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	When You Were Here Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Daisy Whitney Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Contemporary Loss or Death Travel Filled with humor, raw emotion, a strong voice, and a brilliant dog named Sandy Koufax, When You Were Here explores the two most powerful forces known to man-death and love. Daisy Whitney brings her characters to life with a deft touch and resonating authenticity. ... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.3 0.0 (0)
	172 Hours on the Moon Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Johan Harstad Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Horror Science Fiction Teen Fiction Futuristic Thriller It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space - and change their lives forever. Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 4.0 (2)
	Adorkable Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Sarra Manning Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Contemporary Teen Fiction Welcome to the dorkside. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Jeane Smith's a blogger, a dreamer, a jumble sale queen, CEO of her own lifestyle brand, and has half a million followers on Twitter. Michael Lee's a star of school, stage, and playing field. A golden boy in... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 5.0 (1)
	Ship Breaker Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Paolo Bacigalupi Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Coming of Age Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Teen Fiction In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Perfect Escape Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Jennifer Brown Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Contemporary Realistic Fiction Family Drama Teen Fiction Kendra has always felt overshadowed by her older brother, Grayson, whose OCD forces him to live a life of carefully coordinated routines. The only way Kendra can stand out next to Grayson is to be perfect, and she has perfection down to an art -- until a cheating scandal threatens... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.2 (2)
	The Drowned Cities Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Paolo Bacigalupi Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Dystopian Science Fiction Teen Fiction "Soldier boys emerged from the darkness. Guns gleamed dully. Bullet bandoliers and scars draped their bare chests. Ugly brands scored their faces. She knew why these soldier boys had come. She knew what they sought, and she knew, too, that if they found it, her best friend would surely die."... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	When We Wake (When We Wake #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Karen Healey Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Dystopian Science Fiction Australia My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027--she's happiest when playing the guitar, she's falling in love for the first time, and she's joining her... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 (2) 4.2 (2)
	Altered (Altered #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 1 Author(s) Jennifer Rush Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Dystopian When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe? Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.8 (3) 4.7 (3)
	Boy Nobody (Boy Nobody #1) Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Allen Zadoff Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Thriller They needed the perfect soldier: one who could function in every situation without fear, sympathy or anger; who could assassinate strangers and then walk away emotionally unscathed. So they made Boy Nobody-a teen with no name or history. The perfect soldier. Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Trinkets Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Kirsten Smith Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Sixteen-year-old Moe's Shoplifters Anonymous meetings are usually punctuated by the snores of an old man and the whining of the world's unhappiest housewife. Until the day that Tabitha Foster and Elodie Shaw walk in. Tabitha has just about everything she wants: money, friends, popularity, a hot boyfriend who worships her...and... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Play Ball! (Little League #1) Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Matt Christopher Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Sports Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	The Cats of Tanglewood Forest Featured Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Charles De Lint Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Fantasy Animals On a quiet day, when the wind was still, the creek could be heard all the way up to where the old beech stood. Under its branches cats would come to dream and be dreamed. But they hadn't yet gathered the day the orphan girl fell asleep among the beech's... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.5 0.0 (0)
	Sure Signs of Crazy Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Karen Harrington Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Not every person responds to words the same way. Some words are trouble words. A trouble word will change the face of the person you say it to. Love can be a trouble word for some people. Crazy is also a trouble word. I should know. You've never... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Half Lives Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Sara Grant Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Dystopian Science Fiction I learned that surviving isn't all it's cracked up to be. If you survive, you've got to live with the guilt, and that's more difficult than looking someone in the eye and pulling the trigger. Trust me. I've done both. Killing takes a twitch of the finger. Absolution takes several... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Loki's Wolves (Blackwell Pages #1) Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) K.L. Armstrong M.A. Marr Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Fantasy Adventure Mythology & Folklore In Viking times, Norse myths predicted the end of the world, an event called Ragnarok, that only the gods can stop. When this apocalypse happens, the gods must battle the monsters--wolves the size of the sun, serpents that span the seabeds, all bent on destroying the world. The... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)

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I can't thank my dad enough for sparking my book lover tendencies by reading to me before bed each night. He's the reason I'm the book nerd I am today, and couldn't be more encouraging of dads (and moms, too) who want to read with their children. With Father's Day just around the corner, here's a list of books for dads to read with their kids that celebrate a fatherly bond. Picture Books ...

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DOON by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon Release Date: 8/20/2013 ISBN: 139780310742326 Veronica doesn't think she's going crazy. But why can't anyone else see the mysterious blond boy who keeps popping up wherever she goes? When her best friend, Mackenna, invites her to spend the summer in Scotland, Veronica jumps at the opportunity to leave her complicated life behind ...

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The Taker by Alma Katsu Release Date: Mass Market Paperback - February 2013 True love can last an eternity . . . but immortality comes at a price. . . . On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—walks into his ...

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The Barftastic Life of Louie Burger by Jenny Meyerhoff Release date: June 4, 2013 ISBN: 978-0374305185 Fifth grader Louie Burger figures that with a goofy name like his, he must be destined to be a king of comedy like his idol Lou Lafferman. But he’s only ever performed his stand-up act in his closet, where he and his dad created the most ex ...

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