Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller

Standalone. Bloomsbury USA Children (Sept. 2013) NetGalley Stolen as a child from her large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten years, Callie has only the barest idea of what normal life might be like. She's never had a home, never gone to school, and has gotten most…

Bruised by Sarah Skilton

Standalone. Amulet/Abrams (March 2013) Library Imogen has always believed that her black belt in Tae Kwon Do made her stronger than everyone else--more responsible, more capable. But when she witnesses a holdup in a diner, she freezes. The gunman is shot and killed by the police. And it's all he…

Miracle by Elizabeth Scott

Standalone. Simon Pulse (June 2012) Library I sat there and wondered again why I'd lived. Why I didn't even feel like I was here. Megan is a miracle. At least, that's what everyone says. Having survived a plane crash that killed everyone else on board, Megan knows she should be grateful …

The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney

Title: The Mockingbirds
Author: Daisy Whitney
Series: The Mockingbirds (Book #1)
Format- Hardcover
Publisher- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published- November 2nd, 2010
Pages- 322
Source- Library

Some schools have honor codes.
Others have handbooks. Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds.
Themis…

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Title- A Monster Calls Author- Patrick Ness Inspired by an idea from- Siobhan Dowd Illustrations- Jim Kay Stand Alone Format- Hardcover Publisher- Candlewick Press Published- September 27th, 2011 Pages- 206 Source- Library
Overview: Conor has been having a nightmare since his mother started treatme…

Blog Tour: Just Remember to Breathe

Title: Just Remember to Breathe
Author- Charles Sheehan-Miles
Stand Alone
Format- epub
Publisher- Cincinnatus Press
Release Date- November 12th 2012
Pages-364
Source- Enchanted Book Promotions

Overview: 
Alex never really got over her ex Dylan after he broke her heart so when he shows up out of the…

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Hazel is not just like any other teenage girl. When she was 13 she was told she had cancer. Thyroid cancer and in the worst stage. She was going to die. Everyone was waiting for it to happen but then a miracle! The doctors were able to find a way to shrink the tumors in her lungs. So she's 16 …

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Another book club book down! It's Alaska in the 1920's. Jack and Mabel are an older couple who have moved to Alaska to work the land. It was a dream of Jack's to make it out there. Alaska is synonymous with its rough terrain and to me Jack London. Jack and Mabel are a quite type but it…

Trouble Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt famous for (well at least for me) The Wednesday Wars and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy plunges himself into creating a story about brothers, loss, and forgiving.

"Henry Smith's father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble …

Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott

Amy's tired of her parents acting like they actually care about her and not there ever loving relationship. She's always felt alone in her life. She's had friends before Julia. Friend's that treat her like crap and now it's Caro a.k.a. Corn Syrup who gets the abuse of her forme…

Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Tobin McCauley arrives at his first day of seventh grade with a bang. His grandmother has just driven him to school but must have forgotten that the sidewalk is not a parking spot. But I seriously doubted she forgot. I think she knew what she did. The rest of his family is also pretty familiar wit…
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