Looking for some cool reads this summer? Here are 10 titles you'll want to consider. They are books that teens will love --- THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary E. Pearson, BLACK RABBIT SUMMER by Kevin Brooks, GENERATION DEAD by Daniel Waters, HOW TO BE BAD by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle, RUMORS: A Luxe Novel by Anna Godbersen, SAVVY GIRL by Lynn Messina, SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH by Walter Dean Myers, THAT’S WHAT’S UP!: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel by Paula Chase, UNBELIEVABLE: Pretty Little Liars #4 by Sara Shepard and WHAT WAS LOST by Catherine O’Flynn.

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THE ADORATION
OF JENNA FOX

by Mary E. Pearson

Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a year-long coma, and she’s still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. Her parents show her home movies of her life, her memories, but she has no recollection. Is she really the same girl she sees on the screen?

Little by little, Jenna begins to remember. But along with the memories come questions --- questions no one wants to answer for her. What really happened after the accident?

In this fascinating novel, acclaimed author Mary E. Pearson presents an unforgettable look at one human life and a glimpse into a possible future that may be closer than we think.

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BLACK RABBIT
SUMMER

by Kevin Brooks

As kids they were tight.  Now they’ve grown up --- and apart. Before going their separate ways for good, they decide to get together one last time.

Just like old times.
Just the five of them.
Saturday night.
Nicole asked. How could Pete say no?

But past hurts and personal histories soon surface, and the party’s over. The group splinters off into the darkness --- into the noise and heat and chaos of the summer carnival.

Days later, a girl goes missing. And each of them is a suspect in her disappearance. Pete doesn’t know what to believe. Could one of their own, one of the old gang, be a killer?

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GENERATION DEAD

by Daniel Waters

Phoebe is just your typical goth girl with a crush. He’s strong and silent…and dead.  

All over the country, a strange phenomenon is happening. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. They are coming back to life, but they are no longer the same --- they stutter, and their reactions to everything are slower. Termed "living impaired" or "differently biotic," they are doing their best to fit into a society that doesn’t want them. 

Fitting in is hard enough when you don’t have the look or attitude, but when almost everyone else is alive and you’re not, it’s close to impossible. The kids at Oakvale High don’t want to take classes or eat in the cafeteria next to someone who isn’t breathing. And there are no laws that exist to protect the differently biotic from the people who want them to disappear --- for good. 

With her pale skin and Goth wardrobe, Phoebe has never run with the popular crowd. But no one can believe it when she falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids. Not her best friend, Margi, whose fear of the differently biotic is deeply rooted in guilt over the past. And especially not her neighbor, Adam, the star of the football team. Adam has just realized his feelings for Phoebe run much deeper than just friendship. He would do anything for her, but what if protecting Tommy is the one thing that would make her happy?

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HOW TO BE BAD

by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski
and Lauren Myracle

From three critically acclaimed and bestselling authors comes one story --- equal parts charming, hilarious and emotional --- of a road trip that proves that sometimes it doesn't matter where you're going, since getting there is half the fun.

Three girls who couldn't be more different have one goal in mind: to get the heck out of Dodge. Well, Niceville, Florida, actually. But it might as well be called Nowheresville. Vicks is the wild-child fry cook whose boyfriend left for college and isn't returning any of her calls; Mel, the good girl in expensive jeans who just wants everyone to like her; and Jesse, the trailer-dwelling human morality meter who's discovered a life-altering secret.

Each has her own reason for climbing into Jesse's mom's beat-up station wagon and hitting the highway for a weekend trip, whether she knows it or not. Armed only with Vicks's ancient, battered copy of a guidebook called Fantastical Florida, a map Jesse picked up with her dwindling funds, and Mel's mom's credit card, they're Miami bound. Hearts will be broken, friendships will be tested, and a ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything. And if they don't kill each other first, Vicks, Mel and Jesse will not only have a road trip to remember, they'll have friends for life.

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RUMORS: A Luxe Novel

by Anna Godbersen

After bidding good-bye to New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise.
 
All eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister, Diana, now the family's only hope for redemption; New York's most notorious cad, Henry Schoonmaker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished; the seductive Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind --- including Henry; even Elizabeth's scheming former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency.
 
As old friends become rivals, Manhattan's most dazzling socialites find their futures threatened by whispers from the past. In this delicious sequel to THE LUXE, nothing is more dangerous than a scandal…or more precious than a secret.

