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Teen Read Week 2011...It's Seven Days of Book-Lovin' Bliss!
It’s a fact: GL girls totally heart reading, and Teen Read Week = seven delightful days of book-lovin’ bliss. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up our fave reads and paired ’em with awesome prizes--and we'll pick a winner every day during YALSA’s Teen Read Week, Oct. 16 to 22.
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by David Rappaport
Nobody could have imagined the unspeakable horror lurking in the foul depths of the dank moon where those inhuman castaways watched the Earth with too many eyes. Watched and waited and seethed and dreamed, living only for the day they would return to Earth.
by Wendy Mass
When Tara is sent to stay with her cousin in Willow Falls for the summer, she decides it’s a good time to start over—especially since she’s about to turn thirteen. Little does she know, this charmed town has a special birthday surprise in store for her.
Flyaway
by Lucy Christopher
Scholastic
From the author of Stolen comes a story of hope and healing. Visiting her father at the hospital, Isla meets the first boy who really understands her. But Harry is ill, and as his health fails, Isla tries to lift his spirits, and her own.
by Sarah Weeks
Scholastic
Everyone hoped Alice would inherit Aunt Polly’s secret pie crust recipes. But all Alice got in the will was her surly cat Lardo. Now Alice has to remind everyone that Polly’s secret ingredient wasn’t found on a shelf—before the battle over her legacy turns into a full-fledged pie fight!
by Joe Schreiber
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Perry’s plan for an unforgettable night at his band’s first gig is ruined when he has to take dorky, unpopular Gobi, the foreign exchange student, to prom instead. But she has a secret and their night goes from zero to sixty in seconds. Grab this book and hang on!
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Willa is lucky; she has a loving blended family that gets along. But when a bloody crime involving her estranged father takes place hundreds of miles away, it has an explosive effect on Willa’s peaceful life and threatens to take from her all she holds dear. From the author of the Life As We Knew It series.
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Lost Voices
by Sarah Porter
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Spellbinding, enchanting and wildly original. A group of girls surrender
Wisdom’s Kiss
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Princess Wisdom longs for a life of adventure beyond the old kingdom of Montagne.
Tips, a soldier, longs to keep his true identity a secret. Fortitude, an orphaned maid, longs only for Tips. These three souls might attain their dreams–if they can stand each other long enough to come up with a plan. From the author of the Dairy Queen trilogy.
Hourglass
by Myra McEntire
Egmont USA
For Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn’t there. Plagued by phantoms since her parents’ death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. So when her brother brings in a consultant from an organization called the Hourglass, Emerson is willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Fury
by Elizabeth Miles
Simon Pulse
Sometimes sorry isn’t enough…
It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks peaceful.
But not all is as it seems. In Ascension, mistakes can be deadly. And three girls—three beautiful, mysterious girls—are here to choose who will pay. Em and Chase have been chosen.
by Jessica Martinez
Simon Pulse
Now is not the time for Carmen to fall in love…especially with Jeremy. He is the only person who can stand in the way of Carmen getting the one thing she wants most: to win. But what if Jeremy isn’t just hot…what if Jeremy is better? Sometimes, being on top just means you have a long way to fall…
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by Colleen Houck
Splinter
Kelsey Hayes never thought she’d spend her summer before college working at a circus—or trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. But when she befriends a mysterious white tiger named Ren, she finds herself halfway around the world, fighting dark forces and falling for a prince who leaves her completely breathless.
by Colleen Houck
Back in Oregon, Kelsey knows she must push aside her feelings for Ren and at least appear to be a typical teenager. Home isn’t safe though, and if she wants to save the ones she loves, she must return to India—only now with Ren’s bad-boy brother Kishan. And this time, the evil Lokesh is waiting.
by Colleen Houck
Splinter
As Kelsey and Ren confront a new uncertainty of the heart, she must decide between the two brothers. This time they reunite to challenge five sly and unpredictable dragons. Danger, magic and love bring Kelsey and her two tiger princes one step closer to breaking the curse.
by L.A. Weatherly
Candlewick Press
They’re out for your soul…and they don’t have heaven in mind. Don’t miss the first adventure in this red-hot, action-packed paranormal romantic trilogy from Candlewick! Look for Book Two, Angel Fire, in December.
Misfit
by Jon Skovron
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Are some girls just born to cause trouble? As half-demon Jael unlocks her family’s dangerous history, she deals with a vindictive Duke of Hell and a spacey yet intriguing skater boy in this original paranormal novel.
by Lisa Greenwald
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
New to a school where close-knit cliques rule, arty Dina makes a video with queen bee Chelsea in an attempt to be popular. Her plan exposes the truth about social status in this must-have back-to-school book.
by Ann M. Martin
Feiwel and Friends
Pearl and her sister are totally different. Lexie is 13 and has a boyfriend. Pearl is 9 and her only “boyfriend” is the family cat. Lexie is super popular. Pearl has one friend. Suddenly, they’re forced to share a room! Will they learn how to get along? Find out in this hilarious new book from the best-selling author of The Baby-Sitter’s Club!
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by Alyson Noël
Square Fish
The best-selling author of Radiance continues the Riley Bloom series with Book Three! Riley is still working hard to save lost souls, but now that she’s learned how dreams are made, she wants to try to reach out to the one person on Earth who matters most...her sister, Ever. Will it work? And is it too dangerous to try?
by Alyson Noël
Square Fish
From the moment Riley arrived in the afterlife, eternity has only gotten more interesting. She’s met a ghost named Rebecca, who is trapped in her own anger and is a danger to everyone around her. Can Riley help her? And will she risk everything to try? Find out in Book Two of the Riley Bloom series by best-selling author Alyson Noël.
by Alyson Noël
Square Fish
Don’t miss The New York Times best-selling book that started the Riley Bloom series.
The author of the Immortals series brings you an adventure featuring Ever’s younger sister, Riley. Riley crossed the bridge to the afterlife and learned it’s not an eternity of relaxing! Meet her dog Buttercup, and cute friend Bodhi, who’s hiding something you’ll definitely want to find out.
by Julie Kagawa
Harlequin TEEN
Celebrate Teen Read Week with The Iron Knight, book four of The New York Times best-selling The Iron Fey series!
Winter Prince Ash gave up everything for Meghan…and all for nothing. Unless he can earn his soul.
Relive the adventures with The Iron King, The Iron Daughter and The Iron Queen!
by Joan Steinau Lester
Zondervan
Nina never thought much
about her biracial heritage—until her parents divorced. Now both of them are
asserting their cultural identity, and they want Nina to pick sides. Meanwhile,
in her hometown, racial tensions flare, and Nina feels caught in the battle.
Feeling conflicted and alone, Nina searches for wisdom and direction by turning to the story of
her great-great-grandmother’s escape from slavery.
by Joyce Magnin
Zonderkidz
Luna has learned a lot in her 13 years—how to skin a rabbit, where to pick the perfect wildflowers, how to gut a fish. But when her best friend Mason dies suddenly in an accident, Luna has to learn to say goodbye. She moves in with Mason’s feeble-minded mother and cooks, cleans, argues, compromises and finally finds a working routine—until a distant aunt arrives and wants to lock Mason’s mother in a mental institution.
by Erynn Mangum
Zondervan
When Kate Carter’s art teacher introduces forensic sketching, Kate’s photo-quality drawing helps police nab the bad guy wanted for first-degree murder. She becomes the South Woodhaven Falls Celebrity of the Year, and she’s loving every minute of it—until the murderer escapes from jail and comes after Kate!
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