Category Archives: Literary Read Alike

Sometimes We Tell the Truth

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Victoria Waddle

Sometimes is, in fact, a modern telling of Chaucer’s tales with teens as the pilgrims. Except that these pilgrims are not making a commitment to the Almighty. They are going to Washington D.C . on a six-hour bus trip with their Civics class teacher. Continue reading →

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Adult Books for Teens: “The Circle”

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Victoria Waddle

The Circle by Dave Eggers  With job prospects slim, Mae Holland, a 24-year-old college grad, has been working at a local utility company for a few years. She sees her job as a dead end, but what can she do? … Continue reading →

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Adult Books for Teens: “The Round House”

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Victoria Waddle

The Round House by Louise Erdrich   Joe and his dad Bazil are a bit worried about Joe’s mom. She isn’t home on time and there’s no indication of where she’s gone off to. Worried enough that they borrow a car—she … Continue reading →

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New fantasy fiction

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

The newest–come check them out! Sea Change by Aimee Friedman When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves her mother the family home on Selkie Island, seventeen-year-old Miranda meets her mother on the Georgia island, where she discovers mysterious family secrets … Continue reading →

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Adult books for teens: “When She Woke”

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Adult books for teens: When She Woke by Hillary Jordan  In a future United States, a scourge has caused pandemic infertility. Abortion is against the law, and when Hannah Payne is caught, she is imprisoned in the “Chrome Ward” where … Continue reading →

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“Cinder”

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Cinder by Marissa Meyer  Poor Cinder. Not only is she Cinderella on warp speed—she slaves away as a mechanic for her step-family in a future world that has been through four World Wars—she’s also a cyborg who started out as … Continue reading →

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“Legend”

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Legend by Marie Lu  The moment that Day, street rebel against the Republic, saves June, a young and brilliant soldier of the Republic, from an illegal Skiz fight, we know the two are destined to walk the same path. As … Continue reading →

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“Divergent”

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Divergent by Veronica Roth “Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that … Continue reading →

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“Crossed”

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Crossed by Ally Condie (second book in the Matched series) “I think of all the things he can do—write, carve, paint—and suddenly, watching him stand in the dark at the edge of the empty settlement, something powerful washes over me. … Continue reading →

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“The Art of Fielding”

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach All right—this really is a book for mature readers, but it’s such wonderful storytelling on so many levels that I want to include a review of it. Add to that the fact that … Continue reading →

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