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SAVVY GIRL

by Lynn Messina

Seventeen-year-old Chrissy Gibbons has landed her dream job --- a summer internship at her favorite magazine, Savvy. Being an intern is hard work, but the job becomes a lot more fun when Chrissy is befriended by a glamorous fashion editor who takes her to all the best parties. As the summer winds down, though, Chrissy realizes that in the whirlwind of parties and boys, she’s been neglecting what could be her big break in the magazine business: an opportunity to compete against other interns to become Savvy’s first teen columnist. Can Chrissy prove herself before it’s too late?

Sassy, sweet and refreshingly real, SAVVY GIRL is the story of one teen’s exciting first foray into the “real world” --- and of her journey to discover what is really most important to her.

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SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH

by Walter Dean Myers

Robin “Birdy” Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, is not quite sure why he enlisted, but he’s sure where he’s headed: Iraq. He’s riding along with the rest of the Civilian Affairs unit: Marla, the witty gunner; the ever-cool career man Captain Coles; Jonesy, the funny guitar-picking blues player; Victor, an ex-gangbanger; and Captain Miller, a thoughtful and complicated military doctor.

Birdy and the others in Civilian Affairs are supposed to help secure and stabilize Iraq and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially, the code name for their maneuvers is Operation Iraqi Freedom. But these young men and women in the CA unit have a simpler name for it: War.

Much of what Birdy knows about war, he learned from the letters his uncle Richie Perry wrote from Vietnam. It seems like a lot of the fears feel the same. But it’s a different time, a different war. Caught in the cross fire of a conflict, a country, and a culture he doesn’t understand, Birdy soon finds that “winning” sometimes becomes just surviving --- and that hero is a complicated word.

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THAT’S WHAT’S UP!:
A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel #3

by Paula Chase

Mina Mooney is about to discover when you’re on top, the only place to go is down…

Everyone’s heading to the O.C. to catch the varsity cheer squad compete at the Extreme Nationals. Mina’s pumped, because making the elite squad has finally gained her entrance into the Upper Circle. Mina’s psyched for the big show --- and some unsupervised cuddle time with Brian. Best of all, her number-one enemy, Jessica, has shocked everyone by calling a truce. Little does she know, Jessica’s peace offering is nothing more than a disguise for what she really has in store…

Spring break means all sorts of trouble for Mina’s friends too. Lizzie, whose focus has never strayed from the books, is boy crazy for the first time. Kelly’s decision to give ex-hustler Angel another chance could backfire. And Jacinta is having a hard time breaking things off with Raheem --- even when he does something utterly unforgivable.

Fun, fast-paced and impossible to put down, THAT’S WHAT’S UP!, the third in the Del Rio Bay Clique series, proves when it comes to popularity you better watch your back.

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UNBELIEVABLE:
Pretty Little Liars #4

by Sara Shepard

Behind Rosewood's grand façades, where the air smells like apples and Chanel No. 5 and infinity pools sparkle in landscaped backyards, nothing is as it seems. It was here, back in seventh grade, that five best friends shared everything --- Seven jeans, MAC makeup, and their deepest, darkest secrets. For Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily, it was a dream come true…until Alison, the most beautiful of them all, suddenly vanished.

Now someone named A has turned their charmed lives into a living nightmare. Emily has been shipped off to her hyper-conservative cousins in Iowa. Aria is stuck living with her dad and his home-wrecker girlfriend. And Spencer fears she had something to do with Alison's murder. But Hanna's fate is far worse than all of that --- she's clinging to life in the hospital, because she knew too much.

With A's threats turning dangerous and Ali's killer still on the loose, the girls must uncover the truth --- about A, about Ali, and about what happened to Hanna --- before they become A's next victims. But as they unravel Rosewood's mysteries and secrets, will it bring an end to the horror…or is this just the beginning?

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WHAT WAS LOST

by Catherine O’Flynn

A tender and sharply observant debut novel about a missing young girl --- winner of the Costa First Novel Award and long-listed for the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and The Guardian First Book Award.

In the 1980s, Kate Meaney --- “Top Secret” notebook and toy monkey in tow --- is hard at work as a junior detective. Busy trailing “suspects” and carefully observing everything around her at the newly opened Green Oaks shopping mall, she forms an unlikely friendship with Adrian, the son of a local shopkeeper. But when this curious, independent-spirited young girl disappears, Adrian falls under suspicion and is hounded out of his home by the press.

Then, in 2003, Adrian’s sister Lisa --- stuck in a dead-end relationship --- is working as a manager at Your Music, a discount record store. Every day she tears her hair out at the outrageous behavior of her customers and colleagues. But along with a security guard, Kurt, she becomes entranced by the little girl glimpsed on the mall’s surveillance cameras. As their after-hours friendship intensifies, Lisa and Kurt investigate how these sightings might be connected to the unsettling history of Green Oaks itself. Written with warmth and wit, WHAT WAS LOST is a haunting debut from an incredible new talent.

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