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Trickster's
Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
By: Tamora Pierce
Juv Fic SF
Alianne must call
forth her mother's courage and her father's wit in order to survive
on the Copper Isles in a royal court rife with political intrigue
and murderous conspiracy.
 Aly
is my favorite character's daughter. My favorite characteristics
in her mother and father are brought out in her. When she goes
on a peaceful boat ride which is interrupted by pirates and sold
into slavery, all of these characteristics are needed to get
her home.
Hannah D., age 13
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Uglies
(Uglies trilogy, #1)
By: Scott Westerfeld
YA Fic SF
In a world in which
everyone is transformed into a stunning beauty at age 16, Tally
has doubts.
You
will always want to keep reading more. UGLIES is about a girl
named Tally. Her friend Shay decides that she doesn't want to
have the operation that every 16-year-old gets to make them pretty.
So Shay runs away. Authorities tell Tally she cannot be turned
pretty unless she tells them where Shay is. They give her the
mission to find where she is. Shay had given Tally confusing
directions but Tally has not idea what they mean. Will Tally
turn her friend in and become pretty or stay ugly for the rest
of her life? Read to find out!
Mara S., age 12
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The Wish
By: Gail Carson Levine
Juv Fic
When granted her wish
to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader,
forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity
will vanish.
It is about an unpopular girl who gets
one wish for helping an elderly lady. Her wish is to be popular
at Claverford (her school). When she gets home, her phone is
rining off the hook. She also got asked to the Grad Night Dance
by a ton of popular boys. Wilma then realizes her mistake; she
said she wanted to be popular at Claverford and there are only
three weeks left until her first year of high school - a different
school. She would no longer be popular. When her wish ends, she
realizes that having friends is more important than being popular.
Her friends decide to give the unpopular Wilma another chance
since her personality never changed.
Mara S., age 12
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The Two
Princesses of Bamarre
By: Gail Carson Levine
Juv Fic SF
With her adventurous
sister, Meryl, suffering from the the Grey death meek and timid
Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
I love the wonder and suspense in it and
it has a little romance in it and powerful moments. Also the
heroine has my name: Addie.
Addie F., age 12
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Can't
Get There From Here
By: Todd Strasser
YA Fic
Tired of being hungry,
cold, and dirty from living on the streets of New York City with
a tribe of other homeless teenagers who are dying, one by one,
a girl named Maybe ponders her future and longs for someone to
care about her.
I gave CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE a thumbs
up because it has a good plot and actually seems like a real
thing. The plot of this story is that there is a group or tribe
of teens that live on the streets of New York City. Some of the
kids die and the dead teens were not over the age of 23. They
had to beg to get money for food and used the library bathroom
to wash up. You and other teens should read it, so they know
that they're lucky they have a warm house and food and not everybody
does.
Sarah K/., age 12
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Among
the Barons (Shadow Children, #4)
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Juv Fic SF
In a future world
of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke
feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke
has taken.
It is a great mix of mystery and science
fiction. Even though I don't usually enjoy these genres, I gave
it a try and loved it. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I didn't
really know what exactly happened until the last few pages. A
great conclusion to the series!
Victoria N., age 12
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Thieves
Like Us
By: Steven Cole
YA Fic
A mysterious benefactor
hand-picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of clues
leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they
must steal and for which they risk being killed.
This action-packed novel has twists and
turns with museum robbing and fights that leave you on the edge
of your seat. It isn't as thrilling as THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES
OR ALFRED KROPP or SILVERFIN but it sure had a mind of its own.
It's better than some.
Tate G., age 13
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The Ersatz
Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
By: Lemony Snicket
Juv Fic
The woeful saga of
the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers
their whereabouts at Esme´ Squalor's seventy-one bedroom
penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
It is an awesome book. It is a very exciting
book. The beginning pulls you into the book and it gets more
suspenseful as it goes on. In this book, the orphans climb down
an empty dark elevator shaft in order to save their friends.
At the end of the elevator shaft is a long tunnel in which they
follow. I suggest teens read this book because I couldn't put
it down!
Kristin H., age 12
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The Austere
Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
By: Lemony Snicket
Juv Fic
As their outrageous
misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off
to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire
triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded
Count Olaf.
This book was thrilling and had a great
plot. It was mysterious and also had lots of action. It's about
three orphans who have lots of bad experiences and then get sent
to a boarding school with strict punishments. Their parents also
left a fortune and Count Olaf is after them to get that fortune.
In this book, he invents a method called S.O.R.E. Will he get
the fortune? Read it to find out!
Kristin H., age 12
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What
Happened to Cass McBride?
By: Gail Giles
YA Fic M
After his younger
brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge
on the person he holds responsible.
The plot kept twisting! I couldn't put
the book down. The book was a mix of three different stories
and suspense was in every page. It kept me on the edge of my
seat and I would recommend this book to anyone from ages 10 to
100!
Rachel E., age 15
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Montmorency
on the Rocks (Montmorency series, #2)
By: Eleanor Updale
YA Fic M
In Victorian London,
when Montmorency and his alter ego, Scarper, reunite with Dr.
Farcett, the two cooperate to capture a bomber and become involved
in solving the mystery of the poisoning of a village of Scottish
children.
It was a very exciting story with multiple
mysteries for the fascinating characters to solve. Some of it
was predictable but everything was logical and made perfect sense.
The one disappointment in this sequel was the lack of time that
the title character spends in the sewers. In the previous book,
travelling through the sewers was an essential part of the plot,
but this time it was a very minor event that happened once. Overall,
MONTMORENCY ON THE ROCKS was an excellent page-turner and I would
recommend the entire series to anyone who likes a good mystery.
Max W., age 15
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Scrambled
Eggs at Midnight
By: Brad Barkley
YA Fic
Calliope and Eliot,
two fifteen-year-olds in Asheville, North Carolina, begin to
acknowledge some unpleasant truths about their parents and form
their own ideas about love.
It is a great story about two teens who
meet unexpectedly and are friends almost instantly. There are
some sad and suspenseful parts when one of them is supposed to
move away. I'm glad I read this book.
Amity W., age 13
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The Wedding
Planner's Daughter
By: Coleen Paratone
Juv Fic
Willa, a romantic
girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother,
Cape Cod's most popular wedding planner.
The book holds the same problem the whole
book - teenager Willa wants a father. This book takes a situation
that some girls go through and puts it into a funny but serious
story that keeps you reading and reading till the very end! I
recommend it hands down!!
Catherine V., age 12
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School's
Out - Forever (Maximum Ride, #2)
By: James Patterson
YA Fic SF
After a short stay
with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and
live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths
head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world,
whether she wants to or not.
It was jam-packed with action and
suspense. The book is about a group of children with wings escaping
from a laboratory called the School. It is the second in the
series and a must read. I totally recommend it and you
absolutely have to read it!
Abby D., age 12
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L8r,
G8r (Internet Girls, #3)
By: Lauren Myracle
YA Fic
Throughout their senior
year in high school, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela continue to share
"instant messages" with one another about their day-to-day
experiences as they consider college, sex, the importance of
prom, and the inevitable end of their inseparable trio.
This book is about these seniors in high
school who go through a lot of drama to finish school. This book
is cool & funny! I think it shows you how hard a teenager
has it nowadays!
Katie D., age 13
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Holy
Bible
220 B47d
This book has a lot of good foundations
for a life you want to live. It also applies personally to you.
If you want to read this book of true and life changing happenings,
go to your local bookstore.
Deborah B., age 13
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