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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional books for teens and young adults.
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Criss Cross
by Lynne Rae Perkins
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 1 Jan 2008
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| The story of a group of childhood friends facing the crossroads of life and how they should live it, seen mainly from the point of view of 14-year-old Debbie who wishes something would happen to make her a different person and Hector who feels he is unfinished. Winner of the 2006 Newbery Medal. |
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The Dead Fathers Club
by Matt Haig
Hardcover: Feb 2007
Paperback: 18 Dec 2007
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| A ghost story with a twist—a suspenseful and poignantly funny update of the Hamlet story. |
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable
by John Boyne
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 23 Oct 2007
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| Germany 1942: Bruno's family moves to a new house, where he he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own. Their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. |
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 11 Sep 2007
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| A story about, among other things: A girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Ruby Award. |
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Foundling: Monster Blood Tattoo Book 1
by D M. Cornish
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 6 Sep 2007
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| Set in the world of the Half-Continent—a land of tri-corner hats and flintlock pistols—the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy is a world of predatory monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people. For ages 12+ |
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The Looking Glass Wars
by Frank Beddor
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 1 Aug 2007
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| An intruiging re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland, in which Wonderland exists, and Alyss is a princess escaping a bloody coup to hide in Victorian London. Lost and alone, she tells an aspiring author the surreal story; but he believes it to be mere fantasy. Now, years later, she is found by a loyal bodyguard, and together they fight to regain her lost throne. |
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Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 4 Jun 2007
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| A well-written story written in a pitch-perfect teenage voice. D. J. Schwenk is an unforgettable character: A football-loving 15-year-old who takes over running her family's small Wisconsin dairy farm when her dad is injured. Like the rest of her family, she is not much of a talker - but when she meets Brian, a snooty quarterback assigned to her for football training, she finally learns to speak her mind. |
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Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
by Kirsten Miller
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 29 May 2007
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| When Ananka Fishbein she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. She discovers a million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge, and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan. |
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