[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Teen Scene August 2008
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- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 08:13:49 -0400
Teen Scene August 2008
"Those pants are in love with you. They want you for your body and your mind."
~ from Ann Brashares' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
New and Recently Released!
Shift - by Jennifer Bradbury
Publisher: Atheneum Books
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Pub Date: 5/20/2008
ISBN: 9781416947325
ISBN-10: 1416947329
Fiction. After graduating from high school, best friends Win and Chris take a
cross-country bicycle trek from West Virginia to Washington state, during
which they discover amazingly beautiful places, meet fascinating people...and
have a nasty fight. Win abandons Chris in Montana with no explanation, so
Chris finishes the trip solo and returns home to start college...and until an
FBI agent shows up to question him about the details of their trip, Chris
has no idea that Win never made it back. Outdoor types, armchair travelers, and
mystery fans won't be able to flip these pages fast enough.
The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution - by Sally Gardner
Publisher: Dial Books
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Pub Date: 5/1/2008
ISBN: 9780803731004
ISBN-10: 0803731000
Historical Fiction. Murder, mystery, magic and romance are woven together in
this tale of late-18th-century Paris. Yann Margoza, a 14-year-old orphaned
mindreader, has been raised by a dwarf named T'tu; the two of them perform with
a traveling stage magician. Lovely Sidonie is the daughter of a cruel,
self-indulgent marquis who hires the troupe for a private performance. After
the magician is murdered, Yann flees to safety in London, but he returns to
find and rescue Sidonie from her father. This suspenseful and captivating story
set against the backdrop of the burgeoning French Revolution will entrance
fans of Eva Ibbotson's The Star of Kazan or Kimberly Bradley Brubaker's The
Lacemaker and the Princess.
Suck It Up - by Brian Meehl
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Pub Date: 5/13/2008
ISBN: 9780385903219
ISBN-10: 0385903219
Fiction. After graduating from the League Academy, scrawny, teenaged vampire
Morning McCobb embarks on a mission for the International Vampire League: he'll
be the first of his kind to reveal his identity to humans. But when Morning
meets his publicist's 16-year-old daughter, his carefully controlled blood
lust awakens. In this hilarious, fang-in-cheek take on the moody-vampire
romance, it's up to Morning--a vegan vamp who drinks only soy-derived Blood
Lite--to
demonstrate how peaceful and beneficial the new, socially evolved vampires are.
If you enjoy Suck It Up, be sure to also check out author Jessica Abel's
graphic novel Life Sucks (about vampires who work the late shift at a 24-hour
convenience store).
First Chapter
Madapple - by Christina Meldrum
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Pub Date: 5/13/2008
ISBN: 9780375851766
ISBN-10: 0375851763
Suspense. Aslaug lives an isolated life with her mother, Maren, on the
outskirts of a small Maine town. Maren has taught Aslaug several languages,
extensive
knowledge of local plants and herbs, some science...and not much else. When
Maren dies suddenly, Aslaug makes her way into town, moves in with the
religiously
fundamentalist aunt and cousins she never knew she had, and learns that her
mother believed Aslaug to be the result of immaculate conception. After two
of her newfound relatives die from poisoning, socially backward Aslaug stands
trial for their murders. Critics raved about this "mesmerizing" (Vanity Fair)
debut that will keep thoughtful readers riveted.
First Chapter
Streams of Babel - by Carol Plum-Ucci
Publisher: Harcourt
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Pub Date: 5/1/2008
ISBN: 9780152165567
ISBN-10: 0152165568
Thriller. After two women on the same block die of brain aneurysms within a
24-hour period, it slowly becomes clear that rumors aren't the only thing
poisoning
the tranquil New Jersey suburb of Trinity Falls. The U.S. government suspects
that terrorists have contaminated the town's water supply with a deadly
biochemical
agent--and Pakistani cyber-whiz and teen undercover agent Shahzad is racing
against time to find out who's responsible. Great characterization, multiple
points of view, and gut-wrenching suspense combine to make this truly
frightening novel a real page-turner.
First Chapter
Lucky - by Rachel Vail
Publisher: HarperTeen
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Pub Date: 5/1/2008
ISBN: 9780060890438
ISBN-10: 0060890436
Fiction. Phoebe Avery and her two older sisters are lucky--and they know it.
Thanks to their high-powered wheeler-dealer mom, they live a swanky, spoiled
life and never have to worry about money. In fact, Phoebe and her four best
friends are planning an unbelievably posh party to celebrate their graduation
from eighth grade, and Phoebe has picked out the perfect Vera Wang dress to
wear to it. But when a business deal goes south and their mother gets fired,
the Avery girls are forced to find different reasons to feel lucky. This 1st
volume in a trilogy (each about a different Avery sister) is a perfect fit
for Meg Cabot fans.
If You Like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants...
