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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

PAPER TOWNS

by John Green

Lighter than Looking for Alaska (2005), deeper than An Abundance of Katherines (2006) and reminiscent of Gregory Galloway’s... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

THE WHITE DARKNESS

by Geraldine McCaughrean

Readers will find this a triply compelling tale: for its slow revelation of a deranged soul; for its young narrator, who... Full review >

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