The Big Ones - Books with LOTS of pages

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The Big Ones

Books with LOTS of pages!

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Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. (YA Fic SF Bacigalupi) [326 p.]

Blundell, Judy. Strings Attached
When she drops out of school and struggles to start a career on Broadway in the fall of 1950, seventeen-year-old Kit Corrigan accepts help from an old family friend, a lawyer said to have ties with the mob, who then asks her to do some favors for him. (YA Fic Blundell) [310 p.]

Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition. (YA Fic Bray) [396 p.]

Condie, Allyson. Matched
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well? (YA Fic SF Condie) [369 p.]

Craft, Eliz. Footfree and Fancyloose
Harper Waddle, Sophie Bushell, and Kate Foster committed the ultimate suburban sin: bailing on college to pursue their dreams. Their best friend, Becca Winsberg, took a more traditional path, but she's got dreams of her own. Now the year is halfway through and the girls' dreams seem within reach. (YA Fic Craft) [423 p.]

Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. (YA Fic Crawford) [300 p.] Followed by: Carter's Big Break [231 p.]

Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape. (YA Fic SF ) [442 p.]

Friesner, Esther M. Sphinx's Princess. (Sphinx's Princess, #1)
Although she is a dutiful daughter, Nefertiti's dancing abilities, remarkable beauty, and intelligence garner attention near and far, so much so that her family is summoned to the Egyptian royal court, where Nefertiti becomes a pawn in the power play of her scheming aunt, Queen Tiye. (YA Fic Friesner) [370 p.] Followed by: Sphinx's Queen [352 p.]

Harland, Richard. Worldshaker
16-year-old Col Porpentine is being groomed as the next Commander of Worldshaker, a juggernaut where elite families live on the upper decks while the Filthies toil below, but when he meets Riff, a Filthy girl on the run, he discovers how ignorant heis of his home and its residents. (YA Fic SF Harland) [388 p.]

Harper, Suzanne. The Juliet Club
When high school junior Kate wins an essay contest that sends her to Verona, Italy, to study Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" over the summer, she meets both American and Italian students and learns not just about Shakespeare, but also about star-crossed lovers--and herself. (YA Fic Harper) [402 p.]

Hughes, Mark Peter. Lemonade Mouth.
A group of high school freshmen thrown together in detention form a band to play at a school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band. (YA Fic Hughes) [338 p.]

Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius.
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. (YA Fic Jinks) [486 p.] Followed by Genius Squad [436 p.]; The Genius Wars [378 p.]

Johnson, Maureen. Suite Scarlett
15-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother's attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her outlook. (YA Fic Johnson) [353 p.] Followed by: Scarlett Fever [336 p.]

Lee, Y. S. A Spy in the House. (The Agency, #1)
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. (YA Fic M Lee) [335 p. ] Followed by: The Body at the Tower [337 p.]

Lore, Pittacus. I Am Number Four. (Lorian Legacies, #1)
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a 15-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. (YA Fic SF Lore) [440 p.]

Matson, Morgan. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
After the death of her father, Amy, a high school student, and Roger, a college freshman, set out on a carefully planned road trip from California to Connecticut, but wind up taking many detours, forcing Amy to face her worst fears and come to terms with her grief and guilt. (YA Fic Matson) [343 p.]

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth. The Lost Crown
In alternating chapters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia tell how their privileged lives as the daughters of the tsar in early twentieth-century Russia are transformed by world war and revolution. (YA Fic Miller) [412 p.]

Patterson, James. Witch and Wizard. (Witch & Wizard novels, #1)
A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books. (YA Fic SF Patterson) [314 p.] Followed by: The Gift [341 p.]

Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
16-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and quarantined and may also still be alive. (YA Fic M Riggs) [352 p.]

Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray
In 1941, 15-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family. (YA Fic Sepetys) [344 p.]

Tharp, Tim. Badd
A teenaged girl's beloved brother returns home from the Iraq War completely unlike the person she remembers. (YA Fic Tharp) [308 p.]

Violi, Jen. Putting Makeup on Dead People
Donna's discovery, that she wants to be a mortician, helps her come into her own and finally understand that moving forward doesn't mean forgetting someone you love. (YA Fic Violi) [326 p.]

Wiles, Deborah. Countdown. (Sixties trilogy, #1)
As 11-year-old Franny Chapman deals with drama at home and with her best friend in 1962, she tries to understand the larger problems in the world after President Kennedy announces that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. Features historic quotations and photographs. (YA Fic Wiles) [377 p.]

