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Summer vacation is a great time to catch up on books you didn't have time to read during the school year. Name up to five books on your "summer catch-up" reading list.


GOING BOVINE and BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray
ROOM by Emma Donoghue
SISTERS RED by Jackson Pearce
THIRTEEN DAYS TO MIDNIGHT by Patrick Carman

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1. AT FIRST SIGHT by Nicholas Sparks
2. CARIBBEAN CRUISING by Rachel Hawthorne
3. MARILDA'S HOUSE by Esther Willard Bates
4. TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE by Carol Ryrie Brink
5. ORPHAN JIM by Lonnie Coleman

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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
WICKED
THE ROAD
THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT
THE BOOK THIEF

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5 books that I plan to read this summer are:
1. BUMPED - Megan Mccafferty
2. THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS- Sophie Kinsella
3. HOLD STILL- Nina LaCour
4. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS- Sara Gruen
5. STOLEN- Lucy Christopher

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The rest of The Mortal Instruments series!

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BEASTLY by Alex Flinn
THE GHOST AND THE GOTH by Stacey Kade
Harry Potter series
Mates, Dates series by Cathy Hopkins
Twilight

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1)HALO by Alexandra Adornetto
2)PRADA AND PREJUDICE by Amanda Hubbard
3)THE MEDIATOR: TWILIGHT by Meg Cabot
4)NEVERMORE by Kelly Creagh
5)PASSION by Lauren Kate

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KINGDOM KEEPERS THREE: DISNEY AT DAWN by Ridley Pearson
AMONG THE HIDDEN BY Margaret Peterson Haddix
THIEVES UNTIL WE DIE by Stephen Cole
I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pitticus Lore
BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray

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-MOONGLASS by Jessi Kirby
-FAMILY by Micol Ostow
-SEAN GRISWOLD'S HEAD by Lindsey Leavitt

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1. CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS by Cassandra Clare
2. ALL THE THINGS I DIDN'T SAY by Sara Shepard
3. GLASS by Ellen Hopkins
4. OMINOUS by Kate Brian
5. THE BOOK OF SPELLS by Kate Brian

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BELOVED by Toni Morrison
THE WAY OF SHADOWS by Brent Weeks
BLOOD NINJA by Nick Lake
ADAM by Ted Dekker
RED by Ted Dekker
HOUSE by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker

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I am planning to read:
PASSION by Lauren Kate
MASQUERADE by Melissa de la cruz
The Castings trilogy
FOREVER by Maggie Stiefvater
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins

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MATCHED by Ally Condie
FOREVER by Judy Blume
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS by John Boyne
And those on the required reading list, or that I have to choose from.

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This summer I'm trying to step out of my comfort zone of scifi and action/adveture books. I plan on reading The Summer Novelstrilogy by Jenny Han, which includes:
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SUMMER

And then A NORTHERN LIGHT by Jennifer Donnelly

Finally...I have to read ENDER'S GAME again for the seventh time.

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BEASTLY by Alex Flinn
DEMON KING and EXILED QUEEN by Cinda Williams Chima
HEROES OF THE VALLEY by Jonathan Stroud
EON by Alison Goodman

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I want to read A FAREWELL TO ARMS because my AP Literature class did not cover that book, but regular English IV did and my friends in that class said it was a good book.

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OPHELIA
JANE EYRE
THE JOY LUCK CLUB
IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU
RAINBOW VALLEY
RILLA OF INGLESIDE 
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN

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I've got a list of about 30 books I want to read this summer, but my top five are:
THE BOYFRIEND LIST: 15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver, by E. Lockhart
HOW TO BE BAD by Lauren Myracle, E. Lockhart, and Sarah Mlynowski
THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart
SHINE by Lauren Myracle
TEN by Lauren Myracle

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AWAKEN
ENCLAVE
DIVERGENT
FIRELIGHT
THE VAMPIRE STALKER (this one looks really good!!!)

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1. AMONG THE HIDDEN
2. SAVING ZASHA
3. SASQUATCH
4. PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF
5.THE THRONE OF FIRE
6.THE LOST HERO

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BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia
MAINE SQUEEZE by Catherine Clark
GUARDIAN OF THE GATE by Michelle Zink
AFTERLIFE by Claudia Gray
BURNED by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

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THIRTEEN REASONS WHY - Jay Asher
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS - Donald Lemke
NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
THE CHOSEN ONE - Carol Lynon Williams

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HEAT WAVE
COVENANT WITH THE VAMPIRE
WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE
THE GATHERING
BROKEN

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I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU
RESTORING HARMONY
A LOVE STORY STARRING MY DEAD BEST FRIEND
THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE: Book II, The Hidden Gallery

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Harry Potter series reread.
SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
Rick Riordan's series
GRACELING
SEPTIMUS HEAP

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THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
THE MAZE RUNNER
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
JANE EYRE
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES

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1. RUBY RED by Kerstin Gier
2. SHADOWLAND by Alyson Noel
3. UNCOMMON CRIMINALS (coming out June 21st!!) by Ally Carter
4. ULYSSES by James Joyce 
5. THE ALCHEMIST by Paolo Coelho

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'TIS by Frank McCourt
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR by Jean M. Auel
THE SHELL SEEKERS by Rosamunde Pilcher
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS by John Boyne
THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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ALEX'S CHALLENGE from the Camp Confidential series, and other books from that series
WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE by Sarah Dessen
HALF BROTHER by Kenneth Oppel

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The Vampire Academy
The Vampire Diaries
AWAKENED 
Morganville Vampires
THIRST

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EXPOSURE
THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL
THE WILDER LIFE
AMERICA PACIFICA
BEAUTY QUEENS

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1. Lord of the Rings
2. LEVIATHAN
3. WAR AND PEACE 
4. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
5. GONE WITH THE WIND

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NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST
WHERE SHE WENT
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS

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ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Revis, Beth
DEMONGLASS: A Hex Hall Novel, by Hawkins, Rachel
TORMENT: A Fallen Novel by Kate, Lauren
UNEARTHLY by Hand, Cynthia WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SUMMER by Han, Jenny

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