Category Archives: Mature Teen

Jumped

Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia I didn’t want to read this book. But I needed it for the theme and I know Williams-Garcia to be a good writer, so I started it, hoping to rush through and hoping that I wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Read Between the Lines

Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles We begin the day in Physical Education with Nate, where his lack of athletic ability lands him with a broken finger.  As the day goes on, each chapter explores part of a different … Continue reading

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Written in the Stars

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed Author bio: Aisha Saeed is Pakistani-American Naila’s parents have always made it clear that they planned on arranging a marriage for her. But Naila’s heart has other plans. She’s fallen for Saif and … Continue reading

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Bone Gap

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby I came to Bone Gap with no expectations.  This is fairly unusual for me, seeing as I usually pick books that fit a specific theme.  So I was immediately taken with a sense of foreboding … Continue reading

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Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices Edited by Lisa Charleyboy , Mary Leatherdale Take a minute and forget most of what you’ve heard about Native Americans.  Forget the sweeping John Ford westerns and the class Pilgrim play where someone … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling If perhaps you were doubting that this book would be darker and more complex than its predecessors you only need look at the first pages. Rowling leads of … Continue reading

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Opening Weekend: The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green This is opening weekend for The Fault in Our Stars and it is expected to do extremely well at the box office.  Clearly, I have not seen it yet.  I don’t know … Continue reading

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Goddess

Goddess by Josephine Angelini This is the third book in the Starcrossed trilogy. Book 1: Starcrossed Book 2: Dreamless Book 3: Goddess Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile, you know me at least a little … Continue reading

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You

You by Charles Benoit I should have guessed from the title that this would be written in the second person, a conceit which generally irritates me to no end.  What I couldn’t have known is that it also doesn’t have … Continue reading

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Sweetly

Sweetly by Jackson Pearce My library copy has a little “HORROR” sticker on the spine, which was making me a wee bit nervous. However, the book did not give me the creeps too much, and the horror sticker was probably … Continue reading

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