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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater tells the story of a girl, Grace, who is attacked by a pack of wolves, but saved by one wolf among the pack. After the attack, Grace is infatuated with the wolves particularly the wolf who saved her, Sam. Maggie soon learns that Sam is a werewolf, and she and Sam spend the summer together, but Sam believes this is the last summer he will transform into a human. Now Sam and Maggie are doing everything they can to avoid Sam’s trasnformation back into a wolf.
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Have you ever been embarrassed by your parents? Do you find yourself competing with one of your brothers or sisters? Does your best friend think you like him like him, when all you want is to be friends? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you can relate to Hamlet, the main character in The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne. Hamlet’s life is anything but ordinary. Her parents are obsessed with Shakespeare to the extent that they appear in public wearing Shakespearean garb. Now Hamlet’s brilliant eight-year-old sister will be an 8th grader at school with Hamlet. To complicate matters even more, Hamlet is receiving cute origami pigs from a secret admirer! With all of this happening to her and more, Hamlet is finding it very hard to do what she desperately wants to do in 8th grade-fit in. Here’s a trailer for the book: -
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I just finished reading The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman and truly enjoyed it. Here’s a trailer for the book. -
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To be Good Enough according to her parents, Patti Yoon must…1. Score at least a 2300 on her SATs
2. Get into HARVARDYALEPRINCETON
3. Stay away from boys who will surely distract her from her studies
BUT everything seems to change when Patti meets cute trumpet player, Ben. She starts to question if what she wants and what her parents want are the same thing and if success and happiness really are the same. Good Enough is a laugh out loud, cute, enjoyable novel about a girl who “longs to fit in and strives to stand out.”
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What a powerful book! The bullying incidents described so vividly in this book made me feel the character’s emotions. And I was reminded of my years in school. I thought about my classmates and how mean they could be. Then I thought about myself. Did I join in? Did I stand by and just let it happen? These are important questions to confront. Watch the trailer below and consider reading this one. You won’t regret it. P.S. If you liked Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher, I am pretty sure you’ll like this book too.
[podcast format=”video”]http://docushare.lps.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-642191/TheHateListTrailer.mp4[/podcast]
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is about a girl who no longer wants to be thought of as the “bunny rabbit” most people consider her to be. Sophomore year at her prestigious boarding school, Frankie hooks up with the very popular and gorgeous, Matthew. She soon discovers Matthew is in a secret all male society that she cannot be a part of and Matthew tells her nothing about. So she finds a way to infiltrate the society and get them to carry out some outlandish pranks without anyone knowing she is the mastermind behind it all. But what will happen if she is caught? What will she learn about herself in the process? What will she gain? What will she lose?I found this book to be intelligent, clever, entertaining, and quite thought provoking. Booklist described the book by writing: “Lockhart creates a unique, indelible character in Frankie…Teens will be galvanized by her brazen action and her passionate, immediate questions about gender and power, individuals and institutions, and how to fall in love without losing herself.”
Here’s a little clip of E. Lockhart talking about the book and reading an excerpt describing one of the first pranks Frankie organized.
E. Lockhart reading at the 2008 National Book Award Finalists Reading from National Book Foundation on Vimeo.
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I truly enjoyed this touching story about a young girl’s relationship with her brother who is autistic. Every week Catherine goes with her brother to therapy. At the office, she meets Jason, a young man with a physical disability and the inability to talk. Jason speaks with a communication book, and Catherine begins drawing words to add to his book. Their friendship grows, but Catherine is afraid to tell her other friends about Jason. Will Catherine be brave enough to share her frienship with Jason with her friends? Read Rules by Cynthia Lord to find out.
