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OriginsTitle: The Vampire Diaries: Origins
Author: L.J. Smith
Summary: Set during the Civil War, against a backdrop of grand estates, unimaginable riches, and deadly secrets, three teenagers in Mystic Falls, Virginia enter a torrid love triangle that will span eternity. Brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore are inseparable until they meet Katherine, a stunning, mysterious woman who turns their world upside down. Siblings turned rivals, the Salvatores compete for Katherine's affection, only to discover that her sumptuous silk dresses and glittering gems hide a terrible secret: Katherine is a vampire. And she is intent on turning them into vampires so they can live together-forever.
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Restoring HarmonyTitle: Restoring Harmony
Author: Joelle Antony
Summary: The year is 2041, and sixteen-year-old Molly McClure has lived a relatively quiet life on an isolated farming island in Canada, but when her family fears the worst may have happened to her grandparents in the US, Molly must brave the dangerous, chaotic world left after global economic collapse; one of massive oil shortages, rampant crime, and abandoned cities. Restoring Harmonyis a riveting, fast-paced dystopian tale complete with adventure and romance that readers will devour.
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BlindsidedTitle: Blindsided
Author: Priscilla Cummings
Summary: In many ways, Natalie Reilly is a typical fourteen year- old girl. But a routine visit to the eye doctor produces devastating news: Natalie will lose her sight within a few short months. Suddenly her world is turned upside down. Natalie is sent to a school for the blind to learn skills such as Braille and how to use a cane. Outwardly, she does as she is told; inwardly, she hopes for a miracle that will free her from a dreaded life of blindness. But the miracle does not come, and Natalie ultimately must confront every blind person's dilemma. Will she go home to live scared? Or will she embrace the skills she needs to make it in a world without sight?
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WorldshakerTitle: Worldshaker
Author: Richard Harland
Summary: Colbert Porpentine is in line to be the future supreme commander of Worldshaker, a huge roving community, more than two miles long and nearly one mile wide. Col's refined life as an Upper Deck citizen is shaken when Riff, a Filthy from below decks, escapes, and he finds her hidden in his room. Through Riff and her fellow Revolutionaries, Col expands his naive understanding of his high society's practices, especially the injustices and cruelties that Upper Deck folks commit against the Menials, Filthies, and even the native villagers Upper Decker people pillage from and crush under their ship. This is a fine introduction to science fiction with its exciting plot that will leave teens thinking about perceptions and prejudices and the weight of leadership..-- Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Secret ArmyTitle: Secret Army
Author: Robert Muchamore
Summary: Britain, 1941. The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations. Henderson's boys are part of that network: kids cut adrift by the war, training for the fight of their lives. They'll have to parachute into unknown territory, travel cross-country and outsmart a bunch of adults in a daredevil exercise. In wartime Britain, anything goes.
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FlygirlTitle: Flygirl
Author: Sherri L. Smith
Summary: All Ida Mal Jones wants to do is fly. Ida's daddy was a pilot, and when he took her flying, she never wants to come down again. But after his death, the sky is off-limits to a young black woman such as herself. When America enters World War II, the Army forms the WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots-and Ida has a chance to join, if she's willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. She want to fly more than anything, but Ida soon learns that denying one's identity and family is a heavy burden. Can she fulfil her dream with losing herself?
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