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The Death of Jayson Porter
by Jaime Adoff
Published 2008 by Jump at the Sun
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Sixteen-year-old Jayson Porter wants to believe things will get better. But the harsh realities of his life never seem to change. Living in the inland-Florida projects with his abusive mother, he tries unsuccessfully to fit in at his predominately white school, while struggling to maintain even a thread of a relationship with his drug-addicted father.... More...
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Peeled
by Joan Bauer
Published 2008 by G. P. Putnam's Sons
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High school newspaper reporter Hildy Biddle isn't content to just cover school issues. She's drawn to the town's big story--the haunted old Ludlow house. Hildy's efforts to find out who is really haunting the place isn't making her popular, and she starts wondering if she's cut out to be a journalist, after all. More...
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Shift
by Jennifer Bradbury
Published 2008 by Atheneum Books
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Two best friends go on a cross-country bike trek, and only one returns. In this exciting debut, Bradbury delivers a tour de force about cycling, friendship, and the depths of loyalty. More...
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Debbie Harry Sings in French
by Meagan Brothers
Published 2008 by Henry Holt & Company
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Johnny loves music, girls, and . . . maybe a little cross-dressing. This wise, hip novel introduces shades of gray into the black-and-white ideas of sexuality and gender. More...
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Airhead
by Meg Cabot
Published 2008 by Scholastic
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From the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling creator of the Princess Diaries. Following a bizarre accident, 16-year-old tomboy Emerson Watts wakes up to find she's in the body of a supermodel. Who is behind the switch? And how can she get her best friend Christopher to realize she's still the same Em inside? More...
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The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
by Deb Caletti
Published 2008 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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I suddenly see where I'm standing, and that's at the edge of change - really, really big change.Eighteen-year-old Indigo Skye feels like she has it all - a waitress job she loves, an adorable refrigerator-delivery-guy boyfriend, and a home life that's slightly crazed but rich in love.... More...
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City of Ashes
by Cassandra Clare
Published 2008 by Margaret K. McElderry Books
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In this breathtaking sequel to "City of Bones," Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.Margaret K. McElderry Books More...
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Hell Week
by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Published 2008 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
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Maggie Quinn's college newspaper doesn't' take freshmen on staff. Rules are rules, but when has that ever stopped Maggie? After facing hellfire, infiltrating sorority rush should be easy. After she finds a group of girls who are after way more than "sisterhood," all her instincts say there's something rotten on Greek Row. More...
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The Time Paradox
by Eoin Colfer
Published 2008 by Hyperion Books for Children
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Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save the lemur. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet: his younger self. More...
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Lamplighter
by D. M. Cornish
Published 2008 by G. P. Putnam's Sons
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In the follow-up to "Foundling," Rossamnd has been sworn into the Emperor's service, lighting the lamps along the Emperor's highways. But he's found it no easier to fit in with the lamplighters than he did with the foundlings. He soon finds himself pushed toward a destiny that he could never have imagined. More...
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Dingo
by Charles de Lint
Published 2008 by Puffin Books
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High school senior Miguelas life is turned upside down when he meets new girl Lainey, whose family has just moved from Australia. With her tumbled red-gold hair, her instant understanding of who he is, and her unusual dogaa real Australian dingoasheas unforgettable.... More...
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Twice Upon a Marigold
by Jean Ferris
Published 2008 by Harcourt Children's Books
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Full of zany humor, this highly anticipated sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold" continues the story of Christian and Marigold, who are living happily ever after now that Queen Olympia has gone--or has she? More...
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The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution
by Sally Gardner
Published 2008 by Dial Books
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From the author of the award-winning "I, Coriander" comes an exciting, romantic novel set against the feverish backdrop of the French Revolution. More...
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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
by Jessica Day George
Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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From the author of "Dragon Slippers" comes a rich, new fantasy, based on a Norwegian fairy tale, set in a land of eternal winter and complete with trolls, enchanted animals, and a palace made of ice. More...
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Looks
by Madeleine George
Published 2008 by Viking Children's Books
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This unforgettable debut novel tells a provocative story that explores the ways in which girls use food and their bodies to say what they cannot. More...
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Rumors: A Luxe Novel
by Anna Godbersen
Published 2008 by HarperCollins
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The hot new Luxe series continues as Penelope takes Elizabeth's tragic absence as an opportunity to remake her image, Lina continues her own identity makeover by latching onto a wealthy benefactor, and ill-fated lovers Diana and Henry struggle with their emotions--and each other. More...
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The Diamond of Drury Lane: A Cat Royal Adventure
by Julia Golding
Published 2008 by Roaring Brook Press
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She's Cat Royal--four foot four, with long red hair, green eyes, and not a penny she can call her own. But she does know a secret--where a treasure is hidden in the theater that is her home. The problem is, she isn't the only one looking for it, in this mystery set in 18th-century London. More...
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Ivy
by Julie Hearn
Published 2008 by Ginee Seo Books
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The author of "The Minister's Daughter" and "The Sign of the Raven" has created a memorable tale of 19th-century England with a character destined to take her place alongside Dickens's Pip and Oliver Twist. More...
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City of Secrets
by Mary Hoffman
Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Set in Talia, a parallel-world version of Italy, this series combines Renaissance court intrigue with time travel, subterfuge, romance, and revenge. Matt is a painfully dyslexic and insecure boy who has just discovered that he is a Stravagante--someone capable of traveling between two worlds. More...
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Pretty Face
by Mary Hogan
Published 2008 by Harperteen
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That's what I am. A funny girl. A "friend," Nobody's girlfriend. The girl with the pretty "face," Hayley wishes she could love living in Santa Monica, blocks from the beach, where every day--and everybody--is beautiful and sunny. But she just doesn't fit in with all the blond, superskinny Southern California girls who have their plastic surgeons on speed dial.... More...
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