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It was the summer before seventh grade when Alison disappeared. Alison was best friends with Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna and she knew things about each of them that no one else knew. After Alison's disappearance the girls grew apart, each trying to find her own identity. Fast forward to their junior year of high school. The girls all led separate live's and everyone assumed Alison was dead. That is until they each start receiving creepy text messages from "A". Who is "A" and how does she know all of their deep secrets? Is "A" Alison and if so does that mean she isn't dead? Who else could know about the secrets the girls have worked so hard to bury?

Check out Pretty Little Liars to find out.
Miss. Michelle
YA Librarian Trainee

Best friends Emma, Anna, and Mariah lied to their parents. Instead of going to the movies like they said they were, they went to a party that included boys and alcohol. Things were going great until Emma gets a phone call, her parents went to the movie and did not see them anywhere; she wants to know where they are. The girl’s panic, afraid of how angry their parents will be when they find out the girls were really at a party. To escape punishment the girls come up with a harmless story, or so they thought. Before they know it the whole community has become involved and the girls find themselves lost in their web of lies.
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Harmless
Recommended for students in Grades 9 and up.
Miss Michelle
YA Librarian Trainee

Sixteen year old Diego is a self proclaimed math nerd dating the girl of his dreams. That is until his insecurities causes her to break up with him. In order to win her back, he and his best friend come up with an alter ego named Dr. Truelove. Dr. Truelove is the total opposite of Diego, offering love advice to those unlucky in love. Will Dr. Truelove be the key to winning his love back?
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The Making of Dr. Truelove
Recommended for Grades 9 and up.
Miss. Michelle
YA Librarian Trainee

Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva are not friends but have one thing in common. They all dated T.L. and were hurt by him. Josie was the first to date him and he whisked her off her feet and she began to fall in love with him. Josie was sharing new experiences with him but there was one experience she wouldn't share with him. Because of this T.L. broke up with her and moved on to the next girl. Josie was hurt but decided to share her story with other girls by writing it in the back of the schools copy of Forever by Judy Blume. Unfortunately Nicolette and Aviva don't get to read it in time and fall for the bad boy they all thought was good.
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A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl
Recommended for Grades 9 and up.
Miss. Michelle
YA Librarian Trainee

Check out this excerpt from the book.
The Plan

What's wrong with boys
like him, anyway?
I mean, he really meant something to me,
but to him
I was just
a girl to "nail."
So disgusting.
It makes me want to shake him, shake some sense into
him, hurt him somehow, give him a glimpse of how
totally humiliated and used he made me feel,
penetrate that smug attitude.

That's when it hits me.
I really should do something,
warn the others,
so the next girl isn't such an unsuspecting sap.

And I know exactly how.
My weapon of choice:
Forever.

Every girl reads it eventually.
In high school,
or earlier, like me, if they're lucky enough
to hear about it
and there's a copy to nab.

Now every girl,
at least in my school,
will read about
him
at the same time.

Forewarned,
Forearmed.
Forever.

Stone, T. (2006). A bad boy can be good for a girl. Wendy Lamb: New York.

Fifteen year old Carlos is the only one of his friends that hasn't even so much as kissed a girl yet. He has a major crush on Roxy a cute classmate of his, but everytime he gets near her he gets extremely nervous. His mind goes blank and beads of sweat start to make their way down his back. Carlos wants to get Roxy to notice him and become his girlfriend. To make this happen he secretly enlists the help of Sal, a gay classmate of his. Sal gives Carlos a complete makeover from the way he dresses to how he eats. In exchange for this Carlos has to help Sal organize a gay-straight alliance in their high school. Carlos gets the girl but ends up losing a good friend and then losing the girl. To find out what exactly happens during Carlos' transformation and to have a couple of laughs, read Getting It by Alex Sanchez.
Recommended for Grades 9-12.
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Getting It
Ms. Michelle
YA Librarian Trainee

Pretty Little Liars ended with "A" threatening Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hannah. "A" knew secrets about each of them that they had only told to Allison. But Allison is dead so who is "A". Flawless, the second book in the Pretty Little Liars series opens with the four girls at Allison's funeral. The girls are racking their brains trying to figure out who "A" is and how to stop her threats. Until "A" showed up their lives were perfect. Now their lives seem to be falling apart. Spencer's family has practically disowned her since they caught her making out with her sister's boyfriend, Aria's whirlwind romance with her English teacher has come to a sudden end and Emily may be falling for the new girl Mia. Poor Hannah lost her boyfriend and almost faced criminal charges. Bad things are starting to happen and the girls are desperately trying to figure out who "A" is. Could it be Toby who the girls use to taunt when they were younger or Mia who wants Emily to herself. Can the girls find out who "A" is before someone gets hurt? To find out read Flawless by Sara Shepard.
Ms. Michelle
YA Librarian

