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Young readers’ (nonrequired) summer books list

By Chelsey Philpot

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    June 10, 2012

School is out and for book lovers summer vacation means piles of paperbacks, a well-stocked ereader, and daily trips to the library.Bring on thrillers, nightmare-inducing horror stories, action-packed science fiction, and romances as sweet as lemonade. It’s time for some armchair adventures, fascinating biographies, and fast-paced reads to tackle after Suzanne Collins’s “Hunger Games” trilogy. Enjoy these recently released titles below as well as some classics that have been making the news.

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