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NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 2006Older Readers



Armstrong, Jennifer. Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War. Ilus.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow.

Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America. Ilus.

Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl. Illus.

Broach, Elise. Shakespeare’s Secret.

Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.

Canales, Viola. The Tequila Worm.

Carvell, Marlene. Sweetgrass Basket.

Dowell, Frances O’Roark. Chicken Boy.

Ellis, Deborah. Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS.

Fleming, Candace. Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life. Illus.

Frank, Mitch. Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Illus.

Freedman, Russell. Children of the Great Depression. Illus.

Fünke, Cornelia. Inkspell.

García, Laura Gallego. The Legend of the Wandering King.

Giblin, James Cross. Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Illus.

Gruber, Michael. The Witch’s Boy

Guys Write for Guys Read. Ed. by Jon Scieszka. Illus.

Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy.

Hiaasen, Carl. Flush.

Holub, Josef. An Innocent Soldier.

Howe, James. Totally Joe.













































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Jurmain, Suzanne. The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students. Illus.

Krull, Kathleen. Leonardo da Vinci. Illus. by Boris Kulikov. The extraordinary life

and scientific investigations of the artist and

scientist are detailed in a readable, insight-

ful volume.

Lester, Julius. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue.

Mwangi, Meja. The Mzungu Boy.

Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illus. by Philippe Lardy.

Nye, Naomi Shihab. A Maze Me: Poems for Girls. Illus. by Terre Maher

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. Illus.

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief.

Salisbury, Graham. Eyes of the Emperor.

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the Persimmon Tree.

Stauffacher, Sue. Harry Sue.

Varmer, Hjørdis. Hans Christian Andersen: His Fairy Tale Life. Illus.

by Lilian Brøgger

Walker, Sally M. Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley. Illus.

Wilson, Jacqueline. The Illustrated Mum.

Yee, Lisa. Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time.

Zenatti, Valérie. When I Was a Soldier: A Memoir.

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere.

All AgesA Family of Poems: My Favorite

Poetry for Children. Ed. by Caroline Kennedy.





ful volume.











by Lilian Brøgger












ful volume.











by Lilian Brøgger








NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 2006Middle Readers

NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 2006MIddle Readers

NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 2006Middle Readers

Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Illus. by Paula Barragán

Anderson, M. T. Whales on Stilts. Illus.

by Kurt Cyrus

Armstrong, Alan. Whittington. Illus. by

S. D. Schindler

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Inte resting Boy.

Borden, Louise. The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H. A. Rey. Illus. by Allan Drummond

Burleigh, Robert. Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light. Illus.

Collard, Sneed B. The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America’s Lost Grasslands. Illus.

Delano, Marfé Ferguson. Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein.

Erdrich, Louise. The Game of Silence. Illus.

Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. Illus. by Bryan

Collier

Goscinny, René. Nicholas. Illus. by Jean-

Jacques Sempé

Greene, Stephanie. Queen Sophie Hartley.

Himelblau, Linda. The Trouble Begins.

Holm, Jennifer L. and Holm, Matthew. Babymouse: Queen of the World! Illus. by Matthew Holm.

Johnson-Davies, Denys. Goha the Wise Fool. Illus. by Hag Hamdy Mohamed

Fattouh and Hany El Saed Ahmed.

Kerrin, Jessica Scott. Martin Bridge, Ready for Takeoff! Illus. by Joseph Kelly.

A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms. Ed. by Paul B. Janecko. Illus. by Chris Raschka.

McKissack, Patricia C. and Moss, Onawumi Jean. Precious and the Boo Hag. Illus. by Kyrsten Brooker.

Menchú, Rigoberta and Liano, Dante. The Girl from Chimel. Illus. by Domi.



by Kurt Cyrus


S. D. Schindler








Collier


Jacques Sempé












by Kurt Cyrus


S. D. Schindler








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Jacques Sempé










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Napoli, Donna Jo. The King of Mulberry Street.

Russo, Marisabina. Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II. Illus.

Sabuda, Robert and Reinhart, Matthew. Encyclopedia Prehis-torica: Dinosaurs. Illus.

Say, Allen. Kamishibai Man. Illus.

Sidman, Joyce. Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems. Illus. by Beckie Prange.

Singer, Marilyn. Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth. Illus. by Meilo So.

Taback, Simms. Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me. Illus.

Turner, Pamela S. Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes. Illus.

Williams, Mary. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Illus. by R. Gregory Christie.

Winter, Jeanette. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq. Illus.

Winter, Jonah. Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Illus. by Raúl Colón.

Woodson, Jacqueline. Show Way. Illus.

by Hudson Talbott.















by Hudson Talbott.















by Hudson Talbott.



NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 2006Younger Readers



Agee, Jon. Terrific. Illus

Arnold, Katya. Elephants Can Paint Too! Illus.

Arnold, Tedd. Hi, Fly Guy! Illus.

Beaumont, Karen. I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! Illus. by David Catrow

Bloom, Suzanne. A Splendid Friend, Indeed. Illus.

Del Negro, Janice. Willa and the Wind. Illus. by Heather Solomon

DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson to the Rescue. Illus. by Chris Van Dusen.

Ehlert, Lois. Leaf Man. Illus.

Graham, Bob. Oscar’s Half Birthday. Illus.

Grey, Mini. Traction Man Is Here! Illus.

Guy, Ginger Foglesong. Siesta. Illus. by

René King Moreno.

Hicks, Barbara Jean. Jitterbug Jam: A Monster Tale. Illus by Alexis Deacon.

Juster, Norton. The Hello, Goodbye Window. Illus. by Chris Raschka

Karas, G. Brian. On Earth. Illus.

Kerley, Barbara. You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids around the World. IIllus.

Mora, Pat. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Illus. by Raúl Colón.

Muth, Jon J. Zen Shorts. Illus.

Park, Linda Sue and Durango, Julia. Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds. Illus by Sue Ramá

Priceman, Marjorie. Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride. Illus.

Richardson, Justin and Parnell, Peter. And Tango Makes Three. Illus. by

Henry Cole.












René King Moreno.










Henry Cole.












René King Moreno.










Henry Cole.

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Rohmann, Eric. Clara and Asha. Illus.

Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. Illus. by

Suçie Stevenson.

Sayre, April Pulley. Stars beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust. Illus. by Ann Jonas.

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Walter Was Worried. Illus.

Shannon, George. White Is for Blueberry. Illus. by Laura Dronzek

Silverman, Erica. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa. Illus. by Betsy Lewin

Van Leeuwen, Jean. Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day. Illus. by Ann

Schweninger.

Willems, Mo. Leonardo, the Terrible Monster. Illus.

Winthrop, Elizabeth. Squashed in the Middle. Illus. by Pat Cummings.

All AgesKennedy, Caroline, ed. A Family of

Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children. Illus by Jon J Muth



Suçie Stevenson.






Schweninger.







Suçie Stevenson.






Schweninger.





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Adult FictionDoctorow, E. L. The March.

Adult NonfictionBird, Kai and Sherwin, Martin.

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Youth FictionZevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere.

Youth NonfictionBartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler

Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow.

