Best Coming Of Age Books
Best Free Coming Of Age Books of 2024
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When Feelings Lie Book Reviews
Shelley GoldSisters Corinne and Zara Grayson live simple lives in Montana, but the serenity they've enjoyed is soon thrown into chaos when their father chooses his career over fatherhood ...
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Double Crossed Book Reviews
Ally CarterMacey McHenryGlamorous society girl or spyintraining? W.W. Hale VHeir to an American dynasty or master thief? There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together...
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Meet me at the Bus Stop Book Reviews
MJ RayWhen you're desperate to fit in at school, starting a fake relationship with the bad boy will be the answer to your prayers. Right? After Rosie struggled with bullies for year...
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The Edict of Scion Book Reviews
Erin MadisonMaia hasn’t told anyone she’s the longlost princess betrothed to Prince Connor.  She especially can’t tell them now that she’s used her secret magic to ingrain herself int...
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Proms and Balls Book Reviews
Christina Hoag, Caroline Andrus, Nancy Pennick, B. D. Messick, Alice J. Black, Caroline Akervik & Ruth RankinNo matter the day, the age, the realm… even a kick ass girl loves an excuse to get dressed up and dance her heart out. From contemporary to paranormal, get ready to read six tales ...
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The Story of Awkward Book Reviews
R.K. RyalsIf you are looking for a happy book about beautiful people, this is the wrong story. If you are looking for a narrative without emotion, without regrets, and without mistakes, this...
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Unclouded Day Book Reviews
William WoodallBrian Stone's life isn't easy. Abandoned by his father, abused by his alcoholic mother, and mocked by his classmates, his only treasures are his beloved little brother an...
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Speak Up Book Reviews
Yari GarciaBailey is painfully shy. "Huh?" is the word she hears most often. But today she must make the choice of speaking up for the first time.
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The Day I Died Book Reviews
E.B. BlackThis is the story of why a teenage girl named Rachel tries to kill herself. Her entire life is changed when she survives her attempt, but she's surprised by the ripple effect ...
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The Girl in the Garden Book Reviews
Kestra PingreeAlong the trails of endless pines, I search for truth and follow signs. How's your summer going? Mine is ruined. Hi. My name is Ri. I'm the kind of delinquent teenage gir...
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Feral Book Reviews
P.J. PostHe's just a teenager, hollow and lost, looking to keep the past buried, to forget. He surfs the backwash of the westward migration across a dead America; a wartorn desolation ...
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Seven Ten Third Book Reviews
Sara MackOn a warm spring night in May, three lives changed forever. Lucy Anderson was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Cody Cunningham lost his life. And Aaron Matthews couldn't ...
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Three Point King Book Reviews
Daniel SandovalWhat is the difference between a gift and a talent? A young man by the name of Jack is about to find out. At thirteen years old most gifts and talents are not yet recognized, but J...
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The Right Summer Book Reviews
Kyler DossWhen the last inning of the last game is over, you normally pick up your stuff in the dugout and go home. Sandy is a 14yearold boy minding his own business another season at first...
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Dallas Book Reviews
Kit SergeantTammy only planned to fall in love once. But sometimes plans change. Tammy Tymes has always been a bit… different. She may be a genius when it comes to science, but she doesn’t kno...
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Dario Book Reviews
Samuel AlexanderDario suffers from anxiety and depression mixed with a toxic desire to please his parents. Although an overachiever in all things, he can't get the approval he craves; never b...
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The Depths Book Reviews
Nicholas JordanA dark mermaid tale with an unlikely hero destined to save the world. When Luke's mother died, she left him in the care of his strict, fisherman uncle with nothing but a tride...
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Discrete Book Reviews
Ethan Freckleton & Scott GillThe Realm Online needs a hero. He'll have to grow up first. Billy's a friendless teen and child of divorce, but when he's playing The Realm Online?...
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Reparation Anxiety Book Reviews
James LewisSome people believe African Americans should receive reparations for 400 years of unpaid labor and crimes against humanity because of slavery. But it's not that simple. It tak...
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In A Mirror Book Reviews
Emily BourneTortured by peer pressure, broken hearts, messed up parents, and offthecharts anxiety, can the twins uncover their similarities, beyond identical reflections, and survive high scho...
