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Review by Leydy THE SERPENT KINGby Jeff Zentner Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 9 hours and 7 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Listening Library March 8, 2016 Goodreads | Audible | Hardcover “The Serpent King is a book you won’t be able to resist or forget. The Southern boy in me savored every syllable and the reader in me fell in love with every page.” —John

Review by Leydy NEEDby Joelle CharbonneauAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (November 3, 2015) Goodreads | Amazon “No one gets something for nothing. We all should know better.” Teenagers at Wisconsin’s Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need . . .

Review by Leydy NOT AFTER EVERYTHING by Michelle LevyHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Dial Books (August 4, 2015)Language: EnglishAmazon | Goodreads Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And Tyler lets it all go. Now he needs to dodge what his dad is offering (verbal tirades and abuse) and

Review by Leydy THE AUGUST FIVEby Jenna HellandAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsHardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (November 10, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon In a world rocked by revolt, your worst enemy can become your greatest hopeFourteen-year-old Tommy Shore lives a life of privilege: he has the finest clothing, food, and education available and servants to take care of his

Review by Leydy AN INHERITANCE OF ASHES by Leah BobetAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 400 pagesPublisher: Clarion Books (October 6, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon The strange war down south—with its rumors of gods and monsters—is over. And while sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister wait to see who will return from the distant battlefield, they struggle to maintain their family

Review by Leydy DREAM THINGS TRUEby Marie MarquardtHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: St. Martin's Griffin (September 1, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Evan and Alma have spent fifteen years living in the same town, connected in a dozen different ways but also living worlds apart -- until the day he jumps into her dad's truck and slams on the brakes. The nephew of a senator, Evan

Review by Leydy THESE SHALLOW GRAVESby Jennifer DonnellyAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 496 pagesPublisher: Delacorte Press (October 27, 2015)Amazon | Goodreads Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of becoming

Review by Leydy ONEby Sarah CrossanHardcover: 400 pagesPublisher: Greenwillow Books (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Tippi and Grace share everything—clothes, friends . . . even their body. Writing in free verse, Sarah Crossan tells the sensitive and moving story of conjoined twin sisters, which will find fans in readers of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson.

Review by Leydy A STEP TOWARD FALLINGby Cammie McGovernHardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: HarperTeen (October 6, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes, and learning to forgive. Told in alternating points of view, A Step Toward Falling is a

Review by Leydy THE DETOURby S.A. BodeenAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsHardcover: 224 pagesPublisher: Feiwel & Friends (October 6, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Livvy Flynn is a big deal - she's a New York Times-bestselling author whose YA fiction has sold all over the world. She's rich, she's famous, she's gorgeous, and she's full of herself. When she's invited to an A-list writer's

Review by Leydy DRIFT AND DAGGAR by Kendall KulperAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 368 pagesPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 8, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon In Mal's world, magic is everything. But Mal is a "blank," the anti-magic. Blanks can't be hexed or cursed or saved or killed by magic. And everyone is afraid of them--even Mal

Review by Leydy  WHAT WE SAWby Aaron HartzlerHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: HarperTeen (September 22, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon The party at John Doone's last Saturday night is a bit of a blur. Kate Weston can piece together most of the details: Stacey Stallard handing her shots, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early. . . . But when a picture of Stacey passed out

Review by Leydy (Once Upon a Twilight) TONIGHT THE STREETS ARE OURSby Leila SalesAge Range: 12 - 18 yearsHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (September 15, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon Recklessly loyal. That's how seventeen-year-old Arden Huntley has always thought of herself. Taking care of her loved ones is what gives Arden purpose in her life and makes her feel like

Review by Leydy STONE RIDERby David HofmeyrAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Delacorte Press (July 14, 2015)Goodreads | Amazon "Intense, original, compelling . . . bristles with attitude. So cool. Just read it."--Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Gone and BZRK In the vein of The Outsiders and the early Western novels of Elmore Leonard,

Review by Leydy    CHARLIE, PRESUMED DEADby Anne HeltzelHardcover: 272 pagesPublisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (June 2, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon In Paris, family and friends gather to mourn the tragic passing of Charlie Price—young, handsome, charming, a world-traveler—who is presumed dead after an explosion. Authorities find only a bloodied jacket, ID’d as

Review by Leydy UNDERTOW Undertow #1by Michael BuckleySeries: UndertowHardcover: 384 pagesPublisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (May 5, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon First, we feared them. Then we fought them. Now they might be our only hope.

by Leydy THE LAST GOOD DAY OF THE YEARby Jessica WarmanHardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (May 19, 2015)Language: EnglishGoodreads | Amazon Ten years ago, seven-year-old Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched helplessly as Sam's little sister was kidnapped. Later, Remy and Sam identified the man and he was sent to prison.Now, Sam's shattered family is returning

Review by Leydy IN A WORLD JUST RIGHT by Jen Brooks Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (April 28, 2015) Goodreads | Amazon Imagination takes on new meaning for a uniquely talented teen in this debut novel that is a breathtaking blend of contemporary, fantasy, and romance. Sometimes Jonathan Aubrey wishes he