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Cinder

Author: 
Marissa Meyer
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Reading Levels: Grades 6+

In a complicated post-WWIV world ravaged by a fatal, incurable disease, Earth is separated into independently ruled Commonwealths, completely separated from the Lunars, a somewhat new species spawned from previous moon colonization. 

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir

Author: 
Gaby Rodriguez with Jenna Glatzer
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Reading Level: Grades 7 and up

Gaby's mother became pregnant with her first child at 14. All of Gaby's seven older brothers and sisters became teen parents as well, but Gaby, who was an unplanned, post-divorce child, is determined to not follow in her family's footsteps. When she needed to design her senior year research project she wondered, how would people react if a hardworking, determined student with a planned out future DID become a teen mother? Thus begins a six month long faked teen pregnancy and social experiment.

Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems

Author: 
Kristine O'Connell George
Illustrator: 
Nancy Carpenter
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Reading Level: Grades 2-4

These poems are for every big sister who has had to deal with an little sister who drives them crazy!  Has your room been invaded?  Does she want to join you and your friends?  Do you parents always expect you to be the "role model?"  But do you really, really love each other-most of the time?  This is the book for you!

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Starters

Author: 
Lissa Price
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Reading Level: Grades 6 - 9

Every You, Every Me

Author: 
David Levithan
Illustrator: 
Jonathan Farmer
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Reading Level: Grades 7+

"If I ever ask you to get me a gun, don't. Whatever I say, don't." Looking right into my eyes. "Listen to me, Evan. If I ever ask for that, go get help. If I ever ask for that, you're going to have to save me."

Evan, struggling with the disappearance of his crush (and best friend's girlfriend) Ariel, is thrust into even more emotional turmoil when he begins to receive a series of mysterious photographs.

The Future of Us

Author: 
Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
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Reading Level: Grades 7+

When Emma gets a computer for her birthday, her friend Josh gives her a free CD good for 100 hours of AOL time - totally cool, since it's 1996. Emma signs herself up for her very first AOL account, and logs on to the Internet for the first time. 

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