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The Stone Mermaid Book Reviews
Aisha UroojHe will give up everything for love . As dark prince of the dark lands, Victor has everything. Everything except Ariana's love. Victor is Ursula's son, do he can't b...
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A Dangerous Game Book Reviews
Ella MonroeIn A Dangerous Game , an eoriginal by Ella Monroe, Taylor Cane is planning a dangerous game for tonight's overthetop party for Washington DC's privileged crowd. Not even ...
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Fashion Fraud Book Reviews
Jamie CampbellPlease note: This is a novelette. Shorter fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel. Truly Winx only wants one thing in her life: to be a world famous fashion design...
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Prodigy Book Reviews
Cassandra, Hayley Lawson & Michael AnderleSalem, Massachusetts is having problems, and high school student Jessica Palmer’s life is about to become strange beyond belief. Those cops frightened to death in the cemetery?&...
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Shadowed Seats Book Reviews
Marguerite AshtonOliana knows that every family has a secret, but she never expected hers to come from the grave. High school senior Oliana Mercer dreams of attending the prestigious Reyersen Drama...
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Fear To Live For Book Reviews
Ayush SrivastavaIt's all about making the right choice. Andrew Jonah Peters has spent all his life making choices. Some of them as trivial as which candy to buy while some of them as lifechan...
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Sticks and Stones Book Reviews
Chalky MacLaanThis is a story about how a boy in a small Australian country town who is bullied by his classmates copes with the violence that is directed at him. This story would benefit anyone...
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The Amy Virus Book Reviews
Andee JoyceFifteenyearold Cynthia Ann Butt has much bigger problems than her unfortunate name. At age 4, a year after she was diagnosed with autism, she was put on the Good Brain Diet, which ...
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Summer Romance Book Reviews
F.N. ManningCan one summer change everything? While his first job at a grocery store isn't exactly glamorous, at least Neil will earn a paycheck. Just when the 15yearold is resigned to a ...
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Openly, Honestly Book Reviews
Bill KonigsbergCan't wait to read Honestly Ben ? Dive into the world of Rafe and Ben with an all new ebook that picks up right where Openly Straight left off! Can't wait to read Honestl...
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HeroinE Book Reviews
Jack ChaucerA young woman named Evie desperately wants to be the heroine of her story, but heroin is a heartless killer. This short story was inspired by one of the thousands of reallife trage...
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The Piano Girl - Part One Book Reviews
Sherri Schoenborn MurrayShe plays from memory. Her memories. Part One 167 pages. The day after her sixteenth birthday, Princess Alia finds out that she's been given away in marriage to a man she...
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Women on women Book Reviews
Camille Quirozmy life in a nutshell. there will always be two sides to every story. i decided it was time to tell my side. why?  because i am tired of people telling me shit for the way...
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Born Different Book Reviews
F. A. Aitken-SmithGabe is a young man with a terrible secret: he has what he considers to be a shameful deformity. He hangs out with a bunch of other outcasts, some of whom cross the line to juvenil...
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Rilla of Ingleside Book Reviews
L.M. MontgomeryAs the youngest Blythe child, 15 year old Rilla fights an internal battle to prove she really is grown up. But when war breaks out across the sea, her peaceful world is threatened ...
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Free from the Tracks Book Reviews
K T BowesA girl with secrets. A bad boy in trouble. A community out to get them. Driven out of her friendship group, Sophia finds comfort in all the wrong places. The secret she keeps will ...
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Kissing the Wrong Twin Book Reviews
Christina HerreraI have a crush on Brennan Lopez. The only problem is I keep getting him mixed up with his identical twin brother. Not to mention, the most powerful girl in my high school is out to...
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The Legend of the Golden Raven Book Reviews
K. AncrumK. Ancrum's The Legend of the Golden Raven novella, part fairy tale and part gritty reality, follows a boy as he descends into madness. August and Jack weren’t meant to be fri...
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A Safe Crossing Book Reviews
T. J. RobertsonA schoolboy has second thoughts about allowing a bully to intimidate him.
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Dying to Forget Book Reviews
Trish Marie DawsonFor some, the day you die is only the beginning.  After Piper dies, she gets two choices: enter her own personal hell, or go back to Earth and become the voice of conscien...
