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my so-called digital life; 2,000 teenagers, 300 cameras, and 30 days to document their world was created by Bob Pletka, the tech director in the Covina-Valley Unified School District, and published by Santa Monica Press. ISBN: 1595800050. It's a photo journal similar to those Day in the Life . . . books that were popular a few years back. It's got very vivid and provocative photos that students will find interesting. Teachers may also find it useful for writing prompts and other lesson plans.--Marianne

 

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr- Wonderfully different book of the fey or urban fairies disturbing human's life.

Aislinn is my kind of heroine, she has been taught all her life to ignore the fairies that torment humans with pinches and shoves. Then the Summer King takes a specific interest in her and even shows up as a new student at school. His is interest is unwanted and besides Aislinn has a b udding strong romance with Seth. But events and history make Aislinn think hard about choices.

HarperTeen 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0061214653 ---- Nadean

 


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    Barbara Stolzenburg:If you want something that will keep kids on the edge put Bad Girls Club by Judy Gregerson on your shelves. Judy writes about a family struggling to survive as the mother descends into severe mental illness. She accurately portrays the denial of the whole family, the withdrawal from friends and family that the older daughter experiences as she tries to protect her little sister from her mother’s insidious outbursts then she begins to take over the role her mother just cannot assume as her disease intensifies. It is heartbreaking, yet powerful as you read Gregerson's finely penned account of mental illness and how it begins to infect other family members with twisted logic as they try to maintain a normal lifestyle that just cannot be. Teens will be able to relate if they are in dysfunctional families and find they are taking over the adult role when their parents cannot. This is all too true in any dysfunctional family. Gregerson has been incredibly thorough with research to assure Bad Girls Club is accurate regarding this insidious disease and she includes numerous rich, credible resource sites regarding mental illness. For fantasy lovers-I would suggest the Pellinor series by Alison Croggon. 1. The Naming; 2. The Riddle; 3. The Crow (to date). These are rich fantasies similar to Tolkein, which will definitely keep you reading.
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