My Favorites: by a teenager


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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
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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.
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The Ability volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability. Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.
Book cover for "Children of refuge"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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In the second book of Children of Exile, Edwy Watanaboneset is sent by his father to Refuge City to be with the siblings he didn't know he had. He didn't get a chance to say goodbye to his newly made friend Rosi or her brother Bobo. In Refuge City, living with his spoiled brother and sister, Edwy knows he has to save them and convinces Kiandra (sister) to help him. He discovers that Rosi was captured for announcing to marketplace that Edwy was missing and asking for help. She escaped from prison and is now running from the alien enforcers torward the border she doesn't know is there. The question is: can Edwy and his friends get there in time?
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Many surprises await twelve-year-old Edwy Watanaboneset when the Freds return him to Cursed Town, including that he has siblings in Refuge City who he will join in boarding school.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the goblet of fire"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Book cover for "Under locker and key"
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Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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Eleven-year-old Jeremy Wilderson teams up with his rival crime fighter to stop the stealing spree that's wreaking havoc on Scottsville Middle School.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

14. Matilda

Book cover for "Matilda"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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This book was really funny and not quite believable. Matilda is and extraordinarily smart child for her age, but most people ignore her. But when she goes to school for the first time, she finds herself in trouble with an evil headmistress.
Description:
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.