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Pizza and Books: Teen Book Club December 2017 Pizza and Books is a club where teens talk about the books they are reading now, have recently read, or old-time favorites. The next meeting is Monday, January 22 at 6pm at the Nichols Library in the Community Room. Here's what we talked about this month!
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When Dimple met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
A heartfelt romantic comedy told from the alternating perspectives of two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged their marriage follows the efforts of one to distance herself from the agreement and the other to woo his intended during a summer program they are attending together.
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Winger
by Andrew Smith
Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, 14-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers; falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid; and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dormmates, including the biggest bully on the team.
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Stand off
by Andrew Smith
A riotous sequel to Winger finds senior Ryan Dean struggling to live up to expectations as his rugby team's new captain at the same time he is adjusting to a 12-year-old freshman roommate and attempting to win the heart of his crush.
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Ready player one
by Ernest Cline
Immersing himself in a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir.
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All quiet on the western front
by Erich Maria Remarque
The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war.
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Dragon slippers
by Jessica Day George
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits a simple pair of blue slippers that can either save or destroy her kingdom which is on the verge of war.
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All's faire in middle school
by Victoria Jamieson
Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire and is eager to begin her own training as a squire, but first she'll need to prove her bravery while navigating the embarrassments caused by her eccentric family and outmaneuvering a clique of spiteful mean girls. By the author of the Newbery Honor-winning Roller Girl.
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Evvy's Civil War
by Miriam Brenaman
Set during the period of the Civil War, Evvy finds herself being forced into the role of a lady as she is made to dress and act in a specific way, yet her strong belief that she is equal to a man causes her to rebel and find ways to prove herself to her family.
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The Divergent series : Divergent + Insurgent + Allegiant
by Veronica Roth
Beatrice Prior must choose among five factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she uncovers secrets and truths about her identity, her family, and the order of her society.
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Silhouette of a sparrow
by Molly Beth Griffin
During the summer of 1926 in the lake resort town of Excelsior, Minnesota, sixteen-year-old Garnet, who dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology, is resigned to marrying a nice boy and settling into middle-class homemaking until she takes a liberating job in a hat shop and begins an intense, secret relationship with a daring and beautiful flapper.
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The great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale set in the Roaring Twenties was even banned at the college level, due to language and sexual references.
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