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	Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. (YA Fic SF Bacigalupi) [326 p.]
	Blundell, Judy. Strings Attached When she drops out of school and struggles to start a career on Broadway in the fall of 1950, seventeen-year-old Kit Corrigan accepts help from an old family friend, a lawyer said to have ties with the mob, who then asks her to do some favors for him. (YA Fic Blundell) [310 p.]
	Bray, Libba. Beauty Queens When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition. (YA Fic Bray) [396 p.]
	Condie, Allyson. Matched All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well? (YA Fic SF Condie) [369 p.]
	Craft, Eliz. Footfree and Fancyloose Harper Waddle, Sophie Bushell, and Kate Foster committed the ultimate suburban sin: bailing on college to pursue their dreams. Their best friend, Becca Winsberg, took a more traditional path, but she's got dreams of her own. Now the year is halfway through and the girls' dreams seem within reach. (YA Fic Craft) [423 p.]
	Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. (YA Fic Crawford) [300 p.] Followed by: Carter's Big Break [231 p.]
	Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape. (YA Fic SF ) [442 p.]
	Friesner, Esther M. Sphinx's Princess. (Sphinx's Princess, #1) Although she is a dutiful daughter, Nefertiti's dancing abilities, remarkable beauty, and intelligence garner attention near and far, so much so that her family is summoned to the Egyptian royal court, where Nefertiti becomes a pawn in the power play of her scheming aunt, Queen Tiye. (YA Fic Friesner) [370 p.] Followed by: Sphinx's Queen [352 p.]
	Harland, Richard. Worldshaker 16-year-old Col Porpentine is being groomed as the next Commander of Worldshaker, a juggernaut where elite families live on the upper decks while the Filthies toil below, but when he meets Riff, a Filthy girl on the run, he discovers how ignorant heis of his home and its residents. (YA Fic SF Harland) [388 p.]
	Harper, Suzanne. The Juliet Club When high school junior Kate wins an essay contest that sends her to Verona, Italy, to study Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" over the summer, she meets both American and Italian students and learns not just about Shakespeare, but also about star-crossed lovers--and herself. (YA Fic Harper) [402 p.]
	Hughes, Mark Peter. Lemonade Mouth. A group of high school freshmen thrown together in detention form a band to play at a school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band. (YA Fic Hughes) [338 p.]
	Jinks, Catherine. Evil Genius. Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. (YA Fic Jinks) [486 p.] Followed by Genius Squad [436 p.]; The Genius Wars [378 p.]
	Johnson, Maureen. Suite Scarlett 15-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her brother's attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her outlook. (YA Fic Johnson) [353 p.] Followed by: Scarlett Fever [336 p.]
	Lee, Y. S. A Spy in the House. (The Agency, #1) Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. (YA Fic M Lee) [335 p. ] Followed by: The Body at the Tower [337 p.]
	Lore, Pittacus. I Am Number Four. (Lorian Legacies, #1) In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a 15-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. (YA Fic SF Lore) [440 p.]
	Matson, Morgan. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour After the death of her father, Amy, a high school student, and Roger, a college freshman, set out on a carefully planned road trip from California to Connecticut, but wind up taking many detours, forcing Amy to face her worst fears and come to terms with her grief and guilt. (YA Fic Matson) [343 p.]
	Miller, Sarah Elizabeth. The Lost Crown In alternating chapters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia tell how their privileged lives as the daughters of the tsar in early twentieth-century Russia are transformed by world war and revolution. (YA Fic Miller) [412 p.]
	Patterson, James. Witch and Wizard. (Witch & Wizard novels, #1) A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books. (YA Fic SF Patterson) [314 p.] Followed by: The Gift [341 p.]
	Riggs, Ransom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 16-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and quarantined and may also still be alive. (YA Fic M Riggs) [352 p.]
	Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray In 1941, 15-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family. (YA Fic Sepetys) [344 p.]
	Tharp, Tim. Badd A teenaged girl's beloved brother returns home from the Iraq War completely unlike the person she remembers. (YA Fic Tharp) [308 p.]
	Violi, Jen. Putting Makeup on Dead People Donna's discovery, that she wants to be a mortician, helps her come into her own and finally understand that moving forward doesn't mean forgetting someone you love. (YA Fic Violi) [326 p.]
	Wiles, Deborah. Countdown. (Sixties trilogy, #1) As 11-year-old Franny Chapman deals with drama at home and with her best friend in 1962, she tries to understand the larger problems in the world after President Kennedy announces that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. Features historic quotations and photographs. (YA Fic Wiles) [377 p.]