The Iron King, Julie Kagawa (Gr 9+) Harlequin Teen Feb 2010. Reviewed from library book. Meghan Chase has always been inconsequential: people forget her moments after seeing her, if they notice her at all. Her own step-father seems to be hardly aware of her. She is hoping that things will start to change for her

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Hunger, Jackie Morse Kessler (Gr 9+ ARC provided by publisher. Lisabeth is seventeen and she hates the way she looks. She knows she’s fat and that if she can just lose those last pounds, then she’ll be pretty. Only problem is, no one else can see it. Not her former best friend, or her parents,

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Jane, April Lindner (Gr 9+) Poppy. ARC provided by publisher. Jane Moore has just lost her parents. With no one to turn to and no money to stay in school, she must leave Sarah Lawrence, and take a job as a nanny. Since she’s a rather unconventional young woman, uninterested in pop culture, she is

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