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  Just Listen

  by Sarah Dessen

  Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything"—at least, that’s the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf’s Department Store. This year, she’s the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong. Tall, dark, and music-obsessed, Owen is... (more)
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  High Fidelity

  by Nick Hornby

  Is it possible to share your life with someone whose record collection is incompatible with your own? Can people have terrible taste and still be worth knowing? Do songs about broken hearts and misery and loneliness mess up your life if consumed in excess? For Rob Fleming, thirty-five years old, a pop addict and owner of a failing record shop, these are the sort of questions that need an answer, and soon. His... (more)
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  Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

  by David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

  It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who’s just walked in to his band’s show. With a new guy. And then, with one kiss, Nick and Norah are off on an adventure set against the backdrop of New York City — and smack in the middle of all the joy, anxiety, confusion, and excitement of a first date. This he said/she said romance... (more)
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  The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  by Stephen Chbosky

  Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being a Wallflower.This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters... (more)
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  A Crooked Kind of Perfect

  by Linda Urban

  Ten-year-old Zoe Elias has perfect piano dreams. She can practically feel the keys under her flying fingers; she can hear the audience's applause. All she needs is a baby grand so she can start her lessons, and then she'll be well on her way to Carnegie Hall.             But when Dad ventures to the music store and ends up with a wheezy organ instead of a piano, Zoe's dreams hit a sour note. Learning the organ... (more)
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  Mia Hall: Book 1

  If I Stay

  by Gayle Forman

  In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen year- old Mia Hall has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make—and the ultimate... (more)
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  Bel Canto

  by Ann Patchett

  Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening... (more)
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  Revolution

  by Jennifer Donnelly

  BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.  PARIS:... (more)
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  Musicophilia

  Tales of Music and the Brain

  by Oliver Sacks

  Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.  But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does — humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks’s compassionate, compelling tales of... (more)
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  Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie: Book 1

  Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie

  by Jordan Sonnenblick

  Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life, he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down. He is forced to deal with his brother's illness and his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece. Salted with humor and... (more)
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  This Lullaby

  by Sarah Dessen

  Remy always knows when to give a guy " the speech" - right after the initial romantic rush, but before anything gets too serious. She's had her fair share of boyfriends, and she’s learned all there is to learn from her mother, who’s currently working on husband number five. But why is it that Remy can't seem to dump Dexter? It can't be his name. It can't be that he's messy and disorganized. And it certainly isn't... (more)
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  Mia Hall: Book 2

  Where She Went

  by Gayle Forman

  It's been three years since Adam's promise made Mia choose to live after the accident that annihilated life as she knew it. It has also been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now both living the life they had dreamed of together but living separately, Mia and Adam meet by fate in New York. Both leaving the next day towards the next chapter in their successful lives they choose to... (more)
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  This Is Your Brain on Music

  The Science of a Human Obsession

  by Daniel J. Levitin

  A fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind — and the role of melodies in shaping our lives. Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life — even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last becoming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology.... (more)
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  Notes From The Midnight Driver

  by Jordan Sonnenblick

  16-year-old Alex decides to get even. His parents are separated, his father is dating his former third-grade teacher, and being 16 isn't easy, especially when it comes to girls. Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center where he is assigned to Solomon Lewis, a "difficult" senior with a lot of gusto, advice for Alex, and a puzzling (yet... (more)
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  Miles to Go

  by Miley Cyrus

  This book is about Miley Cyrus telling us about her life and how normal it can be at one stage and then at the next it can be really complicated. This is Miley's first auto-biography. This is a really good book.
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  Juliet, Naked

  by Nick Hornby

  From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie loves Duncan — or thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesn't. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music 10 years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and... (more)
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  Love Is a Mix Tape

  Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

  by Rob Sheffield

  What Is love? Great minds have been grappling with this question throughout the ages, and in the modern era, they have come up with many different answers. According to Western philosopher Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. Her paisan Frank Sinatra would add the corollary that love is a tender trap. Love hurts. Love stinks. Love bites, love bleeds, love is the drug. The troubadours of our times agree: They want... (more)
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  Audrey, Wait!

  by Robin Benway

  California high school student Audrey Cuttler dumps self-involved Evan, the lead singer of a little band called The Do-Gooders. Evan writes, “Audrey, Wait!,” a break-up song that’s so good it rockets up the billboard charts. And Audrey is suddenly famous! Now rabid fans are invading her school. People is running articles about her arm-warmers. The lead singer of the Lolitas wants her as his muse. (And the... (more)
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  The 39 Clues: Book 2

  One False Note

  by Gordon Korman

  THIS JUST IN! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. BUT WAIT! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects ALSO sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. UPDATE! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car...no, in a speedboat chase...and HOLD EVERYTHING! They're being chased by an angry mob?!? When there's a Clue on the line, anything can... (more)
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  Scar Tissue

  by Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman

  Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller by one of rock’s most provocative figures Scar Tissue is Anthony Kiedis’s searingly honest memoir of a life spent in the fast lane. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. with their own unique brand of cosmic hardcore mayhem funk. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers,... (more)