Youth Picture BookRosen, Michael. Michael Rosen’s

Sad Book. Illus. by Quentin Blake.

Reference SourceEncyclopedia of Religion. Ed. by

Lindsay Jones.









Reference SourceJones, Lindsay, ed. Encyclopedia of

Religion.










Religion.










Religion.

Top of the List Top of the List Top of the List Top of the List

Notable Books, 2006

Nonfiction

Notable Books, 2006

Nonfiction

Notable Books, 2006

Nonfiction

Notable Books, 2006

Nonfiction

Alexievich, Svetlana. Voices from Chernobyl. Survivors of the 1986

Chernobyl nuclear disaster provide unfor-

gettable witness to official corruption,

incompetence, and indifference.

Anonymous. A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City. This disturbing diary written after the

fall of Berlin recalls the mass rape perpe-

trated by Russian forces and the harrowing

choices a woman had to make to survive.

Bordewich, Fergus. Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America. Bordewich brings to

light the secret social movement in which

blacks and whites together led thousands

of runaway slaves to freedom.

Cathcart, Brian. The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom. Cambridge University physicists

John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton race

international rivals to achieve a landmark

scientific event—the splitting of the atom.

Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Easter Island, Norse Greenland,

Rwanda, and other societies reveal the cat-

astrophic consequences of environmental

mismanagement.

Eichenwald, Kurt. Conspiracy of Fools. The meteoric rise and spectacular

downfall of Enron is detailed in this sus-

penseful blow-by-blow account of executive

greed, arrogance, and stupidity.




















mismanagement.
























mismanagement.
























mismanagement.





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Lepore, Jill. New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan. Lepore masterfully reconstructs the events

surrounding the 1741 fires in lower

Manhattan, which led to the torture and

execution of slaves by whites who feared

rebellion.

Moorehead, Caroline. Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees. Moorehead puts a human face on the tidal

wave of despair suffered by 20 million refu-

gees worldwide.

Packer, George. The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq. Packer skillfully navi-

gates the politics of the U.S. decision to

invade Iraq and the postwar reconstruction

that has betrayed all sides.

Reiss, Tom. The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life. The chameleon life

of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew turned Muslim

who became a best-selling author in Nazi

Germany.

Reynolds, David S. John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. This cul-

tural biography shows John Brown’s pas-

sion for justice and commitment to equality

devolving into violent confrontations and

contributing to a nation divided.

Walker, Stephen. Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima. History is

brought dramatically alive in this moment-by-

moment account of the events immediately

surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima.

Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle. A

successful writer spots her mother digging

through trash on a New York City street,

sparking painful and affectionate memories

of an unusual childhood.





rebellion.



gees worldwide.








Germany.



















rebellion.



gees worldwide.








Germany.



















rebellion.



gees worldwide.








Germany.















Notable Books, 2006

Fiction and Poetry

Notable Books, 2006

Fiction and Poetry

Notable Books, 2006

Fiction and Poetry

Notable Books, 2006

Fiction and Poetry

FictionBates, Judy Fong. Midnight at the

Dragon Café. In this deeply moving

coming-of-age story, a young Chinese girl

and her family struggle to adapt to life in a

small Ontario town.

Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. For nine-

year-old Oskar, grief over the loss of his

father turns into a series of riddles in this

luminous and inventive post–-September

11, 2001, novel.

Gaitskill, Mary. Veronica. A former

model is haunted by the memory of an

AIDS-stricken friend in a story that pierces

the heart and illumines the excesses of

the 1980s.

Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide. An American biologist drawn to a remote

region of India to study river dolphins

experiences adventure, love, and a growing

social awareness.

Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. An English boarding school conceals a

shocking secret that only gradually dawns

on the reader of this finely observed,

thought-provoking novel.

Iweala, Uzodinma. Beasts of No Nation. In this chilling debut novel set

in West Africa, a captured boy tells how

he becomes a soldier and learns to kill

to survive.





small Ontario town.





11, 2001, novel.





the 1980s.




social awareness.








to survive.





small Ontario town.





11, 2001, novel.





the 1980s.




social awareness.








to survive.





small Ontario town.





11, 2001, novel.





the 1980s.




social awareness.








to survive.

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McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. A veteran Texas sheriff reflects

on a troubled society and an increasingly

evil breed of criminal as he confronts the

fast-moving case of a botched drug deal.

McEwan, Ian. Saturday. In this subtly

crafted novel, a chance encounter during a

typical Saturday in the life of a successful

London neurosurgeon leads to a life-alter-

ing series of events.

Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore. In this imaginative novel, a fifteen-

year-old Japanese boy embarks on a surreal

odyssey after his father’s murder.

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. A small-

town Iowa minister weaves together issues

of conscience and commitment with family

secrets in a rich tapestry of American life.

Urrea, Luis Alberto. The Hummingbird’s Daughter. A family

legend becomes a finely spun epic reimag-

ining the life of a Mexican peasant girl who

has the ability to perform miracles.

PoetryAlexander, Elizabeth. American

Sublime. Sparkling with humanity and

unexpected grace, Alexander’s poems

reflect on art, dreams, history, and the

African American experience.

Dybeck, Stuart. Streets in Their Own Ink. Dybeck draws readers into big-city

dreams and hard realities through imagi-

native storytelling and striking imagery of

people and places.





























people and places.





























people and places.





























people and places.

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79

• T

wo

awar

ds g

iven

Ha

rco

urt

Bra

ce J

ova

no

vich

Ste

ine

r, Jö

rg.

Rab

bit

Isla

nd.

Tr.

from

Ger

man

by

Ann

Con

rad

Lam

mer

s. 1

97

8.

Rea

lism

and

fan

tasy

ble

nd in

a s

atire

abo

ut t

wo

rabb

its w

ho e

scap

e fr

om a

fac

tory

whe

re

they

are

hel

d ca

ptiv

e.

Fra

nk

lin

Wa

tts,

In

c.

Nö

stli

nge

r, C

hris

tine

. Kon

rad.

Tr.

from

Ger

man

by

Ant

hea

Bel

l. 1

97

7. I

n th

is in

ven-

tive

fant

asy, a

wom

an a

dopt

s a

boy

who

has

bee

n cr

eate

d pe

rfec

tly in

a f

acto

ry.

19

78

• N

o a

wa

rd g

ive

n

19

77

• A

the

ne

um

Bø

dke

r, C

eci

l. T

he L

eopa

rd. T

r. fr

om D

anis

h by

Gun

nar

Pou

lsen

. 19

75

. A y

oung

boy

in

Eth

iopi

a tr

ies

to o

utw

it an

evi

l cat

tle t

hief

.

19

76

• H

en

ry Z

. W

alc

k

Hü

rlim

ann,

Ru

th.

The

Cat

and

Mou

se W

ho S

hare

d a

Hou

se.

Tr.

from

Ger

man

by

Ant

hea

Bel

l. 1

97

3.

A cl

ever

ret

ellin

g of

the

Grim

m b

roth

ers’

tal

e w

ith t

he m

oral

to

be

war

y of

the

pro

mis

es o

f on

e’s

natu

ral e

nem

ies.

