Teen Picks
Posted On: Sep 19, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Title: Skip Beat!
Author: Yashiki Nakamara
What is it about? It is about a girl who tries to make it into the talent world and get revenge on the guy that ditched her.
What did you think of it & why did you pick it up? I loved it!!!!!!!! I picked it up because is my other manga book it had a page advertising it so I thought I would read it.
Star Rating:
It was awesome! Everyone should check this out!
I would suggest this for: Anyone who likes manga
Name: Megan D. 6th grade
Posted On: Sep 17, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
What is it about? Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can’t be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby’s friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. Read More..
Posted On: Sep 12, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Nightlight: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon
What is it about? Belle Goose has self-exiled herself from her home in Arizona. Moving to Switchblade seems like quite the drag, until she meets nerdy boy Edwart Mullen, whom she believes to be a vampire. Read More..
Posted On: Sep 8, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
What is it about? Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Read More..
Posted On: Sep 7, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
What was it about? After getting a divorce Maya and Lochan’s parents seemed to forget that they had ever had children. Their father moved to Australia to start his own new, more perfect family while their mother turned to alcohol and partying in a last ditch effort to hold onto her fading youth. As the oldest in the house Maya and Lochan are forced to take on the role of parents, including all of the stress that goes along with it. Slowly breaking down under the pressure of taking care of their three younger siblings and juggling school as well, they find that the only people they really connect with and find comfort in are each other. Read More..
Posted On: Sep 1, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
What is it about? The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about 4 girls, Bridget, Carmen, Lena, and Tibby. This summer is their first summer apart. Before they leave they find a pair of magical pants that fit them all perfectly. They then decide to pass the pants a long to each other to keep them together for the summer. Read More..
Posted On: Aug 31, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
What is it about? Echo and Noah are broken. They have been shattered by the people they cared about the most and they can’t quite figure out how to pick all the pieces back up. Read More..
Posted On: Aug 29, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
What is it about? Nick and Allie don’t survive the car accident… …but their souls don’t exactly get where they’re supposed to get either. Instead, they’re caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It’s a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost children run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth. Read More..
Posted On: Aug 27, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Perfect Cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
What is it about? High school sophomore Toby Klein is an expert computer hacker – and a complete social outcast. So when Bayport High’s top-of-the-food-chain cheerleaders invite her to try out, she knows something’s up. Read More..
Posted On: Aug 25, 2012 In: Teen Picks, Teen Zone
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
What is it about? Now eighteen and Queen of Monsea, Bitterblue has found that she is surrounded by lies. Her advisors have presented her with a distorted version of reality and she is just now discovering that her entire kingdom is filled to the brim with deceit. These lies hide behind corners and inside people Bitterblue thought she knew. They embed themselves into everyone around her, including the people she loves the most. They torture these people and create a mist around any logical thought, almost as if King Leck were still alive and forcing people to do his bidding by manipulating their minds. Read More..