Sarah's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:38:43 -0800 60 Sarah's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Guarding Angel (Fallen Redemption #1)]]> 20452254 An exasperated guardian angel.
A stubborn human.
A distracting charmer.
An interfering demon.

Heaven and Hell are about to be turned upside down.

I don't hate being a Guardian angel. What's frustrating is being confined to this rank for a millennium while everyone around me has earned their colored wings and gone off to help the humans plan their lives, inspire art, and fight demons. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong!

My latest Ward, a human named Daniel, refuses to listen to anything I whisper in his ear. If he doesn't watch himself, he's going to end up dead—or worse—and I'm going to end up wallowing around with white wings for the rest of my eternal life.

As if that's not enough, a charming fellow Guardian angel has come sauntering into my life, bringing smoldering looks, unbidden feelings, and a demonic ex-lover who decides she has it in for me.

When my—and Daniel's—life starts unraveling, I stumble into a plot that leads not to Hell, but to Heaven, and to a destiny I was apparently created for. I need to answer some questions before my life devolves into chaos. How do I fit into the plan for humanity? What does the Council of Seraphim want from me? And will I be able to stop my rival before she becomes more powerful than any demon before?

Guarding Angel is the first book in the Fallen Redemption trilogy, featuring an angel determined to prove herself, a demonic plot to wrestle power from Heaven, and secrets that will reverberate throughout Earth's history. Fans of Fallen, Black Wings, and Hush, Hush will love this fantastic series by science fiction and fantasy author Samantha L. Strong.]]> Samantha L. Strong 0993744508 Sarah 0 to-read 4.21 2014 Guarding Angel (Fallen Redemption #1)
author: Samantha L. Strong
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Guarding Angel (Fallen Redemption, #1)]]> 22494483 An exasperated guardian angel.
A stubborn human.
A distracting charmer.
An interfering demon.

Heaven and Hell are about to be turned upside down.

I don't hate being a Guardian angel. What's frustrating is being confined to this rank for a millennium while everyone around me has earned their colored wings and gone off to help the humans plan their lives, inspire art, and fight demons. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong!

My latest Ward, a human named Daniel, refuses to listen to anything I whisper in his ear. If he doesn't watch himself, he's going to end up dead—or worse—and I'm going to end up wallowing around with white wings for the rest of my eternal life.

As if that's not enough, a charming fellow Guardian angel has come sauntering into my life, bringing smoldering looks, unbidden feelings, and a demonic ex-lover who decides she has it in for me.

When my—and Daniel's—life starts unraveling, I stumble into a plot that leads not to Hell, but to Heaven, and to a destiny I was apparently created for. I need to answer some questions before my life devolves into chaos. How do I fit into the plan for humanity? What does the Council of Seraphim want from me? And will I be able to stop my rival before she becomes more powerful than any demon before?

Guarding Angel is the first book in the Fallen Redemption trilogy, featuring an angel determined to prove herself, a demonic plot to wrestle power from Heaven, and secrets that will reverberate throughout Earth's history. Fans of Fallen, Fallen Angels, Black Wings, and Hush, Hush will love this fantastic series by science fiction and fantasy author Samantha L. Strong.]]> 482 S. L. Saboviec 0993744516 Sarah 0 to-read 3.95 2014 Guarding Angel (Fallen Redemption, #1)
author: S. L. Saboviec
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)]]> 776407 180 A.A. Milne 0525444440 Sarah 5 4.37 1928 The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
author: A.A. Milne
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> Out of the Dust 25346 227 Karen Hesse 0439771277 Sarah 4 3.76 1997 Out of the Dust
author: Karen Hesse
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian]]> 693208
Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.

With a foreward by Markus Zusak & interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
]]> 230 Sherman Alexie 0316013684 Sarah 5 4.05 2007 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
author: Sherman Alexie
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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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 Sarah 5 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
author: Markus Zusak
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.38
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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 Sarah 4 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
author: John Green
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average rating: 3.97
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)]]> 452306
But Tibby says they’re great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them.

Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye.

And then the journey of the pants � and the most memorable summer of their lives � begins.]]> 294 Ann Brashares 0385729332 Sarah 4 3.85 2001 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
author: Ann Brashares
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)]]> 310459 288 Mildred D. Taylor 014034893X Sarah 4 3.88 1976 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
author: Mildred D. Taylor
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1976
rating: 4
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]]> How Fiction Works 1355465 Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes a telling detail? When is a metaphor successful? Is Realism realistic? Why do some literary conventions become dated while others stay fresh?

James Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Make Way for Ducklings, from the Bible to John le Carré, and his book is both a study of the techniques of fiction-making and an alternative history of the novel. Playful and profound, How Fiction Works will be enlightening to writers, readers, and anyone else interested in what happens on the page.]]> 265 James Wood 0374173400 Sarah 5 4.00 2008 How Fiction Works
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Tempest 12985
Each edition includes:
� Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

� Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

� Scene-by-scene plot summaries

� A key to famous lines and phrases

� An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

� An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

� Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books]]> 218 William Shakespeare Sarah 5 3.78 1611 The Tempest
author: William Shakespeare
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings]]> 391729
-The Tell-Tale Heart
-The Black Cat
-The Cask of Amontillado
-The Fall of the House of Usher
-The Masque of the Red Death
-The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
-Ligeia
-The Murders in the Rue Morgue
-The Purloined Letter
-A Descent into the Maelstrom
-The Pit and the Pendulum
-Ms. Found in a Bottle
-The Premature Burial
-William Wilson
-Eleonara
-Silence-A Fable
-The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

Here too is a major selection of what Poe characterized as the passion of his life, his poems:

