640 posts tagged young adult fiction
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New Moon
http://inthepages.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ new-moon.htmlThe second one is done and now onto the third. Yes, Stephenie Meyer has done it again. New Moon, the second in her Twilight Saga, kept me just as curious as the first. AND I'M TELLING YOU - I am not normally a vampire-book lover! These are just wonderfully-written books that keep you going up to the very last page.
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Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
http://libwww.washoecounty.us/ librarianschoice/ ?p=69Twelve year-old Bethany Cole is delivered to an aunt she didn’t know she had late at night, and her parents leave her there. Overheard phone conversations, a slipped word here and there, and Bethany is angry and confused about what would make her parents leave her behind. She begins to bond with
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Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody
http://www.insidetopten.com/ harrypotter/ paperback/ 1585/ henry-potty-and-the-p…Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody Binding: Paperback ASIN: 159594088X Manufacturer: WingSpan Press Average Customer Review: (From 13 total reviews) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $8.80 (14 new 5 used available) You save: $1.19 (11.91%) Availability: Usually ships
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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
http://kbr44.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ new-moon-by-stephenie-meyer.htmlBook 2 in The Twilight Series. Things are going fairly well between Bella & Edward until her 18th birthday. Edward and his sister Alice invite Bella over to the Cullen house for a small birthday gathering. "I'd tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass.
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The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
http://rhinoasramblings.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ wee-free-men-terry-pratchett.htm…Rating : 4.5/5 Number of Pages : 320 Number in Series : #1 Tiffany Aching SeriesReason for Reading : Young Adult Challenge, First in a Series Challenge, Once Upon a Time II Challenge In this the first book in the Tiffany Aching series, we are introduced to nine year old Tiffany who wants to be a witch.
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Wish You Were Here!
http://rwridley.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ wish-you-were-here/Why Pink Floyd? The best music to write to. Why “Wish You Were Here?” - Because I do wish you were here.
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The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed Review
http://taminator40.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ voyage-of-patience-goodspeed-review.h…The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed Review The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed is an interesting little book. I was constantly evaluating who the audience would be as I read until it dawned on me that this would be the sort of book I would've liked when I was a child--sort of the Witch of Blackbird Pond type thing, where it takes you to another place and time and a girl could be a hero.
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1 The Pox Party
http://sadiejean.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ the-astonishing-life-of-octavian-n…—3.5— Like the title, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1 The Pox Party is long and odd. It is categorized as Young Adult Fiction, which may be a deterrent for some readers, but I believe that adults and teens alike would enjoy this book. The narrator is
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Book Review–The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
http://hopeistheword.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 20/ book-review-the-white-darkness…Title: The White Darkness Author: Geraldine McCaughrean Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 373 ISBN: 0060890355 Synopsis: Symone Wates (Sym for short) is a fourteen year old English school girl whose life takes a turn for the decidedly more adventurous when her uncle
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My Most Excellent Year
http://hypothesized.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ my-most-excellent-year.htmlMy Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park by Steve Kluger is at heart a creative writing/journaling project by three quirky teenage narrators. High school juniors, avid Red Sox fan TC and charismatic Augie, have been best friends, brothers in every way but by blood, since the death of TC's mom when he was six years old.