Coming 12 October 2010 – That’s TODAY! Delacorte Books for Young Readers. ARC from ALA. Andi is a modern day teen, living in Brooklyn, and dealing with the death of her brother. Alex is a girl who lived during the height of the French Revolution and was close to the royal family of Louis XVI.

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Froi of the Exiles, Melina Marchetta (Gr 9+) Candlewick. Review copy provided by publisher. “Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home…or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been taken roughly and lovingly in hand by the Guard sworn to protect the royal

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Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta (Gr 8+) Candlewick Press, February 9, 2010. Reviewed from purchased copy. “Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter seized the throne. Now a curse binds all who remain inside Lumatere’s walls, and

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Born Wicked, Jessica Spotswood (Gr 7+) Putnam Juvenile, February 7th, 2012. Review copy provided by publisher. “Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of

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Looking for Alaska, John Green (Gr 9+) Dutton Juvenile March 2005. Purchased copy. Miles (Pudge) Halter has spent the last 16 years being a nobody in Florida. He has school friends, but no one who he’s really close to. He decides that the best way to really change his life is to go to boarding

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A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle (Gr 6-8) Margaret, Meg, Murray is a little bit of a shambles, or so she thinks. She’s always getting into trouble at school, doesn’t really have any friends, and thinks she’s about as plain as a person can be. Until the night when a stranger crashes into her home

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