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Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Oelke

Jane Sinner is a screw up. She has been expelled from school in her senior year. All her friends will be graduating without her. She has a hard time with her family's religious beliefs. She simply doesn't believe in God....
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Before I Fall Review

Before I Fall, based on the 2010 book by Lauren Oliver, centers on a young lady that relives the same day over and over - the day of her apparent death. The day starts normally, with her friends picking her up for school...
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Oxblood by Grant

Victoria Asher and her older brother are untimely orphans when their parents die in a plane crash. Oxblood The Victoria Asher Novels by AnnaLisa Grant Open Road Media Teen & Tween September 2016 After a settlement and af...
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The Deavys by Foster

I wanted to read this book for two reasons: 1) Alan Dean Foster has a great reputation and a long list of books, and 2) somewhere in the press for this book it was mentioned that Foster would use puns ala Terry Pratchett...
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Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan

Lucie Manette is the Golden Thread in the Dark. The symbol of freedom to the Dark Magicians long oppressed by the Light. The symbol of need for that oppression by the Light Magicians. A young woman who desires to be neit...
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Soundless by Mead

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...
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All Fall Down by Ally Carter

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...
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The Miting by Dee Yoder

Leah Raber wants to read the Bible but this is forbidden by the Old Order Amish Church. She leave the church but is so homesick that she comes back. The Miting by Dee Yoder Kregel Publications March 2014 The Miting by De...
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The Battle of Verril by Lallo

The final book in The Book of Deacon trilogy, Myranda and the Chosen must face the invaders from another world. But the generals of the D'karon are fearsome enemies that apparently can't be killed. Even more troubling, t...
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The Great Convergence by Lallo

The second book in the The Book of Deacon trilogy, picks up directly where The Book of Deacon left off. Now that two of the Chosen have been found, it would seem the Perpetual War may finally end. But Lain isn't interest...
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The Book of Deacon by Lallo

Orphaned, homeless, and alone, Myranda is a young woman who is just trying to stay alive. The Perpetual War has been raging across the land for years now, and Myranda is one of the few people who sees the constant bloods...
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The Woodcutter by Danley

The Woodcutter is a man of legend. He is the keeper of peace between the Twelve Kingdoms of Man and the Realm of the Faerie. So when a young woman is killed under mysterious circumstances, it is up to the Woodcutter to d...
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