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Category Archives: Teen
The Littlest Pirate King
The Littlest Pirate King by David B. This is one of those books I’m just not cool enough to get. A ship of skeleton pirates sails onward wishing for death. I know. They’re already dead, they just want to be … Continue reading
13 Little Blue Envelopes
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson Ginny was always close to her Aunt Peg. So when Peg took off for Europe without telling anyone and then died of cancer, Ginny was heartbroken. Then she received a mysterious package containing … Continue reading
My Most Excellent Year
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger I love, love this book. Now, I’ll admit to some serious bias as I adore the Red Sox, Boston and musical theater, but I … Continue reading
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We’ll Always Have Summer
We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Jumping even further into the future with this one, Han brings us to Belly’s freshman year of college. Reading this gave me an almost claustrophobic feeling, because I pretty much knew what was … Continue reading
It’s Not Summer Without You
It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han Picking up a year after The Summer I Turned Pretty, at first we know almost nothing about what has gone on during the past school year. But Han slowly fills in the … Continue reading
The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han You know it’s a beach read when the title even has summer in it! This is a summer read that you won’t want to miss. For her whole life, Belly has spent … Continue reading
Flavor of the Week
Flavor Of The Week by Tucker Shaw How could I resist picking up a book that is both a cooking love story and a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac? Food and updated culture – let me at it. And oh, … Continue reading
Boy Meets Boy
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan I hadn’t meant to go with another Levithan so quickly folks, but I’ve been slacking in the book reading department (I’m visiting my grandmother) so here it is. This is the kind of book … Continue reading
Secret Keeper
Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins When Asha’s father leaves to find a job in New York, his two daughters and wife must move to Calcutta to live with his brother’s family. Without their father and in a new city, the … Continue reading
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment) by Mitali Perkins Sunita is managing just fine living the stressful life of a tween. She’s got a best friend who needs beauty tips, a feminist older sister … Continue reading
