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Title: #1 New Moon
Author: Meyer, Stephenie
I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES... For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. . . . Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural spin. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.
Grade level: 8
Call number: Teen/Meyer
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Title: #2 Just Listen
Author: Dessen, Sarah
This multi-layered tale tells the story of a year in the life of a family coming to terms with the imperfections beneath its perfect facade.
Grade level: 7+
Call number: Teen/Dessen
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Title: #3 How to Ruin a Summer Vacation
Author: Elkeles, Simone
Going to Israel with her estranged father is the last thing Amy wants to do this summer. A spoiled American teenager with an attitude that matches her killer Jimmy Choo slides, she's got a serious grudge against her dad, a.k.a Sperm Donor, for showing up so rarely in her life. Now he's dragging her to a war zone to meet a family she's never known, including her ill grandmother who's the only source of comfort in this strange land. Sharing a room with her unfriendly cousin, igniting a brawl at the local disco, and having her Ferragamo sandal stolen by a mutt . . . one hilarious humiliation after another tests Amy's Žerce spirit. Finding her place in a foreign culture isn't easy, but as Amy learns to shed her tough-girl persona, she discovers that making friends, falling in love, and connecting with her family and heritage isn't impossible after all.
Grade level: 8+
Call number: Teen/Elkeles
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Title: #4 Maximum Ride: School's Out-Forever
Author: Patterson, James
In this eagerly awaited follow-up, brave bird-kid Max and her flock are discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to "school." There is no such thing as an ordinary day as Max deciphers how and when she's supposed to save the world, and she faces her greatest enemy--a clone of herself.
Grade level: 6+
Call number: Teen/Patterson
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Title: #5 Firegirl
Author: Abbot, Tony
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica was in a fire and was badly burned, and will be attending St. Catherines while getting medical treatments.
Grade level: 5+
Call number: J/Abbot
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Title: #6 All Hallows Eve (13 Stories)
Author: Vande Velde, Vivian
Presents thirteen tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry.
Grade level: 8+
Call number: On Order
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Title: Life as We Knew It
Author: Pfeffer, Susan Beth
When a meteor hits the moon, Miranda must learn to survive the unimaginable. Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.
Grade level: 6+
Call number: Teen/Pfeffer
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Title: #8 River Secrets
Author: Hale, Shannon
Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
Grade level: 6+
Call number: Teen/Hale
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Title: #9 Bad Kitty
Author: Jaffe, Michele
Meet Jasmine forensic supersleuth and unwitting victim of a naughty feline. All Jasmine really wants is to enjoy her family vacation in Las Vegas. And avoid her evil cousin Alyson and Alyson's best fiend, Veronique. And show her suspicious dad that she can be a Model Daughter. And maybe meet the hot guy she's been eyeing from across the pool. It that too much to ask? Apparently, yes. One moment she's an innocent bylounger, the next the central figure in a Las Vegas-sized mystery. Fortunately, Jasmine is both a forensics enthusiast and possessed of some very, well, special friends. Polly, Tom, and Roxy crash the vacation, BeDazzle Jasmine's wardrobe, and find themselves key players in the most outrageous adventure in a town known for outrageous adventures. All because of a very bad kitty.
Grade level: 9+
Call number: Teen/Jaffe
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Title: #10 Road of the Dead
Author: Brooks, Kevin
Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London and travel to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.
Grade level: 9+
Call number: Teen/Brooks
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