See Through Me (see through me trilogy Book 7)

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He wants her, but he doesn't trust her. Who can blame him? When his own family tried to break hi There's only one person Katie Flynn wants to see when she returns home. When his own family tried to break him down, he still sheltered her in a town full of liars. And she repaid it by leaving him behind without a word.

Because she'll do anything to protect him. She has the scars on her wrist to prove it. Contains strong language, explicit sexual situations, and mature themes. This novel is not intended for readers under the age of First in a 2-part series. Published May 26th first published May 8th Lose My Senses 1.

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about See Through Me , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. This little gem, truly made my day, It was great. Easy to read, fast paced, smart, interesting, with the right amount of sentimentality and plot variety. Much needed heartwarming romance and a dash of mystery. I liked it from the first page. Ash and Katie are a compelling couple with many secrets and a lot of past. Yes, there is something darker lurking in the shadows and out to get them both, but the friendly banter between them, lessened the suspense factor significantly.

After a year apart the f This little gem, truly made my day, It was great. After a year apart the former best-friends-turn-to-couple are finally back in their hometown. This place holds so many bad memories for them but it's also the only place they can see each other. Ash is livid with Katie. The only girl he ever loved left a year ago taking his heart with her. She never called, never visited, but she had some good reasons for that. Katie, left the boy she always tried to protect.

It wasn't her choise to leave back then neither is her choise to come back now. What will happen next? Ash is also in town and desperate to find her, will she give a chance to their romance this time around? ARC provided via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. View all 7 comments. I really enjoyed See Through Me thoroughly from start to finish. D There are many twists and turns, which keeps you on the edge, wanting to find out more, and keep turning the pages. I am eager to read the next i Wow!!!! I am eager to read the next installment, as well as reading more from this author!

I highly recommend it! Read more of this post here: This is my first Sera Bright read and I was impressed. I enjoyed her writing style, the friendships and relationships were very well written. She had the ability to make me feel strongly, I seriously wanted to hurt a few of them. I found myself loving Ash and frustrated with Katie for constantly running away. I wanted to yell at her through my Kindle. I am drawn to broken, damaged characters and both of these have so much to overcome. I really want to see them get their HEA after all they've been through.

It's so heartwarming that they lived next door to each other and have been best friends since hey were toddlers. They share so much history, so many memories, good and bad. You get a glimpse into the head of both of them, so that means you are privy to things that they haven't shared with each other. It's a real page turner I got to the end without getting all my answers See Through Me is your typical cliche New Adult that throws so many things out there than makes no sense. The actions of the characters are confusing and it drags with no real solution to the problems the female protagonist has.

The heroine, Katie has major issues that will make you roll your eyes. She has a chip on her shoulder because her mother left her when she was five, and her father is barely around and may be involved in illegal jobs. Katie left her hometown that were told treated her poo See Through Me is your typical cliche New Adult that throws so many things out there than makes no sense. Katie left her hometown that were told treated her poorly in order to travel, but made everyone believe she went away for her first year of college, including her best friend, Ash, who she can't be around any longer.

Ash's parents are nut jobs who have abused him his entire life. His parents are apparently very powerful in the town they live in. Why they treat Ash so poorly, but throw money at him so he's well off and can work on his art, which he loves, makes no sense. Ash loves Katie so much, but she pushed him away because his mother threatened to destroy Ash because she sees that Ash loves Katie with everything inside of him. The reason why Ash's mother is out to get Katie is revealed at the end, and makes you scratch your head because again it's a very strange twist and not all that shocking.

We see Katie and Ash grow up together in flashbacks starting when they are eleven, up to when they are eighteen and the summer before college. Ash, we are told at eighteen has become a big man-whore who has slept through most of his high school class, which I really don't know why that was important because from the beginning Ash comes across as a great guy who doesn't like to be touched and is brooding and silent. But then as we go from flashbacks to present day, his personality changes to easy going and approachable. Katie, of course, was only intimate with Ash, but her reputation that was spread by rumors makes it appear she is a player like Ash, while he flirts with girls and apparently is a Don Juan, which is acceptable here for some reason.

Ash can be a player, but Katie can't and is regarded as a slut because of it. Got to love that double standard. Katie is stalked, molested and almost raped by her ex-classmate for no real reason explained. He lurks around and doesn't have any real purpose, even when it's fully revealed why he is so cruel to Katie. The love scenes are more on the salacious side and ruins the tender love Ash and Katie have for one another.

Katie's constant pushing Ash away, but then reeling him back in and having sex, just because sex with Ash heals her and makes her whole, feels like a cop out. See Through Me will most likely appeal to fans of New Adult romance but there's no real depth to the plot and story. The characters lack that dimension to invoke a strong emotional attachment to the reader.

A ho hum read that could have been outstanding but failed on the overall execution. View all 3 comments. ARC generously provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. My Ash Townsend My Katie Her mother left her, her father was always leaving her, never really being a father, and her best friend lived next door.

He was the boy next door and she loved him. But she knew no matter how badly she had it, Ash had it worse. She was his haven, the place to escape when his parents abuse became too much. What Katie never expected was that in trying to save him she could end up hurting hi ARC generously provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. What Katie never expected was that in trying to save him she could end up hurting him. Now after disappearing for the last 10 months Katie has to go back to her small home town to help out her dad, a man who doesn't deserve it.

There is only one person in that town Katie would ever want to see and he has moved on, or so she thought. It only takes a day before Katie runs into Ash and she knows she has to try to stay away from him for his own good. She just never expected to still be in love with him after all this time. Ash was her first and her only and he still owns her heart even when she tries to deny it.

Katie's only problem is deciding to stick with her plan to protect him or to let him back into her life and she what happens. I was really surprised by this book. Katie has a screwed up life but her one constant was Ash and the same goes for him. Ash's parents are horrible, and Katie was the only place Ash could go for comfort. Katie knew him like no other and he always loved her, even when she didn't know.

Ash is determined to find a way back into her life. Yes he is a damaged soul but he knows Katie is his mate. This is an story of two damaged people who become whole when they are together. But, can they survive the consequences of deciding to finally be together. Warning this is not a stand alone and now I will be comping at the bit waiting for the second book in this series. She vowed to protect him since the first time he crawled through her window bloodied and bruised. But what happens when the best way to protect someone is to let them go?

She returns to her hometown to help out her dad, never expecting Ash to return to a town that brought him so much misery. But Ash never let Katie go and he cou 3. Through the flashbacks, the reader finds out about the abuse Ash suffered and the neglect Katie endured. If only Katie can stop the lies and the running. Katie is very broken and scared and you can feel her turmoil throughout the book.

I loved getting to know Katie and Ash through the flashbacks; it allowed me to see just how much love they had invested in each other. I do think if Katie had spent a little more time being honest with Ash in present time it would make it more compelling to the reader to read the sequel; it was almost too long to be left wondering. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and am providing an honest review. Let me start off by saying that while the description of the book said that this was not a standalone, it also said that there were two sides to every story and that this was Katie's side.

That led me to believe that there would be a conclusion, but that we would just get a separate book for Ash telling the exact same story but from his perspective, as so many authors have been doing lately. There is st I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and am providing an honest review. There is still a lot left unresolved. The author warned us, but I misunderstood. Not a big deal, though. Katie had to grow up fast because her mom walked out on her and her dad wasn't very good at being a parent. For this reason, Katie knew how to take care of herself which made her a pretty strong main character.

She was pretty wishy-washy with Ash in the beginning about their relationship, but it wasn't because she didn't know what she wanted. She knew that she wanted him, but that there could be negative consequences to her actions, so she had to figure out if it was a risk worth taking. Indecisiveness about relationships usually bothers me, but I felt it was done really well here because there was a legitimate reason. Ash suffered at the hands of his parents and often turned to Katie for support.

It was part of the reason they were so close. She was the only one that knew his secret, so she was the only one he was completely comfortable being himself around. He really wanted things to work out with Katie, so he often fought dirty. By that I mean, he made her jealous with other women. I couldn't decide if it was adorable that he worked so hard for her or childish that he played the 'make her jealous' card. But hey, he's only 19, so I guess it's appropriate for his age.

