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Nikita V.

Teen Board Member

My name is Nikita Verma and I've been living in Northern VA my whole life. I love reading, especially classics. However, besides reading I also like to go shopping like any other ordinary girl and am involved in many different clubs such as FBLA and Spanish Honor Society. I have a passion for traveling and adventure. The best place I have been so far is Italy and the most adventurous thing I have done is hang on the edge of a tower 1500 feet tall --- also known as the CN Tower Edgewalk in Toronto. All in all, I enjoy trying new things or going unique places!

Wren Lee

Reviewer

Hi, y'all. I'm Wren Lee. I'm a student and a storyteller with a love of movies and musicals. I've been a reader since I can remember. When not in class, I'm creating page designs for my student publication, hanging out with my nerds, or looking at amazing Boku No Hero Academia fan art.

Lucy C.

Hello! I'm Lucy from Illinois. I'm 14, turning 15 in November. I sent in an application to Teen Reads because I'm addicted to books. I'll read anything you put in front of me --- but I especially like fantasy stories. My love of reading fuels my passion for writing. I draw a lot more than I write, though. On Teenreads I want to help you find some new books to read, to dig deeper into books to help further my writing and to practice analyzing and pulling apart the threads of a story to see how they work. I hope you find my reviews helpful!

Editorial Content for Moo: A Novel

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Rebecca Hawkins

When 12-year-old Reena suggests “Maine” as the family’s next home, she doesn’t expect her parents to actually listen. But they do, and Reena and her seven-year-old brother, Luke, find themselves in a small coastal town in Maine at the start of summer. Reena remarks later, “I’m glad I didn’t say Siberia.” At first they feel strange about their new lives --- they’ve left all their friends behind in the city, but they are allowed to ride their bikes all over town and explore on their own. Read More

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When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer” Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna --- and that stubborn cow, Zora.

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When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer” Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna --- and that stubborn cow, Zora.

About the Book

Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech’s LOVE THAT DOG and HATE THAT CAT will love her newest tween novel, MOO. This uplifting tale reminds us that if we’re open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Following one family’s momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between twelve-year-old Reena and one very ornery cow.

When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer” Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna --- and that stubborn cow, Zora.

Editorial Content for Furthermore

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Dana Cuadrado

FURTHERMORE --- Tahereh Mafi’s debut into middle grade --- follows 12-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow, who lives in a world full of vivid color and yet she has none. Ever since her father left home and never came back, Alice has been determined to find him. Alice’s one chance to leave her unhappy home with her mother is the Surrender. She must surrender her best talent to receive a quest, but when Alice surrenders the wrong talent she loses her chance to leave Ferenwood. Except she gets a proposition from a boy named Oliver, a boy who used to bully her. Read More

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It's been almost three years since Father disappeared and Alice is determined to find him. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive and left can be both right and very, very wrong. Her only companion is a boy named Oliver and in a land where nothing is as it seems, it will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself --- and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.

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It's been almost three years since Father disappeared and Alice is determined to find him. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive and left can be both right and very, very wrong. Her only companion is a boy named Oliver and in a land where nothing is as it seems, it will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself --- and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.

About the Book

The bestselling author of the Shatter Me series takes readers beyond the limits of their imagination in this captivating new middle grade adventure where color is currency, adventure is inevitable and friendship is found in the most unexpected places. 
 
There are only three things that matter to 12-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it’s been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she’s about to embark on one to find the other.

But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive and left can be both right and very, very wrong. Her only companion is a boy named Oliver whose own magical ability is based in lies and deceit --- and with a liar by her side in a land where nothing is as it seems, it will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself --- and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.

Editorial Content for The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase

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Sarah Rachel Egelman

In THE CANDYMAKERS, Wendy Mass introduced readers to the wonderful world of the Life Is Sweet Candy Factory where tropical trees produce marshmallow and cinnamon and the most delicious chocolate is always being made. When the factory hosted the national New Candy Contest, it brought together four unlikely allies; Logan, the candymakers son; Daisy, a young teenage spy; Philip, a rich boy with a big secret; and Miles, a dreamy and neurotic 13-year-old. Together they created a winning treat named the Harmonicandy: a cookie and chocolate harmonica that really plays! Read More

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It has been a few months since the Harmonicandy was chosen as the winner of the nationwide candymaking contest. Forever changed by the experience, Logan, Miles, Philip and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when presented with the chance to go on tour to promote the new candy, they each have very different reasons for hitting the road. The stakes are a lot higher than they thought, however, and a decades-old secret is revealed. They've already learned to trust one another. Now they'll have to trust themselves in order to face what lies ahead and save what really matters.

