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When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin

When Crickets Cry When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



A student gave me this book to read and I loved the rich description of the southern…

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Added by bj neary on April 4, 2013 at 7:37pm — No Comments

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast by Cheryl Strayed

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



At age 22, Cheryl Strayed’s mother is diagnosed with cancer and very…

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Added by bj neary on April 4, 2013 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Blumenthal has crafted an exciting, can’t put it down biography…

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Added by bj neary on April 4, 2013 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This follow-up to Delirium has Lena struggling in the Wilds with little food, stamina, and the only way…

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All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers

All the Right Stuff All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Paul DuPree is a teen who has lost his hardly present dad to a shooting…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Zom B by Darren Shan

Zom-B (Zom-B, #1) Zom-B by Darren Shan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



B is a teen living in England with a racist, abusive father who drinks too much and beats B and her mother on a daily basis.…

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Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Marc Aronson

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Beginning with the spy Harry Gold and expanding out to…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 4:07pm — No Comments

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, #1) I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

My rating: 5 of 5 stars





Wow, what a heart-stopping thriller; imagine you are the son of a serial killer who has claimed…

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Call the Shots by Don Calame

Call the Shots (Swim the Fly, #3) Call the Shots by Don Calame

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



In this third humorous boy book, the hilarious trio of Cooper, Matt and Sean have come up with…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Beat the Band by Don Calame

Beat the Band (Swim the Fly, #2) Beat the Band by Don Calame

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



In the 2nd book, Cooper and his friends decide to enter a contest to win a Band competition and the…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Trafficked by Kim Purcell

Trafficked Trafficked by Kim Purcell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Hannah is a seventeen year old from Moldova who has lost both her parents in a bombing. She is brought to…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Ripper by Stefan Petrucha

Ripper Ripper by Stefan Petrucha

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Thanks Sally for reviewing this for me for PSLA 2013! Carver Young, Finn Walker and Delia Stephens are all orphans…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:19pm — No Comments

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The One and Only Ivan The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Katherine Applegate’s book has been recommended to me by…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:10pm — No Comments

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, #1) The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



If you are looking for another seductively written book by Maggie Stiefvater, The…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 2:05pm — No Comments

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners by Libba Bray

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Libba Bray’s The Diviners was thrilling to read; I did not want to rip myself away from the 1920s world Bray…

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Added by bj neary on February 9, 2013 at 1:57pm — No Comments

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Nujood’s story was appalling because it brings…

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Added by bj neary on December 26, 2012 at 10:49am — No Comments

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners by Libba Bray

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Libba Bray’s The Diviners was thrilling to read; I did not want to rip myself away from the 1920s world Bray…

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Added by bj neary on December 26, 2012 at 10:34am — No Comments

Seconds Away by Harlan Coben

Seconds Away (Mickey Bolitar, #2) Seconds Away by Harlan Coben

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



The 2nd Mickey Bolitar book is a fast-paced mystery involving the shooting of Mickey's new romantic…

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Added by bj neary on December 20, 2012 at 8:40pm — No Comments

Ask the Passengers by AS King

Ask The Passengers Ask The Passengers by A.S. King

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



King has scored such a success with Astrid Jones, she has the indomitable spirit, but she…

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Added by bj neary on December 20, 2012 at 8:36pm — No Comments

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