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Young Adult Books You Want to Read

As you may or may not know, our company, The Book Report Network, has a number of websites about books and authors in addition to Bookreporter.com. Throughout the year, Bookreporter.com features adult books on Teenreads.com, our site for young adult readers, that we think will have definite appeal to a teen audience. In the spirit of sharing, we are now spotlighting a selection of titles each month from Teenreads.com that we believe are great reads that you might enjoy.

The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist

February 2013

Veronika. Caroline. Isobel. Eleanor. One blond, one brunette, one redhead, one with hair black as tar. Four otherwise identical girls who spend their days in sync, tasked to learn. But when May, a very different kind of girl --- the lone survivor of a recent shipwreck --- suddenly and mysteriously arrives on the island, an unsettling mirror is about to be held up to the life the girls have never before questioned.

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Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney

January 2013

In this riveting and emotional conclusion to Caroline B. Cooney’s thriller-romance series that started with THE FACE ON THE MILK CARTON, all will be revealed as readers find out if Janie and Reeve's love has endured, and whether or not the person who caused Janie and her family so much emotional pain and suffering is brought to justice.

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What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard

January 2013

Allie Kim suffers from a fatal allergy to sunlight that confines her and her two best friends, Rob and Juliet, to the night. When Juliet takes up Parkour --- the stunt-sport of scaling and leaping off tall buildings --- Allie and Rob have no choice but to join her. On a random summer night, the trio catches a glimpse of what appears to be murder. Allie investigates, and the truth comes at an unthinkable price.

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Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan

January 2013

Waking up in a military complex after zombies attacked school, B has no memory of the last few months. Life in the UK has turned tough since the outbreak, and B is woven into life and battle in the new military regime quickly. But as B learns more about the zombies held in the complex and the scientists keeping them captive, unease settles in. Is there anyone left in the world to trust?

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Black Ice: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins by Andrew Lane

January 2013

When Sherlock visits his brother, what he finds shocks him to the core: a locked room, a dead body, and Mycroft holding a knife. The police are convinced that Mycroft is a murderer, but Sherlock is just as convinced he is innocent. Threatened with the gallows, Mycroft needs Sherlock to save him. The search for the truth necessitates an incredible journey where Sherlock is afoot in a world of secrets and danger.

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Shadowlands by Kate Brian

January 2013

After surviving an attack from a serial killer, Rory must enter witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye. As the sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, it seems that their new home may be just the fresh start they need. But just as they’re starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing.

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Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller

November 2012

Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue and needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. But when a gun is found in the school cafeteria, interrupting a female classmate's birthday celebration, Colin is the only one for the investigation. It's up to him to prove that Wayne Connelly, the school bully and Colin's frequent tormenter, didn't bring the gun to school.

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Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal by Chris Colfer

November 2012

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING follows the story of outcast high school senior Carson Phillips, who blackmails the most popular students in his school into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application; his goal in life is to get into Northwestern and eventually become the editor of The New Yorker.

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Perry's Killer Playlist by Joe Schreiber

November 2012

When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band, Inchworm, he can’t resist a visit to Harry’s Bar, where Gobi told him she’d meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well...Gobi shows up, and once again Perry is roped into a wild, nonstop thrill ride with a body count.

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Son by Lois Lowry

October 2012

SON thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal-winning book THE GIVER, as well as GATHERING BLUE and MESSENGER, where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.

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