tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35240747543772735322024-03-20T00:45:32.981-07:00YA know books?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524074754377273532.post-76601419341862043922011-12-09T17:10:00.001-08:002011-12-10T09:53:48.153-08:00Bumped<br />
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McCafferty, Megan.<i>
Bumped.</i> New York: Balzer+Bray: 2011. </div>
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<b>Annotation:</b> Melody
was raised to be a teen surrogate to infertile adults trading a life for money,
cars, and tuition, her twin Harmony was raised as a Christian against getting
<i>bumped</i>. These two lives change as they reunite and discover that they’re not as
different as they believed.</div>
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What if being a pregnant teen came with tons of perks
including an increased social status rather than hardship and snickers? In
Melody’s world it does. After 18 people are infertile and that means when you’re
a teenager <i>pregging</i> is the thing to
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“<i>Why not? I won’t be using my uterus for anything else
during those nine months!</i> So that’s how I was the first girl in my class to go pro
and sign on to be a surrogate. About a dozen girls at my school followed my
lead so far, with more trying to land contracts every day.”</div>
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But Melody can’t <i>bump</i>
with anyone, she has to get matched, feelings don’t matter- or do they? Maybe
it’s different for her twin sister, Harmony, who grew up in a God loving society.
With no concern of getting <i>bumped</i> for someone else she is engaged. Harmony found her sister with
the hope of introducing her to God, but what happens when these two reunite? Who
converts who? Find out in <i>Bumped.</i></div>
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<b>Look for the sequel <i><a href="http://www.meganmccafferty.com/thumped-cover-and-synopsis/" target="_blank">Thumped</a></i> in<i> </i>April 2012!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>What does Megan McCafferty have to say
about <i>Bumped</i>?<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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Westerfeld, Scott. <i>UGLIES.</i>
New York: Simon Pulse, 2005.</div>
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<b>Annotation:</b> Right
before her surgery to become a pretty, Tally meets Shay who opens her eyes to
the ugly side of the pretty world. Tally now faces a tough decision of staying ugly
forever or acting like a spy for the authorities against the Smoke, where her
friend Shay escaped to avoid her surgery.</div>
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Your 16<sup>th</sup> birthday is a big deal and Tally can’t
wait for hers. Tally is an Ugly who will receive her birthday surgery to become
a Pretty. Before her surgery she meets Shay who plans on running away to avoid
the surgery to become Pretty. Tally has been looking forward to becoming a New
Pretty, but she can’t get Shay’s ideas out of her head. Being a Pretty might
not be all it’s cut out to be, but will she risk being forever one of the <i>UGLIES</i>?</div>
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<b>Awards:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Garden State Book Award (Teen Fiction Grades 6-8), 2008<o:p></o:p></div>
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VA Readers Choice Book, 2008<o:p></o:p></div>
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Abraham Lincoln Award Winner, 2007<o:p></o:p></div>
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Golden Duck, Hal Clement Award for Young Adult, 2006<o:p></o:p></div>
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ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006<o:p></o:p></div>
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ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (2006.04|Books
That Don’t Make You Blush), 2006<o:p></o:p></div>
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School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2005<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The <a href="http://scottwesterfeld.com/books/uglies/" target="_blank">Uglies Series</a>: <i>UGLIES, PRETTIES, SPECIALS, and EXTRAS</i></b></div>
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DuPrau, Jeanne. <i>The
City of Ember. </i>New York: Yearling, 2003.</div>
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<b>Annotation:</b>
The builders of the City of Ember designed it to sustain life for 200 years
until it was safe to return to the outside world. The builders left
instructions that were eventually lost, no one knew of their existence, but
when Lina finds them torn as they were she knows she has something important
and decides to figure them out. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Lina finds a box that holds an important message for the
City of Ember. Their city was always losing power and fear was settling in that
the lights may one day go out and never return. Even though she doesn’t know it, with her friend Doon they decipher its meaning to find a way out of their
deteriorating city. Will the others believe they’ve found a way to the outside
world, will they understand they’ve been living underground, and can they do it
before the lights go out forever in <i>The City
of Ember</i>?</div>
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<b>Awards:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Mark Twain Award, 2006<o:p></o:p></div>
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William Allen White Children's Book Award, 2006</div>
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Child Magazine's Best Children's Book, 2003<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kirkus Editor's Choice, 2003<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Check out <i><a href="http://www.jeanneduprau.com/books.shtml" target="_blank">The books of Ember</a>: <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>The
City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, The Diamond of
Darkhold<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524074754377273532.post-43316305298576876572011-12-08T19:57:00.001-08:002011-12-10T09:54:20.438-08:00Feed<br />
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Anderson, M.T. <i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Feed.
