Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (April 27, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416995552
ISBN-13: 978-1416995555
From School Library Journal
Grade 7–10—
Belly, 16, lives all year for her summers at Cousins Beach. But when a family friend dies and the beach house tradition is threatened, she faces the season without her second family and without the boy she loves. In this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty (S & S, 2009), Belly is still reeling from the dissolution of her relationship with Conrad, her lifelong love, and the death of his mother. But mourning Suzanne is even harder since Conrad has shut down, refusing to talk to Belly or anyone else. When he suddenly leaves school without explanation, his brother, Jeremiah, recruits Belly to help find and mend him. The trio find themselves at Cousins Beach after all, and the memories and feelings of the past come flooding back. Complicated and fragile, Belly's relationships with the two young men are put to new tests as she and Conrad come to terms with their relationship, and Belly and Jeremiah begin to build a romantic bond of their own. This sequel is as quiet and thoughtful as its companion. The nostalgic imagery of a lifetime of experiences at a serene and magical place like Cousins Beach is alive once again, and the desperation the characters feel when faced with losing a loved one and possibly the beach house, too, is warmly imagined. Fans of the first book will enjoy this continuation in which nothing is easy for Belly, but the end result is worth the heartache
My Review:
Usually I don't really like it when books have a sequel.
Especially Chick-Lit books.
I feel like they drag out way too much.
It's Not Summer Without You
was even better than the first.
was even better than the first.It was just, amazing.
I thought Jenny Han's writing was even better in this one,
and she really made the story come together and nothing dragged along.
Some of the chapters were from Jeremiah's point of view, and those were my favorite.
It just made me love Jeremiah even more (I honestly didn't think that was possible
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By: Abigaile,
on 11/15/2010
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Perfect Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Tate Publishing (May 4, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1615666036
ISBN-13: 978-1615666034
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
Arson by Estevan Vega
Arson Gable feels like a freak. He can create fire. He never asked for it. He never wanted it. But he can't shut it off. Before now, three things were true: he both loved and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But when a strange girl--who feels more normal behind a mask than inside her own skin--moves in next door, Arson hopes to find something he's never had: purpose. Using what he fears most about himself, Arson must face his consuming past and confront the nightmare that is his present as he walks the fine line between boy and monster. Dark, moody, and breathtakingly relevant, Arson, the chilling chronicle of an isolated boy with unimaginable ability, is sure to ignite the hearts and minds of a new generation.
My Review:
Let me start off by saying that, Arson
brought me good luck.
brought me good luck. Before reading Arson I was in a terrible book slump.
I was in a terrible book slump.
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By: Abigaile,
on 11/8/2010
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Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; Penguin 1 edition (October 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525421556
ISBN-13: 978-0525421559
Hold Still
by Nina LaCourGrade 10 Up—After losing her best friend, Ingrid, to suicide, Caitlin is completely immobilized. Unable to function, and refusing to visit a therapist, she begins the long journey to wellness alone. During this year of heart-wrenching, raw emotion, Caitlin finds Ingrid's journal, which not only reveals her descent into irreversible depression, but also serves as Caitlin's vehicle for renewed hope in the future. The book is written with honesty, revealing one's pain after the loss of a loved one. Caitlin learns, with the help of new friends and her parents, that there is life after Ingrid.—
"...A new song started, and as soon as the man started singing, with this voice that was urgent and calm all at once, I froze. I stood in the middle of the dancing strangers. It was the moment where I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and make you feel so good all at once. I just stood there with my eyes closed, feeling the movement of all the people around me, the vibration of the bass rise through the floor to my throat. While something inside me broke and cam back together." - favorite quote
I LOVED this book.
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By: Abigaile,
on 11/3/2010
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I'm gonna be a lil' rebel and not write about books.
Nope, I'm going to mix things up a little bit, and write about music.
Ah, yes music. Isn't that awesome?
Sometimes I think it just might be better than books.
But that's just sometimes.
I'm going to teach you little bookworms about some bands that may just make you put down that Twilight
book your swooning over. But I must warn you, some of this music is really... Odd. Might make you think, what is wrong with this girls head? There is probably something wrong with my head, but this music is crazy good. I hope you love it. Now, if you have ever read my blog, music&moshing, you may think, "Oh no. She is going to make me listen to some hardcore stuff..." Nah. Sorry. Not today, folks. Today, I'm going to introduce y'all to mostly Indie Rock/Pop.
book your swooning over. But I must warn you, some of this music is really... Odd. Might make you think, what is wrong with this girls head? There is probably something wrong with my head, but this music is crazy good. I hope you love it. Now, if you have ever read my blog, music&moshing, you may think, "Oh no. She is going to make me listen to some hardcore stuff..." Nah. Sorry. Not today, folks. Today, I'm going to introduce y'all to mostly Indie Rock/Pop. So, here's the tunes...
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By: AMY ~ ReadingTeen2,
on 10/4/2010
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Library Binding: 328 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439547939
ISBN-13: 978-1439547939
Published Harper Teen 2010
Harper Teen Bruiser page
Authors website: www.storyman.com
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| The great Neal Shusterman |
My Review
Let's just start off by saying that I cried. Yes, cried. I've never cried in a book before, I've teared up yes, but have never had tears rolling down my face, my nose running, my vision so blurry I had to stop reading and get a stack of paper towels because I couldn't see the words behind my teary eyes, and me blubbering like a baby while I explain to my mom why I was crying. And this didn't just happen once. I cried three times!
