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The Higher Power of Lucky »
Title: The Higher Power of Lucky Author: Susan Patron Publication: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books (November 7, 2006) ISBN: 978-1416901945 Grade Level: 4-6 Awards: 2006 Newbery Award Winner Summary: Lucky has a lot on her mind. If she can just find her Higher Power like the Anonymous people she could keep her guardian, Brigitte [...]
My Sister’s Keeper »
Title: My Sister's Keeper Author: Jodi Picoult Publishing:Atria; 1st Atria Books Hardcover Ed edition (April 6, 2004) ISBN: 978-0743454520 Grade Level: 10-12 Awards: 2005 Alex Award Winner Summary: Thirteen-year-old Anna Fitzgerald is in for the fight of her life as she sues her parents for the right to make medical [...]
Liar »
Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier Publishing: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (September 29, 2009) ISBN: 978-1599903057 Grade Level: 9-12 Summary: Seventeen-year-old Micah is a liar, a compulsive liar, but when her boyfriend/not-boyfriend is murdered will her truth come to light? Comments: Liar starts out a bit slow [...]
Keturah and Lord Death (audiobook) »
Title: Keturah And Lord Death Author: Martine Leavitt (Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan) Publication: Prince Frederick, MD Recorded Books, 2007. Length: 6 Hours 31 Minutes ISBN: 9781428146495 Grade Level: 8-11 Awards: National Book Award Finalist (Young People’s Literature), Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Summary: [...]
Wintergirls »
Title: Wintergirls Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Publication: Viking Juvenile (2009), Hardcover, 288 pages ISBN: 067001110X / 9780670011100 Grade Level: 9-12 Awards: n/a Summary: Award-winning author of Speak presents Lia, a twice committed anorexic reeling with the news that her best friend has just been found dead in a [...]
