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July 01, 2005

2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Looking for a cool book to read this summer? Check out this list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers from the Young Adult Services Association. Featured titles include fiction and nonfiction.

Lee Klancher. Monster Garage: How to Customize Damn Near Everything
If you want to get a little taste of what it's like to create your own monster, How To Customize Damn Near Anything is your ticket to the world of custom vehicles. You'll learn the ins and outs of custom painting, engine building, chassis construction, welding, and more.

Suzanne Weyn. Bar Code Tattoo
It's the near future. When you turn seventeen, you get a barcode tattoo. It's a rite of passage. It's the be-all and end-all of identity. Everybody does it. But what if you say no? What if you don't want to become a code? For Kayla, this one choice changes everything. She becomes an outcast in high school. Dangerous things happen to her family. And eventually she finds herself on the run.