Category Archives: family

In Her Skin by Kim Savage

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Kelsey

What It’s About: Sixteen-year-old con artist Jo Chastain is about to take on the biggest scam of her life: impersonating a missing girl. Life on the streets of Boston these past few years hasn’t been easy, and Jo is hoping … Continue reading →

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The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

Check out The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo at the Smith Public Library today!

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Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway   

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Yentl’s Best of 2017!

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks
Posted in Best of 2017, Break up, coming of age, contemporary, family, Friendship, geek, humor, lite romance, loss, love, nerdy, recovery, Summer | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stephanie’s Best of 2017 !

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks
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Roben’s Best of 2017!

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks
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Anna’s Best of 2017!

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis About- Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it. When her older sister, Anna, was murdered three years ago and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged … Continue reading →

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Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard  About: Set in Depression Era Virginia, fourteen year old Amelia’s mother dies leaving her in charge of a struggling gas station and her two younger siblings. With Harvey Blevins, owner of the Standard Oil monopoly, … Continue reading →

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The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters About: A sixteen-year-old biracial girl in rural Oregon in the 1920s searches for the truth about her father’s death while avoiding trouble from the Ku Klux Klan in this YA historical novel inspired … Continue reading →

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Splintered by A.G. Howard

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Audviral, Mistress of the Stacks

Splintered by A.G. Howard About: A descendant of the inspiration for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests … Continue reading →

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