Posts Tagged ‘romance’
Marcelo in the Real World





Marcelo in the Real World
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009
Fiction
ISBN: 0545054745
320 pages
Synopsis
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The Hunger Games





Scholastic Press, 2008
Science Fiction
ISBN: 0439023483
384 pages
Awards
Synopsis
Katniss lives in the dystopian future, where America has been sectioned into 12 different districts. District 12, where she lives, is the mining district, and other than the difficulty of hunting outside the perimeter to catch food for her mother and sister her life is generally fine. However, the selection for the Hunger Games is about to begin, and when her sister is chosen to be a participant, Katniss steps in to take her place. Now she must fight to the death with 23 other tributes in a televised game, and even her hunting and tracking skills may not be enough to keep her alive. …
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Starclimber





HarperTeen, 2009
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0060850574
400 pages
Synopsis
Working as a pilot for an airship that transports building materials from the ground to the upper regions of the tower that the French are building to reach into space, some Babelites attempt to use Matt Cruse’s ship to bomb the tower. Narrowly escaping both death and rescuing the city from major impending doom, Cruse becomes a hero yet again. However, the French government cover up the whole thing in order to keep its citizens from becoming frightened. …
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