

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Francesca is still trying to find herself as she begins her first year at a nearly all male prep school. At the same time, her usually...
Oct 29, 2011


Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Stargirl is one of the greatest characters ever created. She is so full of life and creativity that she can't even conform to a normal...
Oct 29, 2011


Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Set in an alternate past, Airborn takes place aboard a giant pleasure cruise airship. Matt Cruse, a cabin boy on the Aurora airship,...
Oct 28, 2011


The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy, Book 1) by James Dashner
This is a fast paced adventure and mystery combined. Thomas wakes up in an elevator with no memory of his previous life. He finds himself...
Oct 28, 2011


The Pirate Captain's Daughter by Eve Bunting
This is a fast-paced adventure for younger teen readers. Catherine begs to join her father on his pirate ship following her mother's...
Oct 28, 2011


Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Wildwood Dancing is an interesting depiction of The Twelve Dancing Princesses and The Frog Prince. It presents these two fairy tales with...
Oct 28, 2011


Cloaked by Alex Flinn
In Cloaked, Alex Flinn combines elements of eight of the lesser known fairy tales and places them in modern New York. The main character,...
Oct 28, 2011


Beastly by Alex Flinn
A modern rendering of Beauty and the Beast, Beastly teaches the age old lesson of seeing the beauty in others. Flinn manages to put this...
Oct 28, 2011


The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
Rather than a retold fairy tale, this is a new look at the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Jack, grieving over his dead mother, is drawn to...
Oct 28, 2011


East by Edith Pattou
A beautiful retelling of the Norse tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon." Rose follows an enchanted polar bear to the frozen North and...
Oct 28, 2011