-Stanzas
-Romance
-To Helen
-Israfel
-The City in the Sea
-The Sleeper
-The Valley of Unrest
-Lenore
-The Raven
-A Valentine
-Ulanume-A Ballad
-For Annie
-Annabel Lee
-The Bells
-Alone]]> 448 Edgar Allan Poe 0553212281 Sarah 5 4.19 1843 The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
author: Edgar Allan Poe
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them]]> 39934 New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart - to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; she is deeply moved by the brilliant characterization in George Eliot's Middlemarch. She looks to John Le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail. And, most important, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted.]]> 302 Francine Prose 0060777052 Sarah 5 3.76 2006 Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
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average rating: 3.76
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]]> Holes (Holes, #1) 38709
It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.]]> 272 Louis Sachar 0439244196 Sarah 5 4.01 1998 Holes (Holes, #1)
author: Louis Sachar
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> Bridge to Terabithia 2839
That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits.]]> 128 Katherine Paterson 0439366771 Sarah 5 3.99 1977 Bridge to Terabithia
author: Katherine Paterson
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1977
rating: 5
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]]> Howl and Other Poems 6295
Howl and Other Poems is a collection of Ginsberg's finest work, including "Howl," one of the principal works of the Beat Generation as well as "A Supermarket in California," "Transcription of Organ Music," "Sunflower Sutra," "America," "In the Baggage Room at Greyhound," and some of his earlier works.]]> 56 Allen Ginsberg 0872863107 Sarah 5 4.14 1956 Howl and Other Poems
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]> 355697
In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war�. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier� experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.]]> 296 Erich Maria Remarque 0449213943 Sarah 5 4.04 1928 All Quiet on the Western Front
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> Number the Stars 47281 137 Lois Lowry 0440227534 Sarah 5 4.19 1989 Number the Stars
author: Lois Lowry
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> The Prophet 2547 The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.]]> 127 Kahlil Gibran 000100039X Sarah 4 4.27 1923 The Prophet
author: Kahlil Gibran
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1923
rating: 4
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]]> Where the Wild Things Are 19543 38 Maurice Sendak 0099408392 Sarah 5 4.25 1963 Where the Wild Things Are
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1963
rating: 5
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]]> Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Sarah 3 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1813
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)]]> 1554
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king who acting entirely in ignorance kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are helplessly carried along with Oedipus towards the final, horrific truth.

To make Oedipus more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. We hope that the reader may, through this edition, more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the drama.]]> 75 Sophocles 1580495931 Sarah 5 3.73 -429 Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> The Taming of the Shrew 47021
Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate?

The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.

Frances Barber and Roger Allam are Kate and Petruchio. Lucentio is played by Alan Cox.]]> 291 William Shakespeare 074347757X Sarah 5 3.76 1593 The Taming of the Shrew
author: William Shakespeare
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1593
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Persepolis. The story of a childhood (Persepolis, #1)]]> 9516
Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.]]> 153 Marjane Satrapi 037571457X Sarah 5 4.27 2003 Persepolis. The story of a childhood (Persepolis, #1)
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> Wintergirls 5152478
In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all—hope.]]> 278 Laurie Halse Anderson 067001110X Sarah 5
I had this marked as a 1 Star for many years because of that, but it’s an amazing book. It’s just wayyy too good for young minds I think. But that’s my teacher opinion. ]]> 3.96 2009 Wintergirls
author: Laurie Halse Anderson
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2009
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So here’s the thing: this book is SO WELL-WRITTEN that it made me start to think like the main character and I’m not sure how appropriate that is for teenagers.

I had this marked as a 1 Star for many years because of that, but it’s an amazing book. It’s just wayyy too good for young minds I think. But that’s my teacher opinion.
]]> The Diary of a Young Girl 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe� of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank Sarah 5 4.19 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl
author: Anne Frank
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1947
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]]> <![CDATA[Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation]]> 8600 209 Lynne Truss 1592402038 Sarah 5 3.86 2003 Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
author: Lynne Truss
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 100 Selected Poems 76889 121 E.E. Cummings 0802130720 Sarah 5 4.29 1923 100 Selected Poems
author: E.E. Cummings
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1923
rating: 5
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]]> The Poetry of Robert Frost 95819 The only comprehensive gathering of Frost's published poetry, this affordable volume offers the entire contents of his eleven books of verse, from A Boy's Will (1913) to In the Clearing (1962). Frost scholar Lathem, who was also a close friend of the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, scrupulously annotated the 350-plus poems in this collection, which has been the standard edition of Frost's work since it first appeared in 1969.
]]> 607 Robert Frost 0805005013 Sarah 5 4.24 1969 The Poetry of Robert Frost
author: Robert Frost
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1969
rating: 5
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]]> Champion (Legend, #3) 14290364 He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position.

But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them: just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country’s defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything.

With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu’s bestselling trilogy draws to a stunning conclusion.]]> 369 Marie Lu 0399256776 Sarah 5 4.32 2013 Champion (Legend, #3)
author: Marie Lu
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 8306857 In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

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.

]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024027 Sarah 0 to-read 4.28 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts, #1) 26168646
This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.

Have a quick ten years. . . .]]> 405 Vic James 1509821457 Sarah 5 to-read 3.81 2016 Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts, #1)
author: Vic James
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic-Scars (The Crown of Stones, #2)]]> 22731901
Imprisoned by his enemies, tortured and drugged to keep his magic suppressed, Ian Troy returns to a world as marred and broken as he is. Ravaged by the reign of her new High King, Draken of Langor, Mirra’kelan’s citizens live in fear. The Shinree, misled by Jem Reth’s promises, are no longer slaves, but they are far from free. Thrust together by necessity, refugees from all realms have banded together and formed alliances never before thought possible. They share a common goal: freedom from oppression. And a common, fragile hope: Ian Troy.

But as Ian struggles to put the pieces of his life back together, he finds he is not the same man as before. Afflicted by an unsettling, personal transformation, he strives to discover the truth behind his connection to The Crown of Stones. He searches for answers among the ruins of the past and uncovers ancient secrets that may have altered the course of his entire race.

The Price of Ian’s magic and his addiction have never been higher.

Magic-Scars, the second installment in the Crown of Stones trilogy, is available now on Amazon in paperback and for Kindle.]]> 486 C.L. Schneider 1503004015 Sarah 0 to-read 4.57 Magic-Scars (The Crown of Stones, #2)
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average rating: 4.57
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]]> The Famoux (The Famoux, #1) 25148451
From The Famoux:
"The murmurs of Bree Arch’s name echo around the hallway between classes. The underpaid teachers with bags under their eyes have to grumbly scold everybody for not paying attention to their lectures, because they, like most of the older people in Eldae, pretend they don't have an interest for the Famoux, and have likely ignored all headlines regarding them. I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't even aware someone was murdered.

Some of the kids around me try to explain it to them, but they don’t understand it like we do. They didn’t have anything like the Famoux when they were growing up. In fact, they grew up in an Eldae that allowed children to be born looking different from the others of their age––an Eldae now thought of as ancient.

