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Carla Buckley, author of Invisible

Dana and Julie were bonded by sisterhood and separated by a devastating secret. When Dana returns to Black Bear, Minnesota, some people remember her as a troublemaker while others remember her as the one who got away. Dana comes back for her sister's funeral, but stays to help Peyton, her teenaged niece. What she finds in her old hometown will blow open a Pandora's box of tightly-held secrets, and put everyone she loves in jeopardy.

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Sebastian Faulks, author of A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Love Stories

Throughout the five stories that make up A POSSIBLE LIFE, characters risk their bodies, hearts and minds in pursuit of the manna of human connection. Between soldier and lover, parent and child, servant and master, and artist and muse, important pleasures and pains are born of love, separations and missed opportunities. These interactions --- whether successful or not --- also affect the long trajectories of characters' lives.

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Patrick C.

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Patrick C
9th Grade
Glendale, CA
Favorite Genre: Mostly YA or anything Teen! But I can also read beyond that, like nonfiction and the classics

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Amanda P.

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 Amanda P.
11th Grade
Boerne, Texas

Favorite Genre: Realistic Fiction

Top Five Favorite Books:
1. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green
2. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
3. WHERE THINGS COME BACK by John Corey Whaley
4. JELLICOE ROAD by Melina Marchetta
5. THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins

Interests: Art and reading

I have loved to read for as long as I have known how. Therefore, reading is extremely

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Samantha E.

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Samantha E.
10th grade
Noblesville, Indiana

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Rachael W.

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Rachael W.
10th Grade
Bay Area, California

Favorite Genres: YA Fantasy or Dystopia!

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Cara S.

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Cara, S.
Freshman at Ohio State
Findlay, Ohio
 
Favorite Genres: Fantasy/Science Fiction (though honestly, I'll read anything)

Top Five Favorite Books:
1. The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee 
3. THE HOBBIT and the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson
5. Mythology books of any kind
 

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Lexibex V.

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Lexibex V.
12th grade
Kansas City, MO
 
Favorite Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy 

Top Five Favorite Books:
 

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Mary Ann C. De Guzman

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Mary Ann C. De Guzman
12th Grade
Makawao, Hawaii

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Harman K.

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Harman K.
10th Grade
Buffalo, NY
 
Favorite Genres: Paranormal Romance

Top Five Favorite Books:
1. The Twilight Saga series by Stephenie Meyer
2. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
3. THE SELECTION by Kiera Cass
4. The Fall of Angels trilogy by Keary Taylor
5. MY LIFE NEXT DOOR by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Interests: Watching superhero movies and listening to music.

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