Patricia McCormick wrote Sold, as a tribute to a young girl who not only survives but triumphs. Thirteen year old Lakshmi lives in the mountains of Nepal with her mother, baby brother and step-father. Her family is so poor they cannot afford a tin roof like the other families in the village. Lakshmi wants to go to the city to work so that she can send money back to her family but her mother wants her to stay in school. After a horrible monsoon that washes away the crops and destroys the already tattered roof, Lakshmi's step-father says that she is to go to the city to work. Lakshmi is happy, proud that she will be able to help her family. She soon learns that her job in the city is not the maid job she thought it would be. Lakshmi's step-father has sold her into prostitution and now she is stuck in India forced to pay off the price that was paid for her. Lakshmi struggles to make it through the nightmare her life has become and dreams of the day she will be free again.
Recommended for Grades 9 and up.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob-knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Meyer, S (2007). Eclipse. Little, Brown and Company: New York.

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Kira has landed an awesome internship at Skirt magazine, one of the most glamorous magazines around. She's living in Manhattan, interning at Skirt, and set to attend Columbia in the fall; what more could a girl want. What Kira would really love though, is to win the internship position for Skirt's editor in chief. Unfortunately that position is also being sought after by Daphne the daughter of the magazine's owner. Kira's been working extra hard to win this position but will she be able to win against Daphne who has the magazine wrapped around her pinky? In addition to trying to win the internship Kira has a crush on James a assistant photographer and is dating Matt a guy who seems to good to be true. Read Summer Intern to join Kira on a fabulous summer in the Big Apple.

Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna are back in the third book in the Pretty Little Liars series. If you've read the first two books, Pretty Little Liars and Flawless, then you know that their best friend Alison, the girl who knew all their secrets disappeared the summer before seventh grade. She was missing for a couple of years until her dead body was found buried in her backyard. With the discovery of Alison's body came some terrifying text messages to each of the girls. The text messages would say things that only Alison knew but now Alison is dead. So who could be sending the messages? That's what Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna are desparately trying to figure out. Whoever "A" is she's making their lives miserable. Spencer's family turns against her when they find out she stole one of her sister's old school papers. Aria's parents are separated and her mother has kicked her out of the house. Emily faces public humiliation when a private photo is passed out to the whole school. Hanna has lost her father again and her best friend Mona has turned against her. Just when you think nothing else could go wrong one of the girls gets run over by a car driven by who else but "A". To find out more about these pretty little liars read Perfect: A Pretty Little Liars Novel by Sara Shepard.
Ms. Michelle

The year is 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Intergration of schools has been made legal by federal lawmakers but the schools in Little Rock have yet to be intergrated. Sylvia is looking forward to attending all black Horace Mann High School next year where she'll be able to attend basketball games, join the cheerleading squad, and attend school dances. Everything changes when the Little Rock school board decides to allow a select few black students attend all white Central High School in the upcoming school year. Slyvia's name is on the list and if selected she has to decide whether she wants to attend Central High where she will not be allowed to participate in any extracurricular activities or attend Mann where she will be among the friends she's had since elementary school.

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Ms. Michelle

Marcus and Eddie, known as Black and White to their friends, are best friends living in Long Island City Queens. They are stars of their High School basketball team and being scouted by the best schools in the area. Everything is going great for them except they wished they had more money. Black lives in the projects and White lives in a house right outside of the projects. They need money for their upcoming Senior dues and just to keep up with the latest fashion out. At first they saved money the good old way by saving their allowance but that took to long and wasn't enough. Like many people Black and White wanted to get rich quick so they decided to start sticking people up. White took a gun that belonged to his deceased grandfather and the boys used that to rob people. Everything seemed to be going good for the boys until one night a robbery went wrong. Somehow White pulled the trigger on the gun and the man they were robbing got shot. Neither one of the boys knew if the man died until the night of a big game when Black was arrested. The man that White shot had identified Black as one of the robbers. Black kept his mouth shut and refused to give White up but eventually the cops got him too and he was arrested. Black and White's great lives of playing college ball and then going pro are being pulled out from under them fast. To find out what happens to Black and White read Black and White by Paul Volponi.
Ms. Michelle
Librarian

Diamonds in the Shadow
Caroline B. Cooney
The Finches a Connecticut family, sponser an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.

Taken
Edward Bloor
In 2036 kindnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen year old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this kidnapping is not what it seems.

"Once you've been taken, you usually have twenty-four hours left to live. By my reckoning, that meant I had about twelve hours remaining."
Bloor, E. (2007). Taken. Alfred A. Knopf: New York.

Girlology: A Girl's Guide to Stuff that Matters
By. Melisa Holmes, M.D. and Trish Hutchison, M.D.
In this book the authors are discussing everything from friendships to boys to family life.

