In the great Rot & Ruin, everything wants to kill you. And not everyone in Benny’s small band of travelers will survive�.]]>
author: Jonathan Maberry
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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TWO NEW HEROES.
A QUEST TO UNLEASH THE
GOD OF DEATH...
Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of the Sea, has woken from a very deep sleep and come face to face with two snake-haired ladies who refuse to die.
But they're the least of his problems. Because Percy finds himself at a camp for half-bloods, which doesn't ring any bells for him. There's just one name he remembers from his past. Annabeth.
Only one thing is certain—Percy's questing days aren't over. He and fellow demigods Frank and Hazel must face the most important quest of The Prophecy of Seven. If they fail, it's not just their camp at risk. Percy's old life, the gods and the entire world might be destroyed...]]>
author: Rick Riordan
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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Seventeen year old Eleanor Piper was supposed to die that day. She was sure of it. Only . . . she didn't. Somehow, she awakens in the cemetery at midnight where she awkwardly meets an unusual stranger . . . whom she ends up foolishly kissing a few bantering minutes later.
What begins as a fun and quirky romance eventually grows into burning devotion as he peels apart her layers, learning the heartbreaking truth behind why she sleeps in cemeteries at night instead of going home, and he reveals to her that he is an Evermore-Strix hybrid who could go dark at any second.
As they slowly begin to trust each other, and he finally trusts himself with her, he whisks her away to the World of Nevermore—a world of gothic castles, immortal knights, and a long history of angel-demon wars with the Nightly Shore Court on which a menagerie of bloodthirsty Strix monsters reign, determined to do anything in their power to take over Nevermore.
But just when Eleanor and Marcus feel like their dead hearts are beginning to heal, their haunting pasts� the nightmares which ultimately led them to each other—return and threaten to rip them apart.
Set in the southern Gothic town of Pine Hills, South Carolina, with the beautifully haunting backdrop of drooping Spanish moss and crumbling overgrown cemeteries, the world of reality and fantasy are about to collide, and Eleanor just might realize that the boundaries between life and death are closer than she ever imagined.
From this darkly romantic world of raven and crow shapeshifters inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and Greek-Roman mythology, emerges a different take on the classic vampire.]]>
author: Rae Hachton
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]>
author: Veronica Roth
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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From the Hardcover edition.]]>
author: Kirsten Hubbard
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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author: J.K. Rowling
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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Enter the world of Gossip Girl–a world of jealousy and betrayal, where everything is hip, beautiful, and far more fantastic than anything you ever imagined.
It's February and most cities are a cold, great wasteland. But not New York. At least, not my New York. Our college applications are in and it's time to view off some steam. Best of all, Fashion Week is just around the corner, giving us plenty of opportunities to get dressed up and go completely wild. And just think: The later you stay out, the quicker the days will blur by. See you out there!
You know you love me,
gossip girl]]>
author: Cecily von Ziegesar
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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New Yorker Finn is in love with his best friend's girlfriend.
They might be perfect together, but in a city of eight million people, will they ever find each other?
A breezy summer rom-com, with oodles of New York glamour. (Bookseller)]]>
author: Keris Stainton
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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author: Erica Orloff
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?]]>
author: Robin LaFevers
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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author: K.L. Glanville
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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One thing’s for sure � if she doesn’t keep her wits about her there’ll be hell to pay . . .]]>
author: Jana Oliver
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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This time, it's personal.]]>
author: Jaye Wells
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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And that was before she died... and is brought back to life by Ben Michaels, a mysterious, alluring loner from her high school. When she discovers a strange clock that seems to be counting down to the earth's destruction, Janelle learns she has twenty-four days to figure out how to stop the clock and save the planet.]]>
author: Elizabeth Norris
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2012
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Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike—and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one's own point of view.]]>
author: Dan Wells
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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UNTIL AMY WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED.
Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac's hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy's killer:
A white werewolf.
Lupine syndrome - also known as the werewolf virus - is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control.
Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy's murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy's boyfriend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk.
Kathleen Peacock's thrilling novel is the first in the Hemlock trilogy, a spellbinding urban fantasy series filled with provocative questions about prejudice, trust, lies, and love.]]>
author: Kathleen Peacock
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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author: Trisha Wolfe
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word... especially after she finds her mother’s diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family’s destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.
If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren’t safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other.]]>
author: Jessica Spotswood
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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author: Lauren McLaughlin
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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But on her sixteenth birthday, her father gives her a present that brings about some unexpected changes. Some of the changes, like strange and wonderful powers and the cute skater boy with a knack for science, are awesome. But others, like the homicidal demon seeking revenge on her family? Not so much.
Steeped in mythology, this is an epic tale of a heroine who balances old world with new, science with magic, and the terrifying depths of the underworld with the ordinary halls of high school.]]>
author: Kelley Skovron
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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author: Aimee Agresti
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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author: Tammy Blackwell
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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author: Emily Hainsworth
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her dad’s jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.
Because tonight, they’ll come for her.]]>
author: Gennifer Albin
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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Still, in the midst of her crisis, she gets a job at The Pale Circus, a funky vintage clothing shop, and finds friendship and camaraderie with her coworker, a boy struggling with his own secrets.
Even as Sandinista sees the failures of those with power and authority, she's offered the chance to survive through the redemptive power of friendship. Now she must choose between faith and forgiveness or violence and vengeance.]]>
author: Mary O'Connell
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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When Cameron suddenly reappears, they are both confronted with memories of their shared past and the drastically different paths their lives have taken.
From the National Book Award nominated author of Story of a Girl, Sweethearts is a story about the power of memory, the bond of friendship, and the quiet resilience of our childhood hearts.]]>
author: Sara Zarr
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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As white turns to gray, Kate is with me.
The background of the dance studio blurred, so the focus is all on her
legs extended in a perfect soaring split.
The straight line to my squiggle,
my forever-best friend.
Sixteen-year-old Liz is Photogirl—sharp, focused and confident in what she sees through her camera lens. Confident that she and Kate will be best friends forever.
But everything changes in one blurry night. Suddenly, Kate is avoiding her, and people are looking the other way when she passes in the halls. As the aftershocks from a startling accusation rip through Liz's world, everything she thought she knew about photography, family, friendship and herself shifts out of focus. What happens when the picture you see no longer makes sense? What do you do when you may lose everything you love most? Told in stunning, searingly raw free verse, Exposed is Kimberly Marcus's gut-wrenching, riveting debut and will appeal to fans of Ellen Hopkins, Laurie Halse Anderson and Virginia Euwer Wolff.]]>
author: Kimberly Marcus
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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- As the son of Hollywood royalty, Derek Edwards is pretty much prince of the school--not that he deigns to acknowledge many of his loyal subjects.
- As the daughter of the new principal, Elise Benton isn't exactly on everyone's must-sit-next-to-at-lunch list.
When Elise's beautiful sister catches the eye of the prince's best friend, Elise gets to spend a lot of time with Derek, making her the envy of every girl on campus. Except she refuses to fall for any of his rare smiles and instead warms up to his enemy, the surprisingly charming social outcast Webster Grant. But in this hilarious tale of fitting in and flirting, not all snubs are undeserved, not all celebrity brats are bratty, and pride and prejudice can get in the way of true love for only so long.]]>
author: Claire LaZebnik
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Seventeen-year-old Sadie is in epic, heartfelt, and utterly onesided. The object of her obsession � ahem, affection � is her best friend, Garrett Delaney, who has been oblivious to Sadie’s feelings ever since he sauntered into her life and wowed her with his passion for Proust (not to mention his deep-blue eyes). For two long, painful years, Sadie has been Garrett’s constant companion, sharing his taste in everything from tragic Russian literature to art films to �80s indie rock � all to no avail. But when Garrett leaves for a summer literary retreat, Sadie is sure that the absence will make his heart grow fonder � until he calls to say he’s fallen in love. With some other girl! A heartbroken Sadie realizes that she’s finally had enough. It’s time for total Garrett detox! Aided by a barista job, an eclectic crew of new friends (including the hunky chef, Josh), and a customized selfhelp guide, Sadie embarks on a summer of personal reinvention full of laughter, mortifying meltdowns, and a double shot of love.]]>
author: Abby McDonald
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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In Waiting For You, Marisa learns how to “be in the Now� and realises that the love she’s been waiting for has been right in front of her all along.]]>
author: Susane Colasanti
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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Sometimes I wake up shivering in the early hours of the morning, drowning in dreams of being out there in the ocean that summer, of looking up at the moon and feeling as invisible and free as a fish. But I'm jumping ahead, and to tell the story right I have to go back to the beginning. To a place called Indigo Beach. To a boy with pale skin that glowed against the dark waves. To the start of something neither of us could have predicted, and which would mark us forever, making everything that came after and before seem like it belonged to another life.
My name is Mia Gordon: I was sixteen years old, and I remember everything]]>
author: Amanda Howells
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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author: Shelley Coriell
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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author: Jody Gehrman
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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This is Shyness was shortlisted for a number of major Australian literary awards and named a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book.