I felt that there could have been a little more resolved in See Through Me. I understand that this is a series and some things have to wait but there was a lot left to wonder about. We found out how Katie got her scars towards the end but we had a pretty good idea of who gave them to her before that based on context clues. But I did spend the entirety of the book waiting for a meet-up between Katie and her father that I'm guessing will happen in book two, which is kind of a disappointment.

I would have settled for him meeting her and dropping a bombshell. I don't mind a cliffhanger in a book meant to be a series though I know most people do. If it's a good cliffhanger, it ensures that I'm anxious to read the next one. It also leaves me on a 'wow! For this reason, this book is more of a 3. I do believe the author did an excellent job writing, but I just wanted a little more. The author, in response to early reviews, added a little more to the ending and kindly shared it with me. While it didn't really answer much in the way of questions for me, it ended on a bang like I wanted.

There's definitely a cliffhanger here and I'm anxious to see what's next! See Through Me did not live up to it's potential for me. There was enough there to make it an incredibly interesting story, but in the end, it just never fully formed as a story and ended all to abruptly. Yes, yes we get warned beforehand that there are two sides of the story, so to expect a cliffhanger. It wasn't a cliffhanger so much as screeching halt though. This book tells us the story of Katie and Ash, in present time and through flashbacks from their tween years on.

They both had a rough childhood, in different ways, but found a way to find peace in their friendship and eventual romance. This entire book focused on that, with a little side bit of stalker ish drama thrown in. It was that drama that messed up this book for me. It reached that grey area where it was not enough to brush aside, but yet not fleshed out enough to understand why it was there in the first place.

I assume that was to draw you into the second book in the series, but it didn't work for me. In the end, I just didn't have enough to go on, for anything really. So much happened, and yet none of it was fully formed for me. I wanted to like Katie and Ash, because I liked the idea of them together, but I never felt like I was able too.

See Through Me (Lose My Senses, #1) by Sera Bright

Maybe once we get Ash's story the everything will come together. Sometimes we really do need two sides of the story. Let me rephrase, not a resolution but ends the book at a different point so you have more of an understanding of what is going on. My biggest problem with the original book was that it came to a screeching halt. So much was thrown at you, but we had absolutely nothing to go on. The new ending changed some of that. It's still ends with a massive cliffhanger, which you are warned about beforehand, but at least you still have SOME clue about what is going on, which does help the overall feel of the book and makes me actually want to know more.

I still want to read the next book before I form a complete opinion, but now I'm more inclined to do that than I originally was. On a unrelated note, I have a lot of respect for an author who was willing to take the initial criticism of the book so respectfully. Even more so that she is willing to use that criticism to put out a more finished product. Aug 06, Theresa Jarosick rated it really liked it. Katie and Ash both had horrible childhoods, for different reasons. Ash is the victim of child abuse, afraid to bring to light the true nature of his parents; who are prominent figures in the community.

Katie and Ash instantly bond when they are kids, and remain best friends through their teens. The summer before college their relationship grows. Unknown of what the future holds they decide to take each day as it is and see what happens.

Katie decides to take a year off after graduating to travel the country and Ash plans on attending art school. Unexpectedly Katie decides to leave it all behind…her life and Ash, without any warning or even a goodbye. Fast forward one year. Katie returns to her hometown to help her father settle up a few things with their home. She is hesitant to return and is not looking forward to seeing Ash, knowing he will have questions about what exactly happened a year ago to make her leave out of the blue.

They meet in town and the connection and attraction between them is as strong as every. With the truth come out about what exactly happened in the past? The novel was extremely well written and I enjoyed the story as a whole. I really enjoyed way the story was told in both the past and present. And why do I get the impression Ash knew more about things then he was letting on? The fact that he let Katie go so easily at the end had me wondering. I closed my Kindle case and immediately wanted more! I look forward to more of the series and want to thank Sera Bright for the chance to read and review her book.

This short read took me for a pleasant surprise. The short jist of this is that Katie comes home to take care another one of her father's messes, hoping to avoid Ash and the destruction she left behind. Little does she know, it's the one place where she can finally find truth. What I liked - The originality of the story. Although there are a few NA books out there that cover abuse, this one had a nice twist. I was not expecting those twists [plural!

