december 2010 9th grade book talk

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