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Gooseberry Patch Christmas Book 15: Tried & true recipes, decorating ideas and easy-to-make gifts for holiday fun
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Gooseberry Patch
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxmoor House (2013, Aug 13th).
Pages: 160
This popular series of hardcover books is packed cover-to-cover each year with inspiring ideas for the holidays and recipes for festive gatherings and family meals at home. Now in its 15th volume, Gooseberry Patch Christmas Book 15 is the annual favorite for holiday enthusiasts, home decorators, crafters, cooks, and scrapbookers. 160 pages are filled to the brim with simple decorating solutions, scrumptious holiday recipes, easy Christmas crafts projects, and ideas for gifts from the kitchen. With 70 recipes accompanied by 200 all-new photos that showcase feel-good, homestyle food, this book is a must-have for every cook who loves to celebrate the holidays the Gooseberry Patch way. This latest volume evokes favorite holiday memories and inspires new ones too. more
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This Is What Happy Looks Like
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jennifer E. Smith
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Poppy (2013, Apr 2nd).
Pages: 416
If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds. Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs? more
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Eleanor & Park
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Rainbow Rowell
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (2013, Feb 26th).
Pages: 336
“Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it’s like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it’s like to be young and in love with a book.”—John Green, The New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in high school, Park says.So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.I’m not kidding, he says.You should be, she says, we’re 16.What about Romeo and Juliet?Shallow, confused, then dead.I love you, Park says.Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.I’m not kidding, he says.You should be.Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. more
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The Year of Luminous Love
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lurlene McDaniel
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 384
In the vein of Eat, Pray, Love, but for teens, this inspirational novel is set against the backdrop of Tennessee horse country as well as the historic cities of Italy and the Italian countryside. The story unfolds as three teenage girls, recently graduated from high school, plan the next phase of their lives while dealing with immediate life issues. McDaniel subtly explores the many types of love the girls experience--including love for one's family, one's friends, and intimate love--and the sacrifices they choose to make (or not) for each of them. more
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The Fox Inheritance (Jenna Fox Chronicles)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Mary E. Pearson
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (2000, Jan 1st).
Pages: 304
Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other—Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries. Two-hundred-and-sixty years later, they have been released at last. Given new, perfect bodies, Locke and Kara awaken to a world they know nothing about, where everyone they once knew and loved is long dead. Everyone except Jenna Fox. more
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Queen of the Dead (A Ghost and the Goth Novel)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Stacey Kade
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (2011, May 31st).
Pages: 272
After being sent back from the light, Alona Dare - former homecoming queen, current Queen of the Dead - finds herself doing something she never expected: working. Instead of spending days perfecting her tan by the pool (her typical summer routine when she was, you know, alive), Alona must now cater to the needs of other lost spirits. By her side for all of this - ugh - “helping of others” is Will Killian: social outcast, seer of the dead, and someone Alona cares about more than she’d like.Before Alona can make a final ruling on Will’s “friend” or “more” status, though, she discovers trouble at home. Her mom is tossing out Alona’s most valuable possessions, and her dad is expecting a new daughter with his wicked wife. more
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Towering
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Alex Flinn
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperTeen (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 304
New York Times #1 bestselling author Alex Flinn reimagined the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast in Beastly and gave a twist to the story of Sleeping Beauty in A Kiss in Time. Now with her gothic and darkly romantic YA novel Towering, Alex Flinn retells the tale of Rapunzel. When Rachel was taken to live in a tower by a woman she calls Mama, she was excited. She felt like a princess in a castle. But many years later, Rachel knows her palace is really a prison, and begins to plan her escape. She is encouraged by the speed that her golden hair has been growing. It’s gotten long enough to reach the ground. And she’s begun dreaming of a green-eyed man. Could he be out there in the world? Is he coming to save her? Or will she find a way to save herself? . more
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Wolfsbane (Nightshade, Book 2)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Andrea Cremer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel (2011, Jul 26th).
Pages: 400
This thrilling sequel to the much-talked-about Nightshade begins just where it ended-Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered. But then the Searchers make her an offer-one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack-and the man-she left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive. more
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Immortal City
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Scott Speer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Razorbill; 1 edition (2012, Apr 3rd).
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Jackson Godspeed is the hottest young Angel in a city filled with them. He's days away from becoming a full Guardian, and people around the world are already competing for the chance to be watched over by him. Everyone's obsessed with the Angels and the lucky people they protect - everyone except for Madison Montgomery. Maddy's the one girl in Angel City who doesn't breathlessly follow the Angels on TV and gossip blogs. When she meets Jackson, she doesn't recognize him. But Jackson is instantly captivated by her, and against all odds the two fall in love. Maddy is swiftly caught up in Jackson's scene, a world of glamour, paparazzi - and murder. A serial killer is on the loose, leaving dead Angels' wings for the police to find on the Walk of Fame. more
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Falling Kingdoms
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Morgan Rhodes
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Razorbill (2012, Dec 11th).
Pages: 400
The gripping New York Times bestseller that is Game of Thrones for teens In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power—brutally transforming their subjects' lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined: Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct. Jonas: Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country impoverished—and finds himself the leader of a people's revolution centuries in the making. more
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