19

75

• C

row

n

Line

vski

i, A

. An

Old

Tal

e C

arve

d O

ut o

f St

one.

Tr.

from

Rus

sian

by

Mar

ia P

olus

hkin

. 1

97

3. S

even

teen

-yea

r-old

Lio

k is

nam

ed t

he s

ham

an o

f a

Sto

ne A

ge S

iber

ian

trib

e w

hen

the

old

heal

er s

udde

nly

dies

.

19

74

• E

. P.

Du

tto

n a

nd

Co

.

Ze

i, A

lki.

Pet

ros’

War

. Tr

. fr

om G

reek

by

Edw

ard

Fent

on.

19

72

. W

hen

the

Ger

man

ar

my

occu

pies

his

hom

elan

d du

ring

Wor

ld W

ar I

I, a

Gre

ek b

oy c

hang

es h

is i

deas

abo

ut

the

adve

ntur

e of

war

.

19

73

• W

illi

am

Mo

rro

w a

nd

Co

.

Van

Ite

rso

n, S

. R

. P

ulga

. Tr

. fr

om D

utch

by

Ale

xand

er a

nd A

lison

God

e. 1

97

1.

A C

olom

bian

wai

f ta

kes

a jo

b as

a t

ruck

er’s

hel

per

and

sees

wha

t lif

e ou

tsid

e of

Bog

ota

is li

ke.

6

20

03

• T

he

Ch

ick

en

Ho

use

/S

cho

last

ic I

nc.

Fünk

e,

Corn

eli

a. T

he T

hief

Lor

d. T

r. fr

om G

erm

an b

y O

liver

Lat

sch.

20

02

. Tw

o or

phan

ed b

roth

ers,

tw

elve

-yea

r-old

Pro

sper

and

fiv

e-ye

ar-o

ld B

o co

me

to V

enic

e, I

taly,

on

the

run

from

rel

ativ

es w

ho int

end

to s

epar

ate

them

. A

band

of

stre

et k

ids,

a m

yste

rious

Th

ief

Lord

, a

nosy

det

ectiv

e, a

nd a

mag

ical

car

ouse

l ar

e al

l pa

rt o

f an

enc

hant

ing

stor

y th

at c

ombi

nes

mys

tery

, adv

entu

re, a

nd f

anta

sy.

20

02

• C

rick

et

Bo

ok

s/C

aru

s P

ub

lish

ing

Günd

isch

, Kar

in.

How

I B

ecam

e an

Am

eric

an. T

r. fr

om G

erm

an b

y Ja

mes

Sko

field

. 2

00

1. T

en-y

ear-o

ld J

ohan

n re

calls

the

hard

ship

s an

d tr

ium

phs

of th

e im

mig

rant

exp

erie

nce

in 1

902 a

s hi

s G

erm

an f

amily

em

igra

tes

in s

earc

h of

the

“pa

radi

se”

said

to

be f

ound

in

Amer

ica.

20

01

• A

rth

ur

A.

Levi

ne

/S

cho

last

ic P

ress

Car

mi,

Dan

iell

a. S

amir

and

Yon

atan

. Tr

. fr

om H

ebre

w b

y Ya

el L

otan

. 2

00

0.

Whe

n S

amir,

a P

ales

tinia

n bo

y, e

nter

s an

Isr

aeli

hosp

ital f

or s

urge

ry, t

he in

itial

fea

r an

d an

tago

-ni

sm h

e fe

els

is m

itiga

ted

by h

is b

ond

with

Yon

atan

, an

Isr

aeli.

The

ir re

latio

nshi

p gr

ows

as t

hey

face

the

ir ow

n ph

ysic

al a

nd e

mot

iona

l tria

ls.

20

00

• W

alk

er

an

d C

om

pa

ny

Quin

tana

, Ant

on.

The

Bab

oon

Kin

g. T

r. fr

om D

utch

by

John

Nie

uwen

huiz

en. 1

99

9.

Set

in E

ast

Afric

a, a

rej

ecte

d hu

nter

bec

omes

the

rel

ucta

nt le

ader

of

a ba

boon

tro

op a

nd

lear

ns a

bout

the

diff

eren

ces

amon

g in

divi

dual

s, t

oler

ance

for

oth

ers,

the

bas

is o

f po

wer

, an

d hi

s pl

ace

in t

he w

orld

.

19

99

• D

ial

Bo

ok

s fo

r Yo

un

g R

ea

de

rs

Rab

inov

ici,

Sch

osc

hana

. Th

anks

to

M

y M

othe

r. Tr

. fr

om

Ger

man

by

Ja

mes

Sko

field

. 19

98

. In

this

acc

ount

of

harr

owin

g ch

ildho

od e

xper

ienc

es d

urin

g W

orld

War

II,

mot

her

and

daug

hter

are

sav

ed b

y st

reng

th o

f sp

irit.

19

98

• H

en

ry H

olt

an

d C

om

pa

ny,

Inc.

Holu

b, J

ose

f. T

he R

obbe

r an

d M

e. T

r. fr

om G

erm

an b

y El

izab

eth

D. C

raw

ford

. 19

97

. H

ere

begi

ns t

he s

tory

of

Bon

iface

, who

land

s in

a r

emot

e co

rner

of

the

fore

st, i

n th

e go

d-fo

rsak

en v

illag

e of

Gra

ab, w

here

he

mak

es t

he a

cqua

inta

nce

of R

obbe

r K

napp

.

19

97

• F

arr

ar,

Str

au

s &

Gir

ou

x

Yum

oto

, K

azum

i. T

he F

rien

ds.

Tr.

from

Jap

anes

e by

Cat

hy H

iran

o. 1

99

6.

Thre

e si

xth-

grad

ers

spy

on a

nei

ghbo

r w

ho t

hey

thin

k is

goi

ng t

o di

e. I

nste

ad,

he b

ecom

es a

go

od f

riend

.

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96

• H

ou

gh

ton

Mif

flin

Orl

ev, U

ri. T

he L

ady

with

the

Hat

. Tr.

from

Heb

rew

by

Hill

el H

alki

n. 1

99

5. W

orld

War

II

surv

ivor

s se

arch

for

a h

omel

and,

for

rel

ativ

es, a

nd f

or t

heir

lives

.

19

95

• E

. P.

Du

tto

n a

nd

Co

.

Re

ute

r, B

jarn

e.

The

Boy

s fr

om S

t. P

etri

. Tr

. fr

om D

anis

h by

Ant

hea

Bel

l. 1

99

4.

It is

19

42

, an

d G

erm

any

has

occu

pied

Den

mar

k. A

gro

up o

f te

enag

e bo

ys d

are

to d

o w

hat

thei

r el

ders

hav

e no

t—sh

ow r

esis

tanc

e to

the

ir N

azi i

nvad

ers.

At

first

just

chi

ldis

h pr

anks

, th

e bo

ys’

tact

ics

beco

me

dead

ly e

arne

st a

nd in

crea

sing

ly d

ange

rous

.

19

94

• F

arr

ar,

Str

au

s a

nd

Gir

ou

x

Llo

rent

e, P

ilar

Mo

lina

. The

App

rent

ice.

Tr.

from

Spa

nish

by

Rob

in L

ongs

haw

. 19

93

. Th

irte

en-y

ear-o

ld A

rdui

no is

app

rent

iced

to

a cr

uel,

tale

nted

mas

ter

pain

ter

in t

his

stor

y of

m

yste

ry a

nd in

trig

ue s

et in

Ren

aiss

ance

Ita

ly.

19

93

• N

o a

wa

rd g

ive

n

19

92

• H

ou

gh

ton

Mif

flin

Orl

ev, U

ri. T

he M

an f

rom

the

Oth

er S

ide.

Tr.

from

Heb

rew

by

Hill

el H

alki

n. 1

99

1.

A gr

ippi

ng s

tory

of

a fo

urte

en-y

ear-o

ld b

oy’s

invo

lvem

ent

in t

he s

trug

gle

to s

ave

Jew

s in

the

W

arsa

w g

hett

o du

ring

Wor

ld W

ar II.

19

91

• E

.P.

Du

tto

n a

nd

Co

.

Sch

ami,

Raf

ik. A

Han

d Fu

ll of

Sta

rs. T

r. fr

om G

erm

an b

y R

ika

Less

er. 1

99

0. A

tee

n-ag

er w

ho w

ants

to

be a

jour

nalis

t de

scrib

es h

is d

aily

life

in

his

hom

etow

n of

Dam

ascu

s,

Syr

ia, i

n hi

s di

ary.

19

90

• E

.P.

Du

tto

n a

nd

Co

.

Re

ute

r, B

jarn

e.

Bus

ter’s

Wor

ld.

Tr.

from

Dan

ish

by A

nthe

a B

ell.

19

89

. W

ith r

obus

t hu

mor

, a w

ould

-be

mus

icia

n co

pes

with

tau

ntin

g cl

assm

ates

and

an

alco

holic

fat

her.

19

89

• L

oth

rop

, Le

e a

nd

Sh

ep

ard

Här

tlin

g,

Pe

ter.

Cru

tche

s. T

r. fr

om G

erm

an b

y El

izab

eth

D.

Cra

wfo

rd.

19

88

. In

w

ar-ra

vage

d Eu

rope

, a

boy

and

an e

mbi

tter

ed m

an g

radu

ally

bec

ome

frie

nds

as t

he l

ad

sear

ches

for

his

mot

her.

19

88

• M

cEld

err

y B

oo

ks

Nil

sso

n, U

lf.

If Y

ou D

idn’

t H

ave

Me.

Tr.

from

Sw

edis

h by

Geo

rge

Ble

cher

and

Lon

e Th

yges

en B

lech

er.

19

87

. A

boy

rela

tes

his

expe

rienc

es w

hile

liv

ing

on h

is g

rand

mot

h-er

’s f

arm

.

4

19

87

• L

oth

rop

, Le

e a

nd

Sh

ep

ard

Fran

k, R

udo

lph.

No

Her

o fo

r th

e K

aise

r. Tr

. fr

om G

erm

an b

y Pat

rici

a Cra

mpt

on.

19

86

. A

four

teen

-yea

r-old

Pol

ish

boy

adop

ted

by G

erm

an s

oldi

ers

durin

g W

orld

War

I

rela

tes

mili

tary

eve

nts

and

war

exp

erie

nces

.

19

86

• C

rea

tive

Ed

uca

tio

n

Inno

cent

i, R

ober

to.

Ros

e B

lanc

he. T

r. fr

om It

alia

n by

Mar

tha

Cove

ntry

and

Ric

hard

Cr

aglia

. Ed.

by

Chris

toph

er G

alla

z. 1

985. T

his

pict

ure

book

for ol

der ch

ildre

n re

late

s th

e de

ath

of a

you

ng g

irl w

ho t

ries

to s

hare

foo

d w

ith J

ewis

h co

ncen

trat

ion-

cam

p pr

ison

ers.

19

85

• H

ou

gh

ton

Mif

flin

Orl

ev, U

ri. T

he Is

land

on

Bir

d St

reet

. Tr.

from

Heb

rew

by

Hill

el H

alki

n. 1

98

4. A

Jew

ish

boy

in a

n ab

ando

ned

War

saw

ghe

tto

build

ing

mus

t re

ly o

n hi

s ow

n w

its a

s he

wai

ts f

or

his

fath

er’s

ret

urn.

19

84

• V

ikin

g P

ress

Lind

gren,

A

stri

d. R

onia

, th

e R

obbe

r’s D

augh

ter.

Tr.

from

Sw

edis

h by

Pat

rici

a Cra

mpt

on. 1

98

3. W

hen

the

fear

less

dau

ghte

r of

a r

eneg

ade

robb

er m

eets

the

son

of

a riv

al c

hief

, she

get

s ca

ught

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o cl

ans.

19

83

• L

oth

rop

, Le

e a

nd

Sh

ep

ard

Mar

uki

, Tosh

i. H

iros

him

a N

o P

ika.

Tr.

from

Jap

anes

e th

roug

h K

urita

-Ban

do L

itera

ry

Age

ncy.

19

82

. S

tron

g te

xt a

nd s

trik

ing

pict

ures

tel

l th

e tr

aged

y of

Hiro

shim

a th

roug

h ev

ents

tha

t ha

ppen

to

a se

ven-

year

-old

girl

.

19

82

• B

rad

bu

ry P

ress

Kull

man

, H

arry

. Th

e B

attle

Hor

se.

Tr.

from

Sw

edis

h by

Geo

rge

Ble

cher

and

Lon

e Th

yges

en B

lech

er. 1

98

1. A

you

ng b

oy o

rgan

izes

a f

euda

l jou

stin

g to

urna

men

t be

twee

n th

e pr

eppi

es a

nd t

he p

ublic

sch

ool p

upils

with

tra

gic

cons

eque

nces

.

19

81

• W

illi

am

Mo

rro

w a

nd

Co

.

Pelg

rom

, Els

. Th

e W

inte

r W

hen

Tim

e W

as F

roze

n. T

r. fr

om D

utch

by

Mar

yka

and

Rap

hael

Rud

nik.

19

80

. In

1945, a

Dut

ch g

irl a

nd h

er fat

her

are

give

n re

fuge

on

a fa

rm,

whe

re s

he e

njoy

s he

r ne

w e

xper

ienc

es y

et f

eels

the

clo

sene

ss o

f w

ar.

19

80

• E

.P.

Du

tto

n a

nd

Co

.

Zei,

Alk

i. T

he S

ound

of

the

Dra

gon’

s Fe

et. T

r. fr

om G

reek

by

Edw

ard

Fent

on. 1

97

9.

The

ten-

year

-old

spo

iled

child

of

an int

elle

ctua

l fa

mily

enc

ount

ers

hard

ship

s in

pre

revo

lu-

tiona

ry R

ussi

a.

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erv

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to

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ldre

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02

Me

da

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k

So

to, G

ary.

Cha

to a

nd t

he P

arty

Ani

mal

s. Il

lus.

by

Sus

an G

ueva

ra. 2

00

0. D

isco

verin

g th

at h

is b

est

frie

nd, N

ovio

Boy

, has

nev

er h

ad a

bir

thda

y pa

rty, C

hato

the

Cat

pla

ns a

sur

-pr

ise

pach

anga

. Ev

eryt

hing

is s

et e

xcep

t th

at C

hato

for

gets

to

invi

te t

he g

uest

of

hono

r.

20

00

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Lom

as G

arza

, Car

me

n. M

agic

Win

dow

s. Il

lus.

19

99

. Usi

ng the

tra

ditio

nal f

olk

art fo

rm

of p

apel

pic

ado,

cut

pap

er a

rt, G

arza

rev

eals

her

Mex

ican

her

itage

and

life

in T

exas

. Pa

st

and

pres

ent

cultu

res

and

gene

ratio

ns a

re c

onne

cted

thr

ough

fift

een

intr

icat

ely

craf

ted

cuto

uts,

eac

h fo

rmed

fro

m a

sin

gle

piec

e of

pap

er.

19

98

Me

da

l B

oo

k

So

to,

Gar

y. S

naps

hots

fro

m t

he W

eddi

ng.

Illus

. by

Ste

phan

ie G

arci

a. 1

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7 M

aya,

th

e flo

wer

girl

, is

bus

y sn

appi

ng p

ictu

res

at t

his

livel

y M

exic

an A

mer

ican

wed

ding

. S

he

capt

ures

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gro

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brid

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mon

ey p

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aria

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with

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ir in

stru

men

ts, a

nd t

he y

oung

er g

uest

s pl

ayin

g in

the

ir dr

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up c

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19

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to,

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n. I

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by

Sus

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19

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, a

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Los

Ange

les,

invi

tes

his

new

mou

se n

eigh

bors

for

din

ner—

with

out

telli

ng t

hem

th

ey a

re t

he m

ain

cour

se.


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20

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Me

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quila

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20

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o on

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two

wor

lds

toge

ther

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20

06

Ho

no

r B

oo

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Be

rnie

r-G

rand

, C

arm

en

T. C

ésar

: ¡S

í, Se

Pue

de! Ye

s, W

e Can

! Ill

us. by

Dav

id D

iaz.

2

00

4.

Ber

nier

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nd’s

poe

ms

abou

t C

ésar

Chá

vez

flaw

less

ly i

nter

twin

e S

pani

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ords

in

to t

he E

nglis

h te

xt, w

hich

incl

udes

pra

yers

, fol

k sa

ying

s, a

nd C

háve

z’s

own

wor

ds.

Mo

ra, P

at. D

oña

Flor

: A T

all T

ale

abou

t a

Gia

nt W

oman

with

a G

reat

Big

Hea

rt. I

llus.

by

Raú

l Col

ón.

20

05

. Th

is c

aptiv

atin

g ta

ll ta

le b

rings

life

to

an e

ngag

ing,

orig

inal

cha

r-ac

ter,

who

se lo

ve a

nd c

once

rn f

or h

er n

eigh

bors

fill

s th

e st

ory

with

joy.

Muño

z R

yan,

Pam

. B

ecom

ing

Nao

mi L

eón.

20

04

. In

a st

ory

abou

t th

e lo

ve t

hat

bind

s an

ext

ende

d fa

mily

tog

ethe

r, w

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raw

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and

hon

est

rela

tions

hips

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aom

i gr

ows

in h

er a

war

enes

s of

her

cul

tura

l her

itage

and

sen

se o

f se

lf.

20

04

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Alv

are

z, J

ulia.

Bef

ore

We

Wer

e Fr

ee.

20

02

. An

eng

ross

ing

acco

unt

of t

wel

ve-y

ear-

old

Anita

’s l

ife a

mid

st t

he f

ear

that

con

sum

es h

er f

amily

dur

ing

a tr

oubl

ed t

ime

in t

he

Dom

inic

an R

epub

lic’s

his

tory

.

20

02

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Muño

z R

yan,

Pam

. Esp

eran

za R

isin

g. 2

00

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ampe

red

thir

teen

-yea

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eran

za a

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othe

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e fo

rced

to

flee

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ico

follo

win

g he

r fa

ther

’s s

udde

n de

ath

and

his

brot

hers

’ ta

keov

er o

f th

eir

land

. In

a C

alifo

rnia

mig

rant

-wor

ker

cam

p, t

hey

enco

unte

r po

vert

y an

d ra

cism

tha

t ar

e ea

sed

by t

he s

uppo

rt o

f fa

mily

and

frie

nds.

20

00

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Ada

, Alm

a Fl

or.

Und

er t

he R

oyal

Pal

ms:

A C

hild

hood

in C

uba.

19

98

. In

a he

artw

arm

-in

g an

d lo

ving

por

tray

al o

f he

r ch

ildho

od d

ays

in C

uba,

Ada

des

crib

es h

er d

eep

frie

ndsh

ip

with

a b

elov

ed d

ance

tea

cher

. R

eade

rs m

eet

rela

tives

and

sha

re t

he t

rage

dy o

f th

e lo

ss

of A

da’s

bel

oved

unc

le.

19

98

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Mar

tine

z, V

icto

r. P

arro

t in

the

Ove

n: M

i Vi

da.

19

96

. Po

etic

, m

ovin

g, a

nd h

arro

win

g,

thes

e vi

gnet

tes

pain

t a

real

istic

por

trai

t of

a C

hica

no b

oy’s

com

ing

of a

ge i

n Fr

esno

, C

alifo

rnia

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raph

ic r

ealis

m a

nd ly

rical

imag

ery

high

light

not

onl

y fa

mili

al a

nd s

ocie

tal t

en-

sion

s, b

ut a

lso

unex

pect

ed m

omen

ts o

f hu

mor

, ins

ight

, and

ten

dern

ess.

19

96

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Ort

iz C

ofe

r, Ju

dith

. A

n Is

land

Lik

e Yo

u: S

tori

es o

f th

e B

arri

o. 1

99

5.

A co

llect

ion

of

inte

rcon

nect

ed s

torie

s ab

out

Puer

to R

ican

Am

eric

an t

eena

gers

gro

win

g up

in N

ew J

erse

y,

who

str

uggl

e da

ily t

o m

ake

choi

ces

that

will

giv

e m

eani

ng t

o th

eir

lives

.

Illu

stra

tor

Aw

ard

fo

r O

uts

tan

din

g I

llu

stra

tio

n

20

06

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Mora

, Pat

. Doñ

a Fl

or: A

Tal

l Tal

e ab

out

a G

iant

Wom

an w

ith a

Gre

at B

ig H

eart

. Illu

s.

by R

aúl Col

ón.

20

05

. Th

is c

aptiv

atin

g ta

ll ta

le b

rings

life

to

an e

ngag

ing,

orig

inal

cha

r-ac

ter,

who

se lo

ve a

nd c

once

rn f

or h

er n

eigh

bors

fill

s th

e st

ory

with

joy.

20

06

Ho

no

r B

oo

ks

Arr

orr

ó, M

i Niñ

o: L

atin

o L

ull

abie

s an

d G

ent

le G

ame

s. E

d. b

y Lu

lu D

elac

re,2

00

4.