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La ciudad del invierno sin final Book Reviews
Javier MartínezTras el suicidio en directo y viral de Deena Whitelion (una de las influencers más conocidas de Estados Unidos), las vidas de tres personajes cambiarán para siempre. Eva es una emp...
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All Good Things Come to an End Book Reviews
Kate Brian, Jessica Verday, Richard Yancey, Scott Westerfeld & Becca FitzpatrickThese bestselling series may have ended, but it’s never too late to start reading them! This esampler features excerpts from the first books in each series. Private by Kate Brian T...
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La ciudad de los corazones rotos Book Reviews
Javier MartínezDespués de la muerte, la vida continúa y el mundo sigue girando. La reacción en cadena no ha hecho más que comenzar y uno a uno irán cayendo los secretos que permanecen en la sombr...
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A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason Book Reviews
René DescartesIt contains a method, by the rules whereof we may shape our better part, rectifie our reason, form our manners and square our actions, adorn our minds, and making a diligent enquir...
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Buscando estrellas fugaces Book Reviews
Michael D ParkerPerder al amor de tu vida duele. No saber si lo podrás recuperar duele todavía más
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Coming Back to Kim Book Reviews
Cameron Gallant"Coming Back to Kim" is a short story that explores the potential consequences of plastic in our oceans. Inspired by images of the North Pacific Ocean Gyre, it follows a ...
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Borderline Book Reviews
Amy LuppinoGraduated check. College acceptance check. Access to trust fund check. Independence Skylar Adams knows no such thing. She may step out in her new season Prada's and drive ...
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The Bumbly Bears Book Reviews
Luther MosherThe Bumbly Bears are a group of bear brothers who go on fantastic adventures in search of honey and fun. Along their adventures the bumbly bears are always learning new lessons abo...
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I Feel Angry Book Reviews
Aleks HarrisonDiscover a beautiful and heartwarming story designed to help young children manage their emotions. Max is a  small  boy with  big  emotions! He ...
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Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Book Reviews
Lillian Eichler WatsonThis is a Etiquette book. A great many people feel somehow that those who labor in the capacity of servants are inferior. But in most cases, it is those who place servants on a low...
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Hexing Book Reviews
Ciara GravesNecromancers. Druids. Shamans. Priests. Familiars. Military experiments. Secret councils. Forbidden alliances. Magic and Alchemy will suck you in. Rori's dream to bake in her ...
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SUCCESS for Teens Book Reviews
Jeff Olson, Al Desetta, John David Mann & The SUCCESS FoundationThe SUCCESS Foundation™ believes every teen needs to be directed toward a path that enables them to achieve their goals, pursue a career and become productive citizens. That's...
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Manners and Conduct in School and Out Book Reviews
AnonymousA book of manners and etiquettes for young boys and girls has been presented in this book. The book explores the manners for different places and events and instructs the juveniles...
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Into The Fog Book Reviews
Isami McCowanHero Baldinger is your average cynical San Francisco teenager with his fair share of buried demonsalmost. On the night of his 18th birthday, Hero manages to find himself in a wareh...
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You Saved Me Once Book Reviews
AMELIA E. S.Loving someone can make you so fg happy, and make you cry at the same time. It can ruin you, if you let it consume you. But, what if there's no other way, what if it's de...
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My Silly Feet Book Reviews
Sharon EnnisGabby wants to be like any other girl, but her "silly feet" make her feel different. She wants to run in a race at school, but is afraid everyone will laugh at her. Then ...
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Finding Obsidia Book Reviews
T.N. WatsonA mortal woman. An immortal world. Can her heart survive the dangerous land her eyes were never meant to see? Seventeenyearold Alexis Mackie only ever wanted one thingfor the boy n...
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Weight and See Book Reviews
And PalladinoA high school student highly selfconscious about her appearance hears from her friends that the guy who she's had her eye on for years has just broken up with his girlfriend a...
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Angels Club Book Reviews
Courtney Vail & Sandra J. HowellHola, Cuties! I'm Jacinda Gonzalez, almost twelve. Although I think I'm pretty nice, not to mention way cool and one of the most knowledgeable people in all things horse,...
