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!