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|title=A Perfect Ten

|author=Chris Higgins

|rating=4

|summary=A confident and accessible kitchen sink drama about coming to terms with loss. By creating a truly sympathetic character from someone who behaves like a real bitch, it gives teen and tween girls real pause for thought.

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|title=Alice on Deadlines

|author=Shiro Ihara

|rating=4

|summary=A quite extreme manga, in a way, that fans should appreciate, although the plotting leaves some things to be desired.

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|title=Generation Dead

|author=Daniel Waters

|rating=4

|summary=Unusual and stimulating novel about prejudice and difference. The zombies in high school theme coats serious points with wit and pop culture reference although the plotting is a little heavy-handed.

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|title=Danger Zone: Ice Claw

|author=David Gilman

|rating=4

|summary=A high octane thriller with an environmental twist. The lead character relies on personal endurance and courage rather than Alex Rider-style high-tech gadgetry. One for the adrenalin seeker, thoughit's a trifle long.

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|title=The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

|author=Mark Haddon

|rating=5

|summary=The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time is a much talked-about book. Ignore the different releases - one for children and another for adults. They are irrelevant. It's a serious children's book although adults could also take something from it. Beginning as a whodunnit, Curious Incident transforms into a powerful work on the family and on fitting in. Bookbag thinks it's a tour de force.

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|title=The Declaration

|author=Gemma Malley

|rating=5

|summary=A tense and dramatic novel speculating on life in a future where drugs have banished old age and death. Mostly for teens, but the quality of writing is such that thoughtful younger children could approach it too.

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|title=Everlost

|author=Neal Shusterman

|rating=5

|summary=Completely gorgeous fantasy adventure set in a kind of afterlife limbo for children. It's exciting and pacy, but it's also irresistibly humorous and utterly serious. The final pay-off is superb. How you get all that into 384 pages, Bookbag doesn't know, but it does stand in awe.

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|title=Incarceron

|author=Catherine Fisher

|rating=4.5

|summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this novel of future regression is rich with strong characters, big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.

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|title=Sapphique

|author=Catherine Fisher

|rating=4.5

|summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this follow up to [[Incarceron by Catherine Fisher|Incarceron]] continues with big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.

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|title=Nation

|author=Terry Pratchett

|rating=4.5

|summary=It takes a good few pages to really get going, but Pratchett's first non-Discworld for a while is really rather good once it hits its stride. Lots of things to say about love, religion and power and lots of rooms for laughs too.

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[[Category:Lists|Beach Reads For Teens]]

[[Category:Teens|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Teens]]