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With four Young Adult readers in our home, I was very excited to dig into Richelle Mead's new book series. After all, she is the author of the Vampire Diaries, a series that several of us in my home read and enjoyed. The...

I have found that nothing is more stressful to a college bound high schooler than taking the ACT. My oldest is a junior and has taken the ACT and taken practice ACT through her school and each time it's a lot of prep and...

Grace may be crazy. She acts crazy. Others tell her she is crazy. She is starting to believe she is crazy. The question isn’t whether she is crazy or not but whether a reader will care enough to find out. All Fall Down E...

Carina’s uncle just died of an “accident.” That wouldn’t be very suspicious except for the fact that her mother also died of an accident and they both worked for the same shadowy secret project. Lot’s of smoke, but is th...

This is a story of an underage high schooler who learns to speak again after a terrible tragedy through intense physical contact. Read: sexual acts. Louder than Words by Laurie Plissner Merit Press December 2012 The youn...

Popularity is conditional. We’ve all seen them fall. Miranda Prospero, is one of those fallen. Tempestuous A Twisted Lit Novel By Kim Askew and Amy Helmes Merit Press January 2013 After her social life’s tragic demise, f...

Skye Kingston, a shy girl who hides behind her camera more often than not, is a typical teen novel protagonist. She’s gorgeous, but doesn’t know it. She’s terrified by the high school “royalty”, and even has the common c...

This is a story about a young sixteen-year-old girl named Kate Carter whom spends most of her free time sketching those around her. When asked to sketch someone in her art class by having a description read to her, she u...

The book, Waterfall by Lisa Bergren, is a salient story about the Bettarini sisters. Waterfall River of Time Series by Lisa Bergren David C. Cook February 2011 Gabriella and Evangelia Bettarini have been spending their s...

Who would have thought trying to kill someone would end a friendship. Poison by Bridget Zinn Hyperion March 2013 Through many twists and turns, Kyra, a potions master, is on the run from her former fiancé and palace gua...

Have you ever wondered if your house was magic? At times such as when you desperately need a place to hide and those shadowy corners and hiding spots seem to appear out of nowhere? For Lucy P. Simmons this is true, and s...

Cassia Reyes is a sweet girl. She does as she is told and has never questioned the Society before. That’s about to change. Crossed By Ally Condie Dutton Juvenile November 2011 In the Society the officials make the decisi...