First of the Year! First of the Series!Start 2009 right by beginning one of these great series.... |
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 | Bray, Libba |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty |
| After her mom’s death (which she foresaw in a vision), Gemma moves to England to attend Spence Academy. Here she becomes more aware of her visions, and the dangerous power that comes with them. |
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 | Cabot, Meg |
| Shadowland |
There’s never a dull moment when you can communicate with the dead. When Suze moves to California she tries to leave her past behind, but her ghosts just follow her.
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 | Craft, Elizabeth |
| Bass Ackwards and Belly Up |
When Harper doesn’t get accepted to the only college she applied to she lies to her friends telling them she’s decided to stay home and write The Great American Novel. What she doesn’t expect is for her friends to change their plans too.
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 | Gratz, Alan |
| Something Rotten |
Something’s rotten in Denmark, Tennessee. Hamilton Prince’s father has been murdered—and his best friend Horatio Wilkes needs to find out “who done it” before the killer strikes again.
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 | McCafferty, Megan |
| Sloppy Firsts |
Jessica Darling is devastated when her best friend moves away. Who will help her navigate boys, parents, and all the other torments of high school life?
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 | Meyer, L. A. |
| Bloody Jack: Being an account of the curious adventures of Mary |
Life as a ship’s boy aboard the HMS "Dolphin" is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. This could be the adventure of her life--if only she doesn’t get caught.
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 | Ostow, Micol |
| Westminster Abby |
Studying abroad in London helps Abby discover her “true self.” Part of the S.A.S.S. (Students Across the Seven Seas) series, each book finds an American student studying abroad in a different country.
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 | Riordan, Rick |
| The Lightning Thief |
Percy Jackson is not an ordinary kid, he’s a demigod; a demigod whose father has been accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt. Now it’s up to Percy to try and stop a war between the gods, and save humankind.
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 | Roberts, Judson |
| Viking Warrior |
Halfdan struggles to claim his inheritance, facing deceit and treachery as he grows into a warrior. The first in the Strongbow series.
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 | Van De Ruit, John |
| Spud |
South Africa, 1990--Spud Milton starts his first year of boarding school. Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud survives a year of illegal midnight swims, raging hormones, and catastrophic holidays.
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 | Westerfeld, Scott |
| Uglies |
In Tally’s world when you turn sixteen you also get to turn “pretty.” For “pretties” life is one big party. But some aren’t convinced turning “pretty” is a good thing. Will Tally turn "pretty," or will she dare to find out the truth behind her “pretty” world?
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