If you’re a fan of the Mortal Instruments Triology by Cassadra Clare, head over to their new website to check out special promotional material. Read book the first book in the series, City of Bones, FREE on the web (through August 10th) and get The Mortal Instruments Sample of the CITYs, a free introduction to [...]

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Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes It’s September 5th, 1973 – school’s back in session and this year, Karl Shoemaker has decided that he is going to be completely, totally, utterly NORMAL.  Unfortunately, this means distancing himself from his old friends ‘The Madman Underground’, a group of troubled kids who go to group [...]

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If you’re a fan of gritty, realistic books that don’t pull any punches, you’ll love Coe Booth’s books Tyrell and Kendra. Tyrell’s a fifteen year old from the Bronx who is living in a roach-infested homeless shelter with his mom & little brother.  His dad’s in jail, his mom wants him to sell drugs so he can [...]

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For lots of teens, summer means just one thing: sleepaway camp. Check out this collection of books about hiking, s’mores, color wars, arts & crafts, midnight raids and all of those other great camp traditions: Sleepaway Girls – Jen Calonita When Sam spends a summer as a counselor-in-training, she not only has to learn her way around [...]

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