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• An Abundance of Katherines

  Green, John, 1977-

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  When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. On a road trip, miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flipped

  Van Draanen, Wendelin

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  The first time Juli Baker saw Bryce Loski, she flipped. The first time Bryce saw Juli, he ran. That's pretty much the pattern for these two neighbors until the eighth grade, when, just as Juli is realizing Bryce isn't as wonderful as she thought,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Stay

  Forman, Gayle

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  In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Of Mice and Men

  Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

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  They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unwind

  Shusterman, Neal

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  The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age 13. Between the ages of 13 and 18, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Catcher in the Rye

  Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010

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  Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters – shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flowers for Algernon

  Keyes, Daniel

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  This is the story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• More Than This

  Ness, Patrick, 1971-

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  A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. Then he wakes, naked and bruised and thirsty, but alive. How can this be? And what is this strange deserted place? As he struggles to understand what is happening, the boy dares to hope. Might…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monster

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014,

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  Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout. Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uglies

  Westerfeld, Scott

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  Tally is about to turn 16, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunning pretty. And as a pretty, she'll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to…Read moreRead more of this annotation