Willow

Willow by Julia Hoban

Sixteen-year-old Willow, who was driving the car that killed both of her parents, copes with the pain and guilt by cutting herself, until she meets a smart and sensitive boy who is determined to help her stop.

My Thoughts - This was a powerful, unforgettable story!

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Emmanuel Ringelblum

Emmanuel Ringleblum: Historian of the Warsaw Ghetto by Mark Beyer


This is a facinating biography of a man dedicated to recording a history of what happened in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.  Emmanuel had been a historian before the events of World War II began to unfold.  As he began to see what happened when Hitler gained power and what life was like in the Warsaw Ghetto, he recorded the events in his journal, determined to preserve a record of what happened so that future generations would know.  He and a group of people he trained illegally kept journals, recording their observations and interviews with people.  Before the Warsaw Ghetto was destroyed, they buried their journals, papers, photos and records within the ghetto, hoping they would be found and stand as a record of what happened to the Jews under Hitler's rule.

Alexander Graham Bell: Giving Voice to the World

Alexander Graham Bell: Giving Voice to the World by Mary Kay Carson

A brief biography of inventor Alexander Graham Bell that profiles his life and works which included the invention of the telephone.



My Thoughts:  This was a great biography!  I learned so much about his contribution to the world as well as his true passion in life: helping to deaf to be able to communicate.  This was a very interesting book!
 
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Gorgeous

Goregeous by Rachel Vail

Ninth-grader Allison Avery has always been the least attractive among her sisters, but when she allows the devil to possess her cell phone in exchange for appearing to be gorgeous, she must confront the power and deceptiveness of appearances.

My Thoughts:  This is the story that comes after Lucky by Rachel Vail.  It was interesting to see Allison's perspective on life in the Avery family.  I could really identify with her on her views of gorgeousness.  I'm looking forward to the next book in the trilogy about Quinn!

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Marie Curie: Mother of Modern Physics

Marie Curie: Mother of Modern Physics by Janice Borzendowski

A biography of Marie Curie, whose discovery of radium changed science and the world, and describes her childhood, education, and the hardships she faced in her professional life.



My Thoughts:  I found this to be a facinating story!  I knew that Marie Curie was a famous scientist, but I had no idea of the hardships she faced or the importance of her contributions!  This was a fabulous true story!
 
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Beastly

Beastly by Alex Flinn

A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

My Thoughts: It was really interesting to get into Kyle's head as he was turned into the Beast. It makes a person think about what is truly important when making friends and just interacting with other people. I couldn't wait to get to the end!

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The Cupcake Queen

The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler

While longing to return to life in New York City, thirteen-year-old Penny helps her mother and grandmother run a cupcake bakery in Hog's Hollow, tries to avoid the beastly popular girls, to be a good friend to quirky Tally, and to catch the eye of enigmatic Marcus.

My Thoughts: This is a fun girl read! This story has mean girls, cupcakes, pranks, a cute boy, art, and friendship!

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Next to Mexico

Next to Mexico by Jennifer Nails

Outspoken, impulsive Lylice has skipped fifth grade, but she finds that getting along at Susan B. Anthony Middle School is more difficult than she expected, until she befriends another newcomer to sixth grade.

My Thoughts - As a teacher, I really liked Lylice (although I'm still not sure how to say her name!) and thought some of the situations she got into were totally unfair, but realistic. The story gave the reader a glimpse into the middle school type groups with the in kids and the out kids and showed that everyone has problems.

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Poor Little Witch Girl

Poor Little Witch Girl by Marie Desplechin

Eleven-year-old Verbena thinks her hereditary witchcraft is a curse that will keep her from having a normal life and marriage one day, but her mother and grandmother, who help tell the story, are eager to start her training.

My Thoughts - Verbena is certainly and interesting name! Having different narrators tell different parts of the story was nice because you got to see everyone's point of view.

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Diamond Willow

Diamond Willow by Helen Frost

Diamond Willow lives in a very remote town in Alaska and she loves helping her dad take care of their dog sled team. Willow is anxious for the day when she will be allowed to take the dog sled team out on her own. But tragedy strikes and Roxy, the prized lead dog, is severely injured. Can Willow do what it takes to save her?

My Thoughts - This was a great dog story! It was so interesting how the author wrote the story in the diamond shapes. I liked the parts where Willow's ancestors helped her. Everyone should read this book! It is a very fast read!

