BOOKS

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

HarperCollins Publishers/Greenwillow Books, 2011

Every 100 years someone is chosen to fulfill this prophecy, and this time around it was Elisa, a princess who has lived in her sister’s shadow her entire life. Now that she is the chosen one, a King has called upon her to help his failing country, but can she do it?

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Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen

Penguin Group USA/Dutton Juvenile, 2011

At Oregrove High, everybody pays the price after a football prank goes a little too far. With the devastating consequences, unlikely friendships are made to save the school.

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Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011

To escape his dysfunctional family life and school bully, Lucky Linderman finds a way out—through his epic dreams in the battle zone of Laos where he is able to be a real man, and a hero. But can he continue to keep his reality and his dreams separate?

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Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Lee & Low Books, 2011

After emigrating to the U.S. from Mexico, Lupita learns that the school play and friends aren’t all that important when she discovers that her mother has been diagnosed with cancer. To help her family, Lupita cares for her seven younger siblings and, in order to escape the chaos, finds comfort in her writing.

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Shine by Lauren Myracle

Abrams/Amulet Books, 2011

Due to a vicious hate crime in her small southern town, Cat sets out to put a stop to the threats, discovering there is more to her town than what meets the eye. Cat’s determination leads her to go against everyone that she knows in order to find justice for her best guy friend.

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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Candlewick Press, 2011

Since his mother’s treatments have begun, Conor has had the same monster dream night after night. But when a monster appears outside his window, he is shocked to find it is not the one that he has been expecting. In order for the monster to leave Conor for good, he must give it the most dangerous gift of all: The truth.

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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Penguin Group/Philomel Books, 2011

Lina’s life is turned upside down when Soviet soldiers barge into her house and separate her family, taking her brothers and herself across the Arctic Circle to Siberia to work in a prison camp for Stalin. To keep her hope alive, Lina continues drawing pictures in belief that one day her father will get them and know that they are still alive.

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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Scholastic Incorporated/Scholastic Press, 2011

Some defeat all, while others lives are sacrificed at the Scorpio Races, an annual fighting event. This year it will bring together an unlikely pair of fighters, Sean Kendrick, the shy returning champion, and Puck Connely, who is the first girl to ever enter and in no way prepared for what is going to happen. Will she reach the breaking point?

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011

Once black hand prints begin appearing on doors all around the world, Karou finds herself in Prague in the middle of a harsh otherworldly war, where secrets are revealed and her monster drawings come to life. But once all is discovered and she finds out who she really is, will Karou regret knowing the truth?

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How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011

Two worlds come together after Jill’s father passes away and her crazy mother decides to adopt a baby. And Mandy, a teen who knows what it is like the have a mother that never truly wanted a child, becomes pregnant. As their lives change, both girls learn what to hold on to…and what to let go.

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by Ana D’Ambrogi | 2/1/2016