Every age group in the past thirty years has had a designated appearance, and no one in Eldae has ever exactly questioned it. Our country––one of the larger, more populous of Delicatum––has always been known for being a little off, and this freak generation mutation is nothing out of the ordinary. Everyone thinks and acts like their parents, making physical description the only thing that differs adults from their offsprings. And after three decades of this, without fail, it’s become completely normal.

And then there’s me. And a few others, somewhere out there. At least, my mother always told me there were others. I’ve never met any."]]> Kassandra Tate Sarah 5 4.52 2014 The Famoux (The Famoux, #1)
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]]> Eerie 27274308
Hailey Hartley has just enrolled in the world's premier supernatural university. It's a school she's never heard of, located in a town called The Middle of Nowhere, and run by a creature that's not supposed to exist. But at least she got a scholarship...

Hailey's dreams have always been, well...vivid. As in monsters from her nightmares follow her into her waking life vivid. When her big sister goes missing, eighteen-year-old Hailey finds only one place offers her answers--a paranormal university in Alaska. There, she studies the science of the supernatural and must learn to live with a roommate from Hell, survive her otherworldly classes, and hope the only creature who can save her from the evil immortal who took her sister doesn't decide to kill her himself.

"EERIE, full of voice and romance, is a thrilling and beautifully crafted story that had me up late, racing through the pages to get to the end. " - Author Brenda Drake]]> C.M. McCoy 1623422337 Sarah 0 to-read 4.66 2015 Eerie
author: C.M. McCoy
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.66
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]]> <![CDATA[The Reluctant Sacrifice (The Aramithians, #1)]]> 26063382
If a Shaw child, born on the 12th day of the 12th month offers her soul in a public sacrifice, then the exiles will be forgiven and welcomed home to Aramith.

Aubrey Shaw is that child, but dying for the exiles is not on her to-do list. Using her gift as a Jumper, Aubrey leaps between bodies to escape relentless shape-shifting hunters. Only, shedding her skin is not enough. Not when Joshua, her best-friend-turned-hunter, is hell-bent on dragging her to the altar.

Will Aubrey’s love for Joshua change his mind?

Or, will she have to trust the scarred stranger who shows up out of the blue cloaked in lies and secrets? Doing so means giving up on Joshua. But betting on Joshua's love could do more than break her heart.

It could kill her.]]> 263 Kerr-Ann Dempster Sarah 0 currently-reading 3.91 2015 The Reluctant Sacrifice (The Aramithians, #1)
author: Kerr-Ann Dempster
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.91
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]]> Frost 25834374
When her new powers attract attention, Megan finds herself caught up in an ancient war between Norse giants. One side fuelled by a mad queen’s obsession and an ancient prophecy about Ragnarök, the other by an age-old grudge. Both sides believe Megan to be something she’s not. Both sides will stop at nothing to have her.

Fire or frost. It’s an impossible decision, but she’ll have to act soon, because the storm is coming.]]> 468 E. Latimer Sarah 0 to-read 3.95 2015 Frost
author: E. Latimer
name: Sarah
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]]> Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 17878931
The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart...]]> 383 Victoria Aveyard 1409151174 Sarah 3
Mare Barrow is a Red. She belongs to the low red-blooded caste of society, and fears that she will meet the same fate that her brothers have: conscription to the war front, where she will surely die in a seemingly never-ending battle between her country of Norta and the Lakelanders. In an effort to avoid conscription, Mare agrees to a handsome stranger’s suggestion that she work in the castle as a servant to the Silver-blooded and power-wielding royals. When a freak accident triggers Mare to realize the power she possesses despite her red blood, the royal family scrambles to cover up the powerful Red in their midst. As she learns to wield her power, Mare takes on a new identity as a lost Silver daughter to a long dead noble house. But how can a lowly Red have such powers? And now that she lives with the Silver royalty, what will Mare’s role be in the oncoming Red rebellion?

Victoria Aveyard’s debut YA novel Red Queen is an interesting mix of dystopia and fantasy, of Game of Thrones and The Selection. The world Aveyard creates is very alluring, with beautiful Silver people in beautiful clothes, demonstrating their abilities in terrifying and incredible ways, all the while their Red counterparts are living in squalor, forced to worship the “Silver Gods.�

When I first read the description of the book and saw the overwhelmingly positive fan reactions to the book, I raced out to buy it. The opening chapter is so strong in creating the tone for Aveyard’s world and establishing Mare’s voice that I was immediately sucked in. Writers who wonder what agents mean when they say they’re looking for a distinct voice in the first chapter of your manuscript? Read Aveyard’s first chapter! I then continued to devour the book, waiting excitedly for the moment Mare Barrow would transform into Mareena Titanos, leading me further into her world.

Red Queen was definitely an exciting read with a fairly huge plot twist at its climax (if you’ve been reading reviews, you know this by now), which definitely creates enough tension to set-up for an interesting sequel.

With a movie adaption in the works, I am positive Red Queen will translate very smoothly to the screen. Aveyard is a screenwriter as well, and I think the scenes she created in Red Queen will be AMAZING to see . I will definitely be in line for the midnight showing of this movie!

I will certainly be reading the second book when it is released. Victoria Aveyard is one of my favorite authors to follow, and I am excited to see where her career takes her.

I rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars. I recommend it to young adults who enjoy royalty, romance, deception, and special powers.]]> 4.04 2015 Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
author: Victoria Aveyard
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Mare Barrow is a Red. She belongs to the low red-blooded caste of society, and fears that she will meet the same fate that her brothers have: conscription to the war front, where she will surely die in a seemingly never-ending battle between her country of Norta and the Lakelanders. In an effort to avoid conscription, Mare agrees to a handsome stranger’s suggestion that she work in the castle as a servant to the Silver-blooded and power-wielding royals. When a freak accident triggers Mare to realize the power she possesses despite her red blood, the royal family scrambles to cover up the powerful Red in their midst. As she learns to wield her power, Mare takes on a new identity as a lost Silver daughter to a long dead noble house. But how can a lowly Red have such powers? And now that she lives with the Silver royalty, what will Mare’s role be in the oncoming Red rebellion?

