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ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column that is compiled and edited by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University. Be sure to check the site often to see a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.

Reviewed this Month:
7 Souls by Barnabas Miller & Jordan Orland
Beat the Band by Don Calame
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Blood Ninja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda by Nicki Lake
Brain Jack by Brian Falkner
But I Love Him by Amanda Grace
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Firestorm by Joan Hiatt Harlow
The Last Phoenix by Linda Chapman & Steve Cole
Siren by Tricia Rayburn
The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan
Trash by Andy Mulligan
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ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column that is compiled and edited by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University. Be sure to check the site often to see a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.

Reviewed this month:

Chasing Alliecat by Rebecca Fjelland Davis
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger
Finding Family by Tonya Bolden
The Gardener by S. A. Bodeen
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collin
My Worst Best Friend by Dyan Sheldon
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchett
Rules to Rock By by Josh Farrar
Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls
The Steps across the Water by Adam Gopnik
Strings Attached by Judy Blundel
The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt
Will by Maria Boyd
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
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ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column that is compiled and edited by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University.  Be sure to check the site often to see a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.

Reviewed this month:

Among the Ghosts by Amber Benson
Black Hole Sun by David Gill
The Dark Deeps by Arthur Slade
Dark Water by Laura McNeal
Happyface by Stephen Emond
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
The Limit by Kristen Landon
The Mermaid’s Mirror by L. K. Madigan
Starfish by James Crowley
Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson

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ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column that is compiled and edited by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University.  Be sure to check the site often to see a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.

Reviewed this month:

Boys without Names by Kashmira Sheth
Breakaway by Andrea Montalbano
Draw the Dark by Ilsa J. Bick
Monster High by Lisi Harrison
Siren by Tricia Rayburn
Stalker Girl by Rosemary Graham
Thresholds by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Fool’s Girl by Celia Rees
The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli
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ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column that is compiled and edited by Dr. Pam Cole of Kennesaw State University.  Be sure to check the site often to see a preview of the latest titles in YA Lit.

Reviewed this month:

Abby Carnelia’s  One & Only Magical Powers by David Pogue
Compromised by Heidi Ayarbe
Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve
Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
Friend Is Not a Verb by Daniel Ehrenhaft
This Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman
Last December by Matt Beam
Love Drugged by James Klise
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
The Snowball Effect by Holly Nicole Hoxter
Thief Eyes by Janni Lee Simner
To Come and Go Like Magic by Katie Pickard Fawcett

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ALAN’s Picks July 2010