“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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Zoe Rose never quite fit in. In kindergarten, Zoe, with her enormous red afro, was constantly being teased by the other children. At thirty, Zoe became deputy editor at a typical high class fashion magazine where she becomes fixated with understanding what makes girls be so cruel to the girls who just don’t seem...
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“He rolled his eyes, but I could see that he was flying- the relief was making us both lightheaded. It was over. Or . . . was it?” Bella Swan is not being overdramatic. Ever since her arrival in Forks, her life has taken a spiral, and even she can’t tell whether it’s going...
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Sometimes people don’t look beyond what’s in front of them. They don’t go after their dreams. But sometimes, others do. In the book, Stoner and Spaz, by Ron Koertge, Ben Bancroft, a boy with cerebral palsy, didn’t have much in stock for him. He wasn’t popular, didn’t have any friends besides his grandmother who...
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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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Summer has just begun in London, and Charlie is determined to make sure Brie and he do something other than stay home and watch soap operas, so they join a drama group. There are many different characters joining the drama group Charlie who is gay, and his best friend Brie who is obsessed with...
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Isabella Swan is used to the sunny, warm weather of Phoenix, Arizona. When she moves to Forks, Washington, where it rains almost every day, she doesn’t know how she’ll possibly get along. Her father, Charlie, tries to help her get used to such a different environment, but she just can’t seem to adjust, at...
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Jason Freeman, a new kid to beautiful Malibu, California, thinks that his new school with his new friends will make his life edgy and unpredictable. Just as he expects, everything is different, in a good way. He meets a gorgeous, but unattainable girl, he’s instantly popular, and the southern California parties are amazing. But...
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Ashley Hannigan is a normal kid with normal kid expectations. She has a normal kid grades, normal kid detentions, a normal kid boyfriend, and a normal kid family. Ashley doesn’t care about the prom, until one day the cops come to Ashley’s math class and find out that Miss Crane stole the prom money....
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“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him- and I didn’t know how dominant that part may be- that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” Bella Swan is nothing but more than the average,...
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