Victoria Aveyard’s debut YA novel Red Queen is an interesting mix of dystopia and fantasy, of Game of Thrones and The Selection. The world Aveyard creates is very alluring, with beautiful Silver people in beautiful clothes, demonstrating their abilities in terrifying and incredible ways, all the while their Red counterparts are living in squalor, forced to worship the “Silver Gods.�

When I first read the description of the book and saw the overwhelmingly positive fan reactions to the book, I raced out to buy it. The opening chapter is so strong in creating the tone for Aveyard’s world and establishing Mare’s voice that I was immediately sucked in. Writers who wonder what agents mean when they say they’re looking for a distinct voice in the first chapter of your manuscript? Read Aveyard’s first chapter! I then continued to devour the book, waiting excitedly for the moment Mare Barrow would transform into Mareena Titanos, leading me further into her world.

Red Queen was definitely an exciting read with a fairly huge plot twist at its climax (if you’ve been reading reviews, you know this by now), which definitely creates enough tension to set-up for an interesting sequel.

With a movie adaption in the works, I am positive Red Queen will translate very smoothly to the screen. Aveyard is a screenwriter as well, and I think the scenes she created in Red Queen will be AMAZING to see . I will definitely be in line for the midnight showing of this movie!

I will certainly be reading the second book when it is released. Victoria Aveyard is one of my favorite authors to follow, and I am excited to see where her career takes her.

I rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars. I recommend it to young adults who enjoy royalty, romance, deception, and special powers.
]]> <![CDATA[The Last of the Firedrakes (The Avalonia Chronicles, #1)]]> 25781691
Sixteen-year-old Aurora wishes she were anyone else. Mistreated by her adopted family and bullied at school, she believes things can’t get any worse. But when she’s kidnapped and dragged through an ancient tapestry into the magical world of Avalonia, she soon discovers that some dreams can easily turn into nightmares.

Hunted by the evil tyrant Queen Morgana, who will stop at nothing to get rid of the last surviving heir to the powerful Firedrake dynasty, Aurora struggles to fit into her new life as a mage at the prestigious Academy of Evolon. Threatened by treachery at every turn and desperate to prove herself worthy, she uncovers a dark, complicated web of political intrigue that threatens the very existence of the seven kingdoms of Avalonia.

Aided by the powerful Duke of Silverthorne, a fae friend, and a handsome but mysterious outlaw called the Black Wolf, Aurora struggles to master her magic and get her rare powers under control before it’s too late.

If she fails, her new home and her family will be enslaved forever...

The Last of the Firedrakes is the first novel in The Avalonia Chronicles series of enchanting YA fantasies. If you like resilient heroines, plentiful magic, immortal fae warriors, and sizzling romance you’ll love Farah Oomerbhoy’s enthralling story.]]> 384 Farah Oomerbhoy 1940014700 Sarah 0 to-read 3.83 2015 The Last of the Firedrakes (The Avalonia Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)]]> 11408650
It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed.

There is.

She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been
through, she can fall in love.

She’s wrong.]]> 456 Michelle Hodkin 1442421789 Sarah 0 to-read 4.01 2011 The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)
author: Michelle Hodkin
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.01
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]]> Taken (Taken, #1) 11044367
They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken–or risk everything on the hope of the other side?]]> 360 Erin Bowman 0062117262 Sarah 0 to-read 3.77 2013 Taken (Taken, #1)
author: Erin Bowman
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic-Price (The Crown of Stones, #1)]]> 20319844 What if you were born with an addiction to magic? What if your pleasure meant their pain?

The brutality of war was all Ian Troy had ever known. Peace was all he ever wanted. Fate had other plans when it placed the Crown of Stones, an ancient artifact of untold power, into his battle-weary hands. With one reckless wish, he ended a conflict that had been tearing the realms apart since before he was born. And paid a terrible price.

A decade later, Ian is still haunted by that tragic day. Running from the blood in his veins and on his hands, he struggles to forget—what he’s done and what he is. But when a fateful encounter with a pretty assassin brings his past crashing into the present, denial is no longer an option.

Hunted by enemies, old and new, with the realms burning and kings dying, Ian becomes embroiled in a violent race for control of the Crown of Stones. As the death toll mounts, and the deceptions unfold, his path becomes clear. To save the realms, Ian must embrace the one thing he fears most: his own power.

Magic-Price is the first installment in The Crown of Stones, an immersive epic fantasy trilogy.

]]> 502 C.L. Schneider 1492829064 Sarah 0 to-read 4.20 2013 Magic-Price (The Crown of Stones, #1)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Siren's Fury (Storm Siren, #2)]]> 22586972 I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so hard to control—no longer exists.

Nym risked her life to save Faelen, her homeland, from a losing war, only to discover that the shapeshifter Draewulf has stolen everything she holds dear. But when the repulsive monster robs Nym of her storm-summoning abilities as well, the beautiful Elemental realizes herwar is only just beginning.

Now powerless to control the elements that once emboldened her, Nym stows away on an airship traveling to the metallic kingdom of Bron. She must stop Draewulf. But the horrors he’s brought to life and the secrets of Bron are more than Nym bargained for. Then the disturbing Lord Myles tempts her with new powers that could destroy the monster, and Nym must decide whether she can compromise in the name of good even if it costs her very soul.

As she navigates the stark industrial cityscape of Bron, Nym is faced with an impossible choice: change the future with one slice of a blade…or sacrifice the entire kingdom for the one thing her heart just can’t let go.]]> 346 Mary Weber 1401690378 Sarah 0 to-read 3.71 2015 Siren's Fury (Storm Siren, #2)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 3.71
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]]> BloodMarked 25052032 When her reality is torn apart, Greta finds herself adrift in a world she thought only existed in her fevered dreams. The only soul she can cling to, a dark stranger who seems to know her better than she knows herself.

Jaromir Ragnarsson is a shadow in a world men do not see. Charged with protecting the Brandt women from untold dangers, he had been ever vigilant in his task. Until one night, a fatal mistake threatens to take away mankind’s only chance for survival: Greta Brandt.
Now, he must find a way to protect Greta in his hidden world, where magic and myth are fact not fiction. And curses are very, very real.]]> 262 Lu J. Whitley 1505225396 Sarah 0 to-read 4.50 2015 BloodMarked
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]]> Abomination 24762706 "Whitta is a master of suspense. Abomination grabs you and doesn't let go." —Hugh Howey, New York Times-Bestselling Author of Wool


He is England's greatest knight, the man who saved the life of Alfred the Great and an entire kingdom from a Viking invasion. But when he is called back into service to combat a plague of monstrous beasts known as abominations, he meets a fate worse than death and is condemned to a life of anguish, solitude, and remorse.