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It has been a few months since the Harmonicandy was chosen as the winner of the nationwide candymaking contest. Forever changed by the experience, Logan, Miles, Philip and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when presented with the chance to go on tour to promote the new candy, they each have very different reasons for hitting the road. The stakes are a lot higher than they thought, however, and a decades-old secret is revealed. They've already learned to trust one another. Now they'll have to trust themselves in order to face what lies ahead and save what really matters.

About the Book

It has been a few months since the Harmonicandy was chosen as the winner of the nationwide candymaking contest. Forever changed by the experience, Logan, Miles, Philip and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when presented with the chance to go on tour to promote the new candy, they each have very different reasons for hitting the road.

The stakes are a lot higher than they thought, however, and a decades-old secret is revealed. In this action-packed adventure, the four friends embark on a journey full of hidden treasures, imaginary worlds, rivers of light, a map of awe, a sky of many colors and one very small cat who thinks he's a dog.

And candy.
LOTS and LOTS of candy.

They've already learned to trust one another. Now they'll have to trust themselves in order to face what lies ahead and save what really matters.

Editorial Content for A Most Magical Girl

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Emma Kantor

Annabel Grey is poised to become a respectable young lady, trained in the ornamental arts of needlepoint and the pianoforte. But in the week before her thirteenth birthday, Annabel is pulled from finishing school and sent to live with her estranged aunts at their magic shop in London. Her mother offers no explanation for the sudden move, though she promises to return.

"A MOST MAGICAL GIRL delivers a compelling mix of historical insight and fantastical adventure....Foxlee [brings] us a fierce and determined heroine."

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Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. But when her mother suddenly disappears, she’s put in the care of two eccentric aunts who thrust her into a decidedly un-ladylike life. Before Annabel can assess the most ladylike way to respond to her current predicament, she is swept up in an urgent quest. Annabel is pitted against another young witch, Kitty, to rescue the sacred Moreover Wand from the dangerous underworld beneath London. It doesn’t take long for Annabel to see that the most dangerous part of her journey is her decision to trust this wild, magical girl.

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Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. But when her mother suddenly disappears, she’s put in the care of two eccentric aunts who thrust her into a decidedly un-ladylike life. Before Annabel can assess the most ladylike way to respond to her current predicament, she is swept up in an urgent quest. Annabel is pitted against another young witch, Kitty, to rescue the sacred Moreover Wand from the dangerous underworld beneath London. It doesn’t take long for Annabel to see that the most dangerous part of her journey is her decision to trust this wild, magical girl.

About the Book

From the author of OPHELIA AND THE MARVELOUS BOY comes the story of a friendship between two girls set in Victorian England, with magical machines, wizards, witches, a mysterious underworld and a race against time.
 
Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. But when her mother suddenly disappears, she’s put in the care of two eccentric aunts who thrust her into a decidedly un-ladylike life, full of potions and flying broomsticks and wizards who eat nothing but crackers. Magic, indeed! Who ever heard of such a thing?

Before Annabel can assess the most ladylike way to respond to her current predicament, she is swept up in an urgent quest. Annabel is pitted against another young witch, Kitty, to rescue the sacred Moreover Wand from the dangerous underworld that exists beneath London. The two girls outsmart trolls, find passage through a wall of faerie bones and narrowly escape a dragon, but it doesn’t take long for Annabel to see that the most dangerous part of her journey is her decision to trust this wild, magical girl.

Sparkling with Karen Foxlee’s enchanting writing, this is a bewitching tale of one important wand and two most magical girls.

Zig Ziglar

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

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Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

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Zig Ziglar

Randy K. Milholland

It hurts to find out that what we wanted doesn’t match what you dreamed it would be.

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Randy K. Milholland