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Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

July 7, 2014

close your eyes

Sweet sixteen—a time of so many changes. Learning to drive, first dates, preparing for college, and, if you’re Emily Shepard, a nuclear reactor meltdown near your tiny town in Vermont, your parents ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, Doubleday, family, social issues, young adult

Before My Eyes

February 17, 2014

before my eyes

It is summertime in a beach town meaning there’s only one place to be if you’re a teenager. Unfortunately, Max is there but it’s behind the counter of the Snack Shack where his father has insisted he ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: beach, book clubs, contemporary life, St. Martin's Press, young adult

Dare Me: A Novel

September 2, 2013

Dare Me

  Written with all the hip-popping, hyper-hormonal intensity of teenage girls, Dare Me takes everything you’ve ever thought about cheerleaders and magnifies it tenfold. A group of  girls, part of the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary life, Reagan Arthur Books, suspense, young adult

The Bone Season

August 30, 2013

Boene Season

  The last time I read a YA book, I was a young adult. OK, not true, I read Hunger Games, but who didn’t? I saw The Bone Season at Book Expo America and thought I’d give it a try, partly because ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, debut, dystopia, fantasy, London, science fiction, young adult

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