Whats Hot and Whats Not What teens really

What’s Hot and What’s Not • What teens really read…and then tell their friends to read! • What bookclubs really read and tell their friends to read! • • • Colorado Teacher of the Year Finalist 2004 Karol Sacca Retired -but never tired of reading Parachute, CO 81635 970 -285 -7017 karolsacca@gmail. com Lucy Schweers Excellence in Paralibrarianship 2012

Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell 1986 2 geeky narrators Park: Korean/white Eleanor “thinks she is fat” wild clothes-hair etc • School bus ride-first love • OK this one wins all my votes…must read! • •

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith • Incredible, near perfect clean love story • Takes place in a 24 hour period • Girl: misses plane to attend dad’s remarriage in London • Boy: meets girl while waiting at airport-sits next to her on plane • The apart then together? Forever? • This is a perfect “clean” love story

The Chosen One Carol Lynch Williams • “Your heart will race, teeth • • • grind and the brow bead with sweat” Young girl told she must marry her uncle BUT she has fallen in love with a kind young man Can she(they leave) leave the compound I would have never selected this one. . but it captured me! Old one but a great girl’s read! Need a got to get your reading. . this is one of my 233 picks

Falling for You Lisa Schroeder • Terrible home lifestepfather ugh! • Great job at flower shop • Falls in “love” with very possessive boy-too much • Tension created by storytelling model

Love and Other Perishable Items Laura Buzo • Set in Australia • H. S. girl (16 years old) gets job at local grocery story • Falls crazy in love with at 20 something yr old • Of course he is on love with someone else • Great dialogue-fun read

Just One Day Gayle Foreman • High school grad gets dream tip to Europe • Meets Dutch actor • Slips away on an unplanned trip to Paris where he disappears. • She returns to U. S. to • Ugh! sequel…his story due fall 2013

Easy Tamara Webber • College age girl attends costume partydesignated driver • Goes to leave and rape attempted-graphic • “Rescued” by a stranger • Great resource material at end • Consider pair to the true story

In Too Deep Amanda Grace • Rumor starts to snowball • Party-drinking… • Carter raped Sam(girl), when in fact it is a lie • BUT Issues with Carter…did he rape others? • Could be a great girls only book club

Rape Girl Alina Kline • Flip Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and you have it • Girl tells of her rape! • Reactions: oh my

The Girl who was Suppose to Die by April Henry • “Take her out back and kill her off…” • Girl, Stolen: kidnapped in back of car • The Night She Disappearedgirl goes out to deliver pizza…never returns • One of my 233 go to reads

Shadowlands Kate Brian • Rory (girl) is in witness protection • New town, new friends until one is missing • The serial killer she turned in is hunting her • High school-graphic violence

If We Survive by Andrew Klavan • 4 kids and sponsor go to Central America to rebuild a school • Community LOVES them…then • Revolution…oh my. . page 1 • They are targeted to die • Can they get out? • Can they survive?

Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff • New kid in school, no real friends then zap someone dies… • a Jason Bourne-like assassin • Get assignments from “The Program” • But is the program wearing off? • High action, quick start

Call the Shots Don Calame • Oh! the boys are back • Book 3 of their adventures. • This adventure: a lowbudget horror film • • Adventure #1: see and prove you have seen a full( frontal) in real life naked girl. Adventure #2: safe sex and winning a band contest when no one plays an instrument.

realism

A Thousand Words By Jennifer Brown • Topic: Sextexting • The girl send nude photo to senior boyfriend…she is drunk • The ripple in the pond effect • Realistic

Boy 21 Matthew Quick • All about high school basketball • Finley is the only white kid on his team • Coach says new kid “Boy 21” (super star was perfect until a family tragedy… ( Parents have been murdered) • Boy 21 claims he is extraterrestrial who parents are coming (from space) to get him • Goal: get the new kid back in the game!

34 Pieces of You Carmen Rodrigues • Ellie is dead: drug overdose • 34 strips of paper hidden in a box under Ellie’s bed • Secrets revealed when brother, best friend and sister look into her death

Crazy Dangerous Andrew Klavan • “Do Right -Fear Nothing” • Bully theme • Preacher’s kid gets into the wrong crowd • Strong bully themetried to rescue a girl • Not his best • Like Christian message?

My Book of Life by Angel Martine Leavitt • 16 yr old girl caught up in drugs then prostitution • Gritty-real-she so longs for a home-to love her • Then “Call” (pimp)brings home an 11 year old girl • Girls go missing but why? • Free verse simple • High school and above

May B Caroline Starr Rose • Middle school and beyond • 1800’s sod houses • Girl sent to aid another settler recently married to a “Mail-order” bride • Terror-survivor tale • Middle school

I Hunt Killers- Game Barry Lyga • Jazz’s father is a very famous serial killer. . now in prison and has been 4 years. • Jazz was “trained” by dad… • Now there is a serial killer loose in his town • So…is he it? Did he do it? • Shivers…bodies etc

