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Reading Level: Young Adult Paperback: 217 pages Publisher: AmazonEncore (April 27, 2010) Book Summary: A loner in his all-white high school, Chinese-born Xing (pronounced “Shing”) is a wallflower longing for acceptance. His isolation is intensified by his increasingly awkward and undeniable crush on his only friend, the beautiful and brilliant Naomi Lee. Xing’s quiet adolescent existence is rattled when a series of disappearances rock his high school and fear ripples through the blue collar community in which he lives.  Amidst the chaos surrounding him, only Xing, alone on the sidelines of life, takes notice of some peculiar sightings around town. He begins to investigate with the hope that if he can help put an end to the disappearances, he will finally win the acceptance for which he has longed. However, as Xing draws closer to unveiling the identity of the abductor, he senses a noose of suspicion tightening around his own neck. While Xing races to solve the mystery and clea

Teaser Tuesday  is a weekly meme hosted by   hosted by MizB of   ShouldBeReading .  This week's tease is from Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.      "It's kind of beautiful, this scary world.      I still want to get out of it as soon as possible, but when I look around and stop thinking about how insane it all is and just see it without freaking out, it's really beautiful. Stinky, but beautiful." (Page 414, ARC) Reading level:  Young Adult Hardcover:  496 pages Publisher:  Delacorte Books for Young Readers (October 12, 2010) Book summary:   BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.   PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis