 | This is What I Did: by Ann Dee Ellis
Buy new: $13.25 / Used from: $4.92 I read this book in one night and can't wait to see more from Ann Dee.
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 | Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $8.40 This book is even set in SLC. How cool is that?
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 | Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $2.99 I can't wait to see more from Zarr. Maybe next time her book will be set in SLC instead of Cali.
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 | Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Buy used from: $6.41 A local Newbery Author!
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 | Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.99 This is one of the best books I have read this year.
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 | The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $4.71 This was the first of Hale's books that I read.
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 | Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.49 Second book
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 | River Secrets by Shannon Hale
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $6.60 This book
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 | Austenland: A Novel by Shannon Hale
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $2.49 Writen in SLC, main charicter from NYC, set in England.
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 | The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.96 This book deserves a lot more attention than it is getting. Support local authors!
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 | Mira, Mirror by Mette Harrison
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.82 Harrison is really starting to make a name for herself.
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 | The Monster in Me by Mette Ivie Harrison
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $1.38 I haven't read this one yet, so I can't say much about it.
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 | Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.76 It wasn't the best book I've ever read, but it was imaginative.
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 | Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven) by Brandon Mull
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.34 Second book
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 | Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven) by Brandon Mull
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $13.36 This one will be coming out in April 2008.
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 | Fanny's Dream (Picture Puffins)
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.46 Our school is doing a play based on this book for "Read Across America." It's a really fun story.
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 | Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $0.03 Mrs. Buehner is a great woman, and her books are great, too.
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 | Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $6.00 Mr. Buehner's illustrations are beautifully creative.
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 | What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave School)? (Carolrhoda Picture Books) by Anne Bowen
Buy new: $13.56 / Used from: $11.70 This was a totally entertaining book that has all of the ellements of a great picture book.
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 | Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer
Buy new: $6.04 / Used from: $4.99 I know she lives in Navada, but she did go to BYU.
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 | New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.90 What is a nice Mormon girl doing writing about Vampires?
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 | Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.20 She has a huge following here in SLC.
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 | The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13) by Lemony Snicket
Buy new: $94.50 / Used from: $72.95 Brett Helquist (illustrator) grew up in Orem, Utah. Like Meyer, he defiantly deserves a nod on this list.
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