Best Paid Coming Of Age Books of 2024
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When Feelings Lie Book Reviews
Shelley GoldSisters Corinne and Zara Grayson live simple lives in Montana, but the serenity they've enjoyed is soon thrown into chaos when their father chooses his career over fatherhood ...
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Double Crossed Book Reviews
Ally CarterMacey McHenryGlamorous society girl or spyintraining? W.W. Hale VHeir to an American dynasty or master thief? There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together...
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Meet me at the Bus Stop Book Reviews
MJ RayWhen you're desperate to fit in at school, starting a fake relationship with the bad boy will be the answer to your prayers. Right? After Rosie struggled with bullies for year...
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The Edict of Scion Book Reviews
Erin MadisonMaia hasn’t told anyone she’s the longlost princess betrothed to Prince Connor.  She especially can’t tell them now that she’s used her secret magic to ingrain herself int...
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Proms and Balls Book Reviews
Christina Hoag, Caroline Andrus, Nancy Pennick, B. D. Messick, Alice J. Black, Caroline Akervik & Ruth RankinNo matter the day, the age, the realm… even a kick ass girl loves an excuse to get dressed up and dance her heart out. From contemporary to paranormal, get ready to read six tales ...
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The Story of Awkward Book Reviews
R.K. RyalsIf you are looking for a happy book about beautiful people, this is the wrong story. If you are looking for a narrative without emotion, without regrets, and without mistakes, this...
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Unclouded Day Book Reviews
William WoodallBrian Stone's life isn't easy. Abandoned by his father, abused by his alcoholic mother, and mocked by his classmates, his only treasures are his beloved little brother an...
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Speak Up Book Reviews
Yari GarciaBailey is painfully shy. "Huh?" is the word she hears most often. But today she must make the choice of speaking up for the first time.
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The Day I Died Book Reviews
E.B. BlackThis is the story of why a teenage girl named Rachel tries to kill herself. Her entire life is changed when she survives her attempt, but she's surprised by the ripple effect ...
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The Girl in the Garden Book Reviews
Kestra PingreeAlong the trails of endless pines, I search for truth and follow signs. How's your summer going? Mine is ruined. Hi. My name is Ri. I'm the kind of delinquent teenage gir...
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Feral Book Reviews
P.J. PostHe's just a teenager, hollow and lost, looking to keep the past buried, to forget. He surfs the backwash of the westward migration across a dead America; a wartorn desolation ...
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Seven Ten Third Book Reviews
Sara MackOn a warm spring night in May, three lives changed forever. Lucy Anderson was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Cody Cunningham lost his life. And Aaron Matthews couldn't ...
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Three Point King Book Reviews
Daniel SandovalWhat is the difference between a gift and a talent? A young man by the name of Jack is about to find out. At thirteen years old most gifts and talents are not yet recognized, but J...
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The Right Summer Book Reviews
Kyler DossWhen the last inning of the last game is over, you normally pick up your stuff in the dugout and go home. Sandy is a 14yearold boy minding his own business another season at first...
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Dallas Book Reviews
Kit SergeantTammy only planned to fall in love once. But sometimes plans change. Tammy Tymes has always been a bit… different. She may be a genius when it comes to science, but she doesn’t kno...
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Dario Book Reviews
Samuel AlexanderDario suffers from anxiety and depression mixed with a toxic desire to please his parents. Although an overachiever in all things, he can't get the approval he craves; never b...
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The Depths Book Reviews
Nicholas JordanA dark mermaid tale with an unlikely hero destined to save the world. When Luke's mother died, she left him in the care of his strict, fisherman uncle with nothing but a tride...
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Discrete Book Reviews
Ethan Freckleton & Scott GillThe Realm Online needs a hero. He'll have to grow up first. Billy's a friendless teen and child of divorce, but when he's playing The Realm Online?...
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Reparation Anxiety Book Reviews
James LewisSome people believe African Americans should receive reparations for 400 years of unpaid labor and crimes against humanity because of slavery. But it's not that simple. It tak...
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In A Mirror Book Reviews
Emily BourneTortured by peer pressure, broken hearts, messed up parents, and offthecharts anxiety, can the twins uncover their similarities, beyond identical reflections, and survive high scho...
