The Amanda Project by Amanda Valentino, Melissa Kantor

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Publisher:  HarperTeen (2009)

Pages:  288

Content:  L- Moderate, S- None, V- Mild
Recommended Age:  13+
Source:  Dorchester County Library


Back Cover Description
When enigmatic freshman Amanda Valentino arrived at Endeavor High, she chose three people--Callie, Hal, and Nia--to guide her through the choppy waters of her new school.  Except she didn't tell them about each other.  When Amanda leaves, the three must reluctantly work toghter to figure out why.  But once they start piecing together the cryptic clues that Amanda herself is leaving for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew about her is false.  The more they dig, the mystery of where--and who--Amanda is deepens.

Rating
2.5/5

The Frenzy by Francesca Lia Block

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Publisher:  HarperTeen (2010)

Pages:  258

Content:  L- Moderate, S- Yes, V- Moderate

Recommended Age:  16+

Source:  Dorchester County Library


Front Flap Description
Liv has a secret.
   Something happened to her when she was thirteen.  Something that changed everything.  Liv knows she doesn't belong anymore--not in her own skin, not in her family . . . not anywhere.  The only time she truly feels like herself is when she's with her boyfriend, Corey, and in the woods that surround her town.
   But in the woods, a mysterious woman watches Liv.  In the woods, a pack of wild boys lurks.  In the woods, Liv learns about the curse that will haunt her forever.  The curse that caused the frenzy four years ago.  And that may cause it again, all too soon.
   While Corey and Liv's love binds them together, Liv's dark secret threatens to tear them apart as she struggles to understand who--or what--she really is.  And by the light of the full moon, the most dangerous secrets bare their claws.

Rating
2/5

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

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Publisher:  HarperTeen (2011)

Pages:  441

Content:  L- Moderate, S-  Kissing, partial nudity,  V- Moderate

Recommended Age:  14+

Source:  Dorchester County Library


Front Flap Description
Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe.  I wonder whether the procedure will hurt.  I want to get it over with.  It's hard to be patient.  It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet.
   Still, I worry.
   They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness.  The deadliest of all deadly things:  It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.

Rating
3.5/5