Leanne Hall won the 2009 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for this spellbinding debut for readers fourteen and up.]]>
author: Leanne Hall
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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Darcy Walker is a normal 16-year-old boy but he can handle that. He can even cope with parents, deal with parties, and soldier through the occasional fight. He’s certainly got his infatuation with the beautiful Audrey under control, is clearly the best at spending quality chess-time with his nerdy best friend, Noah, and doesn’t blink an eye at the misadventures that can occur when kayaking on a school excursion. He’s a teenage boy � he can handle anything. That is, if only he’d learn to keep his mouth closed first.]]>
author: Steven Herrick
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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Jade DeLuna is too young to die. She knows this, and yet she can't quite believe it, especially when the terrifying thoughts, loss of breath, and dizzy feelings come. Since being diagnosed with Panic Disorder, she's trying her best to stay calm, and visiting the elephants at the nearby zoo seems to help. That's why Jade keeps the live zoo webcam on in her room, and that's where she first sees the boy in the red jacket. A boy who stops to watch the elephants. A boy carrying a baby.
His name is Sebastian, and he is raising his son alone. Jade is drawn into Sebastian's cozy life with his son and his activist grandmother on their Seattle houseboat, and before she knows it, she's in love. With this boy who has lived through harder times than anyone she knows. This boy with a past.
Jade knows the situation is beyond complicated, but she hasn't felt this safe in a long time. She owes it all to Sebastian, her boy with the great heart. Her boy who is hiding a terrible secret. A secret that will force Jade to decide between what is right, and what feels right.]]>
author: Deb Caletti
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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Carmen knows that kissing Jeremy can't end well, but she just can't stay away. Nobody else understands her--and riles her up--like he does. Still, she can't trust him with her biggest secret: She is so desperate to win she takes anti-anxiety drugs to perform, and what started as an easy fix has become a hungry addiction. Carmen is sick of not feeling anything on stage and even more sick of always doing what she’s told, doing what's expected.
Sometimes, being on top just means you have a long way to fall....]]>
author: Jessica Martinez
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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author: Chelsea Fine
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Lily's mother has slowly been losing herself to multiple sclerosis. After traditional treatment fails, she uses bee sting therapy, administered by Lily, to alleviate her pain. Lily is trained as a veterinary assistant, so she can easily handle the treatments. What she can't handle is what happens when the bee sting therapy fails and it becomes clear that her mom wants to die.
One beautiful spring day, Lily's mother asks her for the most impossible thing of all--mercy. While navigating first love, friendship, and other normal worries faced by high school sophomores, Lily also has to choose: help her mom go, or cling to her fading life for all it's worth.]]>
author: Lisa Albert
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Emma’s grown into a stunningly attractive young woman, full of ideas for modernizing her family business. Then Mark gets involved and the sparks begin to fly. It’s just like the old days, except that now he’s seeing her through entirely new eyes.
While Mark struggles to keep his feelings in check, Emma remains immune to the Knightley charm. She’s never forgotten that embarrassing moment when he discovered her teenage crush on him. He’s still pouring scorn on all her projects, especially her beautifully orchestrated campaign to find Mr. Right for her ditzy PA. And finally, when the mysterious Flynn Churchill � the man of her dreams � turns up, how could she have eyes for anyone else?
With its clueless heroine and entertaining plot, this modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma stays true to the original, while giving fresh insights into the mind of its thoroughly updated and irresistible hero.]]>
author: Juliet Archer
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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With time on her hands, she auditions for a musical production directed by a Broadway choreographer. Just as things are looking up, Willow discovers she will be performing opposite Eli McAvoy, the best friend she abandoned three years before. To make matters worse, the kids in the musical hate her, her singing sucks, and her dog is sick.
Eli has grown up during their years apart and now possesses confidence and good looks, as well as a giant chip on his shoulder. He is in no hurry to play nice with Willow, but their entwined roles in the musical lead to entwined bodies in the backseat of his car.
Just when Willow finally has her life under control, another surprise is delivered in the form of her greatest challenge yet. Will she run or finally stand and face her fears? And will Eli be there to help or turn his back on her for good?]]>
author: Angie Stanton
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Francesca battles her mother, Mia, constantly over what's best for her. All Francesca wants is her old friends and her old school, but instead Mia sends her to St. Sebastian's, an all-boys' school that has just opened its doors to girls. Now Francesca's surrounded by hundreds of boys, with only a few other girls for company. All of them weirdos or worse.
Then one day, Mia is too depressed to get out of bed. One day turns into months, and as her family begins to fall apart, Francesca realises that without her mother's high spirits, she hardly knows who she is. But she doesn't yet realise that she's more like Mia than she thinks. With a little unlikely help from St. Sebastian's, she just might be able to save her family, her friends, and especially herself.]]>
author: Melina Marchetta
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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lost her boyfriend (#13 on the list),
lost her best friend (Kim),
lost all her other friends (Nora, Cricket),
did something suspicious with a boy (#10),
did something advanced with a boy (#15),
had an argument with a boy (#14),
drank her first beer (someone handed it to her),
got caught by her mom (ag!),
had a panic attack (scary),
lost a lacrosse game (she’s the goalie),
failed a math test (she’ll make it up),
hurt Meghan’s feelings (even though they aren’t really friends),
became a social outcast (no one to sit with at lunch)
and had graffiti written about her in the girls� bathroom (who knows what was in the boys�!?!).