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The Stone Mermaid Book Reviews
Aisha UroojHe will give up everything for love . As dark prince of the dark lands, Victor has everything. Everything except Ariana's love. Victor is Ursula's son, do he can't b...
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A Dangerous Game Book Reviews
Ella MonroeIn A Dangerous Game , an eoriginal by Ella Monroe, Taylor Cane is planning a dangerous game for tonight's overthetop party for Washington DC's privileged crowd. Not even ...
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Fashion Fraud Book Reviews
Jamie CampbellPlease note: This is a novelette. Shorter fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel. Truly Winx only wants one thing in her life: to be a world famous fashion design...
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Prodigy Book Reviews
Cassandra, Hayley Lawson & Michael AnderleSalem, Massachusetts is having problems, and high school student Jessica Palmer’s life is about to become strange beyond belief. Those cops frightened to death in the cemetery?&...
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Shadowed Seats Book Reviews
Marguerite AshtonOliana knows that every family has a secret, but she never expected hers to come from the grave. High school senior Oliana Mercer dreams of attending the prestigious Reyersen Drama...
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Fear To Live For Book Reviews
Ayush SrivastavaIt's all about making the right choice. Andrew Jonah Peters has spent all his life making choices. Some of them as trivial as which candy to buy while some of them as lifechan...
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Sticks and Stones Book Reviews
Chalky MacLaanThis is a story about how a boy in a small Australian country town who is bullied by his classmates copes with the violence that is directed at him. This story would benefit anyone...
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The Amy Virus Book Reviews
Andee JoyceFifteenyearold Cynthia Ann Butt has much bigger problems than her unfortunate name. At age 4, a year after she was diagnosed with autism, she was put on the Good Brain Diet, which ...
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Summer Romance Book Reviews
F.N. ManningCan one summer change everything? While his first job at a grocery store isn't exactly glamorous, at least Neil will earn a paycheck. Just when the 15yearold is resigned to a ...
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Openly, Honestly Book Reviews
Bill KonigsbergCan't wait to read Honestly Ben ? Dive into the world of Rafe and Ben with an all new ebook that picks up right where Openly Straight left off! Can't wait to read Honestl...
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HeroinE Book Reviews
Jack ChaucerA young woman named Evie desperately wants to be the heroine of her story, but heroin is a heartless killer. This short story was inspired by one of the thousands of reallife trage...
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The Piano Girl - Part One Book Reviews
Sherri Schoenborn MurrayShe plays from memory. Her memories. Part One 167 pages. The day after her sixteenth birthday, Princess Alia finds out that she's been given away in marriage to a man she...
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Women on women Book Reviews
Camille Quirozmy life in a nutshell. there will always be two sides to every story. i decided it was time to tell my side. why?  because i am tired of people telling me shit for the way...
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Born Different Book Reviews
F. A. Aitken-SmithGabe is a young man with a terrible secret: he has what he considers to be a shameful deformity. He hangs out with a bunch of other outcasts, some of whom cross the line to juvenil...
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Rilla of Ingleside Book Reviews
L.M. MontgomeryAs the youngest Blythe child, 15 year old Rilla fights an internal battle to prove she really is grown up. But when war breaks out across the sea, her peaceful world is threatened ...
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Free from the Tracks Book Reviews
K T BowesA girl with secrets. A bad boy in trouble. A community out to get them. Driven out of her friendship group, Sophia finds comfort in all the wrong places. The secret she keeps will ...
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Kissing the Wrong Twin Book Reviews
Christina HerreraI have a crush on Brennan Lopez. The only problem is I keep getting him mixed up with his identical twin brother. Not to mention, the most powerful girl in my high school is out to...
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The Legend of the Golden Raven Book Reviews
K. AncrumK. Ancrum's The Legend of the Golden Raven novella, part fairy tale and part gritty reality, follows a boy as he descends into madness. August and Jack weren’t meant to be fri...
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A Safe Crossing Book Reviews
T. J. RobertsonA schoolboy has second thoughts about allowing a bully to intimidate him.
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Dying to Forget Book Reviews
Trish Marie DawsonFor some, the day you die is only the beginning.  After Piper dies, she gets two choices: enter her own personal hell, or go back to Earth and become the voice of conscien...
