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Forevermore




Forevermore
by Cindy Miles

Reviewer: Ali Z.
Genre: Romance/Mystery


This book is about a girl named Ivy who moves to a haunted castle in Scotland.  She meets a boy ghost named Logan and they fall in love.  So Ivy tries to find out how Logan died as other mysterious ghosts lurk in the shadows.  Will Ivy make it alive and solve the mystery of Logan's death?
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Stolen


Stolen
by Lucy Christopher

Reviewer: Ashley F.
Genre: Drama, mystery, adventure

16-year-old Gemma had been watched (or stalked) by a young man who goes by Ty (who is a decade older than her) for most of her life.  Then one day at the airport she was kidnapped by him to the vast Australian outback. He expects her to love him.
This book was written as a letter to her captor, Ty, so he was "you" and it was a bit confusing at first.  It was a very well written book.  I wouldn't exactly recommend it as a romantic novel as it's thought to be but it does have it's very heart-wrenching moments.  The only problem was that right when their relationship was building it's climax it was abruptly cut off and left with a major cliffhanger (I ended up with a story that messed with my head for weeks, re-evalutating various scenes, until I memorized every detail. But other than that a great read to try out.)
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Paranormalcy



Paranormalcy
by Kiersten White

Reviewer: Lorayne M.

Genre: Paranormal

Paranormalcy is about a girl, Evie, that hunts paranormals.  She captures this one paranormal, then bad things start to happen.  Every paranormal is being killed.  This book is really great, filled with humor, tragedy, and capturing reader's interest -- it'll keep you turning the page.  I really like it, this book really held my attention.
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George Washington, Spymaster



George Washington, Spymaster
by Thomas B. Allen

Reviewer: Samantha G.
Genre: True Stories

This book has an amazing aspect on the Revolutionary War.  It reveals the secret to why the unskilled and poor colonists defeated the skillful and experienced British soldiers.  It tells the stories of brave men and women who spied for freedom and independence.  So hold on to your seatbelts for an adventure with double agents, traitors, and trickery.
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So Hard to Say



So Hard to Say
by Alex Sanchez

Reviewer: Leah S.
Genre: Romance/comedy

When the shy new boy Frederick meets the bubbly popular girl named Xio they become fast friends.  But, when Xio decides that she wants to be more than friends, Frederick isn't sure.  He loves spending time with Xio and her gang but he doesn't quite like her that way.  Instead, Frederick finds himself thinking more and more about the captain of the soccer team, Victor.  Does that mean Frederick's gay?  He hopes he's not because he doesn't want to be treated like Iggy, the boy who everyone thinks is gay.  Frederick has to make some choices: Even though he wants to find out more about Iggy, he's just started "fitting in" at his new school, and he doesn't want to lose Xio.
I think this book helps open eyes and change lives, and it helps young readers discover themselves and also accept people who are different than them.
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The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters

The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters
by James Dashner

Reviewer: Taylor H.
Genre: Fantasy/Sci-fi

When Atticus Higginbottom gets a strange letter from M.G. saying he can either burn the letter or save the world, his life gets flipped upside down.  He gets attacked by mechanical bugs, gets visited by a bowling ball man and a 10 ft. tall lady all while solving riddles as more letters come from M.G. and learns that the world he knows isn't the only one but the only one in his universe.
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The Butterfly Clues

The Butterfly Clues
by Kate Ellison

Reviewer: Lizzy P.
Genre: Mystery

Penelope "Lo" Marin has always loved to collect beautiful things.  But in the year since her brother's death, she's got into a potentially dangerous obsession.  When she discovers a beautiful antique butterfly figurine and recognizes it has been stolen from the home of a recently murdered girl known only as Sapphire, Lo quickly finds herself caught up in a seedy, violent underworld -- a world much closer to home than she ever imagined.
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The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner 
by James Dashner

Reviewer: Taylor H.
Genre: Dystopian Fiction

First thieves, just darkness, no memories, just a vague view of the world.  But the world isn't there, just a big maze with no way out.  This is was Thomas experiences as a "greenie."  In the Glade a group of boys are sent from who-knows-where.  But things takes a bad turn when a girl arrives with a note saying that she is the last one ever.

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