But don’t worry—Ruby lives to tell the tale. And make more lists.]]>
author: E. Lockhart
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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Maggie is truly the poster child for Heroin Chic, complete with jutting bones and dark-ringed eyes, but is she an addict, or is there another reason for her appearance? She struggles with her feelings for Seth, fearing he is just another person who will eventually let her down, as everyone in her life has done thus far.
Maggie has spent her life caring for her alcoholic mother. A task that has left her heavily burdened and alone. Before long, her mother's health takes a turn for the worst, sending Maggie's life into a tale-spin.
While Seth works relentlessly to inject fear into the dealers and flush them out into the open, Maggie fights to stay alive as the hunt turns deadly.
Seth and Maggie's romantic journey is one of humor, heartbreak, and self-discovery.]]>
author: Sherry Gammon
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Harper Scott’s older sister has always been the perfect one � so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone’s sorry, but no one can explain why.
When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister’s ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She’ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going � California.
Enter Jake Tolan. He’s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper’s sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he insists on joining them, Harper’s just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanour and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what she needs.
Except June wasn’t the only one hiding something. Jake’s keeping a secret that has the power to turn Harper’s life upside down � again.]]>
author: Hannah Harrington
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2011
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3 Ex-Best Friends
Alice, Summer, and Tiernan are ex-best friends.
Back in middle school, the three girls were inseparable. They were also the number one fans of the rock band Level3.
But when the band broke up, so did their friendship. Summer ran with the popular crowd, Tiernan was a rebellious wild-child, and Alice spent high school with her nose buried in books.
Now, just as the girls are about to graduate, Level3 announces a one-time-only reunion show.
Even though the concert’s 2000 miles away, Alice buys three tickets on impulse. And as it turns out, Summer and Tiernan have their own reasons for wanting to get out of town. Good thing Alice’s graduation gift (a pea-green 1976 VW camper van known as the Pea Pod) is just the vehicle to get them there.
But on the long drive cross-country, the girls hit more than a few bumps in the road. Will their friendship get an encore or is the show really over?]]>
author: Hilary Weisman Graham
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average rating: 3.65
book published: 2012
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When the family arrives at their summer getaway, Sadie is surprised to learn that the owner of the house is Jax Stone, one of the hottest teen rockers in the world. If Sadie hadn't spent her life raising her mother and taking care of the house she might have been normal enough to be excited about working for a rock star.
Even though Sadie isn't impressed by Jax's fame, he is drawn to her. Everything about Sadie fascinates Jax but he fights his attraction. Relationships never work in his world and as badly as he wants Sadie, he believes she deserves more. By the end of the summer, Jax discovers he can't breathe without Sadie.]]>
author: Abbi Glines
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2011
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author: Lauren Henderson
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2012
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author: Trish Doller
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2012
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author: Heather Hepler
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2012
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Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her.
Now Parker wants a new life.
So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three? Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty?
But how far is too far before she loses herself completely?]]>
author: Miranda Kenneally
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average rating: 3.86
book published: 2012
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So wrong for each other...and yet so right.
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible. Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again...]]>
author: Katie McGarry
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2012
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When I was fourteen, I made a decision. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park next to an airport, I could complain about the smell of the jet fuel like my mom, I could drink myself to death over the noise like everybody else, or I could learn to fly.
Heaven Beach, South Carolina, is anything but, if you live at the low-rent end of town. All her life, Leah Jones has been the grown-up in her family, while her mother moves from boyfriend to boyfriend, letting any available money slip out of her hands. At school, they may diss Leah as trash, but she’s the one who negotiates with the landlord when the rent’s not paid. At fourteen, she’s the one who gets a job at the nearby airstrip.
But there’s one way Leah can escape reality. Saving every penny she can, she begs quiet Mr. Hall, who runs an aerial banner-advertising business at the airstrip and also offers flight lessons, to take her up just once. Leaving the trailer park far beneath her and swooping out over the sea is a rush greater than anything she’s ever experienced, and when Mr. Hall offers to give her cut-rate flight lessons, she feels ready to touch the sky.
By the time she’s a high school senior, Leah has become a good enough pilot that Mr. Hall offers her a job flying a banner plane. It seems like a dream come true... but turns out to be just as fleeting as any dream. Mr. Hall dies suddenly, leaving everything he owned in the hands of his teenage sons: golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson. And they’re determined to keep the banner planes flying.
