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Check It Out -- Teen Literature Database
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193 book reviews found, page 1 of 39. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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Acceleration
Audience: 8th Grade - 12th Grade
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While stuck working at the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found for the summer, Duncan discovers a diary that belongs to a serial killer. Unable to get help from the police, Duncan decides to track down the killer himself.
Similar authors: Nancy Weriln
Similar books: Killers Cousin
Awards won: YALSA best book for Young Adults
Date read: 03/23/2005
ISBN: 0385731191
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Adaline Falling Star
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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Adaline's father is Kit Carson and her mother is an Arapaho Indian. Adaline stays with her cousins in St. Louis while her father goes on explorations. Adaline's Arapaho culture/way of life clashes with that of her Caucasian cousins. Adaline eventually runs away and befriends a scraggly dog.
Date read: 5/03/2001
ISBN: 043905947X
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Airborn
Audience: 6th Grade - 9th Grade
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15 year old Matt is a cabin boy aboard the airship Aurora, when he meets wealthy Kate de Vries. Kate has boarded the Aurora in search of huge, furry beasts with batlike wings and sharp claws that she read about in her dead grandfather's journal. Kate is convinced she will be able to locate these creatures in the sky over an uncharted island in the Pacificus. After pirates attack, the ship makes an emergency landing on an island that closely resembles the drawings in the journal and Matt finds himself joining Kate in the search.
Date read: 01/09/2006
ISBN: 0060531800
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Alien Feast
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
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Aliens have invaded Earth! They eat people-leaving nothing but their feet-and their latest victims are William's stepparents. William heads to the safety of his uncle Maynard's house and on the way runs into his friend Sophie. Her parents, famous scientists, have been kidnapped by the aliens. Now it's up to William, Sophie and Uncle Maynard to rescue Sophie's parents. Can they do it-or will the aliens eat them first?
Date read: 6/8/2009
ISBN: 1596432810
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Alien Secrets
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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Puck has been expelled from school and is on her way to the planet Shoon to meet her parents. While on board the Cat's Cradle, she befriends an alien named Hush. Strange things begin to happen: she thinks she witnesses a murder; Hush's sacred treasure is stolen, and there are ghosts on board. Puck and Hush are afraid to trust anyone, even the captain. Will they be able to find the treasure and satisfy the ghosts' longings withoug tragic consequences?
Similar books: The Package in Hyperspace, Akiko on the Planet Smoo
Awards won: ALA Notable Book
Date read: 6/01/1997
ISBN: 0385309287
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