She is a fierce young warrior, raised among an elite order of knights. Driven by a dark secret from her past, she defies her controlling father and sets out on a dangerous quest to do what none before her ever have—hunt down and kill an abomination, alone.


When a chance encounter sets these two against one another, an incredible twist of fate will lead them toward a salvation they never thought possible—and prove that the power of love, mercy, and forgiveness can shine a hopeful light even in history’s darkest age.]]> 380 Gary Whitta 194175841X Sarah 0 to-read 3.68 2015 Abomination
author: Gary Whitta
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]]> Prodigy (Legend, #2) 13414446 371 Marie Lu 0399256768 Sarah 3
I felt that while June stayed true to herself in this book, Day seemed way too clueless. He became sort of passive with the Patriots, dumb when it came to how politics works, and caught off guard by Tess's attraction. Of course she likes you Day! C'mon man!

Speaking of that attraction... The arguments between Day and Tess felt repetitive and stationary while June and Anden's relationship was super interesting to me. The love square felt forced on Day and Tess's end, and I just wanted to skip those parts.

The end, though... So heartbreaking! Despite my frustrations with this book, I will be reading the final book. ]]> 4.24 2013 Prodigy (Legend, #2)
author: Marie Lu
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I enjoyed June's character a lot more in this book, and I really enjoyed the development in the characters. However, this book also frustrated me at times.

I felt that while June stayed true to herself in this book, Day seemed way too clueless. He became sort of passive with the Patriots, dumb when it came to how politics works, and caught off guard by Tess's attraction. Of course she likes you Day! C'mon man!

Speaking of that attraction... The arguments between Day and Tess felt repetitive and stationary while June and Anden's relationship was super interesting to me. The love square felt forced on Day and Tess's end, and I just wanted to skip those parts.

The end, though... So heartbreaking! Despite my frustrations with this book, I will be reading the final book.
]]> The Novice (Summoner, #1) 22297138
As the pieces on the board maneuver for supremacy, Fletcher must decide where his loyalties lie. The fate of an empire is in his hands. The Novice is the first in a trilogy about Fletcher, his demon Ignatius, and the war against the Orcs.]]> 398 Taran Matharu 1250067138 Sarah 0 to-read 4.13 2015 The Novice (Summoner, #1)
author: Taran Matharu
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
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]]> The Fearless 17338059
Cass remembers the night they passed through her village. Her father was Altered. Her mother died soon after. All Cass has left is her little brother - and when Jori is snatched by the Fearless and taken to their hellish lair, Cass must risk everything to get him back.]]> 400 Emma Pass Sarah 0 to-read 3.85 2014 The Fearless
author: Emma Pass
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)]]> 20560137 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9781595148032.

Laia is a slave.

Elias is a soldier.

Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.]]> 446 Sabaa Tahir Sarah 0 to-read 4.28 2015 An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.28
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]]> <![CDATA[These Are the Moments (The Moments Series, #2)]]> 25463625 "This is the story of Wendy, the girl who is in love with Simon. But it's really the story of you and that one person who keeps reappearing in your life." - Christine Frazier of Better Novel Project

For fans who cried their way through The Fault in Our Stars and fell in love with Eleanor and Park, These Are the Moments is the newest title in young adult and new adult fiction.

You can't go back.
You can't go back.
You can't go back.

Wendy Lake... Big dreams. Small bank account. Back home from college, she's the girl with the day job, the girl whose mom still packs her lunches, the girl with the memories she can't shake.
Simon Guidry ... The boy who holds her past in his pocket. And maybe her heart, too.

This is the story on-again, off-again Wendy and Simon, told in the now and then of their relationship. As the couple is thrown back into each other's lives through their friends' wedding, These Are the Moments dares to ask the questions:

Do people ever really change?
Do two people, who can never make it work, actually make it right?
And most importantly, do they even want to?]]> 348 Jenny Bravo 0996301100 Sarah 0 to-read 3.73 2015 These Are the Moments (The Moments Series, #2)
author: Jenny Bravo
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.73
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]]> Legend (Legend, #1) 9275658
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780399256752
]]> 305 Marie Lu Sarah 4 4.16 2011 Legend (Legend, #1)
author: Marie Lu
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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I really enjoyed LEGEND! It was full of interesting places and conflicts, and lots of action. I was surprised when I saw on my Kindle that I had already finished 90% of the book, because it went very quickly! However, that pacing, while effective in keeping my attention, I thought was a bit too fast for character development and world building. I am sure (especially since I've already started PRODIGY) that this will continue into the next book; however, I would like to have known who June and Day are by the end of LEGEND. I feel like I barely know them, even though I'm in their heads. However, as a YA dystopian read, it was very enjoyable and I would recommend it to any of my students or friends!
]]> <![CDATA[Chaos Walking: A Trilogy (Chaos Walking #1-3)]]> 13047567 0 Patrick Ness 1406334332 Sarah 0 to-read 4.53 2010 Chaos Walking: A Trilogy (Chaos Walking #1-3)
author: Patrick Ness
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.53
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Sarah 0 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
author: John Green
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.13
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]]> Unwind (Unwind, #1) 764347 Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.]]> 337 Neal Shusterman Sarah 4 4.17 2007 Unwind (Unwind, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Go Set a Watchman 24817626 To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch�"Scout"—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can be guided only by one's conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context and new meaning to an American classic.]]> 278 Harper Lee 0062409859 Sarah 0 to-read 3.28 2015 Go Set a Watchman
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]]> All the Bright Places 18460392 The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders� of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.]]> 388 Jennifer Niven 0385755880 Sarah 5 4.11 2015 All the Bright Places
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name: Sarah
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]]> Night 1617 Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.]]> 120 Elie Wiesel 0374500010 Sarah 5 4.38 1956 Night
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Sarah
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]]> The Glass Arrow 15750874 The Handmaid’s Tale meets Blood Red Road in Glass Arrow, the story of Aya, who lives with a small group of women on the run from the men who hunt them, men who want to auction off breeding rights to the highest bidder.

