Teen Book Club Picks July 2020
What Teen Book Club members (students in 6th - 12th grade) are currently reading. Take a look and find your next great read!
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The ballad of songbirds and snakes2020
Summary: It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.... more »- place hold (0)
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House of salt and sorrows2019
Summary: In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe line tender2019
Summary: "Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier." --- place hold (0)
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Staff PickIt's Trevor Noah : born a crime : stories from a South African childhood2019
Summary: The comedian traces his coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world.- place hold (0)
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Shout : a poetry memoir2019
Summary: Author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has... more »- place hold (0)
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On the come up2019
Summary: When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.- place hold (0)
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A death of no importance2018
Summary: New York City, 1910. Ladies' maid Jane Prescott has taken a position with the Benchley family, dismissed by the city's elite as 'new money.' Invisible until she's needed, Jane has a power they do... more »- place hold (0)
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Truly devious2018
Summary: Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting... more »- place hold (0)
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Hunting Prince Dracula2017
Summary: Following the horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with Thomas Cresswell she journeys to the... more »- place hold (0)
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Insignificant events in the life of a cactus2017
Summary: New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.- place hold (0)
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Stalking Jack the Ripper2017
Summary: The privileged teen daughter of a lord in Victorian-era London secretly studies forensic medicine before she is embroiled in the investigation of serial killer Jack the Ripper.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe hate u give2017
Summary: After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe seventh most important thing2016
Summary: "In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickBorn a crime : stories from a South African childhood2016
Summary: Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was... more »BOOK
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Scythe2016
Summary: In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") by professional reapers ("scythes"). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe... more »- place hold (0)
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Hold fast2015
Summary: On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early... more »- place hold (0)
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The big book of Sherlock Holmes stories2015
Summary: Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. From his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet,readers have loved reading... more »- place hold (0)
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Babysitter's club. Book 1, Kristy's great idea2015
Summary: Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A... more »- place hold (0)
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Jackaby2014
Summary: Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R.F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickEl deafo2014
Summary: "Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny,... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickHarry Potter and the chamber of secrets2013
Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.- place hold (0)
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The clockwork scarab : a Stoker & Holmes novel2013
Summary: In 1889 London young women are turning up dead, and Evaline Stoker, relative of Bram, and Mina Holmes, niece of Sherlock, are summoned to investigate the clue of the not-so-ancient Egyptian scarabs--but where does a time traveler fit in?- place hold (0)
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Keeper of the lost cities2012
Summary: At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she... more »- place hold (0)
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Wonder2012
Summary: Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in... more »- place hold (0)
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Spy school2012
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.- place hold (0)
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The son of Neptune2011
Summary: Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickOkay for now2011
Summary: As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally... more »- place hold (0)
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Kristy's great idea2010
Summary: Kristy decides to form a baby-sitters club with her friends, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacy, but they run into unexpected problems which threaten to break up the club.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickSmile2010
Summary: From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.- place hold (0)
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Out of my mind2010
Summary: Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.- place hold (0)
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Artemis Fowl2009
Summary: When twelve-year-old evil genius Artemis Fowl tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.- place hold (0)
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11 birthdays2009
Summary: After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh... more »- place hold (0)
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Every soul a star : a novel2008
Summary: Ally, Bree, and Jack meet at the one place the Great Eclipse can be seen in totality, each carrying the burden of different personal problems, which become dim when compared to the task they embark upon and the friendship they find.- place hold (0)
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A mango-shaped space : a novel2003
Summary: Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the loss of something important to her.- place hold (0)
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Counting By 7s
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