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Not Acting My Age: Alienated, by Melissa Landers
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Friday, May 15, 2015. Alienated, by Melissa Landers. Earth has been contacted by an alien race called the L'eihr. The aliens propose an exchange between the two worlds: three outstanding young people from each planet will visit the other world for a year. Cara has been chosen as one of the three representatives and is looking forward to the opportunity. But first, her family will serve as hosts to a young man from the other world named Aelyx. The Cellar, by Natash...
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Not Acting My Age: May 2015
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Saturday, May 30, 2015. Graceful, by Wendy Mass. At the end of The Last Present. Little Grace had awoken from a coma with powers inherited from the local eccentric (and enigmatic Angelina). The full scope of those supernatural powers is not known to anyone (most especially Grace) although she does seem to have the ability to create pizza! The kids of Willow Falls know something is afoot! In this fifth installment in Mass's Willow Falls. Or the more poignant Finally.
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Not Acting My Age: January 2015
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Saturday, January 31, 2015. Trouble, by Non Pratt. Fifteen year-old Hannah discovers she is pregnant. She already has a reputation as a party girl, so this just solidifies people's preconceptions. But in an atmosphere of shaming and hushed secrets, a surprising ally appears in the form of a new kid named Aaron. The two of them really don't know each other at all, but he volunteers to step forward and pretend to be the baby's father. Why? Friday, January 30, 2015.
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Not Acting My Age: February 2015
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Saturday, February 28, 2015. Snow Apples, by Mary Razzell. Friday, February 27, 2015. Starring Arabelle, by Hillary Hall De Baun. Which really has nothing to do with any of these characters). A creative work, but ultimately in need of more development and engineering. Saturday, February 21, 2015. How to Meet Boys, by Catherine Clark. Lucy and her friend Mikayla have an exciting summer planned. In exchange for working for her grandparents, Lucy has been given h...
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Not Acting My Age: August 2014
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Flora and Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo. A clever and wacky fantasy that intermixes odd-ball characters, poetry, and comic-book styling (complete with storyboard interludes) together to tell a story about a girl and her amazing squirrel friend. It's completely chaotic and absurd, but in a way that you can enjoy if you let your grown-up sensibilities go (whether children will even understand it is another matter altogether! Valley and her brot...
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Not Acting My Age: Tape, by Steven Camden
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Saturday, May 02, 2015. Tape, by Steven Camden. One day, Ameliya finds her late mother's old boom box and tape collection. Intrigued by them, she decides to listen to all of the tapes. She finds that one of them contains voices. For a brief period of time, she feels like she is actually holding a conversation. With the voice on the tape. Later, a stranger coming to the home seems to share the same voice and he has answers for Ameliya. View my complete profile.
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Not Acting My Age: 100 Sideways Miles, by Andrew Smith
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Saturday, May 16, 2015. 100 Sideways Miles, by Andrew Smith. If you haven't figured out that this is boy book (complete with scatological references, beer guzzling, and endless discussion of sexual arousal) then the proposition is pretty well laid out by the book's cover: a depiction of a horse's corpse. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Middleton, Wisconsin, United States. View my complete profile. Would You Like Me To Review Your Book? Graceful, by Wendy Mass.
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Not Acting My Age: #scandal, by Sarah Ockler
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Sunday, May 03, 2015. Scandal, by Sarah Ockler. Lucy's best friend Ellie is sick and home with the flu, so she begs Lucy to be her boyfriend Cole's date for the Prom. They are all good friends, so it will be doing Ellie a favor and she trusts Lucy. Lucy however has been harboring a crush on Cole for some time and, at an after-Prom party, she makes the fatal mistake to act on her impulse. Unlike a book like. Libba Bray's Beauty Queens. View my complete profile.
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Not Acting My Age: The Year of the Rat, by Clare Furniss
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Friday, May 01, 2015. The Year of the Rat, by Clare Furniss. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Middleton, Wisconsin, United States. View my complete profile. Would You Like Me To Review Your Book? I review books written for teens. My primary interests are interpersonal relations and coming of age stories (which overwhelmingly are targeted at teenage girls for whatever reason! Graceful, by Wendy Mass. The Boy I Love, by Nina de Gramont. Scandal, by Sarah Ockler.
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Not Acting My Age: April 2015
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Not Acting My Age. I Know Im Not a Girl. Saturday, April 25, 2015. Lying Out Loud, by Kody Keplinger. Sonny has a problem telling the truth. She's hiding out in her best friend's room - for months - allegedly because she was kicked out of the house. She has trouble holding down an after school job because she keeps lying to her boss. Despite the fact that her loose relationship with the truth is hurting her, she allegedly can't stop herself. I honestly hated this character. It's pretty much de rigeur.
