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Teen Picks: “Skip Beat” by Yashiki Nakamara

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: 5 Stars for rating the book It was awesome! Everyone should check this out!

I would suggest this for: Anyone who likes manga

Name: Megan D.  6th grade


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Teen Picks: “Imaginary Girls” by Nova Ren Suma

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..

Teen Picks: ” Nightlight: A Parody” by The Harvard Lampoon

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..

Teen Picks: “The Unraveling” by Elizabeth Norris

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..

Teen Picks: “Forbidden” By Tabitha Suzuma

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..

Teen Picks: “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares

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..

Teen Picks: “Pushing the Limits” by Katie McGarry

 

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..

Teen Picks: “Everlost” by Neal Shusterman

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..

Teen Picks : “Perfect Cover” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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..

Teen Picks: “Bitterblue” by Kristin Cashore

 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..