Teens Read, Review, Recommend

Tears Of A Tiger By Sharon Draper
Tandem Library, October 1999, Teen/Social Issues
I really loved the book Tears of A Tiger by Sharon Draper. It was very interesting. The book was also very sad. I had no idea the book would end the way it did. I was almost in tears while reading it. I believe [...]

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The Truth About Forever, Sarah Dessen, Viking Juvenile, May 11, 2004, Teen/Social Issues
After all of Sarah Dessen’s success on How To Deal and This Lullaby, she captivates young readers with her amazing writing in the book The Truth About Forever. This book helps young adults learn how to deal with emotions, the good and bad, [...]

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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers, October 5, 2005, Teen/Drama/Horror
Stephenie Meyer has really gone the extra mile with Twilight. She will captivate you with her story of a human who falls in love with a vampire. Even though this book was written for the young adult crowd, adults will enjoy it too.
 By Lee
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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Dutton Juvenile, September 21, 2006, Teen/Social Issues
Colin is a former child prodigy whose girlfriend just broke up with him. Not unusual, except she was K-19, the latest in a very long line (19 to be specific) of Katherines that have dated and dumped Colin. Now Colin and his [...]

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Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates
 HarperTempest, September 2, 2003, Teen/Relationships
Franky is a 15 year old telling the events leading up to and surrounding her mother’s disappearance. While her mother would always call her Francesca, and she insists on Franky, she now has a part of herself known inwardly as Freaky green eyes.  This part [...]

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The South Carolina Center for Children’s Books and Literacy has started the Teen Reads Blog! We are asking all media specialists and teachers if they have students interested in reading and reviewing new Young Adult books, to please let us know! We want to post these reviews and I will share with publishers and others [...]

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