Young Adult Book Reviews
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Realistic Fiction
- Absolutely , Positively Not, by David Larochelle
- The Accident, by Todd Strasser
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson
- After the Death of Anna Gonzales, by Terri Fields
- After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, And Flew Away, by Joyce Carol Oates
- Almost Eden, by Anita Horrocks
- Breaking Point, by Alex Flinn
- Crunch Time, by Mariah Fredericks
- Deadline, by Chris Crutcher
- Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery, by Peter Abrahams
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
- Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin
- Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
- Flush, by Carl Hiaasen
- Geography Club, by Brent Hartinger
- Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
- I Am the Wallpaper, by Mark Peter Hughes
- Invisible, by Pete Hautman
- Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Long May She Reign, by Ellen Emerson White
- Looking for Alaska, by John Green
- Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
- The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs, by Jack Gantos
- Me, the Missing, and the Dead, by Jenny Valentine
- Misfits, by James Howe
- Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
- The Other Half of Me, by Emily Franklin
- Pieces of Georgia, by Jen Bryant
- Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin
- Slam, by Nick Hornby
- Skin, by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
- Son of the Mob, by Gordon Korman
- Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
- That Summer, by Sarah Dessen
- Undercover, by Beth Kephart
- What I Meant..., by Marie Lamba
Chick Lit
- Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Lousie Rennison
- Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski
- Double Identity, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Gingerbread, by Rachel Cohn
- Peaches, by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot
- Queen of Cool, by Cecil Castellucci
- Secrets of My Hollywood Life, by Jen Calonita
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares
Historical Fiction
- And In The Morning, by John Wilson
- Anne Frank and Me, by Cherie Bennett
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing : Vol. 1 - The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
- Black Duck, by Janet Lisle
- The Diamond of Drury Lane, by Julia Golding
- Double Crossing, by Eve Tall
- Escaping Into The Night, by D. Dina Friedman
- Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Hindenburg 1937, Cameron Dokey
- Hiroshima, by Lawrence Yep
- In My Father's House, by Ann Rinaldi
- Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
- The Land, byy Mildred D. Taylor
- Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly
- Postcards from No Man's Land, by Aidan Chambers
- Rising Tide, by Jean Thesman
- The River Between Us, by Richard Peck
- Search and Destroy, by Dean Hughes
- Shadows on the Sea, by Joan Hiatt Harlow
- This Vast Land, by Stephen E. Ambrose
- Troy, by Adele Geras
- White Fang, by Jack London
Multicultural Fiction
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian , by Sherman Alexie
- Ask Me No Questions, by Mariana Budhos
- Crossing the Wire, by Will Hobbs
- Homeless Bird, by Gloria Whelan
- Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, by Micol Ostow
- Enrique's Journey, by Sonia Nazario
- Estrella's Quinceanera, by Malin Alegria
- Figs And Fate : Stories About Growing Up In The Arab World Today, by Elsa Marsten
- Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow, by Faiza Guene
- The Killing Sea, by Richard Lewis
- Letters to My Mother, by Teresa Cardenas
- Over A Thousand Hills I Walk With You, by Hanna Jansen
- Over the Wall, by John H. Ritter
- Overboard, by Elizabeth Fama
- Shabunu: Daughter of the Wind, by Suzanne Fisher Staples
- Shizuko's Daughter, by Kyoko Mori
- Sold, by Patricia McCormick
- Split Image: A Story In Poems, by Mel Glenn
- A Stone In My Hand, by Cathryn Clinton
- Touching Snow, by M. Sindy Felin
- Wait for Me, by An Na
- Weight of the Sky, by Lisa Ann Sandell
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel
- Airhead, by Meg Cabot
- Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer
- The Blue Girl, by Charles De Lint
- Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause
- Deathwatch, by Robb White
- Clay, by David Almond
- Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
- Falcondance, by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
- The Finder, by Margaret Buffie
- Fires of Merlin, by T.A. Barron
- The Goblin Wood, by Hilari Bell
- Green Angel, by Alice Hoffman
- House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
- The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
- Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson
- Mister Monday, by Garth Nix
- The Naming, by Alison Croggon
- New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
- Revenge of the Witch, by Joseph Delaney
- Sorceress, by Celia Rees
- Specials, by Scott Westerfeld
- Sunbird, by Elizabeth E. Wein
- The Sweet Far Thing, by Libba Bray
- Tantalize, by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Sports fiction
- Heat, by Mike Lupica
- Inexcusable, by Chris Lynch
- Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery, by John Feinstein
- Open Ice, by Pat Hughes
- Summer Ball, by Mike Lupica
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