december 2010 9th grade book talk
TRANSCRIPT
Warm up to a good bookDecember 2010 –
Delavan Darien High School
Kelly Jensen
Youth Services Librarian
Aram Public Library
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
• No one believes such a mean girl
• Gut-wrenching and Real
The River by Mary Jane Beaufrand
• The Santiam River holds many secrets, including the dead body of a girl Ronnie babysat
• Mystery of La Llorona
Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt
• Levi’s brother returns from war changed
• Will Levi learn the truth of his brother’s reclusiveness?
Dirt Road Home by Watt Key
• Hal’s in a Boys’ Home – but it’s really a prison
• Can he change or is it all a mind game?
• Gangs, violence, and trouble
Candor by Pam Bachorz
• Candor, Florida is utopia
• Are their thoughts their own?
• Check this out
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
• Can Piper really get Dumb a record deal?
• No one believes the deaf girl
• Music!
When the Stars Go Blue by Caridad Ferrer
• Soledad Reyes is a passionate dancer
• Jonathan convinces her to try out for his bugle corps’s rendition of Carmen
• Romance like Simone Elkeles
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
• Evie thinks she’s normal, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency
• Is she part of a grander master plot?
• Humor, plus zombies, faeries, and vampires
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
•Gemma taken hostage by Ty
•Does she really understand why he did it?
•Australian, desolate setting
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld