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January Book Selection for the UA High School Book Club

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The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness

Cover of The Knife of Never Letting Go"Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee – whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not – stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden – a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.

But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?" (Goodreads.com)

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Teen Book Clubs

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Pre-Pub Club

Read it before your friends do! Here’s a chance to snag an advanced reader copy of book that hasn't been published yet. Open to teens in grades 9-12. The Pre-Pub Club meets the last Wednesday of the month at 7pm except for May.

The UA High School Book Club

This club meets once a month in the LC classroom at 3:00 pm. Juice and cookies are provided by the Upper Arlington Public Library Friends of the Library Board. Each month the group decides on a book to read for the following meeting. Please join us - all are welcome!

Book Club in a Bag for Teens

Each Book Club in a Bag has 8-10 copies of a book in one handy carrier along with discussion guides and questions. Start your own book club today; we've got the materials ready for you!

For a list of titles available especially for teens, click here.

For general guidelines to starting and running a bookclub, click here.

How-To: Get a Book Club Started...and Keep it Going

You like to read. Your friends like to read. You almost have a book club! 

If you would like some info on how do you figure out what to read, get organized and keep the club alive, we have compiled some tips for you in this short guide that can help you.

Upcoming & new Young Adult books

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  • Cover of The Hidden Deep

    Christa Kinde
    The Hidden Deep
    Rating: 4/5
  • Cover of The Rules (Project Paper Doll, #1)

    Stacey Kade
    The Rules (Project Paper Doll, #1)
    Rating: 3.9/5
  • Cover of Invisibility

    Andrea Cremer
    Invisibility
    Rating: 3.72/5
  • Cover of The Reluctant Assassin (W.A.R.P., #1)

    Eoin Colfer
    The Reluctant Assassin (W.A.R.P., #1)
    Rating: 3.7/5
  • Cover of Dualed (Dualed, #1)

    Elsie Chapman
    Dualed (Dualed, #1)
    Rating: 3.42/5
  • Cover of The Grass Is Always Greener (Belles, #3)

    Jen Calonita
    The Grass Is Always Greener (Belles, #3)
    Rating: 4.14/5
  • Cover of Fall of Night (The Morganville Vampires, #14)

    Rachel Caine
    Fall of Night (The Morganville Vampires, #14)
    Rating: 4.31/5
  • Cover of Cameron and the Girls

    Edward Averett
    Cameron and the Girls
    Rating: 3.67/5
  • Cover of The Last Academy

    Anne Applegate
    The Last Academy
    Rating: 3.27/5
  • Cover of Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood

    Abby McDonald
    Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
    Rating: 3.24/5
  • Cover of Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter

    Simon Mayo
    Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter
    Rating: 4.07/5
  • Cover of Mystic (Soul Seekers, #3)

    Alyson Noel
    Mystic (Soul Seekers, #3)
    Rating: 4.2/5

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