Wonderland

Author	Janet Ruth Young
ISBN	1416959440

Everyone has disturbing thoughts sometimes. But for seventeen-year-old Dani Solomon, strange thoughts have taken over her life. She loves Alex, the little boy she babysits, more than anything. Then one day she envisions harming him. The images are so gruesome, she can’t get them out of her mind....

Author	Mary Hooper
ISBN	0747599130

Grace Parkes has just had to do a terrible thing. Having given birth to an illegitimate child, she has travelled to the famed Brookwood Cemetery to place her small infant's body in a rich lady's coffin. Following the advice of a kindly midwife, this is the only way that Grace can think of to give something...

Author	Pat Lowery Collins
ISBN	0763639176

While studying under Vivaldi, three girls in a Venice orphanage forge their own notions of love in a sensuous, engrossing novel told in three narrative voices.

It is a longing and search for love that motivates three girls living in the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage renowned for its extraordinary...

Author	Daniel Nayeri
ISBN	0763637122

Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling and her insecure freshman brother, John, are hitting the books at the Marlowe School. But one tome consumes their attention: THE BOOK OF GATES, a coveted Egyptian artifact that their professor father believes has magical powers. Soon Wendy and John discover that the...

Author

Marthe Jocelyn

WOULD YOU RATHER know what’s going to happen or not know?
A summer night. A Saturday. For Natalie’s amazing older sister, Claire, this summer is fantastic, because she’s zooming off to college in the fall. For Natalie, it’s a fun summer with her friends; nothing special. When Claire is...

Author	Jenny Valentine
ISBN	1423147146

When the sixteen-year-old runaway Chap is mistaken for a missing boy named Cassiel, his life changes dramatically. Chap takes on Cassiel's identity, gaining the family and friends he's always dreamed of having. But becoming someone else isn't as easy as he hoped—and Chap isn't the only one hiding...

Author	Janni Lee Simner
ISBN	0375966706

The latest YA fantasy book from Bones of Faerie author Janni Lee Simner!

After her mother mysteriously disappears, sixteen-year-old Haley convinces her father to take her to Iceland, where her mother was last seen. There, amidst the ancient fissures and crevices of that volcanic island,...

Author	Laura Goode
ISBN	0763646407

A gay suburban hip-hopper freaks out her Christian high school -- and falls in love -- in this righteously funny and totally tender YA debut, for real.

Listen up: You’re about to get rocked by the fiercest, baddest all-girl hip-hop crew in the Twin Cities -- or at least in the wealthy, white,...

Author	Jessica Warman
ISBN	0802720781

On the surface, Emily Meckler leads the perfect life. She has three best friends, two loving parents, and the ideal setup at the Connecticut prep school where her father is the headmaster. But Emily also suffers from devastating nightmares about fire and water, and nobody knows why. Then the enigmatic...

Author	Karen Healey
ISBN	0316125725

"If you want to find out who murdered your brother, follow me."

Keri, Janna, and Sione have one thing in common: Their older brothers are dead. Each death was ruled a suicide, but there were no notes, no warnings, and no explanations.

So they've worked out a theory: Their brothers were...

Author	Steve Watkins
ISBN	0763642509

A gripping portrait of a teen’s struggles through grief and abuse - and the miraculous power of animals to heal us.

After her veterinarian dad dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows....

Author	Jill S. Alexander
ISBN	0312605412

Paisley Tillery is the drummer for a country rock band. If they can make it to the stage at the Texapalooza music fest, then Paisley will be closer to her dream of a career in music and a ticket out of her small Texas town.

Drumming and music are what Paisley has always wanted. Until the band gets a...

Author	Erica S. Perl
ISBN	0375859233

Veronica Walsh is 15, fashion-minded, fat, and friendless. Her summer job in the Consignment Corner section (Employees Only!) of a vintage clothing store is a dream come true. There Veronica can spend her days separating the one-of-a-kind gem garments from the Dollar-a-Pound duds, without having...

Author	Adam Rapp
ISBN	0763653373

Printz Honor-winning author Adam Rapp spins a raw, gripping, and ultimately redemptive story about three disaffected teens and a kidnapped child.

Three teenagers - a sharp, well-to-do girl named Bounce and two struggling boys named Wiggins and Orange - are holding a four-yearold girl hostage...

Author	Beverley Brenna
ISBN	0889954372

Taylor Jane Simon is an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome who has a refreshingly different view of the people she encounters and the life she wants to have. Young adult readers will identify with Taylor’s struggle for independence and self-control, and empathize as she outlines...

Author	Aidan Chambers
ISBN	0370331974

I decided to read The Kissing Game, by Aidan Chambers because the synopsis and cover looked and sounded really interesting. I refer long novels rather than short stories, so the way this book was presented grabbed my attention and i felt i would enjoy this book.

This book is for the short stories...

Author	Yōko Kamio
ISBN	1421517167

Wow I'm flying through this series!! I'm really enjoying it!! That being said....

YUKI!!!!!!!!!! NOOO!!!! WHY!!!!!!!! WHY DID YOU CUT YOUR HAIR!!!!!! YOU WERE SO CUTE AND ADORABLE AND NOW YOU LOOK... WELL YOU LOOK DUMB!!! *heartbreak* Should this upset me so much? Lol, well it did. I was devastated!...

Author	Kaori Ozaki
ISBN	1427804567

For centuries, the eternal Rain Jewlitt has escaped attacks from assassins and bounty hunters who want to uncover his timeless secret. One of his pursuers, the Grim Reaper Zol, lost his life while attempting to kill Rain. In the wake of Zol's death, his 18-year-old granddaughter Machika vows to avenge...

Author	Rinko Ueda
ISBN	1421519534

Usagi goes from village darling to castle clown, but that’s not going to stop her from doing her best! She’s going to get her man and become a ninja, and not even two super-skilled shinobi beauties can stop her!

After the devastating attack on Iga, Usagi becomes a better-skilled ninja. Even...

Author	Abby McDonald
ISBN	0763639362

Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known as "The Hot-Tub Incident," and you’ve got two unprepared sophomores on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to Oxford may be a chance to ditch her fame as a tabloid temptress, but wading Uggs-deep...

Author	Shizuru Seino
ISBN	1591827000

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Hello, everyone and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! Today I have another work by Seino Shizuru. The first one I covered was Love Attack and you can find the review on my blog. I’ll be covering 2 more works, but that’s for future. However, let me tell you one...

Author	Fuyumi Soryo
ISBN	1591820561

Kira and Rei's roller-coaster romance continues! When Rei suddenly gets ill, Kira takes care of him at his apartment...and ends up sleeping over. After their night together, Rei finally tells Kira the real reason his twin brother Sei killed himself: Rei told him a secret he knew Sei would never be able...