Warm up to a good bookDecember 2010 – Phoenix Middle School

Kelly JensenYouth Services LibrarianAram Public Library

Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf

• World War II: Holocaust

• Milada now Eva, the perfect German girl

• Tear jerker

Dark Life by Kat Falls

• Pioneer life under the sea

• Battles, drama, and government conspiracy

• Great readalike to The Hunger Games

One of the Survivors by Susan Shaw

• Joey lost everything important in his life

• But is he to blame for what killed 22 of his own classmates?

• Realistic & gripping

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

• Ben’s dad has a new job: teaching a chimp to learn sign language

• What happens when the ape becomes much more than an experiment?

Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker

• Forensic scientists uncover bones of America’s earliest settlers

• Non-fiction

• Awesome photos

The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

Ruined by Paula Morris

• Ghost story set in New Orleans

• Mardi Gras, family legacy, and haunted grave yards

• Bonus: Ghosts!

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

• Graphic novel (like a comic book)

• Funny and relatable story about getting braces

• Even if you don’t have them, you know someone who does!

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld