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Hefty, Hefty, Hefty

Books with LOTS of pages!

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Burd, Nick. The Vast Fields of Ordinary
The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, eighteen-year-old Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and savors first love. (YA Fic) [309 p.]

Calame, Don. Swim the Fly
15-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean, always set themselves a summertime goal. This year's? To see a real-live naked girl for the first time--quite a challenge, given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared to Matt's other summertime aspiration: to swim the 100-yard butterfly (the hardest stroke known to God or man) as a way to impress Kelly West, the sizzling new star of the swim team. (YA Fic) [345 p.]

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. (The Hunger Games trilogy, #1)
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. (YA Fic SF) [374 p.] Followed by Catching Fire [391 p.]

Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. (YA Fic) [300 p.]

Dessen, Sarah. Along For the Ride
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating. (YA Fic) [383 p.]

Freymann-Weyr, Garret. After the Moment
When 17-year-old Leigh changes high schools his senior year to help his stepsister, he finds himself falling in love with her emotional disturbed friend, although he is still attached to a girl back home. (YA Fic) [328 p.]

Grant, Michael. Gone
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. (YA Fic SF) [558 p.] Followed by Hunger [590 p.]

Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group
15-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime. (YA Fic M) [362 p.]

Juby, Susan. Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery
Ninth-grader Sherman Mack investigates the "Defilers," a secret group at his British Columbia high school that marks certain female students as pariahs, at first because he is trying to protect the girl he has a crush on, but later as a matter of principle. (YA Fic M) [341 p.]

Larbalestier, Justine. How to Ditch Your Fairy
In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, 14-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers - a parking fairy - and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy. (YA Fic SF) [307 p.]

Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood. (YA Fic SF) [407 p.] Followed by Cybele's Secret [432 p.]

Morris, Paula. Ruined
Rebecca moves to New Orleans to stay with her aunt in a scary old house while her father is traveling, and while most kids at school treat her poorly, a mysterious girl named Lisette shows her the hidden nooks of the city and reveals shocking truths about Rebecca's own history. (YA Fic M) [309 p.]

Rees, Celia. Sovay
In 1794 England, the rich and beautiful Sovay, disguised as a highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest for treason, and soon her newly-awakened political consciousness leads her and a compatriot to France during the Revolution. (YA Fic) [404 p.]

Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven
18-year-old Dani has been trained by her mother to steal things. But they have never stayed in one location long enough for Dani to have connections, real friends, and a real life. In the town of Heaven, everything changes for Dani. Suddenly she must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known, or the one she's always wanted. (YA Fic) [307 p.]

Wrede, Patricia C. Thirteenth Child. (Frontier magic, #1)
18-year-old Eff must finally get over believing she is bad luck and accept that her special training in Aphrikan magic, and being the twin of the seventh son of a seventh son, give her extraordinary power to combat magical creatures that threaten settlements on the western frontier. (YA Fic SF) [344 p.]

10/16/09
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	Burd, Nick. The Vast Fields of Ordinary The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, eighteen-year-old Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and savors first love. (YA Fic) [309 p.]
	Calame, Don. Swim the Fly 15-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean, always set themselves a summertime goal. This year's? To see a real-live naked girl for the first time--quite a challenge, given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared to Matt's other summertime aspiration: to swim the 100-yard butterfly (the hardest stroke known to God or man) as a way to impress Kelly West, the sizzling new star of the swim team. (YA Fic) [345 p.]
	Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. (The Hunger Games trilogy, #1) In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. (YA Fic SF) [374 p.] Followed by Catching Fire [391 p.]
	Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible. (YA Fic) [300 p.]
	Dessen, Sarah. Along For the Ride When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating. (YA Fic) [383 p.]
	Freymann-Weyr, Garret. After the Moment When 17-year-old Leigh changes high schools his senior year to help his stepsister, he finds himself falling in love with her emotional disturbed friend, although he is still attached to a girl back home. (YA Fic) [328 p.]
	Grant, Michael. Gone In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. (YA Fic SF) [558 p.] Followed by Hunger [590 p.]
	Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group 15-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime. (YA Fic M) [362 p.]
	Juby, Susan. Getting the Girl: A Guide to Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Cookery Ninth-grader Sherman Mack investigates the "Defilers," a secret group at his British Columbia high school that marks certain female students as pariahs, at first because he is trying to protect the girl he has a crush on, but later as a matter of principle. (YA Fic M) [341 p.]
	Larbalestier, Justine. How to Ditch Your Fairy In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, 14-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers - a parking fairy - and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy. (YA Fic SF) [307 p.]
	Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood Dancing Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood. (YA Fic SF) [407 p.] Followed by Cybele's Secret [432 p.]
	Morris, Paula. Ruined Rebecca moves to New Orleans to stay with her aunt in a scary old house while her father is traveling, and while most kids at school treat her poorly, a mysterious girl named Lisette shows her the hidden nooks of the city and reveals shocking truths about Rebecca's own history. (YA Fic M) [309 p.]
	Rees, Celia. Sovay In 1794 England, the rich and beautiful Sovay, disguised as a highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest for treason, and soon her newly-awakened political consciousness leads her and a compatriot to France during the Revolution. (YA Fic) [404 p.]
	Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven 18-year-old Dani has been trained by her mother to steal things. But they have never stayed in one location long enough for Dani to have connections, real friends, and a real life. In the town of Heaven, everything changes for Dani. Suddenly she must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known, or the one she's always wanted. (YA Fic) [307 p.]
	Wrede, Patricia C. Thirteenth Child. (Frontier magic, #1) 18-year-old Eff must finally get over believing she is bad luck and accept that her special training in Aphrikan magic, and being the twin of the seventh son of a seventh son, give her extraordinary power to combat magical creatures that threaten settlements on the western frontier. (YA Fic SF) [344 p.]