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Godless (National Book Award for Young People's Literature (Awards)) 27 reviews
Pete Hautman
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2004
It's just a religion. Right?
+ Excellent for teens who are thinking about religion
+ A God That Towers Above the Rest
+ Good airplane read for adults; great for teens anywhere
+ Thought-provoking, indeed
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Stoner and Spaz 41 reviews
Ron Koertge
Candlewick, 2002
Think "Crank" meets "Freak the Mighty" and "Stargirl"
+ unexpected changes
+ Underestimated
Most every buddy movie or novel imaginable pairs two people who are vastly different and puts them in close quarters, usually a situation neither party really wants to be in. They end up learning from one another, since their personalities, interests and strengths are complementary to one another. ...
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Twenty-four Hours7 reviews
Margaret Mahy
Margaret K. McElderry, 2000
Review: 24 Hours By: Margaret Mahy
+ one weird ride
+ 24 Hours In A Strange World
+ A Book For All Ages
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Slaughterhouse-Five708 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dell, 1991
Like Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto.
+ A highly creative and simultaneously amusing and thought-provoking novel that hammers home its themes; "A-"
+ One of the best
+ Slaughterhouse-Five
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Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Book)717 reviews
Jerry Spinelli
Little, Brown Young Readers, 1990
Timeless mix of tall-tale and heart
+ Maniac Magee great book!
+ Great condition!
+ Maniac Magee
+ Maniac Magee
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower1268 reviews
Stephen Chbosky
MTV, 1999
Freakin' Awesome
+ Thoughtful coming-of-age story
+ Pretty good.
+ Left wanting to know more...
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Lord of the Flies1275 reviews
William Golding
Perigee Books, 1959
Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan Mueller
+ Lost Innocence
+ A brutal, horrifying masterpiece
+ An Old Book Revisited
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The Tribes of Palos Verdes: A Novel79 reviews
Joy Nicholson
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998
What a Misleading Cover!
+ An Amazing Book
+ PV Girls
+ I'm a teen living in PV
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Smack209 reviews
Melvin Burgess
HarperTeen, 1999
Awesome
+ awesome book
+ This book is not Junk
+ Will leave an indelible mark on all who read it
+ SMACK
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To Kill a Mockingbird1762 reviews
Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
Excelent Book!
+ There is a reason this book will be read for centuries and centuries...
+ Tequila Mockingbird
+ Great!!Love this book
+ LOVE THIS BOOK!
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Freewill 17 reviews
Chris Lynch
HarperTeen, 2002
Weird Narration Style Sometimes Works
Will has had some problems in his life. His parents are dead. Actually, his father drove off of a bridge with his stepmother in the car, and both of them were killed. Will isn't sure it was completely an accident. Will's grandparents take him in and try to help him cope with these deaths, which ...
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White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club)1016 reviews
Janet Fitch
Back Bay Books, 2000
White Oleander
+ A touching story
+ Great read, beautifullly written
+ good book
+ A well-crafter exploration of a girl growing up hard in the system
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Couch World (Red Dress Ink)14 reviews
Cathy Yardley
Red Dress Ink, 2005
Amazing, can't get enough!
+ An original, to say the least
+ good read
I read this book while I used to work in this office during the slow hours, which happened a lot... and I read this is 2 DAYS! I loved it, and I loved it so much, I read it twice, and passed it on to someone else. I greatly appreciated everything the story had to offer, and I still can not find ...
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Gingerbread112 reviews
Rachel Cohn
Simon Pulse, 2003
love this book
+ Life is full of frogs, you just have to learn to jump over them
+ Ginger bread
+ Gingerbread: Not the Food, the Novel
+ Gingerbread
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The Acid House44 reviews
Irvine Welsh
W. W. Norton & Company, 1995
You've f****d this one up, ya daft c**t
+ Tear on through it.
Though I had never read an Irvine Welsh book from beginning to end I love the movie of The Acid House and I'm forever quoting it. Being from Scotland and knowing some of the rascals portrayed so convincingly on screen I found it hilarious. I came across the book about 8 years ago and read some of ...
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The Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
review
+ If You Really Want to Hear About It...
+ Disillusion
+ Make a little time for a classic
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Filth141 reviews
Irvine Welsh
W. W. Norton & Company, 1998
Fantastic and Original
+ My favourite Irvine Welsh novel
+ Bathe Me In It
+ Sometimes you have to put it down to take a shower.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 5433 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Demco Media, 1998
Anniversary Ed
+ Woven together well
+ Merry, Wary Harry and His Very Scary Adversary
+ Quality Book
+ beautiful book
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A Separate Peace 769 reviews
John Knowles
Scribner, 2003
fast delivery
+ A Different time, a Different Place
+ Schoolbook
My daughter needed this book asap for school. She received it in 4 days....and in good shape too!
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest359 reviews
Ken Kesey
Signet, 1963
One Flew East, One Flew West
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
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