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Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Date Started: 12/16/19
Date Completed: 12/20/19
Why this book: I watched the movie
Summary: Lara Jean is a girl who falls in love with boys too easily. She writes letters to the ones she has extreme feelings for- she has written a total of 5 letters. These letters are for only her to see, however, one day, all of those letters were sent off by her younger sister. This changed the way she saw a lot of things in her life.

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Genre: Young adult fiction
Date started: 12/10/19
Date finished: 12/15/19
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Summary: *Look in the comments

_livia.bastos_ Summary: An Indian girl named Karana was left alone for years on the Island of Blue Dolphins. When her tribe left the island and sailed east, she was left behind after she jumped out of the boat to get something her brother left behind. She spent year after year waiting for a ship to take her to the place where her tribe was at. She survived many situations such as attacks against wild dogs and when enemies arrived on the island. 4y
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Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson
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Genre: Realistic fiction
12/5/19 - 12/8/19
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Summary: Jess' goal is to be the fastest runner in grade 5. he practiced for the whole summer but on the first day of school, a girl named Leslie joins the race and outruns everyone. Although everyone expected them to be enemies, they became inseparable. Together, they created a magical kingdom in the woods called Terabithia, where they both reign as king and queen.

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From You to Me | K. A. Holt
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Genre: Fiction
Date started: November 29, 2019
Date finished: December 2, 2019
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Summary: *look in the comments

_livia.bastos_ Summary: After Amelia lost her older sister, Clara she can't handle any more changes. When she received her sister's letter instead of her own on her first day of grade 8. In it, she finds a list of everything Clara wanted to do before going to high school. Amelia sees that as a sign and she decides to complete the list for her sister. However, in order to achieve everything on the list, she'll have to change a few things so that it fits her style 4y
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Jacob Have I Loved | Katherine Paterson
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Genre: Young adult fiction
11/20 - 11/28/19
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Summary: Louise is always being compared to her twin sister, Caroline by her family and friends. Caroline is beautiful, talented, she is better. Growing up in the small island of Rass, Caroline did nothing but take from Louise, their parent's love, her chances for an education, her dreams for the future. Louise's only hope is in a place outside of Rass.

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Number the Stars | Lois Lowry
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Genre: Historical fiction
Date started: 11/15/19
Date finished: 11/19/19
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Summary: Annemarie and her best friend, Ellen often think about life before the war. However, their current life is filled with school, food shortages and the Nazi soldiers walking around town. The Jews in Denmark were being “relocated“ so to save Ellen's life, Annemarie's family decided to take her in as her own.

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Summer and the City | Candace Bushnell
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Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Date started: 11/5/19
Date finished: 11/13/19
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Summary: As Carrie learns to find her away around New York, she goes from being a “sparrow“ to the person she always wanted to be. However, she soon learns that it's not as easy as she thought it was to make it in New York. She finds it hard to connect her past with her future.

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The Carrie Diaries | Candace Bushnell
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Genre: Young Adult Fiction
10/10/19 - 10/30/19
Why this book: Received it as a gift
Carrie has a dream of joining a writing program in New York. However, she first has to get through her senior year of high school before hopefully getting into the program. When Carrie ends up falling in love, one of her friends betrays causing her to rethink everything. As she goes through everything, she learns to think for herself and becomes an amazing writer.

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NEED | Joelle Charbonneau
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Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Date started: 9/25/19
Date completed: 10/ 5/2019
Why this book: The cover looked interesting
Summary: A website was created that asks the user to answer the questions “what do you need?“ However, to receive the think you asked for you have to do a task in return. Kaylee asked for a kidney for her sick younger brother. As the requests for the website rises, the number of people decreases.

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What Happens Next | Colleen Clayton
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Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Date started: 9/12/19
Date completed: 9/20/19
Why this book: Recommended by friend
Summary: While on a ski trip with her school, Sid meets a guy who invites her to go to a party with him but he ends up drugging and raping her. After the trip, she gets suspended, her friends avoid her due to the trouble they got for protecting her, and she develops bulimia. Luckily, she meets Corey who later on becomes her boyfriend.