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La ciudad del invierno sin final Book Reviews
Javier MartínezTras el suicidio en directo y viral de Deena Whitelion (una de las influencers más conocidas de Estados Unidos), las vidas de tres personajes cambiarán para siempre. Eva es una emp...
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All Good Things Come to an End Book Reviews
Kate Brian, Jessica Verday, Richard Yancey, Scott Westerfeld & Becca FitzpatrickThese bestselling series may have ended, but it’s never too late to start reading them! This esampler features excerpts from the first books in each series. Private by Kate Brian T...
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La ciudad de los corazones rotos Book Reviews
Javier MartínezDespués de la muerte, la vida continúa y el mundo sigue girando. La reacción en cadena no ha hecho más que comenzar y uno a uno irán cayendo los secretos que permanecen en la sombr...
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A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason Book Reviews
René DescartesIt contains a method, by the rules whereof we may shape our better part, rectifie our reason, form our manners and square our actions, adorn our minds, and making a diligent enquir...
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Buscando estrellas fugaces Book Reviews
Michael D ParkerPerder al amor de tu vida duele. No saber si lo podrás recuperar duele todavía más
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Coming Back to Kim Book Reviews
Cameron Gallant"Coming Back to Kim" is a short story that explores the potential consequences of plastic in our oceans. Inspired by images of the North Pacific Ocean Gyre, it follows a ...
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Borderline Book Reviews
Amy LuppinoGraduated check. College acceptance check. Access to trust fund check. Independence Skylar Adams knows no such thing. She may step out in her new season Prada's and drive ...
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The Bumbly Bears Book Reviews
Luther MosherThe Bumbly Bears are a group of bear brothers who go on fantastic adventures in search of honey and fun. Along their adventures the bumbly bears are always learning new lessons abo...
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I Feel Angry Book Reviews
Aleks HarrisonDiscover a beautiful and heartwarming story designed to help young children manage their emotions. Max is a  small  boy with  big  emotions! He ...
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Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Book Reviews
Lillian Eichler WatsonThis is a Etiquette book. A great many people feel somehow that those who labor in the capacity of servants are inferior. But in most cases, it is those who place servants on a low...
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Hexing Book Reviews
Ciara GravesNecromancers. Druids. Shamans. Priests. Familiars. Military experiments. Secret councils. Forbidden alliances. Magic and Alchemy will suck you in. Rori's dream to bake in her ...
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SUCCESS for Teens Book Reviews
Jeff Olson, Al Desetta, John David Mann & The SUCCESS FoundationThe SUCCESS Foundation™ believes every teen needs to be directed toward a path that enables them to achieve their goals, pursue a career and become productive citizens. That's...
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Manners and Conduct in School and Out Book Reviews
AnonymousA book of manners and etiquettes for young boys and girls has been presented in this book. The book explores the manners for different places and events and instructs the juveniles...
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Into The Fog Book Reviews
Isami McCowanHero Baldinger is your average cynical San Francisco teenager with his fair share of buried demonsalmost. On the night of his 18th birthday, Hero manages to find himself in a wareh...
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You Saved Me Once Book Reviews
AMELIA E. S.Loving someone can make you so fg happy, and make you cry at the same time. It can ruin you, if you let it consume you. But, what if there's no other way, what if it's de...
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My Silly Feet Book Reviews
Sharon EnnisGabby wants to be like any other girl, but her "silly feet" make her feel different. She wants to run in a race at school, but is afraid everyone will laugh at her. Then ...
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Finding Obsidia Book Reviews
T.N. WatsonA mortal woman. An immortal world. Can her heart survive the dangerous land her eyes were never meant to see? Seventeenyearold Alexis Mackie only ever wanted one thingfor the boy n...
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Weight and See Book Reviews
And PalladinoA high school student highly selfconscious about her appearance hears from her friends that the guy who she's had her eye on for years has just broken up with his girlfriend a...
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Angels Club Book Reviews
Courtney Vail & Sandra J. HowellHola, Cuties! I'm Jacinda Gonzalez, almost twelve. Although I think I'm pretty nice, not to mention way cool and one of the most knowledgeable people in all things horse,...