Titles

Reviewed by Lori

Books Reviewed (Alphabetical by Title):


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13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
365 Days of Wonder {Mr. Browne's Precepts} by R. J. Palacio
882 1/2 Amazing Answers to your Questions about the Titanic by Hugh Brewster and Laurie Coulter

A:
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins

B:
Beholding Bee by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Big Snowman, Little Snowman by Tish Rabe
Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara
Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
Blood in the Water (Tides of War #1)
Blue Noon (Midnighters Trilogy #3) by Scott Westerfeld
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster by Matt Phelan
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
Brain Jack by Brian Falkner
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Burning Blue by Paul Griffin
Butter by Erin Jade Lange

C:
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy #2) by Suzanne Collins
Cheesie Mack is Not a Genius or Anything by Stephen L. Colter
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz
Con Academy by Joe Schreiber
Cool Creations in 35 Pieces  by Sean Kenney
Crossed (Matched Trilogy #2) by Ally Condie

D:
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean
Delirium  by Lauren Oliver
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

E:
Echo Echo Reverso Poems about Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer
Egghead by Caroline Pignat
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Elephants Cannot Dance by Mo Willems
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Every Day by David Levithan

F:
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story by Adam Rex
Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff
Focused by Alyson Gerber
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Fledgling by Mark A. Cooper
Freaks Like Us by Susan Vaught

G:
The Game by Monica Hughes
Game Over, Pete Watson by Joe Schreiber
Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
The Girl and the Bicycle by Mark Pett
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Guppy Up! by Jonathan Fenske

H:
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Holes by Louis Sachar
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Home by Carson Ellis
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
How to Read Literature Like a Professor for Kids by Thomas C. Foster
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy #1) by Suzanne Collins

I:
I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
I Am the Weapon by Allen Zadoff
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

J:
Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

K:

L:
Laughing at My Nightmare  by Shane Burcaw
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors Trilogy #1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

M:
Malice by Chris Wooding
Matched (Matched Trilogy #1) by Ally Condie
Memory Boy by Will Weaver
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Midnighters Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children  (Book #1) by Ransom Riggs
Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls by Mary Downing Hahn
Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy #3) by Suzanne Collins
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

N:
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
Numbers by Rachel Ward

O:
Ollie and the Science of Treasure Hunting by Erin Dionne
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

P:
Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
Pete & Pickles by Berkley Breathed
The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
Proxy by Alex London

Q:

R:
Reached by Ally Condie (Matched Trilogy #3)
Reboot by Amy Tintera
Ripper by Stephan Petrucha
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

S:
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Supetys
The Santa Trap by Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene
The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos
The Secret History of Tom Trueheart by Ian Beck
The Secret Hour (Midnighters Trilogy #1) by Scott Westerfeld
Shark Attack by Tom Jackson (Non-Fiction)
Shelter by Harlan Coben
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Non-Fiction)
Stones in Water  by Donna Jo Napoli
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Sweet by Emmy Leybourne
Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler

T:
T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte
Tad and Dad by David Ezra Stein
Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Thief in the House of Memory by Tim Wynne-Jones
Thirteen Chairs by Dave Shelton
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Titanic Sinks! by Barry Denenberg
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Touching Darkness (Midnighters Trilogy #2) by Scott Westerfeld
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

U:
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones

V:

W:
The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli
Wonder by R.J. Palacio

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