Teen Idol by Meg Cabot

Can you keep a secret? Jen Greenley can. That is why she was selected to be the advice columnist for her school newspaper. Being soft-spoken, she is trusted by everyone and knows she doesn't stand up for herself--until teen hearthrob Luke Striker somes to town.

Going undercover to learn a role for  a movie, Luke trusts Jen to keep his secret. During his stay, Luke tells Jen that she should start standing up for the people who can't speak for themselves instead of consoling them. More importantly, he wants her to stand up for herself.

Good story.


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Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt

Jordan and Courtney are the unexpected couple in their senior year of high school. Despite their different personalities, everything works. With young love in the air, they both decide to go to the same college. Then, the problems start. A few days before they leave for orientation, Jordan finds a new girl over the internet and dumps Courtney who still reluctantly travels to orientation with him. As they get to the college, Courtney acts like she doesn't care about the current situation. Jordan, on the other hand, begins missing Courtney. There is just one reason for his going through with the breakup, and he can't tell her anything about it.

This novel is very relatable to the teenage years. Short relationships, heart breaks, and secrets relay Barnholdt's theme, showing teens that their problems are not unique.

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Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Darkside by Beth Fantaskey

Jessica loves the life she has with her adopted parents. Her biological parents, who are dead,  were in a "cult" that revolved around blood.  Now, she believes in the logical, not the unthinkable, but that is before Lucius Vladmir comes to town.

The mysterious Romanian teenager intrigues Jessica in strange ways. Being told by him that they are betrothed, Jessica starts to rebel against him. Her rebellion causes more drama when a new girl steps into Lucius' life.

This is a great book to sink your teeth into.

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Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Wedding bells are in the future for Bella and Edward. After finally agreeing to the engagement on her own terms, Bella can finally be with Edward forever. Thinking nothing can stop her joyous decision, Bella is found by Jacob who tells her that she shouldn't become a vampire. However, Edward and Bella's love is too strong, and they go through with their plans. Their honeymoon is unpredictable, romantic, and careful. At the end of the honeymoon, Bella discovers that she's pregnant.

Upon returning to Forks, they learn that Jacob and the wolf pack are against the baby and want to kill Bella to get rid of it. This causes Jacob to break away from the pack to protect Bella who has to endure starvation, the breaking of bones, and the drinking of blood.

The last book of the Twilight saga will touch everyone's heart. The movies have also been released, so after reading the series, enjoy the movies.

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Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Vampires and werewolves are mortal enemies, and unfortunately for Bella, those are the labels of her boyfriend and best friend, who both happen to be in love with her. Edward is back for good, and he wants to marry her, but Bella still remembers what happened to her parents' teen marriage and does not want to follow their path.

Graduation and college decisions are coming up, and Bella does not want to deal with boy troubles. What she doesn't know is that she has more than just boy problems to deal with because a vengeful vampire wants to kill her. When the vampire clan finds out that Victoria wants Bella dead, they decide to team up with the werewolf pack to help protect Bella. After weeks of waiting for the attack, Edward kisses Bella and asks her to marry him again.

Will she say yes? How will Jacob react?

This third and most action-packed book of the Twilight saga will make vampire lovers want to kill to get it.

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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

It seems as though nothing can get in the way of Edward and Bella's love--that is, until Bella's eighteenth birthday when a nasty papercut turns into a bloodbath. Edward decides that the only way to keep Bella safe is to move away from her and cut all ties. After he leaves, Bella becomes depressed, spending months trying to send Edward and his sister Alice e-mails. Unable to stand Bella's moping, her father forces her to go out with friends like Jacob Black.  She and Jacob start doing crzy things like riding motorcycles and cliff diving.

One night, Bella gets a surprise visit from Alice who says she told Edward that Bella died. Edward then goes to the Volturi, the highest ranking vampires to ask for his death.

Bella is forced to choose to help Edward or to stay with Jacob.

This second book of the Twilight saga is even better than the first.

