Sophie+Tannenbaum

checked by DLJ 10/08 10 pts. || ButI would reccomend anything by Mitch Albom ||
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 * Looking for Alaska || John Green || Sept. 16 || Sept. 25 || Miles, who has a knack for remembering last words, transfers to boarding school in search of a more exciting life. On his first day, he befriends the Colonel and Alaska Young. Alaska is gorgeous, smart, funny, and screwed up and Miles is knocked off his feet. With his friends, Miles is launched into an adventure he will never forget. Amazing. || Yes!-oh my gosh so good!
 * The Perks of Being a Wallflower || Stephen Chbosky || Sept. 29 || Oct 17 || Charlie is starting his first year of high school after his only friend, Michael, kills himself the previous year. We learn about Charlie's struggles throughout the school year through letters to a person he only adresses as "Dear friend". The letters help Charlie deal with new friends, expiramenting with drugs, and coping with the loss of aunt. || Definitely, it's my new favorite:) ||
 * If I Stay || Gayle Forman || Oct 18 || Oct 25 || When Mia and her family get into a nasty car crash, she is immediately transported outside of her body. She feels human, but lacks the ability to feel pain (physically or emotionally) and communicate with anyone else, while her body is in a coma. She has to decide whether to stay or die with the rest of her family. || Yes, but only so that you can understand the sequel ||
 * Where She Went || Gayle Forman || Oct 26 || Oct 31 || Told from Mia's boyfriend's perspective in the years following the accident. His constant struggle to cope with the loss of Mia, whom he still loves, after a devastating breakup. || Absolutely! ||
 * For One More Day || Mitch Albom || Nov 3 || Nov 3 || After a man attempts suicide, he sees his long-dead mother. Only, he can talk to her, hear her, and touch her as if she's real, and not just a figment of his imagination. What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? || YES. YES. YES.
 * It's Kind of a Funny Story || Ned Vizzini || Nov 5 || Nov 17 || Craig Gilner is an ambitious teenager who's more than determined to suceed at life. Happiness depends on getting into the right highschool to get into the right college to get the right job that pays the right money. When the pressure becaomes too much and he is sent off the edge, he finds himself in a mental hospital where he can finally figure things out. || === Very good book:) Takes a while to get started, though. ===

checked by DLJ 30 pts MP#1
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 * The Fault in Out Stars || John Green || MP2 || Mp2 || At 13, Hazel is diagnosed with stage IV cancer in her lungs. Years after her doctors give her a drug to shrink her tumors, she meets Augustus. || Didn't meet the hype in my mind, but still amazing ||
 * An Abundance of Katherines || John Green || MP2 || Mp2 || Colin (a certified prodegy) is dumped by his 19th girlfriend named Katherine the day after high school graduation. He and his friend set on a road trip and end up in Tenesee where Colin learn more about himself than his intelegance and love life. || Not my favorite.. ||
 * 13 reasons why || Jay Asher || MP2 || Mp2 || Weeks after his crush, Hanna, kills herself, Clay finds a collection of tapes on his doorstep. Clay spends the night wandering town and listening to the tapee, waiting to hear his name.When he does, he learns the difference between truth and rumors and that the people he knows, he doesn't know as much as he thinks. || so good! very suspenseful! ||
 * October Mourning || Leslea Newman || MP2 || MP2 || An interpretation of thestory of mathew Shepard, written in verse. Broken into multiple parts, the first dealing with tat night, the rest about the results of it. Includes different perspectives and quotes, along with notes on each poem. Amazing. || So sad but extremely well written-one of my new favorites :D ||
 * Take Me There || Carolee Dean || MP2 || MP2 || As a 17 year old boy and his friend are running from the law and a gang, he recollects how he ended up in that position. He learns more about himself and his family- including his dad who he barely remembers because he is on death row and his history with a girl he's known since he was a child. || Confusing.. overly dramatic.. little too much going on.. weird ending.. ||
 * Delerium || Lauren Oliver || MP3 || MP3 || In an alternate present where the government has creased a mandatory surgery to rid citizens of love and pain, a girl struggles to find what side she's on. She'd give anything to avoid ending up like her mother, who was never cured and ended up killing herself because of love (or deleria amora). Before meeting Alex (a cured security gaurd) she cant wait for the cure, but then her world is turned upside down. || Dystopian fiction= ALWAYS GOOD ||
 * Extremely Loud &Incredibly Close || Jonathan Safran || MP3 || MP3 || A troubled young boy, Oskar, is trying to cope with the loss of his father. Oskar starts lashing out at his mother and the world. Until a year later, he discovers a mysterious key in his father's belongings and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock, just as he used to when his father was alive. On this journey he is bound to meet a lot of people and learn a lot about himself and his family, but will he ever find the lock? || Not my favorite, but very good. Different ||
 * Matched || Allie Condie || MP3 || MP3 || Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. || Good. Delerium is better ||
 * Pandemonium || Lauren Oliver || MP3 || MP3 || After Lena escapes to the Wilds, with Alex dead, she is forced to adapt to the new style of living as a part of nature. Flashing between the dramatic past and present, Lena also finds herself as a part of the resistance in New York a few weeks later. || YES ||
 * Requiem || Lauren Oliver || MP3 || MP3 || After escaping the scavengers and DFA with her new love interest, Julian, Lena is visited by many faces from her past. Deciding what path to choose is one of the hardest things she's had to face yet. || YES ||
 * What My Mother Doesn't Know ||  || MP3 || MP3 ||   ||   ||