The Last Thing I Remember The Long Way Home – Truth of the Matter. The Final Hour by Andrew Klavan • Great opening • Charlie wants to go to Air Force, is skilled in karate finds himself tied to a chair surrounded with instruments of torture • Perfect for hard to please male readers • Series: “The Homelanders” • Easy go to series 4 boys

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein • Setting: WWII Britain • 2 best girlfriends: one shot down over France • Interrogation (Nazi torture)that reveals an amazing friendship • Read it twice…second time you see the puzzle that was there all along • Easily an adult read

Once-Then –Now Morris Gleitzman "This story is my imagination trying to grasp the unimaginable" “Everyone needs a family, no matter where it’s found” • Holocaust tale-Poland 1942 • Not necessary to read #1 but helpful • Felix and Zelda jump from a Nazi death train • All about survival • Meets Genia –character lives forever in my heart

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Baltic States lost more than one-third of their populations during the Russian genocide. • 1939 • 16 year old Lina, Mom and brother are deported to face labor camp in Siberia • Dad? Hopefully he is in another camp • Lina creates art in hopes it will reach him • Question age range of readability

I am a SEAL Team Six Warrior: memoirs of an American Solider by Howard Wasdin • Great adult or teen read • Inspiring • Both have adult and YA versions Pair for The Alex Project

Never Fall Down Patricia Mc. Cormick • Arn is taken from his home by the Khmer Rouge • Becomes a child solider • What a way to learn history.

Blink Once Cylin Busby • Young man paralyzed in hospital. • He is only able to blink of communicate • is encourages by a young woman. . is she real or not • What happened?

Starters Lissa Price • Enter the future • Setting Beverly Hills • 16 yr old Callie hires her body out to those who want to experience being young again-”inhabit her” • This works until her body will commit murder unless her mind can stop it! • Enders the sequel out end of 2013

Crash by Lisa Mc. Mann • Start of a 4 book series “Visions” • Girls has reoccuring visions that are amazing clear -9 body bags, snow, accident • Visions are on TV, billboards • Knows one of the facesboyfriend…can she stop ? • (Dead to You: Kid kidnapped year later returns)

Fracture Megan Miranda • Accident, underwater too long • Should be dead-should have brain injury • Perfect…. Except she is drawn to those who are going to die… • Easy hook book for boy male and female

Michael Vey- Prisoner of Cell –Rise of Elgen Richard Paul Evans • Oh my what an electrifying read. • 9 th grade Michael is being bullied- has one friend-also an outcast-genius” • Michael has a crush on the pretty high school cheer leader • Both Michael and the girl discover very special “gifts” • One of my 233 go to books

Ashfall –Winterfall Mike Mullen • Iowa Teen experiences explosion---attempts to find parents • Explosion due to Yellowstone eruption • Survival • 2 of 3 released • Sunrise Book 3 of Ashfall (Mike Mullen) spring 2014

Classics (they and you just don’t know it yet)

The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going • Old one but a great one • 2 5 th graders have all summer to conquer their fears • Setting: the south- 1976 • Great read aloud for young and old-Alex Project for middle school • Themes: bullying, race relations

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine • A classic in the making • Enter 10 year old Caitlyn’s mind as she processes her brother’s death. • (Asperger’s Syndrome) • Strong tie To Kill a Mockingbird • Listed as a “J” could/should be an adult read. • Tender-memorable- a must read • National Book Award winner • This is a MUST on your reading list, not sure teens will find it!

Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson • Mom has always been unpredictable- odd • Go tent camping in Acadia National Park • With very little food, supplies and money he awakes to no mom, car gone • Perfect read aloud • Survival skills, who to tell-not to tell-how long to wait •

Me before You by Jo Jo Moyes • Current day England • Wealth young man quadraplegic • Care giver (young lady) • More than a love story? • Ethical questions abound • Great audio

29: a novel by Adena Halpern • A Birthday wish comes true … 76 yr. old wants to be 29 again • Great LIGHT read • Great discussion for a ladies book club, might be fun for an intergenerational group

Frozen in Time by Michael Zuckoff • WWII and current day • Plan crashes in Greenland, attempted recovery missions then and now. • Great audio • If a book club selection the question has to be at what cost ?

One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard • Alex Award winner • Baseball, small town and one magical season

Calling Me Home Julie Kibler • Oh my, oh my this is incredible! Grab it today! • One black hairdresser, one white 80 something on a road trip • Told in 2 addictive voices • Mix “Scout”, The Help, Driving Miss Daisy and you have a winner here.

Juliet in August by Dianne Warren • ADULT READ • Enter a small town in Canada • Fall in love with: • A banker, his wife, their daughter’s wedding plans • A farm family that can’t make it • Perfect! • If you love Ken Haruf (Plainsong)same style

Schroder Amity Gaige • A “love”letter written from prison • Dad persuades you how much he loves his estranged wife and daughter • How incredible to appeal to the reader in this manner

Power of Habit Charles Duhigg • A must read or better listen! • Go in small doses • Take a peek at why you do what you do! • Starbucks, Fabreeze…

The Mountain between Us by Charles Martin • Set in Colorado • No award winner just a good story • Terrible storm in Colorado Springs, hire a private plane to skirt storm….