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Mediator: Twilight by Meg Cabot

Suze finally has the man of her dreams--Jesse. Her life seems almost perfect, but not quite. Paul Slater, who is madly in love with her, finds a way to go into the past to save Jesse from dying. The catch is that Jesse would never meet Suze, and Paul would finally have her. Thinking it a bad idea, Suze follows Paul to stop him.

Now Suze has to make the decision of letting her love live a life he never had or to make the selfish decision to let him stay in her time. All Suze wants is to enjoy having Jesse with her at the winter formal.

The last book of the Mediator series will keep you hanging on every word.

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Songs for a Teenage Nomad by Kim Culbertson

What is the soundtrack of your life? For Callie Smith, songs trigger her memories--the good and the bad. She keeps a playlist of her memories in a song journal. Callie never stays in the same place for long. The men in her life--and her mother's life--leave as quickly as songs change on her ipod, so their move to Andreas Bay, California, has no impact on her besides adding a new song on her playlist.

As school starts, new friends--one of them a boy with a secret--sneak their way into her life. When things seem to be on track in her life, her family routine seems to fall into place; however, Callie is torn over what may be her first chance to love.

With all that she is hiding and all that she wants, can she find something lasting beyond music? Will she discover what she and her mother have been running from?

Every teen will relate to Callie and will practically hear the music playing in the background.

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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Everyone wants to be accepted and have loads of friends in high school. Sometimes, wishing is all one can do--just like Melinda Sordino. The summer before her high school career, once-popular Melinda attended a high school party where tragedy struck. She had to call the cops, and now everyone hates her--even her best friend.

In this gripping novel, Melinda tries to find her voice to speak out against the hatred she encounters.

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The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

In this sequel, the supernatural group is in a safe haven away from the Edison Group. Chloe can now develp her powers, better control them, and sort out her feelings for a certain werewolf. The adventure does not stop here because one of the people who is protecting them may be a traitor.

How will these young powerful teenagers deal with this, and will they every have their happily ever after?

This is the best book of the "must read" Darkest Powers Trilogy. It will take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride until the very last sentence.

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The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

The second book of the Darkest Powers Trilogy gets even more exciting. Chloe and her gang of supernaturals are still on the run from the Edison Group. Now that her Aunt Lauren is part of the group that is trying to "cure" her, Chloe doesn't know who to trust.

Find out if Chloe makes it out alive or dies trying.

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The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

Chloe Saunders believes she is just a normal fifteen-year-old girl until she sees a ghost at her school. Unfortunately, Chloe is not only expelled from school because she is different, she is also shipped off to Lyle House, a special place for troubled teens where her housemates have abnormal abilities just like she does. As Chloe digs deeper into the Lyle House records, she finds that officials are hiding important information about her housemates, herself, and previous tenants who have died.

Unravel the mystery of the dark side in this first book of the Darkest Powers trilogy. You won't be able to wait for the second.

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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Werewolves do not exist...or do they? Grace Brisbane has watched a pack of wolves in the forest behind her house ever since being attacked by a few of them six years before. During the attack, she never attempted to defend herself; she just watched as they tried to rip her apart. She thought she was a goner until one wolf with yellow eyes stopped the others. Since then, she has kept an eye on her savior who disappears with the pack every summer but always returns in the winter.

In her town, the wolf attacks start to increase, and the townsmen go into the forest to kill the wolves. This is when Grace finds a young man with yellow eyes who is bleeding to death from a bullet wound. No doubt, he is her savior.

Shiver is a suspenseful struggle from the beginning.

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North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

Terra Cooper, born with a port-wine birthmark covering half of her face, was known as "the girl with that thing on her face." After dealing with it for her whole life, she decides to undergo laser surgery to have it fixed. Everyone, including her mother and her boyfriend, tell her what a great idea that is. Then she meets Jacob, a Chinese boy who had a similar experience when he was younger.

Join Terra and Jacob on their journey through life--and China--as they find the true meaning of beauty, which Headly describes perfectly in this novel. It will hook you from the start.

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