</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2002.</span></div>
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<b>Annotation:</b>
Titus and his friends are connected to the constant feed in their brains, which
keeps them wirelessly connected. After meeting Violet whose feed has gone wrong
Titus begins to question his feelings about the feed. </div>
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What if your brain could receive your Facebook newsfeed
directly and silent chat with your friends? What if you could be online without using any
technology, pretty cool right? But what if in this feed you receive all the
spam and advertisement out on the web too? That’s the world Titus lives in, and
it’s not a big deal. Until a hacker messes with the Feed causing some problems.
You see for Titus and his friends the feed is a rooted in their everyday lives…</div>
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“The whole brain is tied in to the feed. The whole brain,
like the memory and the part that makes you move and the part for your
emotions.”</div>
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So when he meets Violet, whose feed has been damaged by
the hacker, he realizes things aren’t as great as they seem.</div>
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<b>Awards:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (2009.4|Science
& Technology), 2009</div>
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ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (2004.3|Literature
& Language Arts), 2004<o:p></o:p></div>
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ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2003</div>
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Book Sense Summer Pick Teen Readers, 2003</div>
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National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature,
2002<o:p></o:p></div>
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2002</div>
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Collins, Suzanne. <i>The
Hunger Games.</i> New York: Scholastic Press, 2008.</div>
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<b>Annotation:</b>
Peeta and Katniss are tributes of the Capitol of Panem’s yearly Hunger Games. They
fight each other and 22 others to the death as it plays out on TV as
entertainment. </div>
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Katniss has been taking care of her family since her dad
died, sneaking out of District 12 with her friend Gale to hunt for food. At 16
she’s managed to stay out of the Hunger Games set by the Capitol of Panem, but
when her sister Primrose is picked as the tribute Katniss volunteers in her
place. She joins Peeta as the tribute to District 12 to fight to death against
22 others, all while the Capitol and other districts watch for sport. With
greater survival skills than others can Katniss avoid being killed and can she
find it in herself to kill others? Can she be a pawn in this twisted game? Read
this first book of an increasingly popular trilogy to find out if Katniss’
rebellious spirit helps her win the Hunger Games or if it leads to her demise. </div>
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<b>Awards:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Amelia Bloomer List, 2009</div>
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ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009</div>
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ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2009</div>
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Cybils Award (Fantasy and Science Fiction - Young Adult),
2008</div>
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School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, 2008</div>
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Locus Recommended Reading - Young Adult, 2008</div>
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A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, 2008</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/works.htm" target="_blank">Trilogy Order</a>: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay</b></div>
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<b>This book’s
popularity led to the making of a movie. The book is ALWAYS better than the
movie, but take a look at the movie trailer to see what all the hype is about!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Malley, Gemma. <i>The Declaration.</i>
New York: Bloomsbury, 2007.</div>
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<b>Annotation: </b>In
a world where people chose Longetivity medication to make them live forever new
life is illegal, The Declaration bounds people to not having children, those
born are Surplus bred to serve Legals. Anna and new Surplus, Peter, decide to
escape to the pro-children Underground Movement. </div>
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Anna hates her parents for breaking The Declaration, they
knew they weren’t supposed to have children and now she is a burden on society
learning how to be an efficient servant to the Legals.<b> </b>She is Surplus Anna living amongst other illegal surplus children
hoping to be deemed a Valuable Asset, good enough to work for a Legal until
death. Anna wants nothing more than to be a Valuable Asset, until Peter, a new
Surplus is brought to Grange Halls. Peter claims to know Anna’s parents. He
says they love her and have been searching for her since the Catcher took her
from them. Ideas like that are unnatural, but Anna can’t help but believe Peter.
