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Check It Out -- Teen Literature Database
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105 book reviews found, page 1 of 21. 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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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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Among the Hidden
Audience: 5th Grade - 9th Grade
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Luke has never gone to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friends house for an overnight. In fact Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the population police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's house Luke is no longer allowed to go outside! Then one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two kids already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows-does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?
Awards won: YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
Date read: 7/10/2005
ISBN: 0689824750
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Angels and Demons
Audience: 9th Grade - Adult
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After the death of a world renowed scientist, symboligist Robert Langdon is summoned to answer questions about the death and what it means.
Similar authors: Brown, Dan
Similar books: Da Vinci Code
Date read: 10/20/2005
ISBN: 037543318X
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Ark Angel
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
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Alex Rider has overcome the bullet wound that almost brought an end to his very life. Hoping for some free time, Alex soon finds himself in a fight to save the world once again. Starting off with being attacked in a hospital while pretending to be Paul Drevin, a boy whosr father got off on the wrong foot with psycho environmentalists, Force Three. Alex is then hurled back into the world filled with ruthless criminals. Paul Drevin's father, Nikolei Drevin, is a multi-billionaire who invites Alex to stay at his home and watch the opening of Ark Angel, the first hotel in space. A welcoming relaxing trip soon turns out not as cheerful as Alex would hope. What is behind the man known as Nikolei Drevin? Is Ark Angel really a wonderful fantasy paradise? Alex joins forces with old allies to overcome what might very well be; his last time on Earth. Suspenseful to the very end, Ark Angel is a must read for fans of the series.
Similar books: The sixth book of the Alex Rider series
Date read: 3/11/2005
ISBN: 0399241523
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