Bruiser was an amazing book! Now one of my favorites. The whole book isn't a tearjerker, despite all the emotions that run through out the book, Neal Shusterman put some humor into it.
What I really loved in it, was no matter how mad twins, Tennyson and Bronte got at each other, they still had an amazing bond, and helped each other cope with everything that was happening in their lives. The way Neal Shusterman laid out the story, and the way he wrote it was just genius. The way he made the chapters switch off from all four of t
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By: AMY ~ Reading Teen 2,
on 9/16/2010
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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; 1 edition (May 4, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416990658
ISBN-13: 978-1416990659
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
The story:
After Amy's father dies in a car crash, everything that this California girl took for granted changes overnight. Her twin brother Charlie is shipped off to rehab in North Carolina. Her mother accepts a teaching position in Connecticut, leaving Amy home alone to finish her junior year of high school. Then her mom arranges to get Amy to Connecticut via a cross-country drive with a family friend, 19-year-old Roger. The pair quickly ditches the pre-planned itinerary in favor of more spontaneous detours to Yosemite, Colorado, and Graceland. Amy's mother is predictably furious and cuts off her credit card, leaving the teens on a shoestring budget. Along the way Amy gradually opens up to Roger about her father's accident and her repressed feelings about it. During a stop in Louisville, Roger finds closure with the girl who recently dumped him, leaving him available for a relationship with Amy. The theme of her emotional journey meshes well with the realistically rendered physical journey across the U.S. Playlists, pages from a travel scrapbook, well-drawn supporting characters, and unique regional details enhance the narrative. Flashback chapters shed light on Amy's life before her father's death, without breaking the steady pacing.
What I gotta say...
First of all, I gotta say that I've been hittin' a pretty good streak here. The last four books I've read, I have liked. A lot! And that's big for me, because I'm pretty picky. I tend to have an opinion on everything. So I usually hate a lot of books and not finish them. But the last four books have been veryveryvery good, and Amy and Rogers Epic Detour is one of them. It's one of my favorites now. I absolutely LOVED it! I loved all the characters, even though it is very girly and cliche. I fell in love with Roger! He was awesome. I'm always a sucker for boys who like good music. Even though Roger didn't like... *cough cough* metal. He still liked good music, he has a punk/indie taste (hey just because I like hardcore music, doesn't mean I can't listen to some Indie.) So when I'm reading this book... while doing research on his many playlists... some of it consists of... 'Jack's Mannequin' and 'Something Corporate On Them'... of course I'm gonna love him. (meaning Roger)
And I have to say... since I'm hopelessly obsessed with music, I looked up all the songs on all the playlists and discovered a lot of new bands/s
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By: AMY ~ Reading Teen 2,
on 9/6/2010
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Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Razorbill; 1st edition (October 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595141715
ISBN-13: 978-1595141712
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
by When Clay Jenson plays the casette tapes he received in a mysterious package, he's surprised to hear the voice of dead classmate Hannah Baker. He's one of 13 people who receive Hannah's story, which details the circumstances that led to her suicide. Clay spends the rest of the day and long into the night listening to Hannah's voice and going to the locations she wants him to visit. The text alternates, sometimes quickly, between Hannah's voice (italicized) and Clay's thoughts as he listens to her words, which illuminate betrayals and secrets that demonstrate the consequences of even small actions. Hannah, herself, is not free from guilt, her own inaction having played a part in an accidental auto death and a rape. The message about how we treat one another, although sometimes heavy, makes for compelling reading.
Oh gosh, this book was amazing. I mean, I don't even know where to begin on explaining to you how you MUST read this book! When I begin to think about how much I loved this book, I stop myself and think, why should I love this book? The whole thing is kinda sick, really. The whole book is inside the mind of Hannah Baker and her 13 Reasons Why she killed herself. All her stories, all her decisions leading up to the point of suicide. And the thing that made me really sad was that the whole time, Clay, the boy who has loved her for years, and could never have the guts to tell her, is listening to it all. Listening to all 13 little cassette tapes on how Hannah wanted to end her life. Listening to the reason he's on one of those tapes. The whole time he feels like he is getting to know her so much more, how he felt so connected. And yet, he can never tell her. Because if he's listening to them, it means she's already dead.
I thought this book was very well written, and the way Jay Asher put together all the little pieces of the story was incredible. The whole thing felt so realistic. READ THIS BOOK!
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on 8/9/2010
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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Razorbill (September 21, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595143378
ISBN-13: 978-1595143372
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
by Mackie Doyle is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a ReplacementÑleft in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is fighting to survive in the human world.
Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs.
Edward Scissorhands meets The Catcher in the Rye in this wildly imaginative and frighteningly beautiful horror novel about an unusual boy and his search for a place to belong.
So what did I think about this book...
The whole time I was reading The Replacement I just could not stop thinking about how it this would be an amazing Tim Burton movie. Overall, I thought this was a great book! It was very well written and I loved how Brenna Yovanoff turned all the ugly things into beautiful creepiness.
The only th
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Hmmmmm, So your saying you stayed up 'till four in the morning???
YOUR GROUNDED!!! :O))
I really want to check out this series!