http://fplteensread.wordpress.com The Fairfield Public Library Reader's Advisor for Teens - Reviews, Recommendations, and More Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:47:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Title: Bog Child Author: Siobhan Dowd Summary: Fergus McCann is living in troubled times. At sixteen, he is preparing for his college entrance exams, which he hopes will take him from his small border village in Northern Ireland to Aberdeen for medical school. Life at home has become more and more stressful ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/bog-child/ Title: Identical Author: Ellen Hopkins Summary:Once there was a happy family with a loving Mom and Dad and two perfect identical twin daughters, Kaeleigh and Raeanne. Their perfect home was filled with love and laughter. Then the accident happened. Now only anger, fear, perversion, and self-destruction reside in that perfect house. The loving ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/identical/ Title: Ella Enchanted Author: Gail Carson Levine Summary: At birth, the fairy Lucinda "gifted" Ella  with obedience. Whenever ordered to do something, Ella can't help but to comply. At an early age her mother dies and at the funeral she meets Prince Char, her first best friend.  A few years pass before ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/ella-enchanted/ Title: Peter and the Starcatchers Author: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Summary: Peter and his group of fellow orphans are on the ship Never Land headed towards becoming slaves to an evil King who wants his hands on more than just some orphan boys. On the journey, he meets Molly, an unusual ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/peter-and-the-starcatchers/ Title: The Ghosts of Kerfol Author: Deborah Noyes Summary: Just in time for Halloween, this elegant collection of gothic stories based on a classic will chill you to the bone. In Edith Wharton's original story, Kerfol, a cruel lord falls to his death and his much-younger bride is put on trial for ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/the-ghosts-of-kerfol/ Title: xxxHolic Author: Clamp Summary: Kimihiro Watanuki has always been able to see spirits. When one day he is drawn to a mysterious shop, he meets the "Space-Time" Witch Yuuko. He is "given" a job there and finds out that Yuuko is willing to do deeds in return for something of ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/xxxholic/ Title: The Summoning Author: Kelley Armstrong Summary: Chloe could see ghosts since she was a little kid. Now she's 15, living with her Aunt and being raised by her absent father and housemaid. When she sees a ghost in school and fights with a teacher, she's sent to the Lyle House--an institute ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/the-summoning/ Title: Saving Juliet Author: Suzanne Selfors Summary: Mimi Wallingford is sick of Shakespeare theater, and even more sick of being recognized solely by the prestige of her last name.  Unlike her ancestors, Mimi has an extreme case of stage fright whenever she's about to go on. In her current play of Romeo ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/saving-juliet/ Title: Hunter X Hunter Author: Yoshihiro Togashi Summary: In order to find out about his father, Gon must first get a Hunter's license, which requires going through various difficult trials. Thousands of applicants try out and only two or three make it per year. On the way, Gon meets up with Killua, the ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/hunter-x-hunter/ Title: Whale Talk Author: Chris Crutcher Summary:  Chris Crutcher is one of those unique writers who manages to get his work challenged almost as often as he receives literary awards and lands on best book lists.   Whale Talk  is perhaps one of his most controversial and one of his best.  It's told from the point ... http://fplteensread.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/whale-talk/