Illus

. Th

is b

iling

ual

colle

ctio

n of

tra

ditio

nal

Latin

o ga

mes

and

lul

labi

es i

s a

trib

ute

to

mot

herh

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Bern

ier-

Gra

nd,

Car

me

n. C

ésar

: ¡S

í, Se

Pue

de!

Yes,

We

Can

! Ill

us.

by D

avid

Dia

z.

20

04

. B

erni

er-G

rand

’s p

oem

s on

Cés

ar C

háve

z fla

wle

ssly

int

ertw

ine

Spa

nish

wor

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o th

e En

glis

h te

xt, w

hich

incl

udes

pra

yers

, fol

k sa

ying

s, a

nd C

háve

z’s

own

wor

ds.

Bro

wn,

Moni

ca. M

y N

ame

Is C

elia

/ M

e Ll

amo

Cel

ia: T

he L

ife o

f C

elia

Cru

z/ L

a Vi

da

de C

elia

Cru

z. I

llus.

by

Raf

ael

Lópe

z. 2

00

4.

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ing

with

ene

rgy, t

his

book

brin

gs

sing

er C

elia

Cru

z to

life

with

det

ails

of

folk

lore

, fas

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, and

mus

ic.

20

04

Me

da

l B

oo

k

Mo

rale

s, Y

uyi

. Ju

st a

Min

ute:

A T

rick

ster

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ount

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Boo

k. I

llus.

20

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ul i

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ratio

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aptu

re t

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ssen

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f M

exic

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ultu

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old

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hum

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otifs

tha

t ill

umin

ate

Gra

ndm

a B

eetle

’s e

nerg

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d S

eñor

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aver

a’s

expr

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ooks

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thr

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Uni

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Sta

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help

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elec

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e tit

les

from

the

sev

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tho

usan

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book

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blis

hed

durin

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Incl

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are

bo

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of fi

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form

atio

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oetr

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ictu

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all o

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inte

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chi

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urte

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ALS

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Sib

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Bat

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Bel

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and

Gei

sel

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d H

onor

Boo

ks a

re a

utom

atic

ally

incl

uded

on

the

list.

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mor

e re

com

men

ded

book

s fo

r ch

ildre

n, v

isit

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w.a

la.o

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ng

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Re

ad

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e,

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rific

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us.

In t

his

win

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ill

ustr

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pi

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ok,

grum

py

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ne

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abo

ut a

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dfal

l tr

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and

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sar

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ter-

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befr

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talk

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parr

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old

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nts

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uses

col

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mpa

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of

stud

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in

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ses—

one

for

child

ren

in N

ew Y

ork

City

, an

othe

r fo

r el

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nts

in

Thai

land

.

Arn

old

, Tedd

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Fly

Guy

! Illu

s. A

bea

utifu

l fr

iend

ship

beg

ins

whe

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uzz

the

boy

prov

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fly

can

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rob

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or B

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row.

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pic

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boo

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gig

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atro

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col

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re p

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S

PLAT

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thy.

Blo

om

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uza

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Spl

endi

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deed

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us.

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pla

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tex

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eath

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a R

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conf

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mag

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win

d an

d ou

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a t

hiev

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innk

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r in

a h

umor

ous

orig

inal

st

ory.

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, Kat

e.

Mer

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atso

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the

Res

cue.

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s. b

y C

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Van

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is.

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us.

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rran

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a va

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colo

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l le

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on

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char

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natt

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a

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rigin

ally

pub

lishe

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Qua

nd j

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olda

te,

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tti’s

mem

oir

of h

er f

irst

year

as

a so

ldie

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ckle

s th

e un

usua

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pic

of c

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of

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nch.

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Ken

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n J

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unlik

ely, q

uiet

ly

revo

lutio

nary

frie

ndsh

ip a

gain

st t

he b

ackd

rop

of t

he s

o-ca

lled

Mau

-Mau

insu

rrec

tion.

Ne

lso

n, M

arilyn

. A

Wre

ath

for

Emm

ett

Till.

Illu

s. b

y Ph

ilipp

e La

rdy.

An

intr

icat

e cy

cle

of f

iftee

n lin

ked

sonn

ets

eulo

gize

s fo

urte

en-y

ear-o

ld T

ill.

The

lang

uage

of

flow

ers

that

is

wov

en thr

ough

out co

nvey

s ra

ge, p

ain,

sor

row

, and

hop

e. A

20

06 C

oret

ta S

cott

Kin

g Au

thor

H

onor

Boo

k.

Nye

, Nao

mi S

hiha

b. A

Maz

e M

e: P

oem

s fo

r G

irls

. Illu

s. b

y Te

rre

Mah

er. A

frie

ndly

intr

o-du

ctio

n an

d en

ticin

g se

ctio

n tit

les

invi

te y

oung

girl

s to

dip

into

thi

s liv

ely, v

arie

d co

llect

ion

of o

rigin

al p

oem

s ab

out

scho

ol, h

ome,

fam

ily, a

nd, m

ost

of a

ll, t

hem

selv

es.

Pe

rkin

s, L

ynne

Rae

. C

riss

Cro

ss. I

llus.

In

a po

etic

, po

stm

oder

n no

vel th

at e

xper

imen

ts

with

a v

arie

ty o

f st

yles

—ha

iku,

son

g ly

rics,

que

stio

n-an

swer

dia

logu

e, s

plit-

scre

en s

ce-

nario

s—Pe

rkin

s fo

llow

s th

e liv

es o

f fo

ur f

ourt

een-

year

-old

s in

a s

mal

l to

wn,

eac

h at

a

cros

sroa

ds i

n lif

e. A

n in

nova

tive,

ris

k-ta

king

boo

k in

whi

ch n

othi

ng a

nd e

very

thin

g ha

p-pe

ns.

The

20

06

New

bery

Med

al B

ook.

Rio

rdan

, R

ick.

The

Lig

htni

ng T

hief

. Per

cy J

acks

on h

as b

een

in s

ix s

choo

ls in

six

year

s.

Off

icia

lly d

iagn

osed

with

AD

HD

, Per

cy la

cks

self-

cont

rol,

whi

ch g

ets

him

in t

roub

le.

Sal

isbu

ry, G

raha

m. E

yes

of t

he E

mpe

ror.

In thi

s riv

etin

g, o

ften

pai

nful

nov

el, a

four

teen

-ye

ar-o

ld J

apan

ese

Amer

ican

boy

fro

m H

awai

i enl

ists

in t

he a

rmy

befo

re P

earl

Har

bor

and

face

s m

any

race

-bas

ed h

umili

atio

ns.

Sta

ple

s, S

uza

nne

Fis

her.

Und

er t

he P

ersi

mm

on T

ree.

Alte

rnat

ing

betw

een

cont

em-

pora

ry A

fgha

nist

an a

nd P

akis

tan,

par

alle

l st

orie

s re

late

the

man

y ef

fect

s of

war

on

two

diff

eren

t yo

ung

wom

en—

an A

fgha

n re

fuge

e gi

rl an

d an

Am

eric

an t

each

er n

ewly

con

vert

ed

to Isl

am.

