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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: Coben, Harlan. (1998). One False Move.  New York:  ISBN: 0385323697 Plot Summary: Basketball star Brenda Slaughter is as beautiful as she is tough.  Twenty years ago, Brenda’s mother disappeared, and just as she is set to join the women’s pro basketball scene, her father disappears too. She reluctantly agrees to accept sports agent Myron Bolitar’s [...]

Bibliography: Godbersen, Anna. (2010). Bright Young Things. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0061962660 Plot Summary:  Cordelia and Letty escape Union, Ohio after Cordelia’s forced wedding to the streets of New York City.  Letty longs to see her name in lights and Cordelia is searching for the father she has never known.  After a falling out, they part [...]

Bibliography: Verdon, John. (2010). Think of a Number.  New York: Crown. ISBN: 978-0307588920 Plot Summary:  Dave Gurney, recently retired NYPD homicide detective, is having a hard time adjusting to leisurely life.  When old acquaintance Mark Mallery calls in a panic about puzzling messages that contain veiled threats hinting at a past crime, Dave promises to [...]

Bibliography: Scarrow, Alex. (2010). Time Riders. New York: Walker Books. ISBN: 978-0-8027-2172-3 Plot Summary:  They should all be dead.  But when a mysterious man offered them a chance to live, they took it.  Maddy escaped a plane crash, Liam the sinking of the Titanic, and Sal a horrible fire.  From different times, they come together [...]