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Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 25 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
Cath is the shy “Clark Kent” half of Cath and Wren, a pair of twins who used to share everything, including their love of writing and reading fan fiction. But now that they’re headed to college, Wren ...
To Be Perfectly Honest by Sonya Sones 15 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Fifteen-year-old Colette is “what your English teacher calls an ‘unreliable narrator.’” Or in other words, a big fat liar. Her therapist says she lies because she’s “got a very bad case of Daughter-of...
Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang 6 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
There are two sides to every story, and stupendously talented author/artist Gene Luen Yang elevates that saying to a whole new level with Boxers & Saints. In this double volume, graphic novel masterpi...
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen & Faith Erin Hicks 25 Jul 2013 | 08:12 pm
Revenge of the Nerds meets Mean Girls in this high-sterically funny GN drawn by the author of The Adventures of Superhero Girl and Friends with Boys. Charlie is a basketball jock. Nate is a robotics n...
Doll Bones by Holly Black 15 Jul 2013 | 04:33 pm
Do you remember the first time you realized you were no longer a kid? Maybe it was when your best friend started “going out” with someone and never had time for you anymore. Maybe it was at your midd...
45 Pounds (More or Less) by K.A. Barson 5 Jul 2013 | 05:01 pm
The teenage veteran of a million crash diets, Ann has always been overweight. It’s hard not to feed her insecurity with more Mondo Burgers when her mom is a size 6 and her ex-best friend is a sculpted...
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 25 Jun 2013 | 04:57 pm
Imagine waking up after a party to discover that all your friends are dead—except your jerky ex-boyfriend. Tana can’t believe that somehow a pack of illegal vampires not only wiped out most of her soc...
Firecracker by David Iserson 15 Jun 2013 | 04:13 pm
“If nothing changed, I wouldn’t be writing this down because this is a book about the time when everything changed. And isn’t that what every book is about? No, seriously, isn’t it? I don’t know. I do...
Proxy by Alex London 5 Jun 2013 | 03:31 pm
In the future, the superrich are able to buy their way out of punishment by sponsoring a “proxy,” a impoverished individual who, in exchange for education and basic medical care, agrees to face the co...
Taking a Spring Break 5 May 2013 | 08:30 pm
Dear Teen Peeps, Reading Rants will be off the air for the month of May while I keep chipping away at my super sekrit writing project and work on some other big review assignments. When we return, I h...
