Category Archives: Teens

The Best Kids Books for ages 13 or more.

Blue Bloods

Rating: (87 reviews)
Author: Melissa De La Cruz
Publisher: Hyperion

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Schuyler Van Alen is a freshman at the prestigious Duchesne School. A loner by nature, she finds her life thrown into turmoil when she turns 15. Suddenly she is allergic to the sun, craves raw food, and if she cuts herself, her blood [...]

Gruber’s Complete SAT Guide 2009 (Gruber’s Complete SAT Guide -12th Edition)

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Gary Gruber
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

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More Than 7 Million Gruber Books Sold!
“The best book on the SAT” -CBS Radio “Gary Gruber is the leading expert on the SAT” -Houston Chronicle “Gary Gruber is the most prominent guru of SAT preparation.” -Chicago Tribune “His methods make the questions seem amazingly [...]

The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series

Author: Lois H. Gresh
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description
Everyone’s in love with vampires, and if his name happens to be Edward Cullen, then readers of the wildly popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer can’t help but be crazy about him. For all those who adore Bella Swan, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen family and [...]

I Am the Messenger

Rating: (64 reviews)
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until [...]

The Giver

Rating: (39 reviews)
Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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When Jonas turns 12, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. Now, it’s time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

Algebra 1: An Incremental Development

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: John H., Jr. Saxon
Publisher: Saxon Publishers

The American Heritage Student Dictionary

Rating: (11 reviews)
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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The perfect dictionary for students in grades 6-9. This edition has been updated to reflect up-to-the-minute developments in all subject areas, from technology to world affairs.

Unwind

Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would “unwind” themConnor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to [...]

Wicked Lovely

Rating: (115 reviews)
Author: Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty—especially if they learn of her Sight—and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.
[...]

Master the SSAT & ISEE 2009 (Master the Ssat and Isee)

Author: Peterson’s
Publisher: Arco

Product Description
The guide for students AND parents! Master the SSAT & ISEE provides all the prep needed to score higher on the SSAT and ISEE: up-to-date information on the tests, hundreds of practice questions and four full-length practice tests (all with detailed answer explanations), and solid test-taking advice. Also includes [...]

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Payne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were also lost. The Pharaohs [...]

Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That’s Right for You

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Loren Pope
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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The celebrated book that revolutionized the way Americans choose colleges—now fully revised and updated An invaluable guide with virtually no competition, this book helped to establish Loren Pope as one of the nation’s most respected experts on the college application process. Now fully [...]

The Rules of Survival

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Nancy Werlin
Publisher: Puffin

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For Matt and his sisters, life with their cruel, vicious mother is a day-to-day struggle for survival. But then Matt witnesses Murdoch coming to a child’s rescue in a convenience store, and for the first time, he feels a glimmer of hope. When, amazingly, Murdoch [...]

Prentice Hall Mathematics: Algebra 2

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Dan Kennedy, Randall I. Charles, Sadie Chavis Bragg
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall

Luna Nueva (New Moon) (Twilight Saga, Book 2) (Paperback) (Twilight Saga)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Alfaguara

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Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight won’t be disappointed by this gripping sequel. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Passionate, riveting, and deeply moving, this vampire love saga is [...]

Cracking the SAT Literature Subject Test, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

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The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Literature Subject Test is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about literature–only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In [...]

National Geographic Student Atlas of the World: Revised Edition

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books

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Combines full-color maps and data sets to introduce students to the importance of the connections between geography and other areas of study. The thematic atlas gives students a clear picture of the recent agricultural, industrial, demographic, environmental, economic and political changes [...]

A Young People’s History of the United States, Vol. 1: Columbus to the Robber Barons

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Howard Zinn
Publisher: Seven Stories Press

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Praise for A People’s History of the United States:
“Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history, and his text is studded with telling quotations from labor leaders, war resisters and fugitive slaves. There are vivid [...]

Gossip Girl #1: A Novel (Gossip Girl Series)

Rating: (319 reviews)
Author: Cecily Von Ziegesar
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
lder teens and adult readers can’t get enough of Gossip Girl, the anonymous narrator who made her catty debut in the bestselling Gossip Girl and titillated readers in the juicy sequel, You Know You Love Me. Now in All I Want Is Everything, readers [...]

Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology: 2008/2009 Edition (Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical Psychology)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: John C. Norcross, Michael A. Sayette, Tracy J. Mayne
Publisher: The Guilford Press

Product Description
With more than 100,000 copies in print, this bestseller is the resource students rely on to find graduate clinical and counseling psychology programs that meet their needs–and gain admission to them. The 2008/2009 edition includes: [...]

The Clique Summer Collection #2: Dylan (Clique Series)

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Poppy

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Game, Set, Match… Dylan? Dylan and her TV-host mom are off to Hawaii’s Aloha Tennis Open. While Merri-Lee interviews tennis’s wild child Svetlana “Tennis the Menace” Slootskyia, Dylan lets the tropical sun melt away the memory of getting dumped by two guys at the [...]

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle (Vampire Diaries)

Rating: (32 reviews)
Author: L. J. Smith
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.
Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt [...]

America’s Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation

Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: Collins

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Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don’t Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation’s destiny and character. Davis’s dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths [...]

The Official SAT Subject Tests in Mathematics Levels 1 & 2 Study Guide (Official Sat Subject Tests in Mathematics Levels 1 & 2 Study Guide)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description
The best way to practice for the SAT Subject Tests in Mathematics Every year more than 230,000 high school students take a SAT Subject Test in Mathematics. The Official SAT Subject Tests in Mathematics Levels 1 & 2 Study Guide is the only [...]

Melting Stones

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Tamora Pierce
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Four years have passed since Evvy left the streets of Chammur to begin her training as a stone mage. At fourteen, she’s unhappy to be on a new journey with her mentor, prickly green mage Rosethorn, who has been called to the Battle Islands [...]

Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony, The (Artemis Fowl)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax

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Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All [...]

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Workbook

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Sean Covey
Publisher: Franklin Covey

Product Description
This hands-on personal workbook companion to the bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens provides engaging activities to help teens understand and apply the power of the 7 Habits. Sean Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens has sold more than 2 [...]

Saving the World (Maximum Ride, Book 3)

Rating: (90 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Vision

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There’s one last chance to save the world in the third book in the Maximum Ride series, SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS. The time has arrived for Max and her winged “flock” to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: [...]

Tracks

Rating: (31 reviews)
Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: Harper Perennial

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Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust [...]

The House on Mango Street

Rating: (602 reviews)
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Publisher: Vintage

Product Description
Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros’s greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught [...]