Though Leah has crushed on Grayson for years, she’s leery of getting involved in what now seems like a doomed business—until Grayson betrays her by digging up her most damning secret. Holding it over her head, he forces her to fly for secret reasons of his own, reasons involving Alec. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothers—and the consequences could be deadly.]]>
author: Jennifer Echols
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2012
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author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2007
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author: April Henry
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average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
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It's going to take a concerted effort to lure the aquaphobic Hancock onto the water. Calder's job is to gain Hancock's trust by getting close to his family. Relying on his irresistible good looks and charm, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter Lily. Easy enough, but Calder screws everything up by falling in love - just as Lily starts to suspect there's more to the monster-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined, and just as the mermaids threaten to take matters into their own hands, forcing Calder to choose between them and the girl he loves.
One thing's for sure: whatever Calder decides, the outcome won't be pretty.]]>
author: Anne Greenwood Brown
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average rating: 3.69
book published: 2012
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This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They're even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.
Then Jordan dumps Courtney -- for a girl he met on the Internet.
It's too late to change plans, so the road trip is on. Courtney's heartbroken, but figures she can tough it out for a few days. La la la -- this is Courtney pretending not to care.
But in a strange twist, Jordan cares. A lot.
Turns out, he's got a secret or two that he's not telling Courtney. And it has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can't get back together, and how, in spite of it all, this couple is destined for each other.]]>
author: Lauren Barnholdt
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2007
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Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness.
The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary.
In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price - now that she has more to lose than ever.]]>
author: Lauren DeStefano
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2012
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author: Carrie Jones
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 2012
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Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.
Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn’t who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.]]>
author: Jennifer Bosworth
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about.
Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to what she's just read in the newspaper:
The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.
And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor . . . from her brother.
Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor is going to find him, she'll have to venture into the lab of the notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including the maddeningly stubborn yet handsome Daniel, the situation becomes dire. And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her very life may hang in the balance.]]>
author: Susan Dennard
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average rating: 3.74
book published: 2012
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When Rachel's father fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the city's brutal Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector: her father's apprentice, Logan—the boy she declared her love to and who turned her down two years before. Left with nothing but fierce belief in her father's survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself.
As Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a monster that can't be killed and an army of assassins out for blood, they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war decades in the making.]]>
author: C.J. Redwine
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average rating: 3.67
book published: 2012
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Isaac’s been kicked out of more schools than he can count. Since his father’s a state senator, Isaac’s life is under constant scrutiny—but Concordia High’s his last stop before boarding school, so Isaac’s hoping to fly under the radar and try to stay put for a change.
When Kelsey and Isaac meet, it’s anything but love at first sight. She thinks he’s an entitled brat, and he thinks she’s a stuck-up snob. So it surprises them both when they start to fall for each other. Kelsey’s happy for the first time in months, and Isaac’s never felt this way about anyone before. But nothing’s ever completely perfect. Everyone has secrets, and Isaac and Kelsey are no exceptions. These two may have fallen hard, but there’s one thing that can ruin it all: the truth.]]>
author: Lauren Barnholdt
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.
Filled with authenticity and raw emotion, Whitley is Kody Keplinger's most compelling character to date: a cynical Holden Caulfield-esque girl you will wholly care about.]]>
author: Kody Keplinger
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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Kicked out of their foster homes because they suffer the 'eighteen disease' with nothing but a hundred dollar check from the government and a pat on the back, they're forced to rely on a system that failed them miserably.
So they sit. They sit inside Social Services, waiting for their social workers to call their names and offer them the miracle they know will never come but they sit anyway because they have nowhere else to go, no other options on their very literal and figurative empty plates.
But as they sit, they notice the other. Although captivated, they each come to the conclusion that life is complicated enough without throwing in a boiling tension that can't ever be acted upon because they're both too busy thinking about where their next meal will come from but when their names are called and both are placed on a year long waiting list for permanent housing, suddenly relying on each other seems like a very viable plan B.
And, oh, how lovely Plan B's can be.
Well, except for the psycho from Harper's past that haunts her and, oh, yeah, there's the little issue that neither of them knows they're in love with the other.
Needless to say, Callum & Harper's life just got a bit more complicated.
“One day, you and I are gonna� wake up and be alright. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but one day. One day. I promise you.� - Callum Tate]]>
author: Fisher Amelie
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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four of today's most popular authors push passion and intrigue to the limit in four thrilling original stories...
In a sleepy costal town...
Early retirement turns deadly for a defense expert--until a beautiful woman steps between him and his assassins...
Among women of the night...
An FBI profiler can see into the mind of a French Quarter killer targeting prostitutes--but not into the heart of the detective she must trust with her life...
Between two strangers...
Sometimes one glance is all it takes. And sometimes all it takes is one man to tear apart what fate--and desire--have brought together...
Under the light of the moon...