He felt like how coming home should feel. What I didn't like - Katie flip flopping. I hated that both of them kept running away from each other; it seemed really childish. But then again, they are only Even though I liked the originality of the story, I felt like it was lacking. I craved more, to be honest. A better plot development would help with the flow of the story as well. I didn't care for the side characters, such as Helen and Trevor's side thing whose name I cannot even recall. With all that being said, where is the second book!! It being short, I remembered the majority of it.

Would I recommend to a friend? Maybe, if it fits their taste [image error] Running Up That Hill by Placebo. Katie and Ash have these horrible childhoods that happen way too often in the real world. I really just wanna hug them both! With your rage issues and brooding, sweet hazel eyes. Katie runs away from her issues and has a wishy-washy mind about what she wants. The girl is really never sure of anything.

Until Ash would overreact and chase Katie down the street, to her doorstep, restrain her, and take her inside. Which of course, leads to tableside entry sex? Whatever floats your boat, darling. But it bothered me way too much. There are so many questions that I have pertaining to her dad! Hopefully they will be answered in the next book. This was a quick read that I enjoyed getting lost in.

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See Through Me is a story about 2 people who have grown up together in the midst of many secrets and terrible parents. The story grabbed me from the beginning, and I was invested right away. I really loved Ash. His character really made this book shine. However, it was not perfect. Mainly, Katie's character was a large flaw. She did the push him away to save him thing to the point of stupidity. It was tiring, and made me care less about her character.

I liked that there was no in Rating 3. I liked that there was no insta-love, but it didn't take forever either. The use of a personal history between the characters before the story began them growing up together was very nice. It allowed the romance to begin in early chapters without feeling forced or fake. On the other side of things, this book is guilty of my biggest pet-peeve. The romance arc ends, but the main conflict of the story is left unresolved.

So, had I bought this, I would have bought half a story. It's not as terrible as some other books I've read. There is at least half a conclusion, but I still feel like this is just another way to suck money out of me. Recommended for fans of New Adult Romance. Aug 01, Jessi rated it liked it. I'm not sure I understand what happened, how it happened or what is going to happen? I believe the three stars could be higher when the next books come out because I am really thrown by the storyline. I didn't feel really connected to the characters, as much as I would have hoped.

They could have been deeper and probably will be in the series. The plot was enjoyable, but somewhat confusing. I was on the edge of my seat, waiting for the other shoe to drop, waiting, waiting, waiting. Instead I lost my shoe in the course of the book and am walking around with no shoes with question marks over my head. I would recommend this book, especially if you like suspense and new adult. I think that this review will change when the other books are released but for now, I'm kinda lost. An emotionally charged story, about soulmates forever and the things that try to keep them apart, it's only fault being was leaving me wanting more and more.

Apr 15, Amanda G. I fell in love with the cover, which surprisingly for a NA cover, doesn't feature a half naked kissing couple, and the model actually portrays the leading lady perfectly, and found the synopsis a little confusing and alluring, so I requested it, received it, and read it, all in two days. It was far from perfect for my liking, but neither do I regret it; I got a lot of entertainment out of it, and Katie's character See Through Me is one of the most impulsive requests I've ever made on NetGalley. It was far from perfect for my liking, but neither do I regret it; I got a lot of entertainment out of it, and Katie's character was wonderful to read about.

I would like to mention however that while this book is labelled New Adult, it crosses dangerously into erotica land, and does have some very vivid scenes that are not advisable for anyone under the age of I feel like the plot in See Through Me is a little, unclear. As I was reading the synopsis, it leads to you believe that it's all about romance and long lost lovers, and some self harm and mutilation in there too, but there's a lot more to this book that first meets the eye. This book covered the harsh truths about domestic violence, child neglect and conspiracy in a close nit neighbourhood, as well as societies acceptance over public abuse, rape and GBH.