Vibes

Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Kristi hears other people's thoughts and it nearly drives her crazy! It started a couple of years ago when her dad left for Africa. It helps her avoid her mom, the surgeon who works all the time. But it also hurts to know that the hottest boy in school thinks she's sick and her former best friend, who is now a "mean girl", thinks she's a goth freak. But when Kristi's dad comes home and her new friendship with Mallory goes wrong, Kristi begins to question her abilities. Has she been wrong all along? Is she crazy? Or can she really read minds?

My Thoughts-I liked Kristi a lot! She showed how easy it is to assume things about people. I liked her creative sewing! I wish I could see her creations in real life!

The Luxe

The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of parents and others.

My Thoughts - This was a fun historical romance with a cliff-hanger ending!

Wintergirls

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Lia and Cassie have been friends since they were little girls. When Lia learns of Cassie's death from an bulemia, it only strengthens her resolve to weigh less as she hides her own relapse of anorexia. Lia is obsessed with calories, exercise and her weight. She asserts an iron will over her thoughts of food and every bite that passes her lips, despite the pleas of her family. Lia vows to remain strong, even as she is haunted by Cassie's death. But can she survive at her goal weight? Does she even want to survive?

My Thoughts: This was another powerful story about eating disorders and how they impact the lives of many young women. It helped me understand a bit about how someone can starve themeselves to death as way to deal with the pain in their lives.

Jane in Bloom

Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton

Lizzie is the perfect older sister in the family and Jane lives in her shadow. Even on Jane's twelfth birthday, Lizzie captures the family's attention when her eating disorder spirals into a fatal end. It takes a camera, a puppy, a grandmother, and a boy to help Jane bloom into her own person in the midst of the grief.

My Thoughts: This was a fabulously powerful story that made me cry more than once! I loved Jane and how she was able to deal with the loss of her sister Lizzie! A must read!

Somebody

Somebody by Nancy Springer

She is tired of always moving, always getting a new name, always changing her hair color, never having any friends. She doesn't even know her real name or birthday anymore. Why does her Dad keep making them move? What is he hiding? One day she decides to find out and she goes to the library to search on the Internet. Will she be able to deal with what she finds? Whill she be able to get back to the person she is supposed to be? Will she be Somebody or nobody?

My Thoughts: This was a quick fun read that pulled me in from the very first page! I had to see what she found out and what decision she made! If you liked The Face on the Milk Carton, you will love this book!

Bull Rider

Bull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams

When his older brother, a bull-riding champion, returns from the Iraq War partially paralyzed, fourteen-year-old Cam takes a break from skateboarding to enter a bull-riding contest, in hopes of winning the $15,000 prize and motivating his depressed brother to continue with his rehabilitation.

My Thoughts - This was a great story that had me turning the page to the very end! (In fact, I was really tempted to peak and make sure things turned out ok!) I think that boys will really like this one!

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Along for the Ride

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Auden gets a chance to recapture the carefree teen life she missed while her parents were going through a divorce when she goes to spend the summer with her dad and his new family in a charming beach town and meets fellow insomniac Eli, an intriguing loner fighting demons of his own.

My Thoughts - I loved this book! It made me laugh! It made me cry! I thought that Sarah Dessen did a great job of showing how confused Auden was at times when there was disagreement amoung the characters. I liked Auden's courage! That was the best! She showed the reader that it really is ok to take risks in life and to just take things one step at a time!

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The Case of the Missing Marquess

The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery

Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.

My Thoughts: This is the first of a series of mysteries. It is a great start to a story that could continue for quite awhile! If you like codes, this story will excite you as you see how Enola solves a series of puzzles and codes to try and find her mother.

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The Sweetheart of Prosper County

The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill Alexander

In a small East Texas town largely ruled by prejudices and bullies, fourteen-year-old Austin sets out to win a ride in the next parade and, in the process, grows in her understanding of friendship and helps her widowed mother through her mourning.

My Thoughts: I wanted a rooster after reading this story! Austin's story is funny and interesting and I couldn't wait to read more!

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Also Known as Harper

Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal

Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper Lee Morgan cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman.

My Thoughts - Harper was an endearing character that showed so much strength! I really enjoyed getting to know her! Her story is amazing to me because I don't know how I would handle her life situation.

