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unRequired Reading: Our Latest Picks for Teens

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2013 Top Teen Pick Possibilities

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Bluefish

By Pat Schmatz

Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher. Available in eBook.

Sweet Venom

By Tera Lynn Childs

As monsters walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, three teenaged descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned in Greek mythology, must reunite and embrace their fates.

Alison has spent her life hiding her secret: she hears, sees, and experiences things differently from everyone else. For starters, she sees vibrant colors with every sound she hears and every word she reads. But it isn’t until she’s accused of murdering a classmate during an emotional meltdown that she finds out the truth while confined to a psychiatric ward.

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Apothecary

By Maile Maloy

Janie Scott never wanted to leave her friends and life in California, nevermind live in “foreign” England. But meeting Benjamin Burrows, son of an apothecary, turns out to be an adventure worth the trip. When his father is kidnapped, they must use his Pharmacopoeia book to concoct extraordinary potions in order to save him, battle spies, and stop a nuclear bomb.