In a world where females are scarce and are hunted, then bought and sold at market for their breeding rights, 15-year old Aya has learned how to hide. With a ragtag bunch of other women and girls, she has successfully avoided capture and eked out a nomadic but free existence in the mountains. But when Aya’s luck runs out and she’s caught by a group of businessmen on a hunting expedition, fighting to survive takes on a whole new meaning.]]> 334 Kristen Simmons 0765336618 Sarah 0 to-read 3.63 2015 The Glass Arrow
author: Kristen Simmons
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.63
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]]> <![CDATA[Dance in Shadow and Whisper (The Marionettes of Myth, #1)]]> 18107213
Jason is the target of the mission. She and Yuuhi, who was also designated by his own people to be her partner, must find solid proof that Jason is, in fact, a supernatural phenomenon. Yuuhi sees little more than a socially inept emo kid dressed in conflicting shades of black, but Kali only touches Jason’s hand, and she feels the sting of something dark and deadly. Jason’s shadow is bigger than he is, and if the leaders of Yuuhi’s people find out, Jason won’t be human much longer.

The goal of the mission is to protect him, but Kali will find that the only way she can do just that is to break every rule she’s been conditioned to follow. She’ll have to learn how to disobey.

Beginning with Kali’s point of view and then shifting to the eyes of other characters, the Marionettes of Myth series introduces Pittsburgh as a superhuman metropolis, a world both wild and conquered by the monsters buried in its seams and darkest shadows.

And those monsters will be watching her.]]> 362 Sarah Godfrey 148498448X Sarah 0 to-read 3.74 2013 Dance in Shadow and Whisper (The Marionettes of Myth, #1)
author: Sarah Godfrey
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.74
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]]> <![CDATA[Born of Shadow (The Shadow Wars Series)]]> 23114626 320 Sarah Benson 1500570737 Sarah 0 to-read 4.11 2014 Born of Shadow (The Shadow Wars Series)
author: Sarah Benson
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.11
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]]> The Blast 24265868

Praise for THE BLAST:

“This is the most impressive and heartfelt apocalypse story I’ve ever read in my life!�

“A real tour de force� [It’s] refreshing to have a YA book which focuses on the important things in a person’s life � family, love and death.�

“What a beautiful story. A wonderful look at the human ability to survive, rebuild, and grow through survival.�

“One of the best post-apocalypse stories I have read.�

“This book easily stacks up against my favourites and has an originality that many books seem to lack these days. [The] writing style is impeccable and this book is utterly breathtaking!”]]> 200 Sarah Perlmutter Sarah 5 4.27 2014 The Blast
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.27
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rating: 5
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]]> They All Fall Down 20527879 Pretty Little Liars meets Final Destination in this YA psychological thriller that will have readers' hearts racing right till the very end!

Every year, the lives of ten girls at Vienna High are transformed.

All because of the list.

Kenzie Summerall can't imagine how she's been voted onto a list of the hottest girls in school, but when she lands at number five, her average life becomes dazzling. Doors open to the best parties, new friends surround her, the cutest jock in school is after her.

This is the power of the list. If you're on it, your life changes.

If you're on it this year? Your life ends.

The girls on the list have started to die, one by one. Is it a coincidence? A curse? Or is the list in the hands of a killer?

Time is running out for Kenzie, but she’s determined to uncover the deadly secret of the list...before her number’s up.]]> 352 Roxanne St. Claire 0385742711 Sarah 0 to-read 3.52 2014 They All Fall Down
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]]> We Were Liars 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 Sarah 0 to-read 3.65 2014 We Were Liars
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating 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 unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Sarah 3
The plot kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time, and I sort of wish this was the only book in the trilogy. ]]> 4.13 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.13
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rating: 3
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The world seems difficult to exist in a plausible world, even for a science fiction genre. Knowing how the city plays into the grand scheme of the plot, I can understand why the society is structured as it is, but it seems strange that the citizens would buy into it. World aside, Tris is a strong character (though I wish she were less like Katniss in many ways), and I totally fell in love with Four.

The plot kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time, and I sort of wish this was the only book in the trilogy.
]]> Gone Girl 19288043 What have we done to each other?

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 415 Gillian Flynn 0307588378 Sarah 5
I could not put it down. It had me guessing the entire time, and then, BAM! PLOT TWIST!

I felt unsatisfied with the ending, but at the same time... I'm not sure it could end any other way.

Brava, Ms. Flynn. You created two protagonists that I absolutely detested and could not get enough. Brava.]]> 4.22 2012 Gone Girl
author: Gillian Flynn
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.22
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rating: 5
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This. Book.

I could not put it down. It had me guessing the entire time, and then, BAM! PLOT TWIST!

I felt unsatisfied with the ending, but at the same time... I'm not sure it could end any other way.

Brava, Ms. Flynn. You created two protagonists that I absolutely detested and could not get enough. Brava.
]]> Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 11735983
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian DIVERGENT series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.]]> 525 Veronica Roth 0007442912 Sarah 1 3.97 2012 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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I couldn't finish. I pushed myself through the first 150 pages, and the abundance of secondary who-cares characters and Tris's depression over killing Will (who she clearly shot in self-defense and who she wasn't really close with) kept pulling me from the story. I wish I could have liked it, I really do. I LOVE dystopian literature, especially from the YA genre. I just couldn't.
]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Sarah 4 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.10
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rating: 4
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I love this trilogy, and loved this book. However, I wanted to see more agency in Katniss. I felt like she was pushed around for a lot of the novel. I also miss some of the characters we lose in this book. Their deaths broke my heart. But the ending made up for all of that for me.
]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 6148028 Sparks are igniting.
Flames are spreading.
And the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 391 Suzanne Collins 0439023491 Sarah 5 4.34 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.34
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rating: 5
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My favorite of the trilogy. Mostly because I love the characters this book introduces. Finnick and Joanna are two of my favorite characters in the trilogy. I've reread it a few times.
]]> <![CDATA[Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)]]> 227651
Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.

Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows - does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?]]> 153 Margaret Peterson Haddix 1416924981 Sarah 5 3.99 1998 Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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I read this book with 7th grade students, and they were absolutely enthralled with the world Haddix creates in AMONG THE HIDDEN. I had to agree with them! The world is well-built and the conflict is intense enough to keep you on the edge of your seat! I keep it in my high school classroom currently, and offer it to all my students.
]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason]]> 10776887 A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is "the girl who was on fire," but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. The post-apocalyptic world of Panem's twelve districts is a divided society on the brink of war and struggling to survive, while the Capitol lives in the lap of luxury and pure contentment. At every turn in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and their many allies wrestle with harrowing choices and ethical dilemmas that push them to the brink. Is it okay for Katniss to break the law to ensure her family's survival? Do ordinary moral rules apply in the Arena? Can the world of The Hunger Games shine a light into the dark corners of our world? Why do we often enjoy watching others suffer? How can we distinguish between what's Real and Not Real? This book draws on some of history's most engaging philosophical thinkers to take you deeper into the story and its themes, such as sacrifice, altruism, moral choice, and gender.

