ANGELS IN PINK TRILOGY by Lurlene McDaniel
Set at school, at home and in the hospital where three best friends --- Kathleen, Raina and Holly --- all volunteer as Pink Angels, the Angels in Pink trilogy is all about friends, love and service to others.

THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY by Jonathan Stroud
Magicians are in charge of the government. Djinni and demons are at the beck and call of the most powerful wizards. And a growing band of resistance who seek to end the stranglehold on the common people by the magicians in power. Welcome to London as portrayed in the mind of Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy.

THE CLIQUE by Lisi Harrison
Meet the seventh grade A-listers: Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory, Alicia Rivera, and the one and only Massie Block, the uncontested ruler of The Clique. On the surface, these girls are filthy rich, utterly gorgeous, snotty to the max, and unbelievably spoiled. They're also down-and-dirty cruel to anyone who bothers them. Enter Claire Lyons, a total outsider who is temporarily living in Massie's guesthouse. She yearns to be part of the group even though she's not wealthy, gorgeous, snotty, or spoiled. Talk about a mission impossible! Or is it?

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP by Rick Yancey
Just what can an overgrown, underachieving teenager do to save the world from imminent destruction? A lot more than you would think, especially if his name happens to be Alfred Kropp. With his huge head, tree trunk-like body and uncanny ability to screw up at nearly everything he undertakes, Alfred is both the world's first accidental superhero and the last person you'd rely on in a time of need.

FEAR STREET NIGHTS by R.L. Stine
Lewis, Jamie and their friends become fed up with their lack of space and freedom, so they decide to do something about it. They call themselves The Night People, sneaking out of their homes to meet in the dark, private, early morning hours where they finally can have some room to be themselves. Then one day they accidentally discover a hidden room stacked high with awesome artifacts and interesting treasures. Everyone helps themselves to the stash. No harm done when the already abandoned mansion is scheduled to be demolished, right? So they think.

THE GATEKEEPERS by Anthony Horowitz
From Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of the Alex Rider novels, comes The Gatekeepers series --- a chilling tale of world-changing secrets, terrifying truths, and a full-power fight between good and evil. In book one, RAVEN'S GATE, a troubled teen named Matt Freeman finds himself at the heart of a strange and sinister plot abetted by the bizarre inhabitants of a remote English village. In EVIL STAR, the second installment in the series, Matt thinks his troubles are over when he closes Raven's Gate...but in fact they are just beginning. Evil forces will stop at nothing to track him down and destroy him.

KIKI STRIKE by Kirsten Miller
The Kiki Strike adventures follow the Irregulars as they protect New York City and its secret underground world, doing battle along the way with Manhattan's gangsters, rodents, diamond merchants, society figures, and assorted forces of evil. Some of the Irregulars --- Kiki, Ananka, Oona, DeeDee, Luz and Betty --- will have to come to terms with deadly secrets from their own pasts, and each of the girls will find her unusual skills and her friendships put to the ultimate test.

MISSING PERSONS by M. E. Rabb
When their father dies, teen sisters Sophie and Sam Shattenberg run away from their Queens, New York, home to escape their evil stepmother, Enid Gutmyre. The girls change their names, dye their hair, and try to create new lives for themselves in the tiny town of Venice, Indiana. They also take up a new hobby --- solving missing persons cases. At the same time, they're working hard to make sure that they stay missing themselves...

PROTECTOR OF THE SMALL by Tamora Pierce
The Protector of the Small quartet of books tells the exciting and adventurous tale of Keladry of Mindelan. Kel has just one dream: to become a knight. Her hero is Alanna the Lioness, the first woman to ever become a knight in the kingdom of Tortall. Kel has one advantage over her idol: Alanna had to disguise the fact that she was a girl throughout her training, but now the King has decreed that any nobly-born girl can enter the palace school.

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