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Alcatraz versus the evil Librarians
by Brandon Sanderson
Who wouldn't read a book about librarians who are evil? Follow the story of Alcatraz Smedry, a 13 year old foster child, as he is transported into the world of the evil librarians, magical sands, relatives and British dinosaurs.
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Airhead
by Meg Cabot
Following a bizarre accident, 16-year-old tomboy Emerson Watts wakes up to find she's in the body of a supermodel. Who is behind the switch? And how can she get her best friend Christopher to realize she's still the same Em inside?
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A week in the woods
by Andrew Clements
The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him.
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Brothers CD
by the Black Keys
The Black Keys create an intensely focused and deeply soulful album with the follow-up to 2008's Attack and Release. The duo's sixth album also includes the Danger Mouse-produced single Tighten Up.
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Twilight movie
Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true sole mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she should leave him, but she refuses. A new vampire finds it a challenge to hunt Bella down for her irresistible blood. Now, the game is on and James will not stop until she is killed. Rated PG-13.
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Time Stranger Kyoko 3
by Arina Tanemura; illustrated by Arina Tanemura
Kyoko has found all but one telepath and is near awakening her sister. However, Hizuki can no longer hide his feelings for Kyoko and kisses her--a crime punishable by death. Now the only way to save his life is for Kyoko to accept him as her betrothed! Kyoko Suomi is the princess of Earth in the 30th century. Kyoko lives among the commoners, unwilling to reveal her true identity and ascend the throne. The king will allow Kyoko to live as she pleases if she can revive her twin sister Ui, who has been trapped in time since birth.
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The secret life of the American teenager
Molly Ringwald, Shailene Woodley, John Schneider
Good-girl band geek Amy is smart and talented. She, also, happens to be pregnant. Super-Christian cheerleader Grace wants to wait until she's married. Those are just two of the surprises facing Amy and her friends in this portrait of modern-day high school life. Everyone's secrets and stories begin to surface and their parents begin to find out.
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The Espressologist
by Kristina Springer
While working part-time as a barista in a Chicago coffee bar, high school senior Jane dabbles in matchmaking after observing the coffee preferences of her customers.
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The adoration of Jenna Fox
by Mary E Pearson
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
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Parties & Potions
by Sarah Mlynowski
Perfect hair, cute clothes, healthy tans--life's a breeze when you're a witch Everyone's preparing for a magical party called a Samsorta--a debutante ball for witches. And it wouldn't be a ball without warlocks. Cute ones.
Follows Bras & Broomsticks, Frogs & French Kisses, and Spells & Sleeping Bags.
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Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist DVD
Alexis Dziena, Michael Cera, Jay Baruchel, Ari Graynor, Kat Dennings
Nick and Norah have nothing in common except their taste in music. A chance meeting and a crusade to find a legendary rock band's secret show ends up being a first date and a night that will change their lives forever.
Rated PG-13. Anticipated release date 2/3/09.
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Nobody's princess
by Esther Friesner
Cross Dressing Helen! Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world. The sequel is Nobody's Prize
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New in town
A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather. She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and put the entire community out of work, she's forced to reconsider her goals and priorities. Now she needs to find a way to save the town. Rated PG.
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First strike
by Jack Higgins with Justin Richards
British twins Rich and Jade are once again thrown into danger as they try to help their spy father, John Chance, save the President of the United States from a radical group holding the White House hostage and attempting to steal the nation's nuclear launch codes.
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Tiger
by Jeff Stone
Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection and must use the ancient arts to avenge their Grandmaster. First book in the Five Ancestors series
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Pretty little liars
by Sara Shepard
When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.
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Did you know Pretty Little Liars will become a TV show? Find the details here.
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Beastly
by Alex Flinn
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast: Kyle is a spoiled, handsome rich teen at a Manhattan private school. He is turned into a beast and has only two years to find true love or else risk being a beast forever.
The Beastly movie stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer (Alex Ryder from the Operation Stormbreaker movie), Mary-Kate Olsen, and Neil Patrick Harris comes out on July 30. Here's a trailer.
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Maximum Ride. The angel experiment
by James Patterson
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose. Find more Maximum Ride series
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Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
The rest of the trilogy includes Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
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The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Demigods Unite! After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
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The movie comes out on February 12, 2010. Have you seen the trailer yet?
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Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
by JK Rowling
Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldermort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
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The Giver
Lois Lowry
"It is very exciting, yet sad at some points."
"This book made your mind wander and was really exciting!!"
Jonas lives in a community of the future where everyone works and plays by the rules. He anxiously awaits the Ceremony of Twelve when he’ll learn what his life’s work will be. Much to his surprise, he is apprenticed to one of the most honored of the elders, the keeper of memories, who alone remembers what snow is, and sunlight.
Want a glimpse of the future? Maybe your future? You might see it in Lois Lowry’s THE GIVER.
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Eragon
by Christopher Paolini
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
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Among the hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Government regulations limit families to two children each, so Luke, an illegal third-born, must live his life in secret, hidden in his family's farmhouse. Then he joins Jen, another "shadow child," for a chance to come out into the light. This book is the first of a series of seven.
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I'll pass for your comrade
by Anita Silvey
Being a Civil War soldier was difficult enough, but the women who fought accomplished everything their male comrades did while in disguise and maintaining a continuous masquerade. Great vintage photos accompany this fascinating history of women who fought in the Civil War.
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Meanwhile
by Jason Shiga
In this choose-your-own adventure graphic novel, a boy stumbles on the laboratory of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine.
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Cutting myself in half:150 pounds lost, one byte at a time
by Taylor LeBaron and Jack and Mary Branson
At age fourteen, Taylor LeBaron was nearly 300 pounds. He had difficulty just getting to the mailbox without becoming short of breath. A chubby kid from birth, Taylor allowed his weight to skyrocket through mindless “whatever” eating and his sedentary techie lifestyle. But a membership to the Y, a keen imagination, and an indomitable spirit changed all that.
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Seth Baumgartner's love manifesto
by Eric Luper
After his girlfriend breaks up with him and he sees his father out with another woman, high school senior Seth Baumgartner, who has a summer job at the country club and is preparing for a father-son golf tournament, launches a podcast in which he explores the mysteries of love.
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Wanted
by Sara Shepard
Former best friends Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily, who lost their best friend and leader, Alison, years ago when she disappeared, find themselves in grave danger when they pursue the truth about Alison.
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Project runway
Hosted by Heidi Klum
Watch as fashion designers battle it out in competition to see who will win money to start their own fashion line.
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