Teen Reading Club

THE TRUTH HURTS. —A

Back in middle school, Ali plucked Emily, Hanna, Aria, and Spencer from obscurity and turned four pretty little liars into the beautiful, popular girls they'd always wanted to be.

Joel Demetrius is quite looking forward to moving in with his new step-family, but as far as his sister Cassie's concerned, they're nothing but intruders. She doesn't want anything to do with Gerald and his two sons, and to make matters worse their new home is a derelict old house, neglected for decades. Joel thinks it's interesting. Cassie thinks it's a dump.

But his sister isn't the only reason the house doesn't feel like a home. As fascinated as he is by this place, Joel has to admit there's something not quite right about it. Not only does he keep seeing things out of the corner of his eye, but his sleep is plagued by nightmares. Her can't seem to stop dreaming about a terrified boy who keeps repeating the same fractured prayer:

If I should die before I wake

I pray the Lord my soul to take...

Dear Mr Reeves

I have in my possession a specimen known as the "GANGES RED," a unique strain of the AEDES AEGYPTI mosquito family, and the only one of it's kind. If you were to ask an expert about it, they would no doubt tell you that it does not exist.

I have enclosed a map that will help you find your way to Aries Island... I own the only house... so you should have no trouble finding me. A boat can be chartered from Tryst Harbour... It would be splendid if you could come right away.

I am keen to share my discovery with the world, but being a private man I need to keep certain details to myself. Theredore I ask, if it is possible, that you should not divulge the specifics of this letter to a third party.

I have the honour to be, sir, you obedient servant,

Reginald C. Mather

HOPE IS SHATTERED... La esperanza se destruye

No amount of money can keep heartbreak away: Delia Yebarra learned that painful lesson after a boating tragedy ended her fairy-tale romance with Adan Bovia, a wealthy politician's son. But when she discovers she is carrying his child, Delia has no choice but to live under the watchful eye of Adan's powerful father, who blamed Delia for the deadly accident but soon puts her health and the safe delivery of his grandchild above his resentments. Or so Delia believed.

BUT LOVE BRINGS NEW LIFE... Pero el amor sopla una nueva vida

TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS... Atrapada entre dos mundos

Delia Yebarra survived a treacherous desert crossing to protect her friend Ignacio from murder charges. Now, the time has come once again to leave her tiny Mexican hometown: Delia's cousin Edward convinces her to return to his world of wealth and privilege in Palm Springs, and soon Delia, a beautiful and popular senior at an exclusive private school, is living the American dream. But Delia will quickly discover that high society has a very dark underside.

A STRANGER IN BOTH OF THEM... Extranjera en cualquiera de los dos

KIDNAPPED BY CRUEL FATE... Secuestrado por sino cruel

After her parents are killed in a truck accident, Delia Yebarra's life is turned upside down. At fifteen, she leaves the rural Mexican village where she grew up and embarks on a new life in America. Coming to her wealthy aunt Isabella's huge estate in Palm Springs, California, should be a dream come true for a simple country girl like Delia -- so why does it feel like a nightmare?

A PRISONER OF DESTINY... Un preso del destino

Everyone Says Her Mother Was Crazy. Is She Doomed to Repeat the Past?

Up in the attic, that's where Alice's mother used to escape to... and it's where, so Alice has been told, she plotted the murder of her own stepfather. Now, years later, with her mother locked away for life, the attic is where Alice finds comfort in her aloneness, writing poetry and painting pictures. When Alice finally finds the courage to come out of her shell, exchanging her dowdy looks for flattering clothes and makeup, her life completely opens up -- she even attends the prom with a cute, popular boy. But it's a night that turns quickly tragic -- sending her newfound happiness crashing down around her, and hurtling Alice into a shattering new life, one that leads her to a shocking reunion with the shadows she had fled.

Two friends as close as sisters. One killer secret that will tear their small town apart.

In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything--fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the attic Karen shares one more secret with her best friend--a secret to take to the grave....

From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies--and uncovers the price for keeping Secrets in the Attic.

She wasn't a little girl anymore -- but who was she really?

After an odyssey of heartbreak and betrayal in the wake of losing both her parents, it was mere chance that led April Taylor to the secluded home of a kindly elderly woman and her deaf teenaged granddaughter. There, April found a shelter from her mixed-up life, and from the confusion that severed her relationship with her sister, Brenda, after an encounter with Brenda's girlfriend, Celia. But when a dangerous couple arrives with greedy intentions, April's survival depends on being true to the one person she's never fully accepted: herself.

April had always felt like an outsider.

Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight -- and she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had become a coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her. And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her college roommate: beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she might not be so different from Brenda after all....