I know what you're thinking; how can a book so short cover all this? Well, for one, it's written in past and present perspectives, which in the past have annoyed me and made me feel disjointed from the story in question, but See Through Me's case, it only helped to improve the depthness of this story of Ash and Katie, and how their past and present intertwine and affect their futures. Some of the issues I've mentioned have, for the characters, happened in the past, and while they're not the focus of the story, nor developed hugely within the story, I feel they are mentioned enough, and highlight what needs to be said.

I also surprisingly like how the style of writing; there was no superior wording, but it didn't feel drab or as if it was written with no effort, is was clean, clear and really had this crisp passion to it that made the sweet scenes so beautiful, and the not so sweet but 'romantic' scenes just as entertaining. Katie and Ash could quite possibly be accused of being your typical characters for a New Adult novel. Katie is a young lady who doesn't know what she wants form her future, drives a big truck and has bright hair and tattoos over her body. Ash is an artist who is tall, dark and brooding, handsome and charming, but for me, the difference between their relationship and others I'd read is that it was a story from friendship to relationship.

No more 'my best friend likes me, but no' rubbish, a full on, mutual and extremely steamy relationship between these two was what made it so believable. The support they gave one another, the sacrifices they made for each other and how they felt safe with the other was really kind of wonderful. Simple scenes of hand holding and cuddling on couches was enough to make my heart flutter, but then, the dreaded curse of New Adult found it's way in and the personality traits of Katie and Ash being obsessive and possessive over one another would sometimes be too much.

She would get unfairly and immaturely jealous, while Ash wouldn't even let Katie walk home on her own without thinking she was going on a mile trek across the states; it definitely became a relationship that I found myself both swooning over and feeling very distressed over.

I don't particularly want to delve into the sexual nature of their relationship and of this book too much, but to me, there's a line between talking about sex in books and writing an erotica, and sometimes, only faintly, See Through Me would just slip over the line and be a little too graphic for what I expected, or a be little too clumsy with the writing, and use phrases I didn't particularly want used, but this was a personal preference, and overall, I found the use of sex in this book to be realistic and complimented the relationship well.

There isn't much else I can really say about See Through Me; I feel like there's a real mystery to come in this series or collection of standalones, and I feel there's a lot more room to grow and develop the characters more, and the intrigue too, but I just don't feel that it's had a lasting impression on me. I feel like it's a book a may forget in a week or two, and who's details will become blurred and misplaced, and while I loved Katie's personality and Ash's compassion, I can't help but feel like I've not connected to them quite enough.

Whether I continue with this 'series' is still unknown, but I do think this could be a real winner for New Adult fans, and even some Young Adult fans who aren't afraid of some steamy scenes. I was gifted a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review through Xpresso Book Tours. Emotional and Intense and Also Unresolved! I really enjoyed this read. But as much as I enjoyed it, it also frustrated me. There were a lot of times I just wanted to shake some sense into Katie. She was totally out of touch with her surroundings and all because she let fear rule her.

Her denial and her avoidance issues were so strong, she avoided everything, to the point of overshadowing her good qualities. And Ash was just as bad! This was a heartbreaking read. From toddlers, together they weathered abuse, neglect, bullies, heartbreak and fear, always at each others sides. Katie has always loved Ash but another kind of fear kept her at bay. The fear she would somehow make his life harder than it already was so she denied her feelings and kept way too many secrets.

I totally enjoyed the flashbacks we get in this book. You can tell these two really are all each other has ever had and they love and care for each other but both of them are completely broken. Katie comes back to town from a ten month separation after a pleading phone call from her absentee father to handle pending foreclosure of their house. She never expected Ash to be there waiting.

But he was and he wanted answers. Katie refuses to talk or express her feelings to Ash And she has a right to be. Her trust was broken as a child but scene after scene, we have Ash questioning her or patiently waiting for her to open up and she won't. It was frustrating and I just wanted them to scream and fight and get on with it already. Both times, he let her go without asking questions.

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His spirit is hanging on by a very thin thread and he has absolutely no confidence in himself or in the world. My hope is when the next book is released, we find them both ready to fight for what they want instead of cowering away, not asking questions, letting go, running, taking the easy way out or just accepting what other people do to them. At this point, both of them are too weak and that was my problem the whole way through. I wanted her to confess everything, open up and tell him what was going on. He was keeping secrets to, that much is obvious and there is definitely something more going on with her father but again, even in the end, she was too scared to ask what needed to be asked.

