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All book reviews on this site are written and revised by Cheryl Rainfield.

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Title

A

A la Carte (written by Tanita Davis)
A Time for Dancing (written by Davida Wills Hurwin)
A True and Faithful Narrative (written by Katherine Sturtevant)
Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me (written by Julie Johnston)
Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones (written by Helen Hemphill)
Angel (written by Cliff McNish)
Annie On My Mind (written by Nancy Garden)
Avielle of Rhia (written by Dia Calhoun)
Awake and Dreaming (written by Kit Pearson)

B

Blind Flight (written by Hilary Milton)
Bloodhound (The Legend of Beka Cooper, Book 2) (written by Tamora Pierce)
Borrowed Light (written by Anna Fienberg)
Breakfast at Sadie's (written by Lee Weatherly)
Breathing Underwater (written by Alex Flinn)
Bringing Up the Bones (written by Lara M. Zeises)

C

Chain Mail: Addicted to You (written by Hiroshi Ishizaki)
Cheating Lessons (written by Nan Willard Cappo)
Clockwork Heart (written by Dru Pagliassotti)
Colibri (written by Ann Cameron)
Corbenic (written by Catherine Fisher)
Counterfeit Son (written by Elaine Marie Alphin)
Crazy Fish (written by Norma Fox Mazer)

D

Dealing With Dragons (written by Patricia C. Wrede)
Down a Dark Hall (written by Lois Duncan)
Dreamland (written by Sarah Dessen)

F

Falling Through Darkness (written by Carolyn MacCullough)
Feeling Sorry for Celia (written by Jaclyn Moriarty)
Finding H.F. (written by Julia Watts)
FreeFall (written by Joyce Sweeney)
From Anna (written by Jean Little)
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (written by Jacqueline Woodson)

G

Geography Club (written by Brent Hartinger)
Gifted Touch (Fingerprints #1) (written by Melinda Metz)
Goose Girl (written by Shannon Hale)

H

Halinka (written by Mirjam Pressler)
Hatchet (written by Gary Paulson)
Homecoming (written by Cynthia Voigt)
How to Ditch Your Fairy (written by Justine Larbalestier)

I

In Search of Mockingbird (written by Loretta Ellsworth)
Inkheart (written by Cornelia Funke)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (written by Scott O'Dell)

J

Jasper (written by Michelle Groce, illustrated by Laura Duis)
Journey Between Worlds (written by Sylvia Louise Engdahl)
Julie (written by Cora Taylor)

L

Last Chance Texaco (written by Brent Hartinger)
Last Left Standing (written by Barbara Russell)
Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found Myself of Steam (written by Valerie Hobbs)
Looking for Home (written by Jean Ferris)
Lucy Peale (written by Colby Rodowsky)

M

M or F? (written by Lisa Papademetriou and Chris Tebbetts)
Mandy (written by Julie Andrews Edwards)
Mary Wolf (written by Cynthia D. Grant)
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (written by James Patterson)
Mercy's Birds (written by Linda Holeman)
Missing Abby (written by Lee Weatherly)

N

Nightmare Academy (written by Dean Lorey)
No Fixed Address (written by Maureen Bayless)
Nothing to Lose (written by Alex Flinn)

O

Out of Order (written by A M Jenkins)

P

Paint by Magic (written by Kathryn Reiss)
Past Forgiving (written by Gloria D. Miklowitz)
Peeling the Onion (written by Wendy Orr)
Premonitions (written by Jude Watson)

R

Remembering Mog (written by Colby Rodowsky)
Rules for Life (written by Darlene Ryan)

S

Safe At Second (written by Scott Johnson)
Sarah's Waterfall: A Healing Story about Sexual Abuse (written by Ellery Akers, illustrated by Angelique Benicio)
Shadow (written by Joyce Sweeney)
Shattering Glass (written by Gail Giles)
Sky Rider (written by Nancy Springer)
Slumming (written by Kristen D. Randle)
Speak (written by Laurie Halse Anderson)
Stoner and Spaz (written by Ron Koertge)
Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse (written by Carolyn Lehman)

T

Tending to Grace (written by Kimberly Newton Fusco)
The Blue Girl (written by Charles de Lint)
The Boxer (written by Kathleen Karr)
The Chrysalids (written by John Wyndham)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (written by Mark Haddon)
The Dear One (written by Jacqueline Woodson)
The Fire Pony (written by Rodman Philbrick)
The Hunger Games (written by Suzanne Collins)
The Long Night of Leo and Bree (written by Ellen Wittlinger)
The Pretty One (written by Cheryl Klam)
The Sacrifice (written by Diane Matcheck)
The Search for Belle Prater (written by Ruth White)
The Speed of the Dark (written by Alex Shearer)
The Window (written by Michael Dorris)
The Year of Ice (written by Brian Malloy)
Theories of Relativity (written by Barbara Haworth-Attard)
Tomorrow, Maybe (written by Brian James)
Totally Joe (written by James Howe)
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl (written by Martha Brooks)
Twilight (written by Stephenie Meyer)

U

Uncle Vampire (written by Cynthia D. Grant)
Undine (written by Penni Russon)

V

Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (written by Holly Black)

W

Walk Softly, Rachel (written by Kate Banks)
Welcome to the Ark (written by Stephanie Tolan)
What Jamie Saw (written by Carolyn Coman)
When She Hollers (written by Cynthia Voigt)
Wild Magic (written by Tamora Pierce)
Winners (written by Mary-Ellen Lang Collura)
Wren to the Rescue (written by Sherwood Smith)
Wringer (written by Jerry Spinelli)