Sta

uff

ache

r, S

ue

. H

arry

Sue

. In

thi

s fu

nny, h

eart

brea

king

nov

el,

elev

en-y

ear-o

ld H

arry

S

ue C

lotk

in v

ows

to b

ecom

e a

conv

ict

so s

he c

an f

ind

her

mom

in p

rison

. Fi

rst,

how

ever

, sh

e ha

s to

res

cue

her

quad

riple

gic

frie

nd H

omer

and

the

kid

s in

her

mal

evol

ent

Gra

nny’s

day

care

.

Var

mer

, Hjø

rdis

. Han

s Chr

istia

n A

nder

sen:

His

Fai

ry Ta

le L

ife. I

llus.

by

Lilia

n B

røgg

er. T

his

pecu

liar,

tale

nted

sto

ryte

ller co

mes

to

life

in a

bio

grap

hy ric

h w

ith e

ngag

ing

anec

dote

s an

d ex

quis

itely

det

aile

d pa

per-a

nd-p

aint

col

lage

s th

at i

llust

rate

And

erse

n’s

emot

iona

l w

orld

. Tr

ansl

ated

fro

m t

he D

anis

h.

Wal

ker,

Sal

ly M

. Sec

rets

of a

Civ

il W

ar S

ubm

arin

e: S

olvi

ng th

e M

yste

ries

of t

he H

. L.

Hun

ley.

Illu

s. W

alke

r de

mon

stra

tes

the

inte

rdis

cipl

inar

y na

ture

of m

oder

n pr

oble

m s

olvi

ng

in a

sea

mle

ss, c

ompe

lling

acc

ount

of

the

hist

oric

al a

nd s

cien

tific

sle

uthi

ng t

hat

reve

aled

th

e se

cret

s of

the

H. L

. Hun

ley, w

hich

san

k an

ene

my

ship

in 1

864, t

hen

vani

shed

for 131

year

s. T

he 2

00

6 S

iber

t M

edal

Boo

k.

Wil

son,

Jac

que

line

. Th

e Ill

ustr

ated

Mum

. S

elf-s

uffic

ient

hal

f-sis

ters

Dol

phin

and

Sta

r co

pe w

ith the

incr

easi

ngly

unu

sual

beh

avio

r of

the

ir m

enta

lly il

l mot

her w

hile

sec

retly

long

-in

g to

fin

d th

eir

resp

ectiv

e fa

ther

s.

Yee

, Li

sa.

Stan

ford

Won

g Fl

unks

Big

-Tim

e. B

aske

tbal

l fa

natic

Sta

nfor

d W

ong

is f

orce

d to

for

go s

port

s ca

mp

for

a su

mm

er s

pent

mak

ing

up h

is fai

led

Engl

ish

clas

s w

ith t

he h

elp

of g

irl-g

eniu

s M

illic

ent

Min

.

10

Gra

ham

, B

ob.

Osc

ar’s

Hal

f B

irth

day.

Illu

s. O

scar

’s d

ad,

mom

, an

d fo

ur-y

ear-o

ld s

iste

r ca

n’t

wai

t fo

r hi

s fir

st b

irth

day, s

o th

ey c

eleb

rate

with

a p

icni

c at

six

mon

ths.

Am

usin

gly

deta

iled

wat

erco

lors

dep

ict

the

very

rea

l rel

atio

nshi

ps o

f a

mix

ed-ra

ce f

amily

in a

n ur

ban

envi

ronm

ent.

Gre

y, M

ini.

Tra

ctio

n M

an Is

Her

e! Il

lus.

Tra

ctio

n M

an c

omes

equ

ippe

d w

ith c

omba

t bo

ots,

ba

ttle

pan

ts,

a de

ep-s

ea d

ivin

g su

it, a

nd f

luor

esce

nt f

lippe

rs,

but

can

he o

verc

ome

the

igno

min

y of

a g

reen

kni

tted

rom

per

with

a m

atch

ing

bonn

et?

Guy,

Gin

ger

Fogl

eso

ng.

Sies

ta. I

llus.

by

Ren

é K

ing

Mor

eno.

Tw

o ch

ildre

n ga

ther

nec

es-

sitie

s fo

r th

eir

back

yard

sie

sta.

Brig

htly

hue

d ill

ustr

atio

ns b

y M

oren

o an

d a

narr

ativ

e in

S

pani

sh a

nd E

nglis

h re

itera

te c

olor

con

cept

s, e

ndin

g w

ith a

can

ción

(so

ng)

sung

und

er a

m

ultic

olor

ed c

arpa

(te

nt)

crea

ted

by a

man

ta (

blan

ket)

.

Hic

ks, B

arba

ra J

ean

. Ji

tter

bug

Jam

: A M

onst

er T

ale.

Illu

s. b

y Al

exis

Dea

con.

Alth

ough

th

e m

ixed

-up

mon

ster

-fear

s-bo

y th

eme

is f

amili

ar, th

is c

harm

ing

pict

ure

book

dis

tingu

ish-

es it

self

with

a f

olks

y, q

uirk

y-sw

eet

stor

y, e

xqui

site

art

wor

k by

Dea

con,

and

an

inno

vativ

e de

sign

tha

t in

clud

es c

omic

-str

ip e

lem

ents

.

Just

er,

Nort

on.

The

Hel

lo, G

oodb

ye W

indo

w. I

llus.

by

Chr

is R

asch

ka. In

a s

unny

por

trai

t of

fam

ilial

lov

e, a

litt

le g

irl t

alks

abo

ut h

er e

xper

ienc

es v

isiti

ng h

er g

rand

pare

nts’

hou

se.

Ras

chka

’s il

lust

ratio

ns, w

hich

res

embl

e th

e sp

onta

neou

s dr

awin

gs o

f yo

ung

child

ren,

per

-fe

ctly

mirr

or t

he g

uile

less

you

ng n

arra

tor’s

exu

bera

nt v

oice

whi

le c

reat

ing

a su

rpris

ingl

y so

phis

ticat

ed v

isua

l exp

erie

nce.

The

2006 C

alde

cott

Med

al B

ook.

Kar

as,

G.

Bri

an.

On

Eart

h. I

llus.

Thi

s la

rge-

form

at n

onfic

tion

pict

ure

book

use

s cl

ear,

sim

ple

term

s to

exp

lain

the

ear

th’s

rev

olut

ion

arou

nd t

he s

un, th

e til

t of

its

axi

s, a

nd its

gr

avita

tiona

l pul

l. S

tunn

ing

artw

ork

repr

esen

ts e

ach

conc

ept.

Kerl

ey,

Bar

bara

. Yo

u an

d M

e To

geth

er:

Mom

s, D

ads,

and

Kid

s ar

ound

the

Wor

ld.

Illus

. In

thi

s co

mpa

nion

to

A Coo

l Drink

of W

ater

, K

erle

y ta

kes

child

ren

on a

pho

togr

aphi

c jo

urne

y to

mee

t m

oms,

dad

s, a

nd k

ids

arou

nd t

he w

orld

.

