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Bibliography: Pickard, Nancy. (1995). Twilight. New York: Atria. ISBN: 978-0671782719 (hc) ISBN: 978-0671782900 (pbk) Plot Summary:  Jenny Cain is planning and coordinating Port Frederick’s Fall Festival when a friend asks her to look into several deaths on “God’s Highway,” a biking/hiking path which has long been a bone of contention between residents and environmentalists, outdoors [...]

Bibliography: Dashner, James. (2010). The Scorch Trials.  New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0385738750 Plot Summary:  Thomas and the Gladers solved the maze and escaped the Grievers, but it turns out there is more in store for them.  Sun flares have destroyed the Earth and a deadly virus called the Flare is rampaging through the [...]

Bibliography:  Anthony, Joelle.  (2010).  Restoring Harmony.  New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.  ISBN: 9780399252815 Plot Summary: In the not so distant future, when the collapse of oil has caused governments to fail and black markets to emerge,  16 year old fiddler Molly travels to Oregon to get her grandparents and return with them to Canada.  [...]

Bibliography:  Bacigalupi, Paola.  (2010).  Ship Breaker.  New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780316056212. Plot Summary:  When teenage Nailer and his friend Pima find a luxury clipper ship stranded after a devastating hurricane, they figure this is their “lucky strike.”  They can sell the precious metal and other salvage  and never have to [...]

Bibliography: McDonald, Abby. (2010). Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763643829 Plot Summary:  Suburban teen and environmental activist Jenna convinces her mother to send her to Canada for the summer where godmother Susie is renovating a bed and breakfast in the real wild.  Faced with the reality [...]

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