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16-year-old Brewster feels the physical pain and his body takes on the injuries and sicknesses of people he cares about. Consequently, his uncle Hoyt tries to protect him by keeping him home as much as possible and warning him to keep to himself. But classmate Bronte takes the loner on as a project before she realizes the reason Brewster keeps to himself. And soon he cares for her. Her twin brother Tennyson, who at first tries to bully Brew into staying away from his sister because of his undesirable reputation at school as “most likely to go to jail”, quickly changes his tune and helps protect Brewster once he realizes the truth. But they don’t know the complete truth, and once Tennyson realizes it, he doesn’t want Brewster to leave the house either. This is an engaging and very suspenseful story that will appeal to teens in grades 8-12. 
Do you believe that life is made of coincident or connections? I’ll Be There shows that connections between people, sometimes accidental and sometimes intentional, are what bring us through life. Sam Border is 17, and has spent the last ten years moving from place to place with his criminal father and his younger asthmatic brother. He hasn’t been to school in years, and his father is too busy stealing things to worry about feeding his sons. Sam has learned how to survive, but it’s not the life he wants. He wants to be educated, he wants a stable family, and he wants better things for his asthmatic little brother, Riddle. Through an odd coincident, Sam meets Emily Bell. Emily is pretty, semi-popular, with a comfortable life and a good family. Emily and Sam fall in love, but Sam conceals his desperate situation. Slowly, Sam and Riddle are drawn into the Bell family, where they are warmly received. This is the first half of the book—a sweet romance, with some complications. But when Sam’s father is about to be caught for one of his petty crimes, he takes his sons and runs. The second half of the book is part adventure, part mystery, as the reader follows both the Borders and the Bells, wondering if they’ll ever reunite. While this novel spends the most time in Sam and Emily’s viewpoint, there are many other characters, some major, some very minor, and we also see the story through their eyes. This book is both an emotionally tender read and a page turner. Accomplishing both of these aspects in one book is quite a feat! For grades 8 and up.
Written by a former beauty director for Seventeen and Harper’s Bazaar, In Fashion gives a practical and honest look at how to get into this highly competitive field. Iverson shows how the industry works by giving concrete advice about education and specific schools, how to interview, how to conduct yourself socially, and how to cope with the challenges in the fashion world. She gives a list of names to know, and also addresses business etiquette. She rounds out this information with interviews with insiders and a quiz to determine which one of the four basic job groups best suits you: creator, visualizer, critic, or seller. This is the most recent book on fashion careers, and I’d recommend it for interested students in high school.
This is the third title in the Summer series, but can stand alone without too much back story. Belly and Jeremiah go to the same college and are dating, but they’ve known each other their entire lives. Belly thinks that everything is perfect when she learns that Jeremiah slept with another girl during Spring Break while “on break”. Belly is devastated (especially since she hasn't even slept with him), but when Jere proposes a week later in an attempt to win her back, she accepts. Both families are against it, citing their young age, but the wedding is set for only two months away. Following a fight with her mother, Belly moves into the house in Cousins where Jere’s brother Conrad is also staying for the summer. (In previous titles, she and Conrad dated in high school, but he broke up with her and moved to California). Preparations for the wedding move forward with the help of best friend Taylor, but Belly and Conrad begin to reminisce leading to a suspenseful and emotional conclusion. Recommended for girls grades 9 and up. The story will suck the reader in and the twists and turns in the plot will keep her guessing! This will satisfy those who enjoy a good love story. 
This non-fiction title includes fascinating stories and background information surrounding the deaths of nineteen famous people throughout history, including Columbus, Washington, Napoleon, and Einstein. Humorous, yet, at times, extremely disgusting. For example, "Doctors "treated" George Washington by draining almost 80 ounces of blood before he finally kicked the bucket." and "Right before Beethoven wrote his last notes, doctors drilled a hole in his stomach without any pain medication."
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