Gives you new insights into the Hunger Games series and its key characters, plot lines, and ideas Examines important themes such as the state of nature, war, celebrity, authenticity, and social class Applies the perspective of some of world's greatest minds, such as Charles Darwin, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, and Immanuel Kant to the Hunger Games trilogy Covers all three books in the Hunger Games trilogy An essential companion for Hunger Games fans, this book will take you deeper into the dystopic world of Panem and into the minds and motivations of those who occupy it.]]> 320 George A. Dunn 1118065077 Sarah 0 to-read 4.42 2012 The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason
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]]> Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) 22232
Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don't stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.

But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl's arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her.

In a celebration of nonconformity, Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love.]]> 186 Jerry Spinelli 0439488400 Sarah 0 to-read 3.76 2000 Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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average rating: 3.76
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]]> Eat, Pray, Love 19501
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.]]> 368 Elizabeth Gilbert 0143038419 Sarah 0 to-read 3.64 2006 Eat, Pray, Love
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average rating: 3.64
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]]> <![CDATA[Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail]]> 12262741 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State � and she would do it alone.

Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.]]> 336 Cheryl Strayed 0307592731 Sarah 0 to-read 4.06 2012 Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
author: Cheryl Strayed
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> The Time Traveler's Wife 14050 537 Audrey Niffenegger 0965818675 Sarah 0 to-read 3.90 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> Walk Two Moons 53496 Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned.
"Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!"
And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.

As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold � the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.]]> 280 Sharon Creech 0060739495 Sarah 2 3.99 1994 Walk Two Moons
author: Sharon Creech
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1994
rating: 2
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]]> The Westing Game 902 182 Ellen Raskin 014240120X Sarah 4 4.00 1978 The Westing Game
author: Ellen Raskin
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1978
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)]]> 7631105 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.

Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.

There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.

The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.

Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.

There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers� destruction—and they’re determined to survive.]]> 362 James Dashner 0385738757 Sarah 0 to-read 3.90 2010 The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
author: James Dashner
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> Uglies (Uglies, #1) 24770
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to become a pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world—and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally's choice will change her world forever....]]> 425 Scott Westerfeld 0689865384 Sarah 5 3.85 2005 Uglies (Uglies, #1)
author: Scott Westerfeld
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> The Giver (The Giver, #1) 3636 208 Lois Lowry 0385732554 Sarah 5 4.12 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1)
author: Lois Lowry
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> Matched (Matched, #1) 7735333
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.]]> 369 Ally Condie 0525423648 Sarah 0 to-read 3.62 2010 Matched (Matched, #1)
author: Ally Condie
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.62
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]]> <![CDATA[Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us]]> 6452796 The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.]]> 242 Daniel H. Pink 1594488843 Sarah 0 to-read 3.94 2009 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
author: Daniel H. Pink
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]]> <![CDATA[The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School]]> 8535464 When school lunchroom doors open, hungry students rush in, searching for tables where they wouldn't be outsiders. Of course, in middle school and high school, almost everyone is an outsider: the nerds, the new girls, the band geeks, the loners; even the "popular" cheerleaders. Alexandra Robbins' The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth takes us inside the hallways of real schools to show us how shifting cliques and permanent marginalization affect children. Following individual students over the course of a year, she tracks the plight and possibilities of self-confessed nerds, freaks, punks, Goths, and weirdos. Her central message is heartening: Our increasingly homogenized society ultimately needs and welcomes the cafeteria fringe.

]]> 448 Alexandra Robbins 1401302025 Sarah 0 to-read 3.59 2009 The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
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average rating: 3.59
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]]> The Bell Jar 6514 294 Sylvia Plath 0571268862 Sarah 0 to-read 4.05 1963 The Bell Jar
author: Sylvia Plath
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> The Art of Loving 14142
Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.]]> 180 Erich Fromm 0061129739 Sarah 0 to-read 4.05 1956 The Art of Loving
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]]> How We Decide 3860977
Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate, or we “blink� and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind’s black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they’re discovering that this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason—and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it’s best to let our unconscious mull over the many variables. But when we’re picking a stock, intuition often leads us astray. The trick is to determine when to use the different parts of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think.

Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need, drawing on cutting-edge research as well as the real-world experiences of a wide range of “deciders”—from airplane pilots and hedge fund investors to serial killers and poker players.

Lehrer shows how people are taking advantage of the new science to make better television shows, win more football games, and improve military intelligence. His goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better?]]> 259 Jonah Lehrer 0618620117 Sarah 0 to-read 3.84 2009 How We Decide
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]]> <![CDATA[Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture]]> 8565083 The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent.

Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has been recast as the source of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But how dangerous is pink and pretty, anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe; eventually they grow out of it... or do they?

In search of answers, Peggy Orenstein visited Disneyland, trolled American Girl Place, and met parents of beauty-pageant preschoolers tricked out like Vegas showgirls. The stakes turn out to be higher than she ever imagined. From premature sexualization to the risk of depression to rising rates of narcissism, the potential negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is undeniable—yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents can effectively counterbalance its influence in their daughters' lives.]]> 245 Peggy Orenstein 0061711527 Sarah 0 to-read 3.66 2011 Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
author: Peggy Orenstein
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures]]> 6516450
In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Now, in What the Dog Saw, he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from The New Yorker over the same period.

Here you'll find the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling creations of pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and why it was that employers in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.]]> 444 Malcolm Gladwell 0316078573 Sarah 0 to-read 3.85 2009 What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
author: Malcolm Gladwell
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2009
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]]> <![CDATA[Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair]]> 5932 The most popular work by Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, and the subject of Pablo Larraín's acclaimed feature film Neruda starring Gael García Bernal.]]> 60 Pablo Neruda 0143039962 Sarah 5 4.27 1924 Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
author: Pablo Neruda
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1924
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Stories and Poems]]> 23919 821 Edgar Allan Poe 0385074077 Sarah 4 4.39 1849 The Complete Stories and Poems
author: Edgar Allan Poe
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1849
rating: 4
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]]> Shakespeare's Sonnets 42038 488 William Shakespeare 1903436575 Sarah 4 4.26 1609 Shakespeare's Sonnets
author: William Shakespeare
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1609
rating: 4
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]]> Falling Up 30120 Millie McDeevit screamed a scream, so loud it made her eyebrows steam.
She screamed so loud, her jawbone broke,
Her tongue caught fire, her nostrils smoked...

