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Revived by Cat Patrick.

Imagine being in a car crash-- trapped in a sinking bus with 20 other children--water rushing in with no escape--drowning.

It seems like the end, but thanks to a top secret drug called Revive, you're brought back to life. You have to relocate, change your name, pretend to be a different person, but you're ALIVE.

Now imagine dying and being revived again. And again. And again. And again. Dying and coming back to life FIVE times. Changing names, cities, and identities five times, losing friends and making new ones five times. This is the life that Daisy Appleby lives with her Revive case agents, Mason and Cassie. She's grown used to this kind of lifestyle and hasn't made attachments with others to keep a low profile, up until moving to Omaha.

For the first time, Daisy develops a genuine friendship with Audrey McKean, and a romantic interest in Audrey's brother, Matt. Just as she's deciding that Omaha feels like home, a shocking secret involving the Revive experiment threatens to turn her world upside-down. Daisy finally gets a chance for a normal life, but will the secrecy of Revive get in the way?

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Everafter

EVERAFTER is a unique and compelling read. Maddie, the narrator, suddenly finds herself in the midst of, well, nothing. Not a thing to feel, or see or hear, just darkness all around her. That is, until she notices some glimmers of light and finds that they are items she once lost in her life. She's dead and her only connection to the living is through these everyday objects she once knew.

Karen Kingsbury offers us a book that is not only suspenseful but thought provoking. What happened to her? How did she die so young? Can she change her life once it's over? Why are these everyday items so important now? Do we ever really see the big picture enough to appreciate our tiny corner of it? Come to your own conclusions as you explore EVERAFTER.

Available also as a book on disc or digital book.

Perfect Chemistry

Two Chicago high school students, one a head cheerleader from the north side and one a gang member from the south side, are thrown together as lab partners in their Chemistry class. Starting off the school year with a prickly confrontation that magnifies their many differences, Brittany Ellis and Alex Fuentes soon have greater challenges to overcome -- love. While breaking through and overcoming their personal misconceptions about each other, they are also faced with the disapproval of their friends and family. A passionate and intense story told in alternating narratives, Perfect Romance is recommended for teens 14 and up.

Perfect Chemistry had me hooked from the first chapter. Having read How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, also by Simone Elkeles, I look forward to other titles by this author, including a sequel to Perfect Chemistry, which is due for release in May 2010. You may also want to check out Elkeles website -- a creative and interactive site with forums, a newsletter, and rap video "book trailers" to promote her titles. One bit of interesting trivia about the author -- she's a graduate of the University of Illinois.