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Speak 1175 reviews Laurie Halse Anderson
Puffin, 2001
This has meaning. Pain.
+ Speak + Great Book!!
My mom found this book on a plane. Someone left it there perhaps accidently as they were gathering up their suitcases, or as I prefer to believe, because they finished reading it and wanted others to read about it. That's why I love books so much they are meant to be read, shared, enjoyed. My mom ...
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The Secret Life of Bees 1382 reviews Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Bees AIN'T a Bust!
+ Goes down easy, but it ain't exactly fluff + Bee's + Wonderful Story!
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White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) 1012 reviews Janet Fitch
Back Bay Books, 2000
So beautifully written...
+ Fantastic! + One of the best books I've ever read! + Chilling + No words to describe this book!
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A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction) 618 reviews Anthony Burgess
W. W. Norton & Company, 1986
A Clockwork Orange
+ Good but have to work to get into + Even better than the movie + Dark but Philosophical
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Echo 62 reviews Francesca Lia Block
HarperCollins, 2002
Not for Youngins
+ Excellent + beautiful + Very interesting.
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Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books 140 reviews Francesca Lia Block
HarperCollins, 1998
Magical writing that brings to life characters in search of love and personal identity. Very highly recommend to all readers
+ Amazing + The one Weetzie to have if you're having only one! + LOVE!
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The Glass House People 13 reviews Kathryn Reiss
Harcourt Paperbacks, 1996
The Glass House People
+ I expected much more + Very Good i loved it!!!!!! + Not my favorite of her books, but... + The Glass House People
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Detour : My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D 23 reviews Lizzie Simon
Washington Square Press, 2003
Helpful on a human level
+ Can Lizzie read our minds? + Love Lizzie! + LIZZIE ROCKS!!!! + Great Insight
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She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall 425 reviews Misty Bernall
Pocket, 2000
It's not really about Cassie's words. It's about Cassie
+ Powerful testimony + Important book..
content:
Cassie Bernall, 17, was being shot at the Littleton tragedy. Her mother describes the day her daughter was murdered, their last chat, the nail-biting wait for a lifesign from her. She also describes Cassies development as a teenager, her getting in touch with satanic thoughts and how this ...
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The Moth Diaries 8 reviews Rachel Klein
Bantam, 2003
Engrossing Buffy precursor/Carmilla in the 60s
+ Disturbing thought + Beauty giving purpose and meaning to lives + Compelling story blurs line between fiction and truth + Full of creepy goodness!
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The Exorcist 204 reviews William Peter Blatty
HarperTorch, 2000
A must read for lovers of Psychological Terror
+ "The Exorcist" Book + Regan is the archetype + A horror story, but only incidentally + Not Free SF Reader
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Breathe: A Novel 2 reviews Anne-Sophie Brasme
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
terrific insightful tale
+ Wonderfully Written Yet Lacking Somehow
Nineteen year old Charlene Boher has been in prison for two years now for murder. Everyone seems to need to know whether she feels any remorse for killing, but Charlene feels nothing inside except the loneliness that has eaten at her for most of her life. With so much time, she decides to write ...
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel 1007 reviews Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
WOW!
+ Great first Picoult Read + I like the story... + TOUGH DECISIONS + One of my favorites
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Better Than Running at Night 15 reviews Hillary Frank
Graphia, 2002
wow
+ Better Than Running At Night + Better Than Running At Night
it was really good especially since i'll be starting college soon. i loved the quirky titles and Ellie's offbeat character. Keep up the good work!
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Go Ask Alice 1250 reviews Anonymous
Simon Pulse, 1998
Go Ask Alice
+ we get it already... + Thumbs up.
I loved this book. The emotion that the protagonist conveys throughout the book is clearly relatable from generation to generation. I recommend this book for every teenager out there.
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Sunshine 307 reviews Robin McKinley
Berkley Hardcover, 2003
To love this book is to love being enveloped in a story
+ very dark + A Book with a Bite
This book is Robin McKinley's emotional masterpiece. What other reviewers seem to fail to acknowledge is that in reading this book, if you have ever been able to identify the times in your life you pulled the covers over you head after the alarm went off and those feelings associated with being ...
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Summer of My German Soldier 200 reviews Bette Greene
Puffin, 1999
An adult's review of an excellent book
+ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter + One of the best books I have ever read! + Still love it at 26 years old...
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Jane Eyre (Signet Classics) 595 reviews Charlotte Brontė
Signet Classics, 1997
Best Book in the World!
+ Touching + Please Skip Erica Jong's Intro! + None Like It + A triumphant classic
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy) 294 reviews Libba Bray
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005
Funny and Smart
+ Unable to Put Book Down + A Great and Terrible Beauty + I would give this book 10 stars if possible! + Can't wait to get the next book...
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The Lovely Bones 2530 reviews Alice Sebold
Back Bay Books, 2004
Beautiful, Poignant, Sad
+ Definitely different... + Weepy Good
I just finished The Lovely Bones, and then I cried for an hour. Now my face is poofy.
The book is, of course, sad. However, it also has a beautiful image of heaven and a wonderful story of a family that ends up healed and whole after the death of their daughter. I was comforted by the way ...
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