Investigating a series of grisly murders, a San Diego detective is caught off guard by the enigmatic man helping her find the killer...
stories include:
Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan
Hot August Moon by Katherine Sutcliffe
After Midnight by Fiona Brand
Only Human by Eileen Wilks]]>
author: Christine Feehan
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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So when things start looking up and she has another shot at her dreams, Hudson is equal parts hopeful and terrified. Of course, this is also the moment a cute, sweet guy walks into her life... and starts serving up some seriously mixed signals. She’s got a lot on her plate, and for a girl who’s been burned before, risking it all is easier said than done.
It’s time for Hudson to ask herself what she really wants, and how much she’s willing to sacrifice to get it. Because in a place where opportunities are fleeting, she knows this chance may very well be her last...]]>
author: Sarah Ockler
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed.
But there may be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to act on his vision—no more Phydus, no more lies.
But when Elder learns shocking news about the ship, he and Amy race to discover the truth behind life on Godspeed. They must work together to unlock a mystery that was set in motion hundreds of years earlier. Their success—or failure—will determine the fate of the 2,298 passengers aboard Godspeed. But with each step, the journey becomes more perilous, the ship more chaotic, and the love between them more impossible to fight.
Beth Revis catapulted readers into the far reaches of space with her New York Times bestselling debut, Across the Universe. In A Million Suns, Beth deepens the mystery with action, suspense, romance, and deep philosophical questions. And this time it all builds to one mind-bending conclusion: They have to get off this ship.]]>
author: Beth Revis
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2012
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Hoodoo-influenced Southern Louisiana seems like the perfect place for Camille to escape her abusive past and dysfunctional family. She doesn’t expect to fall in love with the handsome Gavin Devereaux and plummet into the world of Amaranth, a place of exile for reformed vampires.
Wrestling to escape a deadly ex-boyfriend while giving Gavin a chance, Camille is confronted with decisions that threaten not only her life, but the lives of her inhuman friends she has come to love. Entangled in her friends� quest for freedom, she dives into their realm and faces the threats of Amaranth’s ruler—the mother of all vampires—and her own inner demons.
Now Camille must decide whether she will derail her life and make the ultimate sacrifice for the monsters that interrupted her bumpy path back to sanity—what she still wants so desperately—or escape with Gavin before it’s too late for both of them.]]>
author: Rachael Wade
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Matthew has loved Ariel from the moment he found her in the tunnels, her blond hair shining and her bee’s wings falling away. They live in Safe, an underground refuge for those fleeing the city Above--as does Whisper, who speaks to ghosts, and Jack Flash, who can shoot lightning from his fingers.
But one terrifying night, an old enemy invades Safe with an army of shadows and only Matthew, Ariel, and a few friends escape Above. Forced to survive in the most dangerous place he can imagine, Matthew strives to unravel the mystery of the shadows' powers and Safe's own secret history. For he knows he must find a way to remake Safe--not just for himself and his friends, but for Ariel, who's again faced with a life she fled, and who needs him more than ever before.]]>
author: Leah Bobet
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.12
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.
No soul
Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame?
Heart
Sam believes Ana’s new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana’s enemies—human and creature alike—let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else’s life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all?
Jodi Meadows expertly weaves soul-deep romance, fantasy, and danger into an extraordinary tale of new life.]]>
author: Jodi Meadows
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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author: Eoin Colfer
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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author: Matthew J. Kirby
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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Sixteen-year-old Noli Braddock's hoyden ways land her in an abusive reform school far from home. On mid-summer's eve she wishes to be anyplace but that dreadful school. A mysterious man from the Realm of Faerie rescues her and brings her to the Otherworld, only to reveal that she must be sacrificed, otherwise, the entire Otherworld civilization will perish.]]>
author: Suzanne Lazear
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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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.]]>
author: Brian Farrey
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Taylor hasn't been to the summerhouse since she was twelve, and she definitely never planned on going back. Up at the lake she is confronted with people she thought she had left behind, like her former best friend Lucy, and Henry Crosby, her first crush, who's all grown up...and a lot cuter. Suddenly Taylor is surrounded by memories she'd rather leave in the past—but she can't run away this time.
As the days lying on the beach pass into nights gazing at the stars, Taylor realizes she has a second chance—with friends, with family, maybe even with love. But she knows that once the summer ends, there is no way to recapture what she stands to lose. From Morgan Matson, the PW Flying Start author of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, this is a remarkable new novel about hope in the face of heartbreaking grief.]]>
author: Morgan Matson
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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Gemma can't believe her luck when the star football player starts flirting with her. Max is totally swoon-worthy, and even gets her quirky sense of humor. So when he asks out her so-called best friend Addison, Gemma's heartbroken.
