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Have a favorite book? Then you may like to read...


Check out the books below and click on the titles next to them to find out more. Have you read a book that would be a great addition to one of  the Readalike selections?  Or do you love a certain book and you'd like for me to help you find similar books? Please let me know by posting the title and author in the Contact Form at the bottom of the page.

*All links are to the Scholastic Publishing Website and to Amazon.com or to the occassional author website. These are just suggestions and in no way should you feel it necessary to buy these titles. Use your library!!! They have most titles and the librarians and media specialists have so much knowledge that they would just LOVE to share!!

SO over Twilight? Sink your teeth into these fangworthy selections...

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The Silver Kiss (1992) by Annetee Curtis Klause

Already Dead () by Charlie Huston

Let Me In (2007) by John Ajvide Lindqvist 

Sunshine (2010) by Robin McKinley

Demon In My View (2000) by Amelia Atwater Rhodes

Shiver (2009) by Maggie Stiefvater 

The Vampire Lestat (1985) by Anne Rice

    


If you liked the romance and suspense of Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (2009), then you may like...

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Rules of Attraction (2010) by Simone Elkeles

Leaving Paradise (2007) by Simone Elkeles

North of Beautiful (2007) by Justina Chen Headley

Romiette and Julio (1999) by Sharon Draper

Along for the Ride (2009) by Sarah Dessen

Street Love (2006) by Walter Dean Myers

Accidental Love (2006) by Gary Soto

...and of course, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet!!


Did you really connect with the real-life plot of The First Part Last by Sharon Draper (2004)? Then check out...

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Tyrell (2006) by Coe Booth

 Who Am I Without Him?: Short stories about girls and the boys in their lives (2004) bySharon Flake

 Tears of a Tiger )1994) by Sharon Draper

 The Autobiography of My Dead Brother (2005) by Walter Dean Myers

Street Love (2006) by Walter Dean Myers

Upstate (2005) by Kalisha Buckhanon

Hanging On to Max (2003) by Margaret Bechard

You Don't Even Know Me: stories and poems about boys (2010) by Sharon Flake


Left speechless by Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak (2001)? Then try...

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Big Mouth and Ugly Girl (2002) by Joyce Carol Oates 

 Cut (2002) by Patricia McCormick

Staying Fat for Sarah Burns (2001) by Chris Crutcher

Twisted (2008) by Laurie Halse Anderson

Losers (2008) by Matthue Roth

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999) by Stephen Chbosky

Buddha Boy (2004) by Kathe Koje 


Love the action of Ball Don't Lie (2007)by Matt de la Pena? Shoot for one of these...

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Mexican White Boy (2010) by Matt de la Pena

Whale Talk (2001) by Chris Crutcher
 
Black and White (2005) by Paul Volponi

Target (2005) by Katherine Johnson

The Hoopster (2005) by Alan Sitomer

Cruise Control (2004) by Terry Trueman

How Ya Like Me Now? (2007)  by Brendan Halpin


Loved him in middle school, but not ready to say good-bye to Harry? These may bring the magic back...

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Rebel Angels (2005) by Libba Bray

Witch and Wizard (2009) by Gabrielle Charbonnet and James Patterson

The Ghosts of Ashbury High (2010) by Jacklyn Moriarty

The City of Bones (2008) by Cassandra Clare

The Road of the Dead (2007) by Kevin Brooks

A Great and Terrible Beauty (2003) by Libba Bray


Looking for the right book? If you loved Looking for Alaska (2006), then set your sights on...

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King Dork (2006) by Frank Portman

Thirteen Reasons Why (2007) by Jay Asher

An Abundance of Katherines (2006) by John Green

Wake (2008) by Lisa McMann

Confessions of a Boyfriend Stealer (2005) by Robinn Clairday

Catalyst (2002) by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Realm of Possibility (2004) by David Leviathan


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