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1. Little women
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Little Women series volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
I've never come close to tears reading a graphic novel before. Beautiful sad story that will cause you to consider the value of each person.
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"Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--Provided by publisher.
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Series:
Accelerati trilogy volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Amazing character development and scientific plot!
Should be a YA book
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With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla.
4. Flipped
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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I was pleasantly surprised by how touching and thought provoking this book was. Yes, it's about first crushes, but also so much more.
The different perspectives might even help you to know yourself a little better.
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In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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The Keepers (Ted Sanders) volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Better than the first, unexpected twists and secrets
Description:
While Horace and Chloe struggle to master new powers under the shadow of a rising adversary who threatens all Keepers, a faraway new Keeper, April, travels with a mysterious woman in the hope of fixing her damaged Tan'ji magical object.
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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better than I expected, many twists and turns, very imaginative
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Stella's parents are on the first expedition to the uncharted lands of Solace, but Stella doesn't want to be left behind. Stowing away aboard the ship, she finds a mysterious boy who is also hiding, and he's keeping a very big secret. She must decide whether to trust him or risk the fate of the expedition.
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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heart warming coming of age story, the value of friendship
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Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a "regular family," especially after her best friend outgrows her.
8. Ungifted
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
9. Switch
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Series:
Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 3.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
The author, Ingrid Law, seems to thrive on hope and alway having someone to count on; the main character is never alone. The writing style also has a out in the country feel and a funny streak, but so do all the other books.
Description:
Gypsy Beaumont's magical savvy switches to its opposite when she learns that her mean and decidedly non-magical grandma has Alzheimer's and is going to move in with her family.
10. Nightbird
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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The book starts and you think this is just going to be an ordinary book about a girl in a small town but this is NOT the case!
Description:
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
11. Risked
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Series:
The missing volume 6.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
never noticed the author's note before. filled with more on the life of the Romanov family. The book is actually very accurate other than the time travelers intervening.
Description:
Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanov's and the mystery surrounding their deaths.
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In 1971, twelve-year-old Lucy Rossi's dad returns from Vietnam after losing part of his arm, and her whole family must learn to adjust to a new dynamic, but Lucy's friend Milo unknowingly helps her navigate through this difficult time of fear and uncertainty to realize she is much tougher than she thought.
14. The Ability
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The Ability volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
While Chris and five other twelve-year-olds learn to make the most of their mental abilities in a secret, government-run school last used in 1977, twins Ernest and Mort are studying under someone with much more sinister motives.
15. Scumble
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Series:
Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Mibs's cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah.
16. Savvy
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Series:
Savvy (Ingrid Law) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
Finished in TWO days!
Description:
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
17. Halfway normal
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Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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Twelve-year-old cancer survivor Norah struggles to fit in at middle school after two years of treatment, but she finds her voice with the help of new friend Griffin, who shares her love of mythology.
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When shadow creatures search for a secret cache of starstuff that fell to London many centuries ago, Wendy Darling employs the help of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys to protect the Sword of Mercy--the key that unlocks the vault where the starstuff is hidden.
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Chronicle of the dark star volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Having barely made it through the battle at the Centauri system with their lives, Liam and Phoebe awake on a mysterious ship in the middle of a dead universe. The ship bears the markings of a human starliner that disappeared decades ago--but even more disturbing than that is the massive alien machine floating in the starless space before them. A machine long abandoned but now showing signs of life. A machine that has begun speaking to Liam in a voice...
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Series:
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
4.5. much better than the previous three.
Description:
"A deadly plague has struck Olympus and is slowly aging and killing the Olympians. Emily can only stand by and watch as those she loves fade and die. But in one last desperate attempt to save those she loves, she journeys back to Earth to face the CRU, then back in time to confront Cronus, leader of the Titans and father of the gods"--