Then Addison pressures Gemma to join the date with one of Max's friends. But the more time they all spend together, the harder Gemma falls for Max. She can't help thinking that Max likes her back; it's just too bad he's already dating Addison. How can Gemma get the guy she wants without going after her best friend's?]]>
author: Jennifer Echols
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Keep Holding On is an empowering, realistic story that will inspire readers to stay strong and never give up.]]>
author: Susane Colasanti
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later. And as they grapple with the ups and downs of what their futures hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right—and wrong—in the present.]]>
author: Jay Asher
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2012/03/09
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To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun 9/14 11:59 PM
From: [email protected]
Subject: (no subject)
Kate,
I'm here�
sort of.
Find Cameron.
He knows.
I shouldn't be writing.
Don't tell.
They'll hurt you.
Now Kate has no choice but to prove once and for all that Grace’s death was more than just a tragic accident. But secrets haunt the halls of her elite private school. Secrets people will do anything to protect. Even if it means getting rid of the girl trying to solve a murder...]]>
author: Lisa Roecker
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. Having missed her flight, she's stuck at JFK airport and late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon-to-be stepmother Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's sitting in her row.
A long night on the plane passes in the blink of an eye, and Hadley and Oliver lose track of each other in the airport chaos upon arrival. Can fate intervene to bring them together once more?
Quirks of timing play out in this romantic and cinematic novel about family connections, second chances, and first loves. Set over a twenty-four-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.]]>
author: Jennifer E. Smith
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.
There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back.
Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. It's hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different.
Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow.
That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings—the only boy Ember has ever loved.]]>
author: Kristen Simmons
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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What's wrong with Holbrook goes beyond the Takers, sadistic guards who threaten the student body with Tasers and pepper spray; or Nurse, who doles out pills at bedtime and doses of solitary confinement when kids step out of line; or Rita, the strange girl who delivers ominous messages to Faye that never seem to make any sense. What's wrong with Holbrook begins and ends with Faye's red hands; she and her newfound friends - her Holbrook "Family" - wake up every morning with their hands stained the terrible brown red of dried blood. Faye has no idea what it means but fears she may be the cause.
Because despite the strangeness of Holbrook and the island on which it sits, Faye feels oddly connected to the place; she feels especially linked to the handsome Kel, who helps her unravel the mystery. There's just one problem: Faye's certain Kel's trying to kill her - and maybe the rest of the world, too.
A rich and tautly told psychological thriller, Harbinger heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in young adult fiction.]]>
author: Sara Wilson Etienne
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.23
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high schoolers. Then one day Jack skips his medicine. Suddenly, he is stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. And it feels great—until he loses control of his own strength and nearly kills another player during soccer team tryouts.
Soon, Jack learns the startling truth about himself: he is Weirlind, part of an underground society of magical people who live among us. At their helm sits the feuding houses of the Red Rose and the White Rose, whose power is determined by playing The Game—a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir.
As if his bizarre heritage isn't enough, Jack finds out that he's not just another member of Weirlind—he's one of the last of the warriors—at a time when both houses are scouting for a player.]]>
author: Cinda Williams Chima
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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It’s a journey both outward and inward. Through the Badlands and encounters with predatory men and buffalo. A crazy bus ride to Mexico with a bunch of hymn-singing missionaries. Facing death, naked in the forest with an enraged grizzly bear . . . Gradually, Anna realizes that this is a voyage of discovery into her own self, her own silent pain � and into the tangled history that she and Kat share. What is love? What is sexual identity? And how do you find a way forward into a new future � a way to declare openly and without fear all that lies within you?]]>
author: Elissa Janine Hoole
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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author: Cindy C. Bennett
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2010
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She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.
Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything. But there’s a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen.
As Nikki’s time grows short and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she’s forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s...]]>
author: Brodi Ashton
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2012/03/05
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Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he's becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate's coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.
As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.
Henry's first wife, Persephone.
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author: Aimee Carter
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
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Stressed and tired from hiding, Avry is abducted by a band of rogues who, shockingly, value her gift above the golden bounty offered for her capture. Their leader an enigmatic captor-protector with powers of his own is unequivocal in his demands: Avry must heal a plague-stricken prince, the leader of a campaign against her people.
As they traverse the daunting Nine Mountains, beset by mercenaries and magical dangers, Avry must decide who is worth healing and what is worth dying for.]]>
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2011
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Anna and T.J. are en route to join T.J.'s family in the Maldives when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack and crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Adrift in shark-infested waters, their life jackets keep them afloat until they make it to the shore of an uninhabited island.
Now Anna and T.J. just want to survive and they must work together to obtain water, food, fire, and shelter. Their basic needs might be met but as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.'s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.]]>
author: Tracey Garvis Graves
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2011
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Enter the world of Gossip Girl - a world of VIPs and red carpet premier parties, where jealousy and betrayal will get you on the list . . . if you aren't already.
