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The Ask and the Answer, by Patrick Ness

Ness, Patrick (2009).  The ask and the answer.  Somerville, MA:  Candlewick Press.  513 pages.
After I busted through the first novel in Ness’s “Chaos Walking” trilogy (The knife of never letting go, 2008),  I was psyched to read the second volume and, in the end, not disappointed by the series’ continuation.  The second book begins mere [...]

The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness

Ness, Patrick (2008).  The knife of never letting go.  Somerville, MA:  Candlewick Press.  479 pages.
So, you know how I tend to avoid both critically and popularly acclaimed (by my peers, at least) novels?  In the case of Patrick Ness’s The knife of never letting go, I’ve been proven a major rube.  I just finished the [...]

Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow

Doctorow, Cory (2008).  Little Brother.  NY:  Tor Teen.  382 pages.
After terrorists attack San Francisco and blow up the Bay Bridge, seventeen-year-old Marcus is detained by the Department of Homeland Security for essentially being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  A hacker, gamer, and healthy paranoiac, Marcus is shaken by the experience and, together [...]

The Sky Inside, by Clare B. Dunkle

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson

The Dead and the Gone, by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Streams of Babel, by Carol Plum-Ucci

Cherry Heaven, by L.J. Adlington

Extras, by Scott Westerfeld