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Teens Review 'Trouble', 'The Dare', a New Ida Tarbell Bio, and More
Fans of realistic fiction have a boatload of titles to choose from this summer. There's the bad boy/good girl plot, the summer dare, teen pregnancy, and choosing between family and self. SLJTeen reviewers suggest these possible additions to beach reads lists.
When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses
Gr 3–6—This title explodes with fascinating facts and action-packed photographs that convey how different creatures have evolved to escape predators...
I Know a Bear
PreS-Gr 2—Soft, whimsical narrative voicing distinguishes this Argentine debut, originally published in France in 2011...
Love Is the Drug
Gr 10 Up—Her mother calls her Emily, but she calls herself by her last name, Bird, and so does Alonso, known as Coffee, the strangely compelling drug-dealer and diplomat's son who attends Bird's private Washington, DC, school...
Teens Review April Henry's Latest, Debut British Fantasy, and More
Teens tackle: a road trip to the Northern Lights, a wish for life to be "just like the movies," a new thriller from the master April Henry, and a YA debut fantasy from a best-selling British author.
Teens Review 'Second Star', 'Hungry', and a Second Take on 'My Last Kiss'
Our teen reviewers report on a reimagining of the Peter Pan story, Second Star, and an intriguing look at a world without food, Hungry. The latter title adds to the recent spate of environmental fiction in YA lit.
Grace and the Guiltless
Gr 7–10—Johnson remains faithful to standard Western lore in this historical fiction novel: a young person seeks revenge on outlaws...
Gilded
Gr 7 Up—Four years after her mother's death, 16-year-old Korean American Jae Hwa Lee and her father leave Los Angeles behind to move to Seoul, South Korea...
Teens Review Latest from Cremer, 'One Man Guy', 'One Last Kiss', and More
Need to find something new to put in the hands of Downton Abbey followers? Love by the Morning Star is just the ticket. Andrea Cremer's steampunk/alternative history title will delight fans. And check out a haunting readalike for Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall called My Last Kiss.
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