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Author: margaret bechard

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Tags: teens parents ya pregnancy 2002 fatherhood

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Description: FLASHBACK - I think I read the first chapter of this in like, eighth grade. Along with thatFLASHBACK - I think I read the first chapter of this in like, eighth grade. Along with that book about Kissing a Smoker or Licking an Ashtray or something....

2008-09-23

  by osamabinrobin & 1 users

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Author: Pete Hautman

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Tags: religion ya nba 2004

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Description: Ah, Godless. Excellent climax. Kind of sad ending. Alas.

2008-09-02

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Type: fiction

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Author: Ellen Conford

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Tags: stories love ya shorts 1994 crushes

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Description: The feel of this book said EIGHTIES but it was totally written in the NINETIES. WHAAAAAAAAT.The feel of this book said EIGHTIES but it was totally written in the NINETIES. WHAAAAAAAAT.

Parents just don't understand. Man!...

2008-09-02

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Type: fiction

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Author: Catherine Gilbert Murdock

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Tags: family relationships ya sports farm football 2007

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Description: Hurray for awesome female protagonists!

2008-09-02

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Type: fiction

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Author: Sonya Hartnett

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Tags: family ya dogs 2005 australia printz

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Description: The "beautiful language" that people keep talking about is all the crap I skimmed.The "beautiful language" that people keep talking about is all the crap I skimmed. I got pretty tired pretty fast of how much Gabriel/Anwell/Crazypants kept on and on about the leaves and the dirt and the damn dog....

2008-08-15

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Author: Catherine Jinks

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Tags: ya identity criminals 2005 geniuses

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Description: Just your standard thriller: a few likable characters. The rest of the characters, I'mJust your standard thriller: a few likable characters. The rest of the characters, I'm sorry to say, I wanted to shoot in the head. Even Gazo. Especially Gazo. Christ....

2008-08-13

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Type: fiction

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Author: E. Lockhart

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Tags: ya theatre summer 2007

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Description: Whatever. That ending was a twist because there was not A SINGLE HINT OF IT ANYWHERE. WhatWhatever. That ending was a twist because there was not A SINGLE HINT OF IT ANYWHERE. What a hopeless book. Demi was a bitch and I hated Sadye's attitude throughout....

2008-08-13

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Type: fiction

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Author: Cory Doctorow

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Tags: distopia future scifi rebellion ya

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Description: Typical boy stuff, including (but not limited to): Totally hot girls all want the main character,Typical boy stuff, including (but not limited to): Totally hot girls all want the main character, main character gets and describes several boners, computer technobabble, torture.
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2008-08-01

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Author: Martine Leavitt

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Tags: romance love death ya nba 2006

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Description: People tell me it's the ending that they do not understand,
But I'll have to disagree,People tell me it's the ending that they do not understand,
But I'll have to disagree, in fact, I found it rather bland.

(just the ending. As in, I don't know why everyone thinks the ending is like, crazy and twisted and what not. What's wrong with it? I wonder. It's only an ending.)

(It's just hard to find something that rhymes with stand that also fits the meter, you see?)...

2008-08-01

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Author: Liz Gallagher

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Tags: school art romance ya friendship artists 2008 hierarchy

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Description: Such an odd little book. I don't know what to think.

2008-07-22

  by osamabinrobin & 6 users

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Author: Nancy Farmer

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Tags: future thriller scifi childrens adventure ya nba newbery 2002 printz latinos

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Description: One of the most fantastical science fiction books I have ever read. OPIUM? That was just brilliant,One of the most fantastical science fiction books I have ever read. OPIUM? That was just brilliant, Farmer. Well done....

2008-07-15

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Author: Sara Ryan

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Tags: gay archaeology ya 2001 relationship

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Description: I don't see what Nic did wrong, but maybe that's just me. What's wrong with tryingI don't see what Nic did wrong, but maybe that's just me. What's wrong with trying to figure out a relationship? Ain't no thang....

2008-07-04

  by osamabinrobin & 12 users

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Type: fiction

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Author: Megan McCafferty

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Tags: teens ya 2001 diary ny long nj

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Description: This was kind of intensely boring.

2008-07-03

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Author: Rachel Cohn

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Tags: sf family love culture ya slang girl 2002 ny eccentric

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Description: The language was top notch, even if the story seemed a little stale.

2008-06-28

  by osamabinrobin & 1 users

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Type: fiction

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Author: Ron Koertge

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Tags: school relationships love ya 2002 stereotypes

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Description: This seems unfinished to me. I don't know. It just does.

2008-06-27

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Author: Gary D. Schmidt

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Tags: school ya shakespeare 1960s newbery 2007

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Description: Not nearly as pretentious as I thought it would be! Very gripping, heartwarming, etc.

2008-06-21

  by osamabinrobin & 2 users

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Author: E. Lockhart

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Tags: relationships boys ya girls 2005 prep dating seattle

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Description: So, I think this book should have actually been titled "ROBIN'S LIFE AT 16,"So, I think this book should have actually been titled "ROBIN'S LIFE AT 16," because it pretty much was.

Ooooh, bad memories ......

2008-06-17

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Author: Cynthia Leitich Smith

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Tags: journalism death ya 2001 photography indian grief

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Description: Smith has a tendancy to kill a seemingly mainSmith has a tendancy to kill a seemingly main character in the second or third chapter. Hrrm....

2008-06-02

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Author: Jerry Spinelli

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Tags: love ya peace meditation Pennsylvania 2007 eccentrics oddities

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Description: A little lacking in the plot area. I imagine that some people might read this book (just asA little lacking in the plot area. I imagine that some people might read this book (just as some people watched JUNO) and say, "Hey! She's just like you!" Referring, of course, to me. And I don't know how I feel about that....

2008-06-02

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Author: Marcella Pixley

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Tags: poetry family ya sisters 2007 bullies embarrassment outcasts

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Description: Raw, raw, raw. War, war, war.

(A palindrome review)

2008-06-02