Violence 101 by Denis Wright

Vince, 18
Denis Wright
Violence 101
The penguin group 2010

I hate books and I hate reading but I really liked this book! Probably the only book I will ever talk good about.

Rating: 5 Hard to imagine a better book.

You Against Me by Jenny Downham (2 reviews)

Rachel, 17
Jenny Downham
You Against Me  

This book would be a very powerful and inspiring book for sexually abused or raped teens to read. It gives you an idea on what happens to both the raper and the victims families. It so moving and a book I highly suggest reading. This book gives a better understanding of the feelings and emotions of the families on both sides of rape. It gives you the opportunity to see both sides of the story and feel all the things the families feel.

Rating: 4  Better than most.

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Jasmine,    17 
Jenny Downham 
You Against Me 
David Fickling Books    2011

       Very complicated to tell about, but easy to read, very fast read , very compelling book that I find is my fav of the year.     

Rating: 5 Hard to imagine a better book

Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (2 reviews)

David, 16
Jo Treggiari
Ashes, Ashes

This book was a shocker. Lucy this girl stuck in NY after this plague has killed almost everyone. THe ocean has been flooding NY and has been tough to live there. Lucy meets this guy and he saves her from the dogs and is in his debt. This guy takes her to his camp and these people are trying to fend off the sweepers from taking them.

This one kept me on the edge of my seat

Rating: 4  Better than most.
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Daniel, 15
Jo Treggiari
Ashes, Ashes

The book was very good. Its about the end of the world. A very young women that lost her family tragic earthquake adn hurricans andd has to learn to survive in a hard world. 

Rating: 3  Readable.

Death Sentence by Alexander Gordon Smith (2 reviews)

David, 16
Alexander Gordon Smith
Death Sentence

This book is about Alex getting taken by the weezers and being transformed  in a blacksuit. He has to kill one of his friends to show he is loyal. Then things go wrong and his buddy fidns him turns him back to himself and now he is himself with a black suit body trying to escape again. Can he actually make it this time? Read it and find out.

Best one in the series so far.

Rating: 4 Better than most.
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Ashley, 16
Alexander Gordon Smith
Death Sentence

When Alex and his friends attemp to escape from the Furnance. they are caught and Alex suffers the worst of the conaequences. The warden turns him into one of the furnace monsters, like the Hulk of evil steroids. One of his friends before and during the injections of nectar taht he is receiving keeps telling him to remember his name. Will this help? I would highly recommend this book for boys, not really a girl book, but I still really liked it.

Rating: 4  Better than most.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (4 reviews)

Ashley, 16
Michelle Hodkin
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer blew me away. I would highly recommend this book to my fellow peers. Mara Dyer is the only who survived when her and her 3 friends were in the midst of the Aslyum collapsing. This book is about how she is handling her greif. She suffers PTSD. She meets a beautiful boy named Noah at her new school . Together they encounter many strange things.

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Austin, 15
Michelle Hodkin
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

When i first started reading the book I never thought it would turn out the way it did, but it was a really good book. The main character Mara Dyer she wakes up in the hospital not remembering what happened. Her parents fill her in saying that she was in an accident and her friend died and she didn't. [spoiler deleted]

Rating: 4  Better than most.
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Anqi,     12
Michelle Hodkin
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing    2011

        Mara Dyer is unraveling. Ever since her two best friends and her boyfriend died in a horrible building collapse a few months ago, Mara has been seeing hallucinations, hearing voices, and having strange things happen to her whenever she is unaware. After moving to a town in Florida, Mara expects that the new atmosphere will let her live a normal life after their deaths, but things get even weirder. She believes there is much more to what happened to her friends than she knows, and discovers more mysteries along her way then she could have ever imagined. But more than anything, she didn't think that she could fall in love...but she can. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer was the best suspense novel I have ever read. It read like a thriller, each page leading you to the next. Paranormal romance blends with horror in this chillingly fast read. Michelle Hodkin's beautiful imagery makes for the perfect story set-I could just walls falling and voices slipping in behind me that weren't really there like it was a movie. Mara was a beautifully developed character, capable but troubled, which made her all the more interesting and realistic. The romance had a lot of chemistry and was a continual gathering of energy that was electrifying and sweet all at once. The book gathers speed through every page, and still doesn't end when it reaches the last. I am soo excited to read Hodkin's next book; every quality in this book leaves me practically begging for more. For readers who especially enjoyed Nova Ren Suma's Imaginary Girls, or any other paranormal/horror/suspense movie and book, you will love The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer-I mean it!   

Rating: 5 Hard to imagine a better book
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Flor, 16
Michelle Hodkin
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Simon and Schuster  2011

This book was very interesting, creepy at times, it still deserves to win a prize. I loved how unusual it was and that the suspension kept me hooked through most of it. The ending was probably my favorite part of the book; I was left so surprised!

Rating: 4 Better than most

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins (3 reviews)

Austin, 15
Ellen Hopkins
Fallout

This was a great book to end the trilogy. It is a story of Kristina's three oldest children and how more them don't know their mom or know they have brothers and sisters. But throughout the book they start learning that they have 4 other siblings. They were trying to meet them all and at Christmas they all come together but its not how they expected. If you read all three books and follow them the book fits right in its place and I think it was a really good way to end the trilogy.
Rating: 5  Hard to imagine a better book.
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Travis, 14
Ellen Hopkins
Fallout

Fallout is a real life story about meth and how it can effect a family so itis very graphic and not for young readers. It tracks the children of a girl that got hooked on meth.

Rating: 4 Q. Better than most.

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Stormie, 18        

Ellen Hopkins     

Fallout  

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing    

I think this was an okay book but not the best Ellen Hopkins has written. I was expecting a lot out of this book that's why I was disappointed when it took me what seems like forever to read.

3 Q. Readable.   4 P. Broad general appeal. I read a couple books a year.

Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper

Colton, 17
Sharon Draper
Just Another Hero

This book has a well thought out plot. The author accomplishes making each character an individual and by doing so makes the book more personal to read. You are able to feel how the character does. Another thing the author does well is ellis in what happend in the prevous books and ties it well into the story. SO the story seems to continue and not stop at one book to be started up agin in the next book. The only bad thing i noticed was some of the conversations were too preditable and thought out like the character was reading movie lines. The author addressed teen drug abuse and how quickly it takes over your life very well. She not only showed how it affected the teen but also how it affected others around him.

Rating: 4  Better than most.