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Suck it Up!

Suck it Up! by Brian Meehl

After graduating from the International Vampire Leage, a scrawny teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.

My Thoughts - I liked this vampire story that wasn't anything like Twilight! It was funny!

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Being Nikki

Being Nikki by Meg Cabot

Studious, socially conscious Emerson Watts learns startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark corporation.

My Thoughts - I liked this book almost as much as I liked Airhead! Meg Cabot did a great job of showing the struggles Em has trying to be supermodel Nikki Howard. There was some heartbreak in the story and a teaser at the end for the next book in the series: Runaway, to be published in May of 2010! So long to wait!!!

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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko

Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.

My Thoughts - This wasn't what I expected! It had a surprise mystery to solve as Kirsten and Walk see how their lives are connected. I listened to this book on CD and really enjoyed it!

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Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis

A quirky and utterly logical seventh-grade girl named Emma-Jean Lazarus discovers some interesting results when she gets involved in the messy everyday problems of her peers.

My Thoughts - I loved Emma-Jean! She has such a wonderful heart and she certainly means well. I laughed at her plans to help people! I actually listened to this book on CD. The narrator was great!

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The Dead and the Gone

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.

My Thoughts - This was a gripping, tradgic story! It was frightening in that the reader began to wonder if this was possible and how would people really survive.

If you like this title read Life as We Knew It also by Susan Beth Pfeffer. It is the story of the same event from the point of view of someone living in a rural community!

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Secrets of My Hollywood Life

Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita

Kaitlin Burke is a Hollywood star! She has a starring role in a weekly tv show and a blooming movie career. But all she wants is to experience life as a normal teenager. Is that even possible with her famous face? Kaitlin and her best friend Liz hatch a plan for Kaitlin to have that normal teenage life. She will enroll in Clark Hall, the high school Liz attends, in disguise! Will anyone believe that mousy Rachel Rogers isn't really Kaitlin Burke?

If you like this book, try the others in the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series: On Location, Family Affairs and Paparazzi Princess!

My Thoughts - This was a great story about Hollywood and high school! If you liked Meg Cabot's Airhead you will love this series!

Ranger's Apprentice

Ranger's Apprentice: Book One - The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

My Thoughts - This was a great adventure story! I loved getting to know Will and seeing his special talents develop. This is just the first in a series, so look for the other stories to follow.

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Unwind

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and perhaps, save their own lives.

My Thoughts - Great book! I couldn't put it down!

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The Boy Who Dared

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

In October 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hubener, imprisioned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.

My Thougts - A powerful story that makes me think about bravery, what it means to stand up for the truth and what it can cost. Read this book with Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow, also by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

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The Compound

The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily disintegrates over the course of six years.

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The Rag and Bone Shop

The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

Could you confess to something you didn't do? Could somebody make you admit that you did something horrible even if it wasn't true? Jason learns one day that little Alicia was murdered one hot summer afternoon. He was the last person to see Alicia alive...except for the killer. The police want his help to find the murderer or do they? Do they think Jason killed Alicia because he was the last one to see her alive? Jason knows he didn't hurt Alicia, but can the interogator get him to confess?

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

It all begins with the murder of a family, except that a little toddler escapes. He walks off into the night and into a graveyard. A ghostly couple take him as their own son to raise and he is given the Freedom of the Graveyard by all of its inhabitants. He becomes Nobody Owens, Bod for short and grows up surrounded by ghosts and other denizens having many a hair-raising adventure!

Graceling

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace of killing and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.

My Thoughts - This book was fabulous!!! I loved the adventure and suspense! I loved how Katsa discovers the power of her Grace and how to be her own person!

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The Breakup Bible

The Breakup Bible by Melissa Kantor

After a breakup with her boyfriend, school newspaper features editor Jen Lewis receives a book from her grandmother that provides basic commandments for getting over an ex and sets out to recover from the loss of the romance.

My Thoughts - This was a great story about getting over a boyfriend and a breakup with lots of funny moments thrown in!

