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Check It Out -- Teen Literature Database
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261 book reviews found, page 1 of 53. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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24 Girls in 7 Days
Audience: 8th Grade - 11th Grade
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When Jack Grammar decides that he wants to attend his senior prom the biggest problem is finding date. But when his best friends devise a plan to find Jack a date his problems have just begun. An online ad in the school newspaper results in a list of so many potential dates that Jack must date 24 girls in 7 days. A humorous look at girls and dating from a guy's point of view.
Similar books: Prom by Anderson
Awards won: YALSA Quick Picks 2006
Date read: 02/26/2007
ISBN: 0525473696
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Adam Canfield of the Slash
Audience: 6th Grade - 8th Grade
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Scandal in School! Destruction of the Willows! Adam Canfield co-editor of his school's newspaper the Slash has got some juicy stories for the Slash. Now all he has to do is get along with his bossy co-editor Jennifer, get the whiney Phoebe off his back and get his stories okay-ed by the scheming principal all before the next edition. This book is a hysterical pageturner.
Date read: 06/24/2008
ISBN: 0763623407
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Afterlife
Audience: 7th Grade - 10th Grade
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When Chuy went to the club all he wanted to do was dance. The last thing he expected to happen was to be murdered. Chuy also never expected what would happen next. After being stabbed to death, Chuy becomes a ghost left to explore his world, find his murderer, and discover a way to move on.
Similar books: Restless: A Ghost Story by Rich Wallace
Awards won: YALSA Quick Picks 2004
Date read: 02/26/2007
ISBN: 0152047743
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Alice in April
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
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While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the 'Woman of the House' at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciation for taking care of her father and older brother.
Similar books: This is part of the Alice McKinley series by Phylliss Reynolds Naylor, What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows (Nora Raleigh Baskin)
Date read: 01/01/2000
ISBN: 0689318057
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Almost a Hero
Audience: 5th Grade - 7th Grade
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Ben's class project for spring break requires that each student must volunteer at a community charity organization. Ben chooses Sidewalk's End, a day care center for homeless children. After his first day, he thinks he sees one of the children being abused by his mother. He tries to act responsibly and call 911. The consequences are not what he expects and his experiences ar Sidewalk's End help him come to terms with a tragedy in his own life.
Similar books: Monkey Island (Paula Fox), The King of Dragons (Carol Fenner)
Date read: 06/01/1997
ISBN: 0689319711
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