometimes you just have to kiss someone. I didn't know this would happen.

Now I am in dire trouble because my father, the king, says I have brought ruin upon our country. I have no choice but to run away with this commoner!

Now I'm stuck with a bratty princess and a trunk full of her jewels...The good news: My parents will freak!

Think you have dating issues? Try locking lips with a snoozing stunner who turns out to be 316 years old. Can a kiss transcend all¡ªeven time?]]> 384 Alex Flinn 0060874198 Natalie 3 3.76 2008 A Kiss in Time
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average rating: 3.76
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]]> Cloaked 7075298
It all started with the curse. And the frognapping. And one hot-looking princess, who asked me to lead a rescue mission.

There wasn¡¯t a fairy godmother or any of that. And even though I fell in love along the way, what happened to me is unlike any fairy tale I¡¯ve ever heard. Before I knew it, I was spying with a flock of enchanted swans, talking (yes, talking!) to a fox named Todd, and nearly trampled by giants in the Keys.

Don¡¯t believe me? I didn¡¯t believe it either. But you¡¯ll see. Because I knew it all was true, the second I got CLOAKED.]]> 341 Alex Flinn 0060874228 Natalie 0 to-read 3.65 2011 Cloaked
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]]> Beastly (Beastly, #1) 544891
A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright¡ªa creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever¡ªruined¡ªunless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.]]> 336 Alex Flinn 0060874163 Natalie 4 3.83 2007 Beastly (Beastly, #1)
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> The Sea of Tranquility 16151178 I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.

Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her¡ªher identity, her spirit, her will to live¡ªpay.

Josh Bennett¡¯s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won¡¯t go away until she¡¯s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she¡¯s been hiding¡ªor if he even wants to.

The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.]]> 449 Katja Millay Natalie 0 to-read 4.26 2012 The Sea of Tranquility
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]]> <![CDATA[The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)]]> 12127810 Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their quest to find the House of Hades, where they might be able to open the Doors of Death, rescue their friends Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, and prevent monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whichever road they decide to take, they have to hurry, because time is running out. Gaea, the bloodthirsty Earth Mother, has set the date of August 1 for her rise to power.

Annabeth and Percy are overwhelmed. How will the two of them make it through Tartarus? Starving, thirsty, and in pain, they are barely able to stumble on in the dark and poisonous landscape that holds new horrors at every turn. They have no way of locating the Doors of Death. Even if they did, a legion of Gaea's strongest monsters guards the Doors on the Tartarus side. Annabeth and Percy can't exactly launch a frontal assault.

Despite the terrible odds, Hazel, Annabeth, Percy, and the other demigods of the prophecy know that there is only one choice: to attempt the impossible. Not just for themselves, but for everyone they love. Even though love can be the riskiest choice of all.

Join the demigods as they face their biggest challenges yet in The House of Hades, the hair-raising penultimate book in the best-selling Heroes of Olympus series.]]> 597 Rick Riordan 1423146727 Natalie 0 to-read 4.56 2013 The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)]]> 4502507
While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy's sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.]]> 11 Rick Riordan Natalie 5 4.48 2009 The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4.5)]]> 4837112
Note: this edition is now out of print, but you can still find this story in The Demigod Files. ]]> 72 Rick Riordan 0955944686 Natalie 0 to-read 4.27 2009 Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4.5)
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average rating: 4.27
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