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: 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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Bibliography: Healey, Karen. (2011). The Shattering. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN: 978-0316125727 Plot Summary: Teens Keri, Janna and Sione have something in common. All had an older brother who committed suicide. Janna tells Keri she and summer fling Sione think it might have been murder, with a pattern of deaths stretching back for years. [...]
Great Books Week, October 2-8 Wow this is a busy week. First Mystery Series Week, and now Great Books. According to the website, “Great Books Week 2011 is honoring Great Expectations in its 150th anniversary year.” They suggest all kinds of activities surrounding the book, including reading it online, watching the 1946 movie, and participating in [...]
Bibliography: Reinhardt, Dana. (2011). The Summer I Learned to Fly. New York: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 978-0385739542 Plot Summary: The summer before eighth grade, and Drew is working in her mother’s cheese shop where she hangs out with surf bum Nick (who she also has a crush on.) When she isn’t working, she plays with [...]
