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Alison S., Teen Board member

I'm sure you've heard the legend of Robin Hood, the dashing archer who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, who pines after Maid Marian and prowls through Sherwood Forest with his band of merry outlaws. SHADOW OF THE WOLF, however, humanizes this inhumanly heroic figure of legend; author Tim Hall's novel introduces Robin Loxley not as a ferocious, high-minded crusader of the woods, but rather as a young boy. After his father abandons him in the treacherous Winter Forest, Robin returns to his village an orphan and an outcast. Read More

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Robin Loxley is seven years old when his parents disappear without a trace. Years later the great love of his life, Marian, is also taken from him. Driven by these mysteries, and this anguish, Robin follows a darkening path into the ancient heart of Sherwood Forest. What he encounters there will leave him transformed...

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Robin Loxley is seven years old when his parents disappear without a trace. Years later the great love of his life, Marian, is also taken from him. Driven by these mysteries, and this anguish, Robin follows a darkening path into the ancient heart of Sherwood Forest. What he encounters there will leave him transformed...

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Forget everything you've ever heard about Robin Hood. Robin Loxley is seven years old when his parents disappear without a trace. Years later the great love of his life, Marian, is also taken from him. Driven by these mysteries, and this anguish, Robin follows a darkening path into the ancient heart of Sherwood Forest. What he encounters there will leave him transformed...
 
The first book of a trilogy, SHADOW OF THE WOLF is a breathtakingly original --- and utterly compelling --- retelling that will forever alter the legend of Robin Hood.

Hope and Other Luxuries: A Mother's Life with a Daughter's Anorexia by Clare B. Dunkle

May 2015

Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life --- two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder. Co-published with ELENA VANISHING, the memoir of her daughter, this is the story of one family's fight against a deadly disease, from an often ignored but important perspective: the mother of the anorexic.


Get Ready for Summer 2015

It's time to think about summer reading. We're talking about the kinds of books that you're glad you now have time to kick back with and enjoy. The way we see it, it wouldn't be summer without sun, surf and great reading. We'll give you some fantastic ideas in our First Get Ready for Summer promotion. While the contest portion of this feature is now closed, we encourage you to take a gander at the list below for some great summer reading recommendations.

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Editorial Content for The Hunted

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Reviewed by Aimee Rogers

In Matt de la Peña’s THE LIVING, Shy --- a 17-year-old Mexican-American boy working on a cruise liner --- survives enormous tsunamis and is forced to subsist in the open sea with his companion, Addie. Although they’re eventually rescued, Shy isn’t safe because he has information that the pharmaceutical firm LasoTech wants, and they will stop at nothing to get it --- he knows that they created the rapidly spreading Romero disease, which has killed as many people as the earthquakes, and the subsequent vaccines. Read More

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When the Big One hit, Shy was at sea in style. The Paradise Cruise luxury liner he worked on was a hulking specimen of the best money could buy. And now it's at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with almost all of its passengers. Shy wasn't the only one to survive, though. Addie, the rich blond daughter of a mysterious businessman, was on the dinghy he pulled himself into. But as soon as they found the rest of the survivors, she disappeared.

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When the Big One hit, Shy was at sea in style. The Paradise Cruise luxury liner he worked on was a hulking specimen of the best money could buy. And now it's at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with almost all of its passengers. Shy wasn't the only one to survive, though. Addie, the rich blond daughter of a mysterious businessman, was on the dinghy he pulled himself into. But as soon as they found the rest of the survivors, she disappeared.

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When the Big One hit, Shy was at sea in style. The Paradise Cruise luxury liner he worked on was a hulking specimen of the best money could buy. And now it's at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with almost all of its passengers.

Shy wasn't the only one to survive, though. Addie, the rich blond daughter of a mysterious businessman, was on the dinghy he pulled himself into. But as soon as they found the rest of the survivors, she disappeared.

The only thing that filled the strange void of losing her was finding Carmen, his hot coworker, and discovering a way to get back home. But Shy's luck hasn't turned. Not yet.

Back on the dinghy, Addie told him a secret. It's a secret that people would kill for--have killed for--and she has the piece that could turn everything on its ear. The problem? Shy has no idea where Addie is. Back home in California seems logical, but there are more ways to die back home then Shy could ever have guessed.

And thanks to what Shy now knows, he's a moving target.

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Sean E., Teen Board member

EXTRAORDINARY MEANS by Robyn Schneider seems at first glance to be just another THE FAULT IN OUR STARS-esque love story; it follows Lane and Sadie, two teens who are sent to Latham House because they’re suffering from a new drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis and need to be separated from the general populace. However, I am glad to say that the similarities to TFIOS end there. Read More

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At seventeen, Lane finds himself at Latham House, a sanatorium for teens suffering from an incurable strain of tuberculosis. Part hospital and part boarding school, Latham is a place of endless rules and confusing rituals, where it's easier to fail breakfast than it is to flunk French. There Lane encounters a girl he knew years ago. Instead of the shy loner he remembers, Sadie has become sarcastic, fearless and utterly compelling. Her friends, a group of eccentric troublemakers, fascinate Lane, who has never broken any rules his whole life. And as he gradually becomes one of them, Sadie shows him how to steal internet, sneak into town and how to disable the med sensors they must wear at all times. But there are consequences to having secrets, particularly at Latham House. And as Lane and Sadie begin to fall in love and their group begins to fall sicker, their world threatens to come crashing down.

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At seventeen, Lane finds himself at Latham House, a sanatorium for teens suffering from an incurable strain of tuberculosis. Part hospital and part boarding school, Latham is a place of endless rules and confusing rituals, where it's easier to fail breakfast than it is to flunk French. There Lane encounters a girl he knew years ago. Instead of the shy loner he remembers, Sadie has become sarcastic, fearless and utterly compelling. Her friends, a group of eccentric troublemakers, fascinate Lane, who has never broken any rules his whole life. And as he gradually becomes one of them, Sadie shows him how to steal internet, sneak into town and how to disable the med sensors they must wear at all times. But there are consequences to having secrets, particularly at Latham House. And as Lane and Sadie begin to fall in love and their group begins to fall sicker, their world threatens to come crashing down.

About the Book

At seventeen, Lane finds himself at Latham House, a sanatorium for teens suffering from an incurable strain of tuberculosis. Part hospital and part boarding school, Latham is a place of endless rules and confusing rituals, where it's easier to fail breakfast than it is to flunk French.

There Lane encounters a girl he knew years ago. Instead of the shy loner he remembers, Sadie has transformed. At Latham, she is sarcastic, fearless and utterly compelling. Her friends, a group of eccentric troublemakers, fascinate Lane, who has never stepped out of bounds his whole life. And as he gradually becomes one of them, Sadie shows him their secrets: how to steal internet, how to sneak into town and how to disable the med sensors they must wear at all times.

But there are consequences to having secrets, particularly at Latham House. And as Lane and Sadie begin to fall in love and their group begins to fall sicker, their insular world threatens to come crashing down.

Extraordinary Means is told from altering points of view, and is a darkly funny story about doomed friendships, first love and the rare miracle of second chances.

May 26, 2015

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Wednesday, May 27th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of GIRL IN THE MOONLIGHT by Charles Dubow, which is now in stores. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

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Washington Irving

Rupert Brooke

Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,
But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.

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Rupert Brooke

Martin Van Buren

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

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Martin Van Buren

William James

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

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William James