Ty is a teenage boy who lives in an era where there is very little land left that isn’t covered by sprawling cities with people stacked into skyscrapers like sardines. Now you may ask why is there so little land left, the reason is that earthquakes destroyed continents sending regions, as large as the...
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Dark Life
The Ruins of Gorlan (Rangers Apprentice book 1)
Young 15 year old Will wakes up in the bedroom in the ward he has known as his home his entire life. Today is choosing day. Today is the first day of the rest of Will’s life and he doesn’t know where it starts. For choosing day you are either chosen by a Craftmaster...
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Revolution
Revolution tells the story of two girls living centuries apart, one never knowing the other. Andi, heartbroken over the loss of her younger brother, finds the diary of a young girl living in 18th century Paris and becomes caught up in a plot to rescue a child prince who lived and died over two...
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The Princess Bride
Many years ago, in a European nation called Florin, there was a beautiful girl named Buttercup. Buttercup has a farm boy, Westley, who only ever says three words to her, “As you wish”. Buttercup realizes that when Westley is saying, “As you wish” he really means, “I love you” and she finds out that...
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Running Loose
Realistic Fiction Chris Crutcher Reviewed by Sean Bigelow Rated 5 out of 5 stars Louie Banks has it all. A great life, a starting football spot, a wonderful girlfriend, and it are his last year of high school. It seems as if nothing could make his life better. Until his football coach decides to...
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The Lucky One
Does luck exist? When fighting in Iraq, US Marine Logan Thibault finds a picture of a beautiful woman. He doesn’t know why, but he keeps it in his pocket at all times. Shortly after, Thibault begins a lucky streak, winning poker and surviving countless explosions. Thibault’s luck gets to the level where his fellow...
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Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
Young Katie Wilkinson has finally found her perfect match and great poet, Matt Harrison. Everything was going so great between the two and Katie had even anticipated the fact that Matt might propose soon. Until one day, very unexpectedly, Matt breaks up with her. Katie Is very confused with the situation because there was...
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Everything for a Dog
Three story lines weave together in this story of love for one dog. Bone, narrates throughout the story, first telling of his faint memories of being a stray puppy. He grows up a stray mutt that lives with his mother in sister. One day his mother doesn’t return to him and his sister, and...
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Homefront
Margaret Ann Motley’s sister is about to go away for college, so she will finally be able to get her own room. Margaret doesn’t pay much attention to what is happening around the world. Little does she know, Margaret’s cousin is living in the middle of the Blitz in London and she and her...
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The Sky is Everywhere
Lennie and Bailey are sisters but are complete opposites. Lennie is a quiet musical nerd who hides behind her sister’s greatness. Their mother, Paige, left and never came back when they were very young, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother and uncle. Bailey and Lennie have their own beliefs of why their...
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