Lights, camera, scandal! Hollywood is invading our city and S is set for her big screen debut. I hear she's already having an off-screen romance with her onscreen lover, T. What will that mean for Hamptons-bound N? And if N is free, what about B? Sure, she's off to London to spend time with her royal boytoy, but N will always be Prince Charming in my book . . . or movie. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
You know you love me,
gossip girl]]>
author: Cecily von Ziegesar
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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author: Cecily von Ziegesar
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2012/02/29
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author: Sara Shepard
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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It’s her time to choose.
Some humans can see the fae. McKenzie Lewis can track them, reading the shadows they leave behind. But some shadows lead to danger. Others lead to lies.
A Houston college student trying to finish her degree, McKenzie has been working for the fae king for years, tracking vicious rebels who would claim the Realm. Her job isn’t her only secret. For just as long, she’s been in love with Kyol, the king’s sword-master—and relationships between humans and fae are forbidden.
But any hope for a normal life is shattered when she’s captured by Aren, the fierce and uncompromising rebel leader. He teaches her the forbidden fae language and tells her dark truths about the Court, all to persuade her to turn against the king. Time is running out, and as the fight starts to claim human lives, McKenzie has no choice but to decide once and for all whom to trust and where she ultimately stands in the face of a cataclysmic civil war.]]>
author: Sandy Williams
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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Its definitely worth the time of both urban fatasy fans and romance fans alike. I read a lot of these type of books and can say whole heartedly that this author avoids the standard pitfalls including a too uber chic main character (i like it when fairly normal people get involved in extraordinary situations) of yet another other worldly organization designed to save the world ( i always wonder how many of those there can actually successfully esist in my imagination). This was a good start to a new take on fae/human conflicts and i hope the author has another planned. The three main characters were developed pretty well but i didn't quite understand all the rebels gripes although i get that she was trying to keep both sides viable as part of the plot. I'm glad i gave this book a shot and will keep an eye open for any more by this author.
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author: Khaled Hosseini
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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Best book ever! In the beginning of the story, it shows how peaceful everything was until the monarchy. This story reminds and shows us how Afghani people have struggled to violence and war back then, and it may still threatens their lives today. It was extremely terrible how Hassan and his wife were killed by the Taliban, leaving poor Sohrab all alone, and how Amir had just found out he was his half brother in the end of the book. Amir had begun as a shameful, guilty young boy- he hid money under Hassan's mattress to frame him for stealing so Baba would make him leave. But towards the end when Amir goes to Kabul to find Sohrab, his friend Farid drives him to places. Amir stays as a guest at Farid's brother Wahid's house. Amir sees that Wahid's family is very poor, so before he leaves, he hides a wad of money under their mattress to help them. This time Amir does the same deed for a different, good reason- to help Wahid's family. When he was younger, he did it to get away from the shame, and not live with Hassan. Amir grew as a character. This really stood out to me from other stories. I don't usually read historical fiction, but this book was fantastic and very meaningful to me. I would surely recommend this book to kids in high school, or older. This is a good book for a high school student because it is the level for high school students, the story relates to history, and it can teach people about the history of Afghanistan.
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It's not like on the television, where witches airily wave their hands about and chairs start flying around the room. In fact, it's a lot of hard work, sometimes it's even boring. My introduction to witchcraft took place in Alyce Nightingale's kitchen, in the summer leading up to my senior year.
Not that Alyce's kitchen looked like any other old lady's kitchen I'd ever seen. But then, Alyce was not your average old lady. She was eighty-one and wore her long, grey hair decorated with coloured glitter hairclips. She needed help getting in and out of an armchair, but once she was up she could dance little pirouettes while she sang old jazz songs. Even though her memory was bad when it came to names and birthdays, she was sharp as a tack when I did something wrong. On the day the trouble started, I was sitting on her kitchen floor in front of an enormous pantry, sorting jars of dried herbs and flowers, while she cooed down the phone to her latest boyfriend, Dennis, who was sixty-two and smitten.]]>
author: Kim Wilkins
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 2006
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Brie's life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally.
But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after.
With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?]]>
author: Jess Rothenberg
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 2012
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To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she's forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live.
But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life� and death―inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?]]>
author: Courtney Summers
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
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As classes get under way, strange happenings begin to bedevil Frost House: frames falling off walls, doors locking themselves, furniture toppling over. Celeste blames the housemates, convinced they want to scare her into leaving. And although Leena strives to be the peacekeeper, soon the eerie happenings in the dorm, an intense romance between Leena and Celeste’s brother, David, and the reawakening of childhood fears all push Leena to take increasingly desperate measures to feel safe. But does the threat lie with her new roommate, within Leena’s own mind…or in Frost House itself?
From debut author Marianna Baer, Frost is a stunning and surprising tale of suspense that will have readers on the edge of their seats.]]>
author: Marianna Baer
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.]]>
author: Philip Pullman
name: ✿~ڳ๏ℯմ�
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/02/21
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