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XTreme Picks for June

book jacketBoy Toy by Barry Lyga.  After five years of fighting his way past flickers of memory about the teacher who molested him and the incident that brought the crime to light, eighteen-year-old Josh gets help in coping with his molestor's release from prison when he finally tells his best friends the whole truth.

book jacketKing Dork by Frank Portman.  High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life. 

 

book jacketLock and Key by Sarah Dessen.  When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor.  When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne.
 

book jacketSuck It Up by Brian Meehl.  A teenage vampire sets out to prove that not all vampires are the same by demonstrating his non-violent attitude, his sensitive nature, and his desperate need for understanding as the soy-blood substitute drinking guy and Vampire Pride Parade participant that he is.

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