November’s roundup of Cool New Books includes THE RING OF SOLOMON, the fourth installment in Jonathan Stroud’s Bartimaeus series, which finds the wise-cracking djinni traveling back in time for a new string of misadventures in the court of King Solomon; NIGHT STAR by Alyson Noël, an Immortals novel that follows Ever and Damon as they face down bitter rivals, jealous friends, and their own worst nightmares --- all in the hope of being together forever; VIRALS, Kathy Reichs’s highly-anticipated YA debut starring Temperance Brennan’s niece and her band of teenage “sci-philes”, who accidentally expose themselves to a life-changing, canine parvovirus that gives them extraordinary physical powers; PATHFINDER, the first book in Orson Scott Card’s trilogy about a boy with a strange talent for seeing the paths of other people’s pasts; and LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE, Salman Rushdie’s long-awaited, spellbinding sequel to his 1990 classic, HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES. » Click here

November’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes Cecily von Ziegesar’s I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, a Gossip Girl novel that follows Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan and Vanessa as they head home for the holidays, unleashing a whole new series of post-college scandals and even more drama than ever before; DAWN by Kevin Brooks, a groundbreaking book about a teenage girl who has convinced herself that she lives in a cave, just so she can escape the horrors of high school and the ravages of her family’s broken home; CLAIM TO FAME, Margaret Peterson Haddix’s spellbinding story of an ex-child star who has developed a dangerous sense of ESP; THE DAUGHTERS by Joanna Philbin, which follows the adolescent daughters of a celebrity supermodel, a media mogul and a chart-topping music icon as they try to navigate their way through their first year of high school; and Margot McDonnell’s TORN TO PIECES, the gripping tale of a 17-year-old who must solve the mystery behind her mother’s sudden disappearance. » Click here

One of our goals each month is to inspire you to read --- and to keep reading. We have found that required reading lists for school --- especially summer reading lists --- are not exactly inspiring. Thus we have created what we think is the Ultimate Teen Reading List --- more than 300 titles that we believe are perfect choices for reading and discussing. Our dream is that schools will use this list to help them make their own for summer reading or, even better, suggest that students just read what they want from this list.

UPDATED! Our most recent additions to the list are CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins, THE CHOSEN ONE by Carol Lynch Williams, FRONT AND CENTER by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, THE GLASS CASTLE: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls, IF I STAY by Gayle Forman, IMPOSSIBLE by Nancy Werlin, THE stolarz LECTURE by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow, THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner, PURPLE HEART by Patricia McCormick, SKUNK GIRL by Sheba Karim and TWENTY BOY SUMMER by Sarah Ockler.

Thinking about starting a book club? Trying to find new ideas for your club? Wondering what the heck a book club is? Never fear, Teenreads has all the answers to your book club questions, and some guides to help you lead a good discussion with your friends. Book clubs are easy to start and a lot of fun, so if you love books, this is for you!

» Click here for more information about book clubs and our discussion guides.
» See our newest discussion guide for PERFECTLY DATELESS: A Universally Misunderstood Novel by Kristin Billerbeck.

• October: Of all the Hogwarts professors in Harry Potter, which one would you like to be your teacher and why?
  
  
• September: Of all the books you have to read for school this year, which ones are you most excited about? And which ones are you dreading?
  
  
• August: What was your favorite movie that was based on a book, and what was your biggest disappointment?
  
  


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