Middle School: The Real Deal
By. Juliana Farrell and Beth Mayall
"From cliques to class schedules, electives to extra credit, cafeteria food to combination locks, you'll find everything you need to know right here."

The Diet for Teenagers Only
By. Carrie Wiatt and Barbara Schroeder
Learn some tips for healthy dieting for teens.

Extras by Scott Westerfeld
Fifteen year old Aya is a nobody, an extra. She's desparate to escape "extra-land" but her only chance is to find a big story, something "wild and unexpected". Aya meets a clique of girls who have a secret so big it may "change the face of the brave new world forever". Could this be the break to get her out of the land of extras?
Ms. Michelle

Lessons from a dead girl
By. Jo Knowles
Leah is dead and Laine isn't broken up about it. Laine hated Leah. Leah forced Laine to do things she didn't want to do. Things she knew other girls didn't do. Now that Leah is gone Laine is left wondering why Leah chose her and dealing with the painful memories.

Game
By. Walter Dean Myers
Drew is the star of his basketball team. That is until the new kid comes along and steals all the attention. Drew tries not to let this get to him because he needs basketball to get to college. He doesn't want to loose this opportunity like he's seen other great players before him do.

Rhymes with Witches
By. Lauren Myracle
Invisible Jane is suddenly beginning to be noticed by the group of girls who are her schools "royalty". This is the break that Jane has been waiting for, or so she thinks. Can Jane handle the price they ask for popularity?

Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan

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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

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Bloodline: a novel by Kate Cary

YA HOR Cary

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Series)

YA PB Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Cirque du freak (Series) by Darren Shan

YA PB Series Cirque du freak

The Restless Dead: ten original stories of the supernatural

YA SS Restless

It's lunch time and Adam is having lunch with Zoe in the hallway at school. He's finally gotten the nerve up to make a move and kiss her when the alarm bell goes off and the teacher's run into the hallway yelling "LOCKDOWN". Someone's in the school with a gun and everyone is scrambling to get into the classrooms and lock the doors. Adam and Zoe try to make their way out of the building but the crowd of students is too thick to get through. So they try and make a dash for one of the classrooms but one by one doors are slamming in their faces. Until they find themselves alone in the hallway with nowhere to hide from the gunman. The only place they can find to hide is in the boys bathroom. There they hide with two other students in one bathroom stall until they hear the door open and the sound of a gun clicking. Will Adam and Zoe make it out alive? Who is the gunman? To find out read Lockdown by Diane Tullson. Check the catalog to see if it's in. Lockdown

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Do you believe in witches? Well Kyle Kingsbury didn't until he was turned into a beast by one. Kyle was the type of guy that every girl wanted. He was cute, had a famous dad, and knew how to charm a girl. Even though every girl liked Kyle, Kyle did not like every girl. He only liked the girls who were as gorgeous as him. He treated the girls who he thought were not so cute terribly. Well one of those girls that he treated horribly turned out to be a witch and she wanted to teach Kyle a lesson. So she turned him into a beast and the only way he could be turned back to his old self was by falling in love with someone, have them fall in love with him as well, and kiss him; but he only had two years to do this. Kyle couldn't believe what had happened to him. He looked hideous, how was he going to get a girl to fall in love with him and kiss him. A year passes and Kyle has been living in a brownstone in Brooklyn with only his housekeeper and blind tutor. He has just about given up hope of ever breaking the curse until an intruder breaks into his home. In order to avoid being arrested the intruder offers his teenage daughter to Kyle and Kyle accepts. To find out if this girl will be the one to finally break Kyle's curse read Beastly.

Hanna had figured out who A was and was about to tell her friends when A ran her over with a car. Even though Hanna has awakened from her coma and will be fine, now she can't remember anything that happened right before the accident. Aria, Spencer, and Emily don't know what to do. A's still threatening them and now they know she means business. On top of that Hanna's best friend Mona has also started receiving threatening texts from A. It seems the girls will forever live in fear of A until a simple phrase that Emily says to Hanna brings her memory back. "Don't believe everything you hear", suddenly Hanna remembers who A is; great news right? It would be if Spencer wasn't with A when Hanna remembers. Will the girls be able to get to Spencer before A realizes that they know who she is? To find out read Unbelievable.

Ryan is a typical freshman. He attends school events such as football games, he hangs out with his friends, and like most teen boys he has a crush on the hot new teacher. Ryan was happy with his daydreams of dating an older woman as gorgeous as his teacher. Never in a million years did he imagine that his teacher would want to date him. It started off with Ryan doing extra credit assignments for Lori, his teacher. Then Lori made her move, she invited Ryan to her apartment to help her move furniture. From there it went to secret meetings at a coffee shop. From there Ryan and Lori's relationship begins to move way beyond a student teacher relationship.

Check the catalog to see if it's in. Prey
Miss. Michelle
YA Librarian