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Bibliography: Harbison, Paige.  (January 31, 2012). New Girl. Buffalo, NY: Harlequin Teen. ISBN: 978-0373210428 Plot Summary:  Only at Manderley Academy to please her parents, if being away from home and super hard classes were not enough, the “new girl” is faced with reminders of the girl whose place she took–Becca.  She is in Becca’s room, she [...]

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Bibliography: Coben, Harlan.  (2011).  Shelter.  New York: Putnam Juvenile.  ISBN: 978-0399256509 Plot Summary:  Mickey Bolitar is not having a very good year.  His dad is dead, his mom is in rehab, and Mickey is forced to change schools and live with the uncle he doesn’t really know.   When his new girlfriend doesn’t show up to [...]

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Bibliography: Cohn, Rachel and David Levithan. (2010). Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares.  New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers.  IBSN: 978-0375866593 (hc) 978-0375859557 (pb) Plot Summary:  On his own in New York for the Christmas holidays, Dash finds a red moleskine notebook in the J.D. Salinger section of the Strand bookstore.  The notebook contains a challenge [...]

Bibliography: Flack, Sophie. (2011). Bunheads. New York: Little Brown Books for Young Readers.  ISBN: 978-0316126533 Plot Summary:  All 19 year old Hannah has ever wanted to do with her life is dance.  And she is so close to living her dream.  Dancing with the prestigious Manhattan Ballet, she and her friends, all fellow dancers, eat, drink, and sleep [...]

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Edited to add: The winner of the giveaway is Andrea C.  Andrea, please e-mail susan at readspace dot net so I can send you your prize! Bibliography: Nayeri, Daniel.  (2011). Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow.  Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763655266 Plot Summary:  Four novellas representing four different genres.  Toy Farm is a western [...]