If someone came to take me in the middle of the night, that would be the first thing out of my mouth.

They need each other, but they also need to fight for each other. Two people who will do whatever it takes to make sure they fight for what they want They deserve their HEA. However, with the way things ended, this might just push Katie further away. See Through Me by Sera bright left me with mixed feelings. It was just THAT engrossing.

However, the whole book felt like one giant build up shooting for an explosive climax and then missing the target. The tension between Katie, Ash, Trevor I felt like it was all setting the story up for a big revelation. The big reveal, as it turned out, wasn't as big as I expected. I thought the climax of the story kind of fell flat and did not warrant that kind or amount of build up. As I read the very last page, with the rain pouring hard and the fast driving, I was actually waiting with bated breath for an accident or something.

Color me mainstream but I sort of felt the story going that direction, so you can just imagine what I felt when I read those two damning words: I mean, it could have done better with a little more kaboom maybe not literally. The story would have been better if it ended with a bang instead of a fizzle and a pop. I can't help but feel that there's A LOT of loose ends that need tying up. I understand that this is the first in the series and I am seriously hoping that there's some sort of resolution to Katie and Ash's dilemma. I mean, there's got to be more than this to it.

It's actually kind of frustrating for me at the end because I was expecting for something BIG to happen. The ending found in the published editions of the book is the extended version. I appreciated the fact that the author considered early feedback about the book and her effort to make tie it up more nicely.

The last chapter is now like one giant ellipsis. I guess the main improvement from the original ending is that the book now ends on a legit cliffhanger with a promise of something more to look forward to instead of ending abruptly. May I just say that one of the characters scared the living shit out of me. Anyway, that character was one hell of an antagonist. One fact about it that I love is that as you're reading through the book, you don't have the certainty on who's behind everything. It could have been anybody and no one would be the wiser. If this were a movie, I would have been rooted to my seat because I honestly had no clue who the real bad guys were.

I just loved how each character was a character all on their own. This, like, it says in the synopsis, is definitely Katie's story. I don't just mean that there are loose ends left to tie, I also mean that I'm dying to know what Ash thought and felt during the events of this book. Even now, the suspense is killing me. Debut novels are always a bit of a gamble and add to that the fact that this book isn't standalone, I was a bit nervous going into this one.

I have to say that I honestly couldn't tell this was a debut novel at all! This story was great, and I really loved it. I loved the characters and the writing style. Knowing that the ending would leave me hanging, I both wanted to get there faster to find out what happened, and delay because I knew I wouldn't want to wait for more! This book was so good though, and I would definitely recommend even with the cliffhanger ending. This one is definitely worth the read, and I cannot wait to see what happens next. When Katie's father asks her to return home to save their house from foreclosure, she decides that it is finally time to head back because she knows that Ash won't be there.

But when she shows up, she finds out that he actually is there and has been asking about her. He isn't the same quiet nerdy best friend that she left behind though. He is sexier than before, and now he is wanting answers. When she left a year ago, she was doing what she had to do to protect him. But Ash has no idea what happened or why she up and left without a trace.

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I want to read Wonder because last time in 5th grade my teacher read it and it was fun and interesting. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content May 13, May 15, Pernille Ripp. Girl gets boy back… …sort of. But from the start, everything goes wrong.

When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Her birthday seems to be repeating itself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. The monster in his backyard is different. And it wants something from Conor.

Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd— whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself— Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined. For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind? Into the Wild Warriors: And that she must run.

In the year , reality is an ugly place. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb—now her betrayed and greatest enemy—that her purpose is to save the world—but can she?

Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Twins, Connor and Grace, never dreamed that there was any truth to the Vampirate shanty their father sang to them before he died, but that was before the two were shipwrecked and separated from each other. What will it take for them to find each other? This moving and beautifully crafted story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose. Wait Till Helen Comes: Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather.

Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. World War II is raging. Like the other boys in his school, Michael is a member of the Hitler Youth. But Michael has a secret. He and his parents are spies. Michael despises everything the Nazis stand for. Including… his own life. Some choices change everything. Scarlett chose to run. And the consequences will be deadly.

Stolen from her family as a young girl, Scarlett was lucky enough to eventually escape her captor. There are cute boys, new friends, and the chance to finally have a normal life. Her first day on the job, Scarlett is shocked to discover that a girl from the park has gone missing. Old memories come rushing back. And now as she meets her new coworkers, one of the girls seems strangely familiar. When Scarlett chose to run all those years ago, what did she set into motion? And when push comes to shove, how far will she go to uncover the truth.

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. But now Brian has no time for anger, self-pity, or despair—it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive. She wants to be a cheerleader, too, and go to the seventh-grade mixer to hear Buddy Brader play his drums. Instead, Deenie is diagnosed with scoliosis. Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest.

Believe is the profoundly moving story of Eric LeGrand, the former defensive tackle for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights football team, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury and was left paralyzed by a crushing on-field tackle during a heated game with Army. A Long Walk to Water: The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in and a boy in Pedru longs to kill the lion that mauled him and strengthens himself to be ready for the hunt.

But when the opportunity arises, will Pedru have the strength to turn his back on revenge? Tia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. The loss prompts her to start asking the people in her community hard questions—questions everyone has always been too afraid to ask.

The only way to learn the secret. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Clay is one of them. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure.

Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom, driving across the Ballard Bridge on a rainy night. When the car went over the side, Libby passed away, and Princess X died with her. Once upon a now: May is sixteen and lonely, wandering the streets of Seattle, when she sees a sticker slapped in a corner window. When May looks around, she sees the Princess everywhere: And that means that only one person could have started this phenomenon — her best friend, Libby, who lives. Trenton Colman is a creative thirteen-year-old boy with a knack for all things mechanical.

But his talents are viewed with suspicion in Cove, a steam-powered city built inside a mountain. In Cove, creativity is a crime and invention is a curse word. Kallista Babbage is a repair technician and daughter of the notorious Leo Babbage, whose father died in an explosion an event the leaders of Cove point to as an example of the danger of creativity. Working together, Trenton and Kallista learn that Leo Babbage was developing a secret project before he perished.

They soon discover that what they are building may threaten every truth their city is founded on and quite possibly their very lives. Mike Welles had everything under control. But that was before. To figure out who he is again. If only Mike will listen. For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. At least, not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and probing eyes, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth more unsettling than any feeling Patch evokes.

For Nora stands amid an ancient battle between the immortal and those who have fallen—and choosing the wrong side will cost her life. Fear Street is cursed.

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And how Fear Street became the evil place it is today. This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Jeanne Marie Laskas first met the young forensic pathologist Dr.

Omalu was new to America, chasing the dream, a deeply spiritual man escaping the wounds of civil war in Nigeria. After retiring in , Webster had suffered a dizzyingly steep decline. Toward the end of his life, he was living out of his van, tasering himself to relieve his chronic pain, and fixing his rotting teeth with Super Glue.

How did this happen? How did a young man like Mike Webster end up like this? Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.

He wants to fail. So he tries his best to do his worst — and fails at failing. The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger?

Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone, too. Was Pookie used as a lure for Matt? Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother. In a chilling climax on a Washington State ferry, Bonnie and Matt must outsmart their abductor or pay with their lives. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1. Life on the Refrigerator Door: Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you—but We are not you. We have powers you dream of having.

We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books— But we are real. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all. I am Number Four. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. The body count rises. In this chilling YA thriller, the author of the best-selling Testing trilogy examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature. Noggin by John Corey Whaley. The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but Travis can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped off and shoved into a freezer in Denver, Colorado.

That includes his bedroom, his parents, his best friend, and his girlfriend. Looks like if the new Travis and the old Travis are ever going to find a way to exist together, there are going to be a few more scars. Oh well, you only live twice. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost.

In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires. Wilder Boys by Brandon Wallace. Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines. Please thank your students for me I am a middle school librarian and these lists really help. I am a new media specialist and this was very helpful. I read it in less than 5 hours! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here

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