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Coming soon to a Movie Theater!
5/16/08: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
11/21/08: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.
Rowling
Sometime
in '08: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Sometime in '08: Cirque du Freak by Darran Shan
November 2009: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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F WOO Wooding, Chris.Poison. New York: Orchard,
2003.Poison has never fit it to the community in which she lives, but
when the pharies kidnap her sister, she races to save her. Meeting the
Phaerie Lord, she finds he is not exactly a kind or generous ruler and
that the world in which he lives is full of danger, politics and intrigue.
A great read!
Stotan!
by Chris Crutcher--F CRU
What's a Stotan? Walker, Nortie, Lion and Jeff are about to find out as
they undergo the hardest week of their lives. They agree to accept the
Stotan Challenge -- a series of difficult physical tests of endurance.
Four best friends on the swim team in their senior year, they think they
are ready to face anything as long as they face it together. Don't be
fooled--despite the plot this is not just a book for swim jocks. No matter
what group you belong to or belonged to in high school, you will dive
into this read and swim all the way to the end! (review from Reading
Rants website.)
If you come
softly by Jacqueline Woodson. Putnam, 1997. -- F WOO
Jeremiah is recruited to joing the basketball team at a fancy prep school
in Manhattan, where there aren't many black guys at all. He meets Ellie
the first week of school and their friendship begins to grow, to the obvious
dislike of some.
Alice, I think
by Susan Juby. New York: Harper Tempest, 2003. -- F JUB
Take a homeschooled teenager who thought she was a hobbit her first day
at kindergarten, toss in a therapist, the world's worst haircut, her first
"boy/girl" relationship and a fish show!
Miracle's Boys. After their mother dies, Lafayette's
family is on their own. One boy is sent to a detention center, one gives
up hope of college and the youngest deals with guilt about his mother's
death. Amazing. F WOO
Internet Websites
for Reading
Book Reviews
This website is seeking teen who would be willing
to read and write up a review within a month or so. And the Teen Book
Reviewer gets to keep the book!
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Google Books
Find some full text books
here, but also snippets of books under copyright. Google's twist on bookstore
browsing.
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Teen Reads
Great new books to read, with interviews and
biographies of authors.
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Reading Rants
Out of the ordinary teen booklists! Choose
from Fanging around, Riot Grrrl, Slacker Fiction, Deadheads and more.
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Young Adult Book Reviews
Designed for teens by a young adult librarian,
Jennifer Hubert. These are great and interesting reviews.
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Outstanding Books
for the College Bound
The books
on this list will give you the opportunity to see yourself and the world
in a new way; they will inspire you to think about life, universal truths,
and the human experience. This list can help prepare you for college but
is also intended as a tool for a variety of audiences -- college bound
students, educators, librarians, and parents.
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Teen Ink Book
Reviews
Find
over 400 reviews written by teens about books they have read.
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Reader's Club:
Teen Corner Book Reviews
Book
reviews for young adult books organized by topic from Action & Adventure
to Westerns.
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YALSA Booklists
Includes: Alex Awards,
Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Best Books for Young Adults,
Quick Picks for Young Adults, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults ,Top
10 Best Books for Young Adults, Top 10 Quick Picks for Young Adults, and
1999 Selected Audio Books.
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Booklist Editors'
Choice '98
Top books of 1999 for
older readers.
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Updated 2/6/07
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