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Check It Out -- Teen Literature Database
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10 book reviews found, page 1 of 2. 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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Elsewhere
Audience: 6th Grade - 12th Grade
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Liz Hall is hit by a taxi at the age of 15. She was killed. She went to a place, possibly Heaven, and she had to learn how to 'live'. This is a really great book that may make you cry, laugh, or be angry.
Similar books: The Lovely Bones
Date read: 05/05/2008
ISBN: 0312367465
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Ender's Game
Audience: 5th Grade - 12th Grade
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An adventure story about a kid who is recruited by the united nations of earth to be trained to become a military strategist who commands fleets of starships as they battle the aliens who are attacking earth. A lot like harry potter. It combines his personal struggles with his peers with the greater struggle of humanity against the alien invaders.
Similar authors: J.K. rowling, Christopher Paolini, Rick Riordan, Marcus Zusak
Similar books: Beowulf, harry potter, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Book Thief
Date read: 03/15/2002
ISBN: 0765342294
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Evil Star
Audience: 6th Grade - 10th Grade
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Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate. On his way to South America, Matt and his guardian are ambushed by the police because they used fake passports to ensure their safety. They are separated and Matt has to live in a poor house for a while. In there, he meets a boy named Pedro in his dreams. They hold complete conversations in their dreams and they remember it when they were awake. They escape together. They find a conflict that puts the life of the world in their hands, but they have some help on the way.
Similar books: Raven's Gate
Date read: 06/13/2007
ISBN: 0786285699
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I Am the Messenger
Audience: 9th Grade - 12th Grade
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Taxi driver Ed Kennedy has been drifting through life not sure what direction he should take. But after he and his friends are involved in a bank robbery, Ed begins to receive playing cards with mysterious messages on them. He discovers that the messages are addresses of people that he must somehow find a way of helping. As he continues receiving the mysterious cards he begins to wonder who is mastermind behind this adventure. This is a page turning book full of great characters and stories that you just can't put down!
Awards won: Printz Honor Book 2006;Best Books for YA's 2006
Date read: 02/26/2007
ISBN: 0375830995
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