Category Archives: Teen Scene

The Runaway King

May 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Jennifer A. Nielsen Scholastic Press, $17.99, 352 pages After four years of being in hiding and away from his family, Jaron has now been confirmed as the real prince and rightful inheritor of the throne of Carthya. But his …

If I Should Die (Revenants)

May 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Amy Plum HarperTeen, $17.99, 320 pages If I Should Die picks up right where Until I Die left off with Vincent kidnapped in preparation to kill him and possess the power of the Champion. The revenants are now actively at …

Hysteria

May 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Megan Miranda Walker Childrens, $17.99, 336 pages Hysteria starts off with a teenage girl named Mallory, who is still having nightmares after killing her boyfriend, Brian. But more than just the nightmares, Mallory can’t seem to remember exactly what …

Darius & Twig

May 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Walter Dean Myers Amistad, $17.99, 208 pages Darius and Twig are best friends. Both have dreams, but Twig works at his every day. Darius thinks about his every day, but he’s not so sure if he really has a …

Not Exactly a Love Story

May 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Audrey Couloumbis Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 288 pages The year is 1977 and fifteen-year-old Vinnie has enough on his plate without adding the drama of his parents’ divorce or the shock of his mother’s immediate remarriage. …

Etiquette & Espionage: Finishing School Series

April 26, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Gail Carriger Little, Brown BFYR, $17.99, 320 pages For a mischievous young lady of means like Sophronia Angelina Temminnick, the words “finishing school” are akin to “prison colony” or “formal family affair” on the list of unpleasant experiences. But …

Boundless: An Unearthly Novel

April 26, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Cynthia Hand Harper Teen, $17.99, 438 pages In Boundless, the third and final book of the Unearthly series, we find ourselves discovering what college life is like for Clara and friends. Clara, Angela and Christian are all at Stanford University and while …

Period 8

April 26, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Chris Crutcher Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 304 pages Paulie Bomb has a pretty sweet life, except for his philandering father, weak mother, and the best girlfriend in the world who he’s just lost through unbelievable stupidity. But he has a …

Asunder

March 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Jodi Meadows Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 416 pages I loved Incarnate something fierce and I didn’t know how Jodi was going to keep up the momentum in Asunder! But she did! Asunder was another amazing journey into this beautifully written fantasy world where reincarnation exists …

Meant to Be

March 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Lauren Morrill Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 304 pages Julia is a star student, certainly thanks to her good habits and orderly life. Julia even has specific expectations for love; though she hasn’t dated much, she knows who her Meant To Be …

The Madman’s Daughter

March 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Megan Shepherd Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 432 pages I never read H.G. Wells’s The Island of Dr. Moreau, but I have seen many of the movie adaptations and I loved them all! The idea of a man playing God and creating …

Through to You

March 21, 2013 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Emily Hainsworth Harper Teen, $17.99, 272 pages A twist of science fiction and romance, Through To You kept me thoroughly invested and interested from the first page until the last. Camden’s girlfriend died in an accident not long ago, and he often …

The FitzOsbornes at War (The Montmaray Journals)

December 21, 2012 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Michelle Cooper Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 545 pages The FitzOsbornes have fled to England, where they hatch new plans to reclaim their beloved island of Montmaray from the Nazis. However, the royal family is still acutely aware that they …

The Katerina Trilogy, Vol. II: The Unfailing Light

December 21, 2012 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Robin Bridges Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 308 pages The Unfailing Light by Robin Bridges was the perfect follow up to her first book, The Gathering Storm! I loved reading more about Katerina and her growing powers as a necromancer, and also …

The Sweetest Spell

December 20, 2012 0 Comments the_category Category:Teen Scene
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By Suzanne Selfors Walker Childrens, $16.99, 404 pages Emmeline was born just about as low as it gets in her kingdom: she is one of the “dirt-scratchers,” people who angered the queen generations before and are thus relegated to the outskirts of …