If they escape Grange Hall together she can be reunited with her parents and
live her life in the Underground Movement as Anna Covey rather than an illegal
Surplus Anna, but does she dare do it? <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, 2009</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">If you liked The Declaration check out the sequel <a href="http://www.gemmamalley.com/books/the-resistance/" target="_blank">The Resistance</a>!</span></b></div>
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<b>Watch this video to find out what Gemma Malley thinks about whether or not this can really happen in our the future of our world.</b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Pearson, Mary. <i>The
Adoration of Jenna Fox</i>. New York: Henry Holt, 2008.</span></div>
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After waking up from a coma Jenna tries to figure out why her life seems so
strange and uncover the secrets of her identity. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Losing a year of her life Jenna wakes up from a coma
after an accident she had at 16. But she has no memory of who she is.
Disoriented Jenna watches home videos of her life trying to regain a sense of
identity. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“I see Jenna, smiling, laughing, and chattering. And
falling. When you are perfect, is there anywhere else to go? I ache for her
like she is someone else. She is. I am not the perfect Jenna Fox anymore.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When Jenna sneaks into a locked closet and gets a cut on
her hand, she discovers the awful truth about her amnesia. Something her family
has been keeping from her- all for their <i>Adoration
of Jenna Fox</i>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">California Young Reader Medal nominee, 2010-2011</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">International Reading Association Young Adult Choice
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Heartland Award Honor Award for Excellence in Young Adult
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Winner Distinguished Work of Fiction CLCSC, 2009</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">NYPL Best Books, 2009</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Golden Kite Honor Award, 2008</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Oliver, Lauren. <i>Delirium.
</i>New York: Harper, 2011.</span></div>
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Magdalena finds herself counting down the days for her procedure to cure her
from contracting the disease, love, until she meets Alex who opens her eyes an
entirely different life she never knew existed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lena is nearing her 18<sup>th</sup> birthday and is
waiting to receive the cure that will prevent her from contracting <i>amor deliria nervosa</i>,<i> </i>love. Soon she’ll be paired with a
husband the scientists see fit for her and assigned a life to live free of
pain. Until she meets Alex and discovers what <i>amor deliria nervosa</i> really is.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“It’s not until I’ve been lying in bed for a long time,
shivering, aching, missing him already, that I realize my aunt and teachers and
the scientists are right about the deliria. As I lie there with the hurt
driving through my chest and the sick, anxious feeling churning through me and
the desire for Alex is so strong inside of me it’s like a razor blade edging
its way through my organs, shredding me, all I can think is: <i>It will me, it will kill me, it will kill
me, And I don’t care</i>.” </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now Lena must face the choice of living her assigned life
or trying to escape her world, something punishable by death, but is living a
life free of love or pain really living at all? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Amazon’s Best YA Novel, 2011</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Amazon’s Best Teen Book of the Month, February 2011</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">YAReads.com Book of the Month, March 2011</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">New Atlantic Independent</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Delirium is the 1<sup style="text-align: center;">st</sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: center;"> book in the trilogy. Keep an eye out for <a href="http://www.laurenoliverbooks.com/pandemonium.php" target="_blank">Pandemonium</a> (out in 2012) and <a href="http://www.laurenoliverbooks.com/requiem.php" target="_blank">Requiem</a> (out in 2013). </span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Huxley, Aldous. <i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Brave
New World.</i> New York: Harper & Row, 1989.</span></div>
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the brave new world people are controlled through the World State in an attempt
to keep them content. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">People often say that you’ll find your lives path. Well
in the World State people’s paths get determined from the time they are
embryos. Your life depends on what caste the World State chooses to put your
embryo in, forget choosing a career you were bred to fit into a certain type of
work by making each caste slightly less intelligent. After traveling to the
Savage Reservation Lenina and Bernard bring back John who doesn’t understand
this world without emotions or relationships. Life is easier when someone else
controls it and taking a dose of soma makes it possible to not feel. Would you
pop a soma pill to avoid feeling or throw out the Soma and rebel? Find out what
