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4.7 stars
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Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
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3.8 stars
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In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from an abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
3. Uglies
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Uglies volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
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Traitor's game volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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I was amazed by how many twists and turns this book has. So action-packed, I could hardly keep up with the plot. It has similar elements to the False Prince trilogy though not quite as good. Great page turner!
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After three years in exile Kestra Dallisor has been summoned back to Antora by her father, right-hand man of the seemingly immortal king, Lord Endrick, but she is intercepted and kidnapped by the Coracks who want to use her to get the Olden Blade, which they believe can be used to kill the despot--Simon, one of the rebels with his own grudge against the Dallisors, is assigned to accompany her, but Kestra has her own plans and she does not intend to...
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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.
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Seven wonders volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Reminds me a lot of Percy Jackson
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Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.
Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis's power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic...
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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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.
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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.
9. Wish girl
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Twelve-year-old Peter has never felt at home with his noisy family, but begins to find the strength to live and to be himself when he discovers a special valley in the Texas Hill Country and meets Annie, a girl dying of cancer who knows and accepts him from the start.
10. Roller girl
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart.
"A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart"--
11. The bronze key
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Magisterium volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Things have been better for Callum Hunt since the evil Constantine Madden was "officially" destroyed, even his relations with his father have improved, so he is happy to get back to the Magisterium for his Bronze Year to continue his magical studies--but when one of the students is murdered, Call and his friends, Tamara and Aaron, must track down the killer, without revealing the fact that Call is Madden reborn.
12. The trap
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Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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Strange, but good all the same. Four kids figure out how to leave their bodies while sleeping, but it's not creepy at all. Lots of friendship and teamwork. First crushes.
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In 1963, when twins Henry and Helen and their best friends, Alan and Nicki, try to find Alan's missing brother, Carl, they stumble into the knowledge of their "subtle forms" that can separate from their physical bodies, and into a criminal's plot to make himself immortal--at any expense.
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Peter & the Starcatchers volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
14. The silver mask
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Magisterium volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Continues the adventures of Call and his friends in the Magisterium.
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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An epic fantasy about Luna, a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her to protect her family.
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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A unique book about friendship and the changes two girls go through when they enter middle school. And a mysterious boy.
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"New York City middle-schooler Val teams up with a strange boy who lives in an even stranger bookshop to save her best friend who has lost her way in this story about universal friendship"--
17. Lost in the sun
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"As Trent Zimmerman struggles to move past a traumatic event that took place several months earlier, he befriends class outcast Fallon Little, who helps him understand that he can move on"--
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Serafina (Robert Beatty) volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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The Splintered Heart was thrilling and heartbreaking at the same time. Dark and scary plot, but I loved it!
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When a mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, bringing with it violent storms and flooding, Serafina must fight to defend all she loves and become everything that she is meant to be.
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Serafina (Robert Beatty) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
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Blackthorn key volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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better than the first!
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As the plague decimates London in 1665 and an assassin threatens the apothecary's life, apprentice Christopher Rowe and his faithful friend Tom, following a trail of puzzles, riddles, and secrets, risk their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy.