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You are here: Home / Archives for teen lit

Hallowe’en-Ready Creepiness

October 30, 2013 by Alice 1 Comment

Hallowe'en is all about setting a mood, right? If you're looking to be fully creeped out, I've got just the ticket. Asylum, by Madeleine Roux HarperCollins, ISBN: 978 0 062 22096 7 I am, I must admit, fairly easily creeped out if a book can pass my strong bullshit-0-meter and skepticism. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Halloween, suspense, teen lit

Is It Hot In Here?

October 22, 2013 by Alice Leave a Comment

So there's a new category of books coming up, known as "new adult." They are, let's say, books aimed at older teens or early twenty-somethings who enjoy teen lit. and the defining characteristic may just be that they are a little steamier than your average teen lit. Here's an example by an author … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: music, romance, teen lit

Sick

October 7, 2013 by Alice Leave a Comment

Dude. What to do when the kids in your school start turning into some sort of weird zombies? Sick, by Tom Leveen Amulet Books, ISBN: 978 1 41970 805 3 A few friends have figured out how to "escape" their very secure high school to skip a class, but when they return, they find the place has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: action, apocalypse, outbreak, teen lit, zombies

Worst. School. Ever.

September 3, 2013 by Alice 1 Comment

School starts tomorrow - but you can bet it's nothing like Benson's new school. Thank goodness... Variant, by Robison Wells Harper Teen, ISBN: 978 0 062 02608 8 Benson is leaving his umpteenth foster home and school for a private school he got into on a special grant, and he couldn't be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: novels, suspense, teen lit

Smoke and Suspense

August 27, 2013 by Alice Leave a Comment

When a sheltered city girl ends up in a forest fire camp where things are more than a little hinky, she's going to have a very eye-opening summer... Smokescreen, by Nancy Hartry Tundra Books, ISBN: 978 1 77049 405 3 Kerry's summer job in cottage development up north turns out totally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fire, friendship, summer, suspense, teen lit

Stuff That Heroes Are Made Of

August 19, 2013 by Alice Leave a Comment

A boy wrestling with OCD and family troubles discovers his inner strength in this touching and quirky teen book. The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B, by Teresa Toten Doubleday, ISBN: 978 0 385 67834 6 Adam has been in one-on-one therapy , but is also joining a group for teens with OCD. The first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Canadian, family, friendship, issues, love story, novel, OCD, teen lit

UberFan

August 13, 2013 by Alice Leave a Comment

Teens (and tweens) can be... a little obsessive in their fandom, shall we say? But most have not gone this far! Rockoholic, by CJ Skuse Scholastic, ISBN: 978 0 545 42960 3 Jody is a serious Regulators fan - room plastered in posters, gone vegetarian for  the singer, who she adores, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fans, music, novel, teen lit

Kiss of Death?

July 22, 2013 by Alice 1 Comment

What if you kissed someone... and they died? Who I Kissed, by Janet Gurtler Sourcebooks Fire, ISBN: 978 1 402 27054 3 Sam really, really liked Zee - so when her crush kissed someone else right after having a moment with her, she may have sort of kissed another guy just to show she didn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: allergies, asthma, friendship, issues, loss, love story, teen lit

Love & Sobbing

July 11, 2013 by Alice 3 Comments

What starts as a story of two awkward teens turns into a gorgeous love story with one hell of an ending. Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell St Martin's Press, ISBN: 978 1 250 01257 9 I have been ranting and raving about this book all over twitter and to everyone I know who will stand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: issues, love story, teen lit

Touch of the Paranormal

June 29, 2013 by Alice 1 Comment

A boy who sees his own future has more than a few things to sort out as it shifts before him. Touched, by Cyn Balog Delacorte Press, ISBN: 978 0 385 74032 6 Nick Cross has a peculiar problem - he sees his own future. not in ways that are necessarily helpful, and every time he does things … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: love story, paranormal, teen lit

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