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June 6, 2008 - June 19, 2008

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Early June 2008

Whew! Wherever you are, school is either over --- or just about over. It's time for pleasure reading, and at Teenreads.com we have just the books you want to read --- and a few amazing contests.

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Interview: Lucie Whitehouse, author of The House at Midnight

Jun 6, 2008

June 6, 2008

In this interview with Bookreporter.com's Alexis Burling, first-time author Lucie Whitehouse discusses how both her current home in London and childhood surroundings in the English countryside inspired her debut novel, THE HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT, and explains how the story has evolved over the course of her six-year writing process.

During the school year, do you usually have enough time to read for pleasure?

June 5, 2008, 192 voters

Lucie Whitehouse, author of The House at Midnight

On an icy winter weekend, seven friends celebrate New Year’s Eve at Stoneborough, a grand manor in the English countryside. They’ve been brought together by Lucas Heathfield, a young man who recently inherited the property after the tragic death of his uncle Patrick.

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

June 2008

A number of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture," where they are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde

June 2008

In this bittersweet and moving tale by the author of PAY IT FORWARD, Sebastian and Maria are two strangers who live half-lives dominated by bullies. Both escape their smothering homes by riding the subway for hours at night, where they meet each other, setting inevitable life changes in motion.

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June 2008

You don't have to bone up on Latin classics to appreciate this evocative retelling of Virgil's epic THE AENEID. Bestselling author Ursula K. Le Guin summons up a Bronze Age world of ritual, mystery and war with all the rich inventiveness she has displayed in her prize-winning fantasy novels.

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The Film Club: A Memoir by David Gilmour

June 2008

At the start of this brilliantly unconventional family memoir, David Gilmour is an unemployed movie critic trying to convince his 15-year-old son Jesse to do his homework. When he realizes that Jesse is beginning to view learning as a loathsome chore, he offers his son an unconventional deal: Jesse can drop out of school, but he must watch three movies a week of his father's choosing.

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The Art Of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

June 2008

Enzo relays the story of his family --- which includes race car driver Denny, wife Eve and daughter Zoë --- who face being torn apart when Eve becomes ill. While struggling to hold them together, Enzo refines his plans to be reincarnated as a human. After all, being a dog severely limits his ability to express his huge heart and soaring soul to those he loves most.

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