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The Selection Series
by
Kiera Cass
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This is another three book series. It was a type of "Bachelor" book set in the future. Thirty five girls are selected for the chance to leave a life laid out for them since birth. They are swept up in a world of glittering gowns, priceless jewels, and get to live in a beautiful palace. All in an attempt to win the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.
When America Singer gets chosen, she thinks it is a nightmare. She has to leave her secret love who is a caste below her. She enters the fierce competetion onlu to find out that the palace is constantly being threatened by violent rebel attacks.
After she meets the prince she starts to question the plans she made for herself and realized she may have a future she could have never imagined.
Matched
by
Ally Conde
This is the first book in the three part series. Cassia reaches her 17th birthday and attends her "Match" Ceremony. This is the ceremony when her mate for life is introduced to her. Only this time something is different, it is not someone she's never met-it is her best friend Xander. When Cassia reviews her data card with all his information she does not see Xander's face but Ky's an abberation that is also from her village. Has a mistake been made? This book will keep you turning pages to find out who Cassia truly falls in love with. However, as her love grows, the society she lives in is falling apart. Is she part of the rising? Read to find out- you will want to read all three books to get the answers. It is Mrs. Odre's pick of the month!
Wonder
by
R. J Palacio
August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?
R. J. Palacio has written a spare, warm, uplifting story that will have readers laughing one minute and wiping away tears the next. With wonderfully realistic family interactions (flawed, but loving), lively school scenes, and short chapters, Wonder is accessible to readers of all levels.
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The Fault in Our Stars
by
John Green
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
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Divergent
by
Veronica Roth
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her
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A Child Called "It."
by
Dave Peltzer
This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."
Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive--dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.