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Jacket Title/Author Annotation Grade Level*

Being

by Kevin Brooks

It was just a routine examination, or it was supposed to be. What the doctors found inside Robert Smith was anything but normal. Escaping with a stolen gun and a video of silver filaments and moving metal parts in his stomach, Robert goes in search of who--or what--he is. 10-12

Glass Houses: The Morgenville Vampires, Bk 1 by Rachel Caine

16-year-old Claire Danvers is one of the youngest students at the Morganville College. When Claire moves into her dorm, she is singled out for bullying by the a vicious group of girls who threaten to kill her. Claire decides to move out before they get their chance and ends up renting a room at Glass House. Claire soon discovers however, it not just these girls who are out to kill her, it seems to be the whole, crazy town. Adult/ 11-12

Enter Three Witches

by Caroline Cooney

The Shakespearean play Macbeth comes alive in this historical fantasy fiction with new characters and old grievances. 9-12

The House of the Scorpion

by Nancy Farmer

In a futuristic setting, Matt gradually realizes that he is the clone of a powerful, corrupt ruler of Opium, a country between the U.S. and Mexico. Despised by society, Matt fights for clone’s rights, raising sociopolitical, ethical and scientific issues that are timely for today.

9-12

Dr. Franklin's Island

by Ann Halam

Three teens survive a plane crash and are imprisoned by a mad doctor experimenting with human/animal genetic transfer. 9-12

Devilish

by Maureen Johnson

Jane is a senior at St. Teresa's Preparatory School for Girls. She’s been content thus far to stay in the background making sarcastic comments about her classmates along with her best friend Allison. So when Allison comes to school with fancy new clothes and a haircut that has finally tamed the wild beast that was her hair - she suspects something strange is going on and it might involve her devilish new friend. 9-12

The Serpent's Shadow

by Mercedes Lackey

Imagine that Snow White is a gorgeous, dark-skinned Indian doctor who must fight the dual prejudices against her sex and her race. Her sorceress mother died before she could teach her all the skills she would need, but not before warning her of the serpent’s shadow. 10-12

Keturah and Lord Death

by Martine Leavitt

When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the King's Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love. 9-12

Wicked Lovely

by Melissa Marr

Aislann has seen fairies all of her life but kept it a secret. Now she's been chosen to be the new Summer Queen and the fairies are flocking to her, including the king's mother who wants her dead. 10-12

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

In the future, a father and his young son travel through the burned out country looking for food and avoiding other humans who could be cannibalistic. Adult/ 11-12

Tantalize

by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Quincie Morris has had a difficult life. Her parents died when she was young, the love of her life, a half werewolf, is secretly plotting something he won’t talk about, and the restaurant she inherited might not make it to opening night if she can’t get the vampire theme to work. So when her uncle hires a nerdy new chef, she is under whelmed to say the least. Little does she know things are about to get…bloody. 9-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources.  Some books contain mature themes.  Please discuss reading selections as a family.
 

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