NEED A GOOD READ? NOVEMBER 2010

Kelly Jensen, Youth Services Librarian @ APL

Mostly Good Girls by Leila Sales

•Violet and Katie are BFFs, good girls, and high achievers

•…but something is going on with Katie

•Laugh out loud funny

•Told through vignettes

•For fans of Sarah Dessen

You by Charles Benoit

•You are Kyle Chase: tough guy

•Do you have a weak spot?

•Second person narration, fast paced

•For fans of Chris Crutcher, Ellen Hopkins, Gail Giles

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Love Drugged by James Klise

•If you could change who you are, would you?

•Jamie is gay but no one knows. He might have his hands on the cure to this thanks to his friend’s dad.

•Fans of realistic stories that make you think

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

•Ben’s dad is relocating for work: teaching a chimp to learn sign language

•What happens when the ape becomes much more than an experiment?

Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian

•Natalie: strong, independent, self-confident, feminist

•Enter Conner

•Has Natalie been a tyrant or has she finally realized there is more to herself than she once believed?

•Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, Melissa Walker, Kody Keplinger’s The DUFF

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

•An eerie tale pulling from many legends

•Mackie doesn’t fit in our world . . . Will he fit in his own?

•“Edward Scissorhands meets Catcher in the Rye”

•For fans of horror, the creepy, and Edgar Allan Poe

Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Nat Standiford

•A twist on several classic stories

•The Almighty decreed that someone did something horrible, and she will not include her family in her will if the perpetrator doesn’t confess

•Three separate stories woven together

•Funny, ridiculous, and absurd

Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart

•Historical: Set during 1876 Centennial World’s Fair in Philadelphia

•Katherine is mourning the loss of her twin sister, Anna

•Secrets!

•Fast paced, laced with excellent historical details and poetic language

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