happens in this <i>Brave New World</i>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit, 1959</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">L’Engle, Madeline. <i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">A
Wrinkle in Time. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">New York: Dell Publishing, 1962.</span></span></div>
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her brother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin find out their peculiar
differences make them a part of a world beyond their understanding with time
travel and indescribable evil. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Meg and her younger brother Charles Wallace are looked at
by others like there is something not quite right about them. In fact, there
is- Charles Wallace understands his gift more than Meg and together with their
new friend Calvin they embark on a journey guided by Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and
Mrs. Whatist to defeat the <i>Black Thing</i>
and find their father, a scientist who’s been on a secret mission. This is how
they encounter <b>IT</b>- a powerful force
that holds all the people on the planet of Camazotz in <b>ITS</b> control and pushes to do the same to them…</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“As she cried out the words she felt a mind moving in on
her own, felt <b>IT</b> seizing, squeezing
her brain. Then she realized that Charles Wallace was speaking, or being spoken
through by <b>IT</b>…she felt her stubborn
control slip. Red fog glazed her eyes…”</span></div>
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planets with odd creatures and most dreadfully <b>IT</b>- and why do Mrs. Which and Company think a few kids can defeat such
powerful evil. More importantly what happens if they can’t? Find out in <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Satrapi, Marjane. <i>Persepolis:
the story of a childhood.</i> New York: Pantheon, 2003.</span></div>
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autobiography follows Satrapi through childhood and beginning adolescence
growing up in Iran during times or revolutions and wars. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ever wonder why some women wear a veil to cover their
hair? What’s it like to grow up in a different country…especially during war
time? Satrapi gives you a glimpse into her world through creative comic strip
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">follow Satrapi as she lives
through the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Struggling to hide her true lifestyle
under the regime, Satrapi’s thoughts on family, God, and forgiveness are depicted
through her simple yet powerful images. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This autobiography is intertwined with humor and history
giving an insight to what life might have been like if you lived in Iran with
Satrapi- wouldn’t you like to know?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Angouleme Coup de Coeur Award for Persepolis, 2001</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Alex Award, 2004</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">YALSA Best Books for Young Adults</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">New York Times Notable Book</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Time Magazine "Best Comix of the Year"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Los Angeles Times, Best-seller</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Book images copyright: Marjane Satrapi, 2000</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Take a look at <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=43801" target="_blank">Persepolis 2</a> and other works by Marjane Satrapi.</b></span></div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524074754377273532.post-65143889186389234162011-11-10T21:29:00.001-08:002011-12-10T09:55:42.384-08:00The House on Mango Street<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cisneros, Sandra. <i>The
House on Mango Street. </i>New York: Vintage Books, 1984.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation:</b> In vignettes Esperanza describes her life as
Hispanic girl growing up on Mango Street. She discusses her triumphs and
struggles with culture, family, friends, neighbors, dreams, and goals. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am one
who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up
the plate.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is it wrong to sometimes feel ashamed of your home, your
culture, and sometimes your family? Do you ever feel that as soon as you get
the chance you’re going to own your life and make it something totally
different than what your parents have given you? Esperanza does. She holds a
love hate relationship with the homes she’s lived in, the neighborhood she’s a
part of, and the culture she was brought up in. Even her name bothers her. She
dreams of having a “real” home and swears that her life will be different from
the one she knows with limited opportunity and male dominance …but in the end
can you really shed these parts of your life if they made you who you are?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Columbus Foundation's American Book Award, 1985</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">George G. Stone Center for Children’s Books Recognition
of Merit Award, 1994</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524074754377273532.post-79521219589510474072011-11-08T23:14:00.000-08:002011-12-10T09:55:52.516-08:00Rooftop<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Volponi, Paul. <i>Rooftop.
