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Book Review: Speechless
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Speechless Author: Hannah Harrington Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: August 28, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Adult Language, Mild Violence ——————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Contemporary books that deal with tough issues, and do it beautifully. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has…
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Book Review: 52 Reasons to Hate My Father
Media Type: Print Book Title: 52 Reasons to Hate My Father Author: Jessica Brody Publisher: Farrar, Starus & Giroux Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: July 3, 2012 Source: Publisher ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of Note ——————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of Jessica Brody! Readers who enjoy a story with a little sass, a hefty helping of humor, and a lot of heart. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Being America’s favorite heiress is a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Lexington Larrabee…
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Book Review: What the Heck Dec?!
Media Type: Print Book Title: What the Heck, Dec?! Author: Elizabeth Dudak Publisher: Orange Hat Publishing Pages: Paperback; 264 Release Date: March 29, 2012 Source: Author ———————————— Genre: Romance / Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good, quirky romance with great characters. Add it: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / Book Depository Marti Karnawski is waiting in the front office of Noteah Middle School trying to land first her teaching position, not a man. Yet one casual glance at Declan Reed – the school’s droolicious social worker with bad boy…
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Book Review: Pushing The Limits
Media Type: Print Book Title: Pushing The Limits Author: Katie McGarry Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 31, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Drug use; Swearing; Violence —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a contemporary read with a lot of heart, and a lot of grit. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can’t…
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Book Review: So L.A.
Media Type: Print Book Title: So L.A. Author: Bridget Hoida Publisher: Lettered Press Pages: Paperback; 384 Release Date: June 20, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours / Author ——————————————– Genre: Contemporary HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love reality tv, and are okay with satirical humor Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Magdalena de la Cruz breezed through Berkeley and built an empire selling designer water. She’d never felt awkward or unattractive… until she moved to Los Angeles. In L.A., where “everything smells like acetone and Errol Flynn,” Magdalena attempts to reinvent…
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Book Review: The Downside of Being Charlie
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Downside of Being Charlie Author: Jenny Torres Sanchez Publisher: Running Press Kids Pages: Paperback; 268 Release Date: May 22, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ————————————- HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously. EVERYONE. Especially readers who enjoy contemporary reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Charlie is handed a crappy senior year. Despite losing thirty pounds over the summer, he still gets called “Chunks” Grisner. What’s worse, he has to share a locker with the biggest Lord…
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Audio Book Review: If I Stay
Media Type: Audio Book Title: If I Stay *Series: If I Stay #1 Author: Gayle Forman Narrator: Kirsten Potter Publisher: Penguin Group Format: MP3; 5 hours 2 minutes Release Date: April 30, 2009 Source: Audible ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ——————————————- Recommended to: Readers who love a good contemporary and aren’t afraid to cry. HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet…
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Book Review: Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters
Media Type: Ebook Title: Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters Author: Meredith Zeitlin Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: March 1, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language —————————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Kelsey Finkelstein is fourteen and FRUSTRATED. Every time she tries to live up to her awesome potential, her plans are foiled – by her impossible parents, her annoying little sister, and life in general. But with her first day of high school…
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Book Review: Shut Up
Media Type: Ebook Title: Shut Up Author: Anne Tibbets Publisher: Premier Digital Publishing Pages: Paperback; 118 Release Date: February 28, 2012 Source: Author ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Abuse; Adult Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a contemporary read that is extremely honest, and definitely heartwrenching. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Mary’s older sister, Gwen, has royally screwed up her life. Not only is Gwen pregnant at seventeen, but she’s also decided to marry The Creep who knocked her up. Now Mary is…
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Book Review: Wanted
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Wanted Author: Heidi Ayarbe Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 1, 2012 Source: Publisher / Teen Book Scene —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language —————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a different type of contemporary that is gritty and honest. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A one-word text message: That’s all Michal “Mike” Garcia needs to gather a crowd. Mike is a seventeen-year-old bookie, and Sanctuary is where she takes bets for anyone…