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at your local library!
 Beastly
by Alex Flinn. A modern retelling of "Beauty and the
Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private
school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love
before he can return to his human form.
 Being
by Kevin Brooks. After having a routine exam that turns out
to be anything but routine, Robert learns about the mechanical parts and
plastic casings that make up his being, forcing him to flee the only
world he has ever known and go on a dangerous search to find out who
(and what) he is.
 Foreign
Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad by Lauren Mechling and Laura
Moser. Mimi's plans to spend the summer after tenth grade in
Berlin with her mother change suddenly when she runs off to London,
moves in with her school friend Lily and the wealthy and well-connected
family she is staying with, and takes an internship at a gossip
magazine.
 The
Dream Factory by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler. When
the character actors at Disney World go on strike, the teens hired as
replacements learn that it isn’t exactly the Happiest Place on Earth.
Meanwhile, a team-building scavenger hunt brings Luke and Ella together
and they discover an undeniable magic between them.
 Grief
Girl: My True Story
by Erin
Vincent.
At the age of 14, Erin Vincent lost both her parents in a traffic
accident. This is her true story of how she, her 17 year-old sister and
three year-old brother survived own their own after their terrible
loss.
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Reprinted with the permission
of the Young Adult Library Association, a division of the American Library
Association.
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