</i>New York: Viking, 2006.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation: </b>Clay
reconnects with his cousin Addison when they both find themselves in a rehab
center for teens only to be separated by death when one of them dies at the
hands of the police.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“ I walked up to the coffin and made myself look at him…The
suit that Spiers got for Addison covered the bullet hole in his chest. But I
didn’t think anything in this whole world would cover up what was missing from
inside of me.” </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What’s left for a Black teenager living in the projects
other than smoking weed and dealing? For Addison nothing was left after being
shot and killed by the police. Clay having witnessed the death of his cousin
realizes there are other ways to live your life, like staying clean and getting
a GED. Join Clay as he discovers bravery in overcoming addiction, loss, and the
pressure of taking your future in your own hands. </span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awards:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ALA Best Book Young Adult</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ALA Quick Pick<br />
New York City Library Book for the Teen Age<br />
Tayshas List</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Von Ziegesar, Cecily. <i>Gossip
girl. </i>New York:<i> </i>Little Brown and
Company, 2002.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation:</b>
Gossip girl tracks the lives of a group of wealthy high schoolers relationships
with love, sex, and most of all drama. </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I heard she had a
baby in France. She has STDs. She’s addicted to all kinds of drugs. I heard
she’s even selling them. She’s only popular because she’s slept with everybody.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The gossip runs rampant at school when envied it girl, Serena
van der Woodsen comes back from boarding school. Ready to hit the party scene
Serena soon realizes things aren’t going to be the same now that her best
friend turned frenemy, Blair, is dating the guy she lost the big V to, Nate.
Love, sex, drugs, jealousy, and alcohol are as common with these high schoolers
as the gossip that surrounds their relationships. Find out what these
characters <i>really </i>think about each
other in Gossip Girl. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b>If you liked this book, read the <a href="http://gossipgirl.wikia.com/wiki/Gossip_Girl_(books)" target="_blank">whole series</a>!</b></span></div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524074754377273532.post-43833153497123973062011-10-30T16:49:00.000-07:002011-12-10T10:08:46.209-08:00The Giver<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lowry, Lois. <i>The
Giver.</i> Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. </span></div>
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Living in an ideal community Jonas’ beliefs are shattered when he receives his
life’s assignment and is exposed to another way of life. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You can’t miss what you’ve never known. Jonas had no idea
his life was missing anything until given the responsibility of receiver for
his ideal community, a community filled with sameness and lives governed by
rules. He was assigned to receive all memories of those that came before him. With
these memories Jonas experiences pain but also love, colors, and music, things
unknown to the rest of the community. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to
Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back and
back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with
differences…we gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Could you deny others the joy of memories, of choice, of
differences? After realizing another way of life exists, imperfect as it may be,
can Jonas live denying others the feelings he now knows? </span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awards:</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Newbery Medal, 1994</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Regina Medal, 1994</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">William Allen White Award, 1996</span></div>
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<b>Read the rest of the <a href="http://www.loislowry.com/index.php?option=com_djcatalog2&view=items&cid=4%3Athe-trilogy&Itemid=185" target="_blank">trilogy</a>!</b></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524074754377273532.post-91379881015908186132011-10-30T16:44:00.000-07:002011-12-10T09:56:25.724-08:00The Silver Kiss<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation: </b>Zoë
finds herself in an unusual relationship with Simon after they bond over mutual
feelings about loneliness and death. Simon, a member of the undead, helps Zoë
accept her mother's illness. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How do you let go? For Zoë letting go seems to be the
theme of her life lately- her mother is dying, her best friend is moving, and
her father is distant consumed by her mother’s cancer. In an almost unbelievable
encounter Zoë finds an odd comfort in being needed by Simon. Together they find
a twisted yet beautiful comfort in each other’s pain and loneliness. Sharing
his secrets Simon takes Zoë into a world of the undead revealing his identity
as a vampire. Finding solace in Simon’s company, how does she let go when he
too needs to leave her side? </span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Awards:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award, 1992</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award, 1993<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">South Carolina Children's Book Award, 1993<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Peters, Julie Ann. <i>Keeping
You a Secret</i>. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2003.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation: </b>Holland