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Author

A

A M Jenkins (Out of Order)
Alex Flinn (Nothing to Lose), (Breathing Underwater)
Alex Shearer (The Speed of the Dark)
Ann Cameron (Colibri)
Anna Fienberg (Borrowed Light)

B

Barbara Haworth-Attard (Theories of Relativity)
Barbara Russell (Last Left Standing)
Brent Hartinger (Geography Club), (Last Chance Texaco)
Brian James (Tomorrow, Maybe), (Tomorrow, Maybe)
Brian Malloy (The Year of Ice)

C

Carolyn Coman (What Jamie Saw)
Carolyn Lehman (Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse)
Carolyn MacCullough (Falling Through Darkness)
Catherine Fisher (Corbenic)
Charles de Lint (The Blue Girl)
Cheryl Klam (The Pretty One)
Cliff McNish (Angel)
Colby Rodowsky (Lucy Peale), (Remembering Mog)
Cora Taylor (Julie)
Cornelia Funke (Inkheart)
Cynthia D. Grant (Uncle Vampire), (Mary Wolf)
Cynthia Voigt (Homecoming), (When She Hollers), (Homecoming)

D

Darlene Ryan (Rules for Life)
Davida Wills Hurwin (A Time for Dancing)
Dean Lorey (Nightmare Academy)
Dia Calhoun (Avielle of Rhia), (Avielle of Rhia)
Diane Matcheck (The Sacrifice)
Dru Pagliassotti (Clockwork Heart)

E

Elaine Marie Alphin (Counterfeit Son), (Counterfeit Son)
Ellen Wittlinger (The Long Night of Leo and Bree)
Ellery Akers (Sarah's Waterfall: A Healing Story about Sexual Abuse)

G

Gail Giles (Shattering Glass)
Gary Paulson (Hatchet)
Gloria D. Miklowitz (Past Forgiving)

H

Helen Hemphill (Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones)
Hilary Milton (Blind Flight)
Hiroshi Ishizaki (Chain Mail: Addicted to You)
Holly Black (Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie)

J

Jaclyn Moriarty (Feeling Sorry for Celia)
Jacqueline Woodson (From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun), (The Dear One)
James Howe (Totally Joe)
James Patterson (Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment)
Jean Ferris (Looking for Home), (Looking for Home)
Jean Little (From Anna)
Jerry Spinelli (Wringer)
John Wyndham (The Chrysalids)
Joyce Sweeney (Shadow), (FreeFall)
Jude Watson (Premonitions)
Julia Watts (Finding H.F.)
Julie Andrews Edwards (Mandy)
Julie Johnston (Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me)
Justine Larbalestier (How to Ditch Your Fairy)

K

Kate Banks (Walk Softly, Rachel)
Katherine Sturtevant (A True and Faithful Narrative)
Kathleen Karr (The Boxer), (The Boxer)
Kathryn Reiss (Paint by Magic)
Kimberly Newton Fusco (Tending to Grace)
Kit Pearson (Awake and Dreaming)
Kristen D. Randle (Slumming)

L

Lara M. Zeises (Bringing Up the Bones)
Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak)
Lee Weatherly (Breakfast at Sadie's), (Missing Abby)
Linda Holeman (Mercy's Birds)
Lisa Papademetriou and Chris Tebbetts (M or F?)
Lois Duncan (Down a Dark Hall)
Loretta Ellsworth (In Search of Mockingbird)

M

Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Martha Brooks (True Confessions of a Heartless Girl)
Mary-Ellen Lang Collura (Winners)
Maureen Bayless (No Fixed Address)
Melinda Metz (Gifted Touch (Fingerprints #1))
Michael Dorris (The Window)
Michelle Groce (Jasper)
Mirjam Pressler (Halinka)

N

Nan Willard Cappo (Cheating Lessons)
Nancy Garden (Annie On My Mind)
Nancy Springer (Sky Rider)
Norma Fox Mazer (Crazy Fish), (Crazy Fish)

P

Patricia C. Wrede (Dealing With Dragons)
Penni Russon (Undine)

R

Rodman Philbrick (The Fire Pony)
Ron Koertge (Stoner and Spaz)
Ruth White (The Search for Belle Prater)

S

Sarah Dessen (Dreamland)
Scott Johnson (Safe At Second)
Scott O'Dell (Island of the Blue Dolphins)
Shannon Hale (Goose Girl)
Sherwood Smith (Wren to the Rescue)
Stephanie Tolan (Welcome to the Ark)
Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)
Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)
Sylvia Louise Engdahl (Journey Between Worlds)

T

Tamora Pierce (Bloodhound (The Legend of Beka Cooper, Book 2)), (Wild Magic)
Tanita Davis (A la Carte)

V

Valerie Hobbs (Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found Myself of Steam)

W

Wendy Orr (Peeling the Onion)

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Category

Abuse and Trauma: Coming Out the Other Side
Boy Books: For Girls, Too
Dealing With Death: It Touches Everyone
Dealing With Life: As It Comes
Magic Around Us: Magic and Fantasy Fiction
Needing a Family: When Your Own Family Isn't Enough
Out and Proud: Great Lesbian & Gay Fiction
Outside It All: Fiction About Not Fitting In
Supernatural Reads: Paranormal and Psychic Fiction
Survival and Adventure: Fighting to Live
Teen Pregnancy: Honest Fiction
Teens Coping Alone: Dealing With Absent Parents
Tough Times: Surviving and Thriving

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