Faithful followers of the Sisterhood have mere days to wait for the release of
the second movie based on author Ann Brashares' wildly popular novels. The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the 1st book in the series, introduces
readers to four lifelong best friends who discover a pair of magical
thrift-store
jeans that, despite the girls' varied physiques, fits each one of them
perfectly. Separated by their summer plans, the friends make a pact to share the
pants by passing them to each other through the mail. Readers then get to stow
away with the pants for four books' worth of the friends' stories. If you've
read them all and have just got to have a dose of girlfriend power before (or
after!) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 comes to a theatre near you,
try one of the books listed below.
Tattoo - by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Pub Date: 1/9/2007
ISBN: 9780385903639
ISBN-10: 0385903634
Fantasy. When Bailey Morgan and her three best friends apply the temporary
tattoos they just bought at the mall, they are bestowed with supernatural
powers.
Now Bailey can start fires with her thoughts, Zo has premonitions, Annabelle
can read minds, and Delia can transmogrify things--that is, change anything
into anything else (handy when you absolutely must have a new pair of Prada
pumps). Trouble is, the girls are also magically bound by the tattoos to take
part in a dangerous battle between three ancient fairies, one of whom is out to
destroy all of humanity. If you love the Sisterhood series but wish that
its magical elements were intensified, this fast-paced story with a quartet of
"spunky, fun-loving, and sometimes cranky" (Booklist) heroines is for you.
First Chapter
The V Club - by Kate Brian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 4/1/2004
ISBN: 9780689867644
ISBN-10: 0689867646
Fiction. "Call it the Nunnery of the Traveling Pants," quips Booklist about
this light, quickly paced story of first loves and college dreams. The newly
established Victoria A. Treemont college scholarship fund entails mostly
standard requirements for application, with one quirk: candidates for the hefty
award "must exemplify purity of soul and body." High school seniors and close
friends Mandy, Debbie, Eva and Kai are competing for the scholarship and
form the V Club (yep, it's what you think it is) to increase the odds that one
of them will win it. But will their friendships endure the feuds and emotional
roller coaster rides that follow? Good, clean fun--and a practically perfect
beach read.
First Chapter
Bindi Babes - by Narinder Dhami
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Pub Date: 8/1/2004
ISBN: 9780385731775
ISBN-10: 0385731779
Fiction. Sisters Geena, Ambajit (Amber), and Jazvinder (Jazz) are smart,
popular, and lavishly indulged by their hard-working, often absent dad--even
more
so since their mother's death a year ago. The girls try to put up a brave,
cheerful, perfectly-together front (while privately grieving), and their dad
constantly buys them designer clothes and expensive sneakers. But things start
to change when their father's sister moves from India to their England home
to run the household and look after the girls. Auntie, it seems, wants to cramp
their Bindi Babe style, so the sisters decide they'll get rid of her...by
finding her a husband. This funny and heartwarming story pays tribute to the
power of love, family, and friends.
The True Meaning of Cleavage - by Mariah Fredericks
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Pub Date: 3/1/2003
ISBN: 9780689850929
ISBN-10: 0689850921
Fiction. Jess and Sari have been united against cliquey girls (especially "the
Prada Mafia") since seventh grade, but now that they're starting high school,
Sari's obsession with popular senior David Cole threatens their friendship.
Jess still likes science fiction movies and drawing, and is aware that she
doesn't top the "hotness" scale; her greatest ambition at the beginning of high
school is getting out of gym class. Sari, on the other hand, is hot, knows
it, and is waging a full-on campaign to win David's attention. Will Jess and
Sari end up separated into the opposite camps of geeky and cool, or will their
friendship survive freshman year?
First Chapter
The Bermudez Triangle: A Novel - by Maureen Johnson
Publisher: Razorbill
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Pub Date: 10/6/2005
ISBN: 9781595140333
ISBN-10: 1595140336
Fiction. Nina Bermudez, Avery Dekker, and Melanie Forrest have been such close
friends for so long that they have a group nickname (the title of this book).
But when super-organized student council president Nina goes off to a summer
leadership program at Stanford for ten weeks before their senior year, Avery
and Mel's friendship turns romantic. Author Maureen Johnson--whose 13 Little
Blue Envelopes should also be a hit with Sisterhood fans--creates very real
characters in this fun yet serious novel about identity, friendship and love.
The Year of Secret Assignments - by Jaclyn Moriarty
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
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Pub Date: 1/1/2004
ISBN: 9780439498814
ISBN-10: 0439498813
Fiction. In this story told entirely in letters, e-mails, journal entries,
etc., best friends and snooty-private-school students Lydia, Emily, and Cassie
are paired up with pen pals from nearby Brookfield High--a much rougher
school--for an English assignment. They all end up writing to guys, and the
assignment
leads to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and, ultimately, an all-out war
between the two schools. Australian author Jaclyn Moriarty places her fabulous
characters in a breathtaking series of hilarious (and legally questionable)
situations, but these BFFs stay true to one another through it all.
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