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Last Cut, by Wren Handman (James Lorimer & Company, 2013)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Michaelmjones
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Caitlin Myers is a teenage actress who desperately wants to be a superstar.  When she gets the chance to audition for a local B-movie slasher flick, she leaps at the chance.  She’s thrilled when she wins the role, though less … Continue reading →

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Money Run, by Jack Heath (Scholastic, 2013)

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Ashley Arthur is calm, cool, and collected. She can pick locks, steal cars, rewire alarms, and scale fences like a champion. She’s one of the best thieves in the world…and she’s only fifteen. With her partner Benjamin running tech support … Continue reading →

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Out of Sync, by Amanda Humann (Lerner, 2013)

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Madison “Maddie” Wong plays soccer for the Fraser Hugh Copperheads.  A talented midfielder, she dreams of playing for a Division 1 college like Stanford or Duke, but she’s overly reliant on the “sick soccer sync” she shares with her best … Continue reading →

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Offside, by M.G. Higgins (Lerner, 2013)

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Faith Patel may only be an average soccer player—practically a benchwarmer for the Fraser High Copperheads—but it’s something she loves.  More importantly, it’s one of her few refuges from the constant pressure of family and academics. Torn between her responsibilities … Continue reading →

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This is What Happy Looks Like, by Jennifer E. Smith (Little, Brown and Co, 2013)

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He’s a teen movie star with a pet pig and a severe case of the sort of loneliness only the famous can know.  She’s a small town girl with daddy issues and her own reasons for keeping out of the … Continue reading →

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Speechless, by Hannah Harrington (Harlequin/Mira INK, 2012)

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Michaelmjones
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What happens when a mean girl goes a step too far through carelessness, not malevolence, and ends up experiencing a self-imposed penance? Just ask Chelsea Knot, generally regarded as a major blabbermouth who’ll do anything to stay in the good … Continue reading →

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Virtuosity, by Jessica Martinez (Simon & Schuster, 2011)

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Michaelmjones
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  Seventeen-year-old Carmen Bianchi is a violin prodigy, a world-class, Grammy-winning, Stradivarius-wielding musician at the top of her game. She’s on track to compete in, and quite possibly win, the prestigious Guarneri competition, which would catapult her to a new … Continue reading →

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dancergirl, by Carol M. Tanzman (HarlequinTeen, 2011)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Michael M. Jones
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Alicia “Lia” Ruffino’s passion is dancing. She started with ballet, but now her talents run more to the modern style. She’s on the fast track to getting a solo at her dance studio’s next big show, but it’s random chance … Continue reading →

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Drink, Slay, Love, by Sarah Beth Durst (Simon & Schuster, 2011)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Michael M. Jones
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Teen vampire Pearl’s life is thrown into disarray when she’s staked by a unicorn. Instead of killing her, the experience changes her, granting her the ability to survive in sunlight. Her Family promptly sends her to infiltrate high school, to … Continue reading →

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Variant, by Robison Wells (HarperTeen, 2011)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Michael M. Jones
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When Benson Fisher receives a scholarship to the exclusive Maxfield Academy, he dreams of finally escaping the never-ending string of foster homes. What he discovers, is far worse. Part prison, part Darwinist nightmare, there is no escape from the arbitrary … Continue reading →

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