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Suite Scarlett

Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

Scarlett Martin lives with her mother, father, brother and two sisters at the Hopewell, a small family owned hotel in New York City. On her fifteenth birthday she receives a special gift that is part of the family's tradition: a key to the Empire Suite and a job. Scarlett is in charge of the Empire Suite and is responsible for serving any guest who stays in the grand old suite. When Mrs. Amberson arrives, life picks up for Scarlett who has been left in the city while all of her school friends pursue jobs outside of the city for the summer. Mrs. Amberson appropriates Scarlett as her personal assistant and so begins the wild ride that is Scarlett's fifteenth summer complete with a-far-off-Broadway production starring her brother, a financial crisis and a possible boyfriend. What could go wrong?

Artichoke's Heart

Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee

When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.

My Thoughts - Rosemary is wonderful! She will stay with me for awhile! I liked the way she learned how to handle her problems throughout the story. She taught me some things too!

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North of Beautiful

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

Terra, a sensitive, artistic high school senior born with a port-wine stain, struggles with issues of inner and outer beauty with the help of her Goth friend Jacob.

My Thoughts - This was a powerful story that challenged me to think about what it means to be yourself, what makes something beautiful and how to deal with the hard things in life. There were some characters in the story that I hated and some that I loved dearly!

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Dead is the New Black

Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez

While dealing with her first boyfriend and suddenly being pressed into service as a substitute cheerleader, sixteen-year-old Daisy Giordano, daughter and sister of psychics but herself a "normal", attempts to help her mother discover who is behind a series of bizarre attacks on teenage tirls in their little town of Nightshade, California.

My Thoughts - This was a fun, quick read! I liked Daisy! This is the first of a series so look for more titles: Dead is a State of Mind and Dead is so Last Year!

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Beauty Shop for Rent

Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers

Abbey Garner lives with her great grandmother, Granny Po. She is driven by a goal - to be earn a million dollars by the time she is thirty-five. Abbey is determined not to make the same mistakes the women of her family have made, like having a baby at sixteen. She is well on her way to reaching her goal, with her work at Granny Po's beauty shop. Granny Po hopes to retire and slow down one day so she has a sign out front "Beauty Shop for Rent ...fully equipped, inquire within". The sign has been there for years! Abbey's life begins to change when somebody knocks on the door and wants to rent the shop. Will Abbey get to keep her job? Then something bigger happens - Abbey's mom shows up! She dropped Abbey off at Granny Po's four years ago saying she would be back to get Abbey soon. Now she is back and she has a plan for Abbey to come and live with her. But what will this plan cost Abbey?

Thoughts: I loved this book! I loved Abbey, Granny Po, the Gray Widows, and Gena! And I loved the lesson Abbey learned about family!

Absolutely Maybe

Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee

Maybelline "Maybe" Chestnut is not a beauty queen! And it drives her alcoholic mom crazy! Her mom is a former beauty queen who runs a charm school for aspiring beauty queens and is constantly trying to beautify Maybe, who resists all efforts. Maybe's mom throws out a surprise one morning before school that gets Maybe thinking of her birth father. Maybe doesn't even know his name! But a few days later, after her mom's surprise announcement that she is getting married again for the seventh time, Maybe decides to go find her dad. She leaves Florida and sets out on a cross country to Los Angeleswith her friends Hollywood and Ted. Maybe is determined to find her dad and get some stability and normality in her life. She risks everything even being homeless to get it. What will she find in Los Angeles? Who knows but she is going to have an adventure every step of the way! From dying her hair with Kool-Aid in the Burger King bathroom, to camping out every night in a college dorm lobby, to getting a job on a taco truck, the adventure is always something else!

Lucky

Lucky by Rachel Vail

This is the first book in a trilogy about the Avery sisters. This book is Phoebe's story. It is the end of her eighth grade year, and Phoebe and her small group of friends are busy planning their fabulous graduation party! It is going to be the party of the year! The whole school is buzzing about it. But Phoebe's life changes drastically one day when she comes home and finds her mom home unexpectedly early. Her mom's job is in danger and that means that Phoebe's whole existence may change. Will her family loose their big, beautiful house? Their maid? Her mom's Porsche? Will Phoebe have to cancel her graduation party?

Phoebe has to find out what is important in life and fast!

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

In the not-too-distant future, where biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

Thoughts - I liked the way this book was written with flashbacks and poetry that reads like journal entries. The story of Jenna raises the question about what the essence of a person is and what is necessary for a person to exist in a body. The author kept me reading to the very end! I was actually tempted to turn to the end to see how things turned out more than once!

