Going to get a camera, falling down the stairs, meeting him, was all an accident that shouldn’t have happened. Just because of a stupid coin toss, Naomi, a good girl with good grades in the year book committee, picks tail off a coin toss with her friend, Chief, co-editor to the yearbook. After the...
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Hearts of Horses
During the winter of 1917, Martha Lessen, a horse breaking girl, goes to George Bliss’ house, man with his regular helpers off at war, hoping there will be horses to break. She believes that when breaking a horse, using calm and easy methods, you shouldn’t force the horse to be broken. She finds out...
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Uglies
All she ever wanted was to be pretty, ever since she was little. She was always called “Ugly” and had dreams of what it would be like to be a pretty. Tally, a trickster, thinks everyone wants to be the pretty one with the big eyes, perfect body, no acne, no bruises, fun all...
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Glass
Kristina Georgia Snow is now 18 years old, and she is in control of her life for the first time in a long time. In the previous book, Crank, Kristina is raped, and to make the situation worse, she gets pregnant. Now she has to care for the life of her infant son, Hunter,...
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Lovely Bones
Do you ever think that you are going to die young? How about, do something that you will regreat for the rest of your life? Susie, a 14 year old girl, goes on an adventure many young girls don’t go on. Susie dies when she is only 14 years old and goes to “Her...
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Geek High
Geek High is a school filled with game fanatics, future physicists, and math super students. While this school is full with every “gifted” child in the area, Miranda Bloom still can’t seem to find a way to fit in among her peers. Miranda is a math genius with divorced parents, an evil stepmother, and...
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Tricks
Makayla Pirger 12-21-09 English5 Book Review Tricks There comes a time when you need to ask yourself, how far you will go to survive? The decisions you make throughout your life, especially as a teen, will affect your life forever. There is no going back in time to fix your mistakes, no...
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Sea Change
“I stopped walking, my flats sinking into the sand. Behind the boy there was nothing but fog, and I realized how alone I was. “You lost?” The boy called, waving one arm at me. “Not at all,” I replied defensively, squaring my shoulders. “I was just exploring” He came closer. “It’s not a great...
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Burned
Pattyn, a teenage girl living in a mainly Mormon community, starts to question her life style. She grew up going to church every week and helping out with her 5 sisters. In her junior year of high school, Pattyn begins to struggle with her beliefs. Her family and church going friends are startled by...
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Alphas
Alphas is a book about being the best you can be and going to an academy for it. You can be a singer, inventor, actress, model, chef, dancer, or an artist. 100 people have been selected and only one will be the head Alpha. The three main characters are Skye Hamilton, trying to get...
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