For all humans, life is never perfect. Sometimes you may have a disorder, or a problem that just won’t go away, keeping you from reality. In the novel, Cut, by Patricia McCormick, Callie has a problem of her own. She likes to cut herself, keeping the scars on her wrists as memories. Once Callie...
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Frances is a sixteen year old girl who spends most of her time trying to hide herself from the rest of her world no matter where she is. She attends a boarding school where she has no friends, and at home she only has her dad and her mother. There is also her brother,...
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“Three lives, three different paths to the same direction: Aspen Springs a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act, suicide. These three at one point decided enough was enough, and tried to end their life. They acted on impulse, swallowed the bottle, cut a little deeper, and put the gun to...
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Best Friends For Never is a story about Massie Block and Claire Lyons who are the normal teenage enemies. The only difference in their situation is that Claire lives in the Block family guest house. Both of their parents wish they could become friends, and their parents would do anything to make it happen....
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In the story, Before we were Free, by Julia Alvarez, almost all of Anita’s relatives have emigrated to the United States, her family being the only ones left in the Dominican Republic. Her Uncle, Tio Toni has disappeared and nobody has heard from him in several months. After the last of her relatives have...
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Priceless gems stolen. A secret plot. A corrupt mother. The Star of Kazan, by Eva Ibbotson, is one story you won’t want to miss. This book with crazy twists and turns will keep you entranced in its corridors of excitement and humor. It will keep the most energetic child in its grasp. Annika is...
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Massie Block of the Block Estate is the typical teenager. The only difference between her and the average teenager is the wealth of her father, who is paying for her personal horses, tuition at OCD, the best private school around, her love for shopping and the best style consisting of only the best brands....
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Have you ever been in so much trouble that you just had to find a way out of telling your parents? In Bottled up by Jaye Murray, Pip is trying to find any way out of getting in trouble with his father. When the principal calls Pip down to his office during gym he...
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“This is it, I told myself. Fifteen more handholds and I’ve topped it. I reached up for the next seam and encountered a little snag. Well, a big snag really… My right ear and cheek were frozen to the wall.” 14-year-old Peak Marcello’s passion for climbing is in his genes. Both his mother and...
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This novel is about the efforts of fugitives Charlie McGee and her father, Andy. The result of a government experiment gone awry. Both Andy and his late wife Vicki were injected with a drug that allowed them limited psychic abilities. They passed on this power to their daughter, who captures the government’s attention with...
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