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Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Hannah Baker is gone. She committed suicide, but nodoby is sure why. When Clay Jensen comes home to find a package addressed to him on his front steps. It contains 7 audio tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. She left these 7 tapes to explain to 13 people how they are each one of the reasons why she decided to end her life. In one night, Hannah's voice leads Clay around town narrating a painful journey back in time over their high school years, explaining how each of these 13 people impacted her life, many in ways that they wouldn't realize until it was too late!

Thoughts - This was a powerful, gripping story! It made me think of how what we may see as small incidents in life may actually be momentous to others. This is a book that once you have read it, you will never be the same!

Peeled

Peeled by Joan Bauer

Hildy Biddle, a passionate reporter for her high school newspaper, lives in the small apple farming town of Banesville, New York. There are some pretty spooky things going on around town with a new psychic moving in and a ghost lurking around an old mansion. Hildy uses her journalism skills to try to get to the bottom of things, but that is a difficult mission. The truth is being distorted and suppressed by various people in town. Will Hildy be able to bring the truth to light before it is too late?

A light, fun, quick read!

The Possibilities of Sainthood

The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas

While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help preparing the family's fig trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the right boy.

Thoughts - A first kiss is important! How will Antonia know who the right boy is for this special kiss?

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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter

Cammie is ending her summer before her junior year with a visit to her friend Macey in Boston, who is on the campaign trail with her father. The visit takes a terrifying turn when Cammie and Macey are nearly abducted from the roof of a hotel. Something is up, but Cammie can't quite figure it out and nobody is trying to help her either. The school year begins and Macey comes returns to the Gallagher Academy with a Secret Service body guard in tow! Cammie and the rest of the girls set themselves up as Macey's bodyguards on the campaign trial because someone really is after her! But who? Can Cammie, Bex and Liz keep Macey safe?

This third book in the Gallagher Girls series is a fast, fun read!

How Not to Be Popular

How Not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler

Seventeen-year-old Sugar Magnolia Dempsey is tired of being dragged all accross the United States by her hippie parents! Every few months she has to move to a new place and a new school. She has to leave all of her new friends who quickly forget her each time. Now Maggie is on her way to Austin, Texas. Her boyfriend has just broken up with her via text message! She can't take it anymore this making friends and trying to fit in, just to pack up and leave again in four months! So Maggie comes up with a plan! She will not be popular! She sets out to do everything she can to prove she is a supreme dork - carrying a Star Trek backpack and lunch box, wearing the weirdest clothes from the thrift shop where her dad works, and shunning all of the popular kids. Will her plan work?

This is a laugh-out-loud funny story about being the new kid at school!

Jennifer Ziegler will be visiting Stafford Middle School in the fall of 2009!

Escaping into the Night

Escaping into the Night by D. Dina Friedman

Thirteen-year-old Halina Rudowski narrowly escapes the Polish ghetto and flees to the forest, where she is taken in by an encampment of Jews trying to survive World War II.

This is a great but little known story of how some of the Jews survived the Holocaust by escaping into the forest and living in small groups away from the Nazi soldiers.

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Darkness Over Denmark

Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews by Ellen Levine

This non-fiction book is the true account of the Danish Resistance to the Nazi's during World War II. The stories of the many people who worked and risked their own lives to save their friends and neighbors is told. The true story is captivating! If you liked this book, try "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry.

Number the Stars

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

When the Nazi's occupy Denmark, life slowly changes for Annemarie and her Jewish friends. People are grim and life is not as happy. When the Nazi's plans to round up the Jews is discovered, Annemarie wonders if she has the courage and bravery to do what she can to help her friends escape.

This story is based on real life events and the Danish people who resisted Nazi rule in their country during World War II. If you like this book, try "Darkness Over Denmark" by Ellen Levine. It tells the true stories of the real people of the Danish Resistance.

Death by Bikini

Death by Bikini by Linda Gerber

Sixteen-year-old Aphra Behn Connolly has much to investigate at the secluded island resort she and her father run! Who killed the rock star's girlfriend on the beach? Why has her dad allowed a mysterious family to stay at the resort with no reservation or notice of their arrival? What about their good looking son? What is he hiding? How do they know Aphra's mom who left four years ago? This mystery has lots of suspense and danger to keep you reading! Look for the next book "Death by Latte"!