Jaeger discovers her true identity after she meets and falls in love with an
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Holland is balancing homework, work, college
applications, friends, and a boyfriend as a senior in high school when she
first spots Cece an openly gay transfer student. When she realizes that her
thoughts about Cece sound more like a girl crush she begins to question her
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After admitting to herself she is a lesbian, Holland and Cece begin a
relationship of liberating love, but how liberating can it be if no one can
know about it? In an effort to avoid cruelty from others at school and keep her
to herself Cece convinces Holland to keep their relationship secret. Find out
if keeping your relationship a secret is really <i>Keeping You a Secret</i>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation:</b> Charged
with murder Steve Harmon’s trial and fears play out like a movie, ending in his
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>Is this real life or a movie?</i> Steve
Harmon a regular teenager who liked making films in school finds himself on
trial for murder. Trying to grasp how he ended up behind bars he imagines the
courtroom proceedings as though he is watching a movie. With close ups, voice
overs, and flashbacks we see life through Steve’s eyes. Read like a screenplay
with occasional diary entries Steve’s fight for freedom unfolds.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Reading through the scenes in this life turned movie you
feel the fear and anguish of a young man trying to define his role in the death
of a store clerk. When the rest of his life depends on the decision of the jury
the question persist, <i>Is this real life
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2000 ALA Best Books for Young Adults</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2000 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Literature
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1999 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yates, Elizabeth. <i>Amos Fortune free man. </i>New York: Puffin Books, 1950. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Annotation:</b> Amos Fortune went from being a king in his African village to a slave in the United States eventually buying his freedom and gaining respect from all in his town through a life of honesty and good deeds. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> At-mun was ripped from everything he knew his family, his village, and his people as a young king in Africa only to be sold as a slave in America. His will power to not succumb to despair in the painful voyage is admirable but pails only to the gracefulness with which he chose to carry the rest of his life. Being given the name Amos Fortune due to his incredible luck that began as he was bought by a Quaker who taught him to read and write, Amos dedicated his life to others. In this simply written biography we see a young man grow from king, slave, servant, to a free man that never ceases to be riddled with positivity and giving regardless of his situation. Amos’ spirit is one that transcends ideas of race and money teaching us all that freedom comes from living a good life regardless of the circumstances. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">William Allen White Children’s Book Award, 1953</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>With names varying from Stop Thief, Misha, Jack, and Poppynoodle this first person fiction narrative follows a kid growing up without a true identity during World War II. Nameless he is given the name Misha by Uri, a make shift big brother who finds him stealing and makes him a part of a group of orphaned thieves trying to survive during the war. Not knowing he was Jewish, Misha takes on the identity of what he is told from gypsy, Jew, to nobody. Struggling to find meaning to his identity and his beliefs this story of triumph in the face of all adversity and loss of family and friends is relatable to all. Jerry Spinelli successfully introduces the historical and personal elements of the Holocaust through Misha, a kid turned adult on a quest to not let others define him but define himself. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Golden Kite Award, 2003</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2004</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List, 2004</span><br />
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Hinton, S.E. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Outsiders. </i>New York: Puffin Books, 1997, c1967.</div>
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Clothes, money, social status, attitude, hair and stereotypes often define which gang or clique you are a part of in high school. As for Ponyboy and his friends they’re known as Greasers and they take pride in their style especially their signature greasy hair. Pulled together from different backgrounds the Greasers friendship stems from acceptance and knows no boundaries. When a seemingly normal night turns into a fight with their rival the Socs, both gangs are changed forever. With one Soc dead and one Greaser a murderer individuals from each begin to discover that appearances are deceiving. S.E. Hinton’s timeless story explores real emotions felt by everyone regardless of their clique. Issues with absent parents, identity, death, fear, vulnerability, and a need to fit in consume these teenagers and friendships help push them through. Not your average happy ending <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Outsiders</i> reminds you that everybody has a story and like one of the Socs said, “Things are rough all over.”</div>
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New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, 1967<br />
Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book, 1967<br />
Media and Methods Maxi Award, 1975<br />
ALA Best Young Adult Books, 1975<br />
Massachusetts Children’s Book Award, 1979</div>
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