Category Archives: Young Adult

A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Thistle

When Gemma Doyle’s mother dies, she’s sent from India to an all-girl boarding school in England. There, she has to cope not only with being the strange new girl in a very catty society, but with terrible prophetic visions and … Continue reading →

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Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Thistle

Melinda has become selectively mute. Because she called the cops on the end-of-summer party right before her freshman year, no one wants anything to do with her. Her old friends abandon her, and it becomes impossible to make new friends. … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Thistle

Liz is almost sixteen when she’s hit by a cab and killed. Now, she’s on a cruise boat called the SS Nile, headed for Elsewhere, where she will progressively age backwards until she returns to earth in baby form. Cross … Continue reading →

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Wild Roses, by Deb Caletti

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Thistle

This book is brilliant. Utterly, completely brilliant. It’s heart-wrenching, beautiful, and far transcends the boundaries of young adult. This is one of the best books I’ve read in years. Reading it overwhelmed me and threatened to break me into little … Continue reading →

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Protected: Wings, by Aprilynne Pike

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Thistle

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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, by Valerie Zenatti

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Thistle

When a bomb goes off in a cafe near Tal’s home in Jerusalem, she begins to write. At first, it’s just like a journal entry. Then, it becomes a letter to an as-of-yet unknown Palestinian. Tal has this idea that … Continue reading →

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Thistle

I’ve heard this described as a post-apocalyptic zombie romance novel, and that’s a fairly apt description. (And no, it’s not the zombies having romance.) Mary lives in a community protected from the Unconsecrated by a high fence. This community believes … Continue reading →

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Protected: Bad Girls Don’t Die, by Katie Alender

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Thistle

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Sorcerers and Secretaries, by Amy Kim Ganter

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Thistle

This was my very first Manga. My son bought it at the library sale last weekend, but it’s rated for 13+ so I decided to read it before letting him have it. And for the record, it certainly is too … Continue reading →

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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Thistle

When Naomi wakes up from her bad fall down the stairs of her high school, she can’t remember the last four years of her life. She doesn’t know about her parents’ divorce, her father’s recent engagement, her mother’s remarriage, or … Continue reading →

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