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Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Posted on March 5, 2018October 11, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

Three dark crownsThree dark crowns / Kendare Blake (2016 teen fiction, Teen Blake)
On the island of Fennbirn, triplet sisters who each wield a coveted magic skill and claim an equal right to the throne must fight to the death when they turn sixteen for the title of Queen Crowned.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged fantasy, Marisa, teen

Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Posted on February 9, 2018October 11, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

Wolf Hollow : a novelWolf Hollow : a novel / Lauren Wolk (2016 children’s book, MDL Wolk)
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, Annabelle confronts a violent new bully and must defend a traumatized World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully’s disappearance.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged children's book, Marisa, middle reader

Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Posted on January 31, 2018October 11, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

Blood, bullets, and bones : the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA Blood, bullets, and bones : the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA / Bridget Heos (2016 teen non-fiction, 363.25 Heos)
A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, and DNA evidence.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged Marisa, non-fiction

Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Posted on January 3, 2018October 10, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

FurthermoreFurthermore / by Tahereh Mafi (2016 children’s book, MDL Mafi)
Twelve-year-old Alice Queensmeadow, with the help of her friend Oliver, travels through the dangerous, magical land of Furthermore in order to rescue her missing father and prove her own magical abilities.

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Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Posted on November 3, 2017October 6, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

Losers take allLosers take all / David Klass (2015 teen book, Teen Klass)
Forced to join a sports team with his ragtag band of anti-athletic friends, Jack starts a rebel soccer team that is secretly dedicated to avoiding victory and undermining his school’s jock culture, with unexpected results.

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Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Posted on October 16, 2017October 6, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

Co AcademyCon Academy / by Joe Schreiber (2015 teen book, Teen Schreiber)
Con man Will Shea may have met his match in scammer Andrea Dufresne as they make a high-stakes deal that will determine who gets to stay at Connaughton Academy, one of the most elite and privileged preparatory schools in the country, and who must leave.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged Marisa, teen

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