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	Title:	The adoration of Jenna Fox
	Author:	Mary E. Pearson.
	Description:	In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
	Genre:	Science Fiction
	Submitted by:	Christine Turner, Children's Assistant from Atascocita

	Title:	Unwind
	Author:	Neal Shusterman
	Description:	In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
	Genre:	Science Fiction
	Submitted by:	Kimberly Clutter, Young Adult Librarian from Tomball

	Title:	Artichoke's Heart
	Author:	Suzanne Supplee
	Description:	When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.
	Genre:	Fiction
	Submitted by:	Kimberly Clutter, Young Adult Librarian from Tomball

	Title:	The Thirteenth Tale
	Author:	Diane Setterfield
	Description:	A compelling emotional mystery about family secrets and the magic of books and storytelling. A dying writer bids a young bookshop assistant to write her biography.
	Genre:	Fiction
	Submitted by:	Kimberly Clutter, Young Adult Librarian from Tomball

	Title:	The Book Thief
	Author:	Markus Zusak
	Description:	Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. Includes readers' guide.
	Genre:	Historical Fiction
	Submitted by:	Elise Sheppard, Teen Librarian from Cy-Fair
	Other staff that like this book:	Christine Turner

	Title:	The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy
	Author:	Leonard S. Marcus
	Description:	Interviews with 13 American and English authors of fantasy fiction discussing their lives, literary influences, work routines and their beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and our lives. Includes a "reader" listing each author's major fantasy works.
	Genre:	Non-Fiction
	Submitted by:	Christine Turner, Children's Assistant from Atascocita

	Title:	Click
	Author:	Linda Sue Park
	Description:	Stories within a story, written as separate chapters by ten juvenile authors including Linda Sue Park, Eoin Colfer, and Tim Wynne-Jones, reveal the adventurous life and legacy of George "Gee" Keane, a photojournalist and world traveler.
	Genre:	Fiction
	Submitted by:	Christine Turner, Children's Assistant from Atascocita

	Title:	The Graveyard Book
	Author:	Neil Gaiman
	Description:	An orphaned boy is raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
	Genre:	Fantasy
	Submitted by:	Christine Turner, Children's Assistant from Atascocita

	Title:	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
	Author:	Betty Smith
	Description:	The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years.
	Genre:	Fiction
	Submitted by:	Jorie Nissen, Reference Librarian from Freeman

	Title:	SiilverFin: A James Bond Adventure
	Author:	Charles Higson
	Description:	This prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces us to the young James when he's just started boarding school in England and is about to become involved in his first adventure.
	Genre:	Suspense/Thriller
	Submitted by:	Meredith Layton, Young Adult Librarian from Freeman

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