Poor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous new book of poems and drawings. Here you will also meet Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold.

Shel Silverstein, theNew York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound.

So come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of Shel Silverstein open your eyes and tickle your mind.

Story List
- Advice
- Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels
- Alphabalance
- Bad Cold
- A Battle in the Sky
- The Bear, the Fire, and the Snow
- Best Mask?
- Big Eating Contest
- Bituminous?
- Blood-Curdling Story
- Body Language
- Camp Wonderful
- Carrots
- Castle
- Cat, a Kid, and a Mom
- Cat Jacks
- Cereal
- Christmas Dog
- Clean Gene
- Complainin' Jack
- Cookwitch Sandwich
- Crazy Dream
- Crystal Ball
- Danny O'Dare
- The Deadly Eye
- Dentist Dan
- Description
- Diving Board
- Don the Dragon's Birthday
- Eggs Rated
- Falling Up
- Feeding Time
- The Folks Inside
- Foot Repair
- Forgetful Paul Revere
- The Former Foreman's Story
- Furniture Bash
- Gardener
- Glub-Glub
- The Gnome, the Gnat, and the Gnu
- Golden Goose
- Hand Holding
- Hard to Please
- Haunted
- Headless Town
- Headphone Harold
- Help!
- Hi-Monster
- Human Balloon
- Hungry Kid Island
- Hypnotized
- Ice Cream Stop
- Imagining
- In the Land of...
- James
- Kanga Ruby
- Keepin' Count
- Keep-Out House
- Little Hoarse
- Little Pig's Treat
- Long-Leg Lou and Short-Leg Sue
- Long Scarf
- Lyin' Larry
- Mari-Lou's Ride
- Medusa
- Mirror, Mirror
- Mister Moody
- Molly's Folly
- Monkey
- Morgan's Curse
- Mummy
- Music Lesson
- My Nose Garden
- My Robot
- My Sneaky Cousin
- The Nap Taker
- Needles and Pins
- New World
- No
- No Grown-Ups
- No Thank You
- Noise Day
- Nope
- Obedient
- Ooh!
- One Out of Sixteen
- People Zoo
- Pinocchio
- Plugging In
- Poison-Tester
- Porky
- Quality Time
- Reachin' Richard
- Red Flowers for You
- Remote-a-Dad
- Rotten Convention
- Runners
- Sack Race
- Safe?
- Scale
- Screamin' Millie
- Settin' Around
- Shanna in the Sauna
- Sharing
- Shoe Talk
- Short Kid
- Show Fish
- Sidewalking
- Smile Makers
- Snowball
- Somethin' New
- Sorry I Spilled It
- Spoiled Brat
- Stone Airplane
- Stork Story
- Strange Restaurant
- Stupid Pencil Maker
- Sun Hat
- Sybil the Magician's Last Show
- Tattooin' Ruth
- Tell Me
- They Say I Have...
- Tongue Sticker-Outer
- The Toy Eater
- Three O'clock
- Three Stings
- Turkey?
- Unfair
- Use for a Moose
- The Voice
- Warmhearted
- Wastebasket Brother
- Weavers
- Web-Foot Woe
- Weird-Bird
- We're Out of Paint, So�
- When I Was Your Age
- Why Is It?
- Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda
- Writer Waiting
- Yuck]]> 178 Shel Silverstein 0060513098 Sarah 4 4.36 1996 Falling Up
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.36
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rating: 4
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]]> Crank (Crank, #1) 270730 Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy alter-ego, Bree: "there is no perfect daughter, / no gifted high school junior, / no Kristina Georgia Snow. / There is only Bree." Bree will do all the things good girl Kristina won't, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank.]]> 537 Ellen Hopkins 0689865198 Sarah 0 to-read 4.17 2004 Crank (Crank, #1)
author: Ellen Hopkins
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.17
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]]> The Lorax 7784 "Unless someone like you... cares a whole awful lot... nothing is going to get better... It's not."

Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.

His classic cautionary tale is now available in an irresistible mini-edition, perfect for backpack or briefcase, for Arbor Day, Earth Day, and every day.]]> 72 Dr. Seuss 0679889108 Sarah 5 4.35 1971 The Lorax
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs]]> 125507 You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”� You thought wrong.

In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of “The Three Little Pigs.”]]> 32 Jon Scieszka 0140544518 Sarah 5 4.32 1989 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)]]> 8073 An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a favorite of grown-ups and children everywhere.

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town—except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers.

Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. The town was a mess and the people feared for their lives.

Something had to be done, and in a hurry.

Edition MSRP: $7⁹⁹ U.S. / $9⁹⁹ CAN (978-0-689-70749-0)]]> 32 Judi Barrett 0689707495 Sarah 4 4.18 1978 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)
author: Judi Barrett
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1978
rating: 4
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]]> Where the Sidewalk Ends 30119 Come in... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins.

Shel Silverstein, theNew York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound.

You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.

Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings stretches the bounds of imagination and will be cherished by readers of all ages.]]> 176 Shel Silverstein 0060513039 Sarah 4 4.34 1974 Where the Sidewalk Ends
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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]]> A Light in the Attic 30118 Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...This 20th anniversary of Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic includes a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album.

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.

From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.]]> 176 Shel Silverstein 0060513063 Sarah 4 4.36 1981 A Light in the Attic
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1981
rating: 4
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]]> Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 12527 288 Annie Dillard 0072434171 Sarah 3 4.08 1974 Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
author: Annie Dillard
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1974
rating: 3
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]]> Leaves of Grass 27494 624 Walt Whitman Sarah 5 4.12 1855 Leaves of Grass
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name: Sarah
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1855
rating: 5
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]]> Walden or, Life in the Woods 16902 352 Henry David Thoreau Sarah 5 3.77 1854 Walden or, Life in the Woods
author: Henry David Thoreau
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1854
rating: 5
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