Mora

, Pat

. D

oña

Flor

: A T

all T

ale

abou

t a

Gia

nt W

oman

with

a G

reat

Big

Hea

rt. I

llus.

by

Raú

l C

olón

. W

ritte

n in

poe

tic l

angu

age

and

satu

rate

d w

ith t

he f

lavo

rs,

smel

ls,

and

folk

way

s of

Am

eric

a’s

Sou

thw

est,

this

cap

tivat

ing

tall

tale

brin

gs li

fe t

o an

eng

agin

g, o

rigi-

nal ch

arac

ter,

who

se lov

e an

d co

ncer

n fo

r he

r ne

ighb

ors

fill th

e st

ory

with

joy.

The

2006

Bel

pré

Illus

trat

or M

edal

Boo

k (f

or C

olón

illu

stra

tions

) an

d a

Bel

pré

Auth

or H

onor

Boo

k.

Muth

, Jo

n J.

Zen

Sho

rts.

Illu

s. I

n M

uth’

s st

ory

of in

quis

itive

sib

lings

who

bef

riend

a w

ise

pand

a an

d le

arn

thre

e le

sson

s, l

umin

ous

wat

erco

lors

and

sta

rkly

con

tras

ting

Asia

n-in

spire

d br

ush

pain

tings

ele

gant

ly c

onve

y ge

ntle

, tim

eles

s m

essa

ges

abou

t se

lf-kn

owl-

edge

and

acc

epta

nce.

A 2

006 C

alde

cott

Hon

or B

ook.

Par

k, L

inda

Sue a

nd D

ura

ngo

, Ju

lia.

Yum

! Yuc

k! A

Fol

dout

Boo

k of

Peo

ple

Soun

ds.

Illus

. by

Sue

Ram

á Yu

m c

an b

e ge

shm

ak, le

ckah

, na

m-n

am o

r ba

h-ba

h, d

epen

ding

upo

n th

e sp

oken

lan

guag

e. I

mag

es o

f ch

ildre

n en

joyi

ng t

reat

s op

en a

nea

rly w

ordl

ess

stor

y co

ntai

ning

sam

ples

fro

m t

wen

ty-tw

o la

ngua

ges,

incl

udin

g w

ords

for

ha-

ha, y

ikes

, wow

, and

hu

rrah

.

Pri

cem

an, M

arjo

rie.

Hot

Air

: The

(Mos

tly) T

rue

Stor

y of

the

Fir

st H

ot-A

ir B

allo

on R

ide.

Illus

. En

erge

tic l

ines

and

ric

h w

ater

colo

rs a

nim

ate

this

adv

entu

re o

ver

eigh

teen

th-c

entu

ry

Fran

ce.

Spa

re t

ext,

dyna

mic

des

ign,

and

mas

terful

per

spec

tive

illum

inat

e th

e hi

ghjin

ks o

f th

ree

anim

als

swep

t up

in t

he w

inds

of

hist

ory.

A 2

006 C

alde

cott

Hon

or B

ook.

3


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IDE

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EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

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E CH

ILDR

EN’S

BOO

KS, 2

006

Ric

hard

son,

Ju

stin

and

Par

nell,

Pete

r. A

nd T

ango

Mak

es T

hree

. Ill

us.

by H

enry

C

ole.

Whe

n tw

o m

ale

peng

uins

mak

e a

nest

tog

ethe

r in

the

Cen

tral

Par

k Zo

o, a

zoo

keep

er

prov

ides

the

m w

ith a

n eg

g, a

nd t

he p

engu

ins

rais

e ba

by T

ango

as

thei

r ow

n. T

his

win

ning

pi

ctur

e bo

ok, w

ith C

ole

illus

trat

ions

, is

base

d on

an

actu

al e

vent

.

Ro

hman

n, E

ric.

Cla

ra a

nd A

sha.

Illu

s. C

lara

sho

uld

be f

allin

g as

leep

, bu

t in

stea

d sh

e so

ars

thro

ugh

the

nigh

t w

ith h

er i

mag

inar

y fr

iend

, a f

ish

nam

ed A

sha.

Ryl

ant,

C

ynth

ia.

Hen

ry

and

Mud

ge

and

the

Gre

at G

rand

pas.

Illu

s. b

y S

uçie

S

teve

nson

. In

fou

r, si

mpl

e, j

oyfu

l ch

apte

rs,

Hen

ry a

nd h

is s

wee

t-nat

ured

dog

exp

erie

nce

a m

emor

able

vis

it w

ith g

reat

-gra

ndpa

Bill

and

hi

s bu

ddie

s at

th

e “g

rand

pa

hous

e.”

The

20

06

Gei

sel M

edal

Boo

k.

Say

re, A

pril P

ull

ey.

Star

s be

neat

h Yo

ur

Bed

: Th

e Su

rpri

sing

Sto

ry o

f D

ust.

Illus

. by

Ann

Jon

as. W

hat

coul

d be

mor

e su

rpris

ing

than

the

fac

t th

at o

rdin

ary

dust

is

mad

e up

of

bits

of

star

s, d

inos

aurs

, an

d se

als’

eye

lash

es?

This

bea

utifu

l pi

ctur

e bo

ok m

akes

the

m

ost

of t

he e

ssen

tial g

rand

eur

of d

ust.

Se

ege

r, La

ura

Vac

caro

. W

alte

r W

as W

orri

ed. I

llus.

Wat

chin

g a

stor

m d

evel

op,

Wal

ter

wor

ries

whi

le o

ther

cha

ract

ers

expr

ess

shoc

k an

d th

en d

elig

ht a

s th

e su

n co

mes

out

. In

a

grap

hica

lly s

trik

ing

wor

k, S

eege

r us

es t

he le

tter

s th

at s

pell

her

char

acte

rs’

reac

tions

to

shap

e th

eir

expr

essi

ve f

aces

.

Sha

nnon,

Ge

org

e. W

hite

Is f

or B

lueb

erry

. Illu

s. b

y La

ura

Dro

nzek

. In

a fre

sh, u

ncon

ven-

tiona

l, en

tert

aini

ng c

once

pt b

ook,

ful

l-col

or p

aint

ings

offer

an

intr

igui

ng in

trod

uctio

n to

ten

co

lors

whi

le e

ncou

ragi

ng a

clo

ser

look

at

natu

re.

Sil

verm

an,

Eri

ca.

Cow

girl

Kat

e an

d C

ocoa

. Ill

us.

by B

etsy

Lew

in.

Hum

orou

s re

part

ee

and

fluid

wat

erco

lor

pain

tings

don

e by

Lew

in s

et t

he t

one

and

moo

d fo

r ne

w r

eade

rs a

s th

ey f

ollo

w p

luck

y K

ate

and

her

belo

ved

hors

e al

ong

the

trai

l for

a d

ay f

ull o

f ad

vent

ures

. A

200

6 G

eise

l Hon

or B

ook.

Van

Lee

uw

en,

Je

an. A

man

da P

ig a

nd t

he R

eally

Hot

Day

. Illu

s. b

y An

n S

chw

enin

ger.

It’s

too

darn

hot

. H

ot a

s a

frie

d eg

g, h

ot a

s to

ast,

hot

as o

atm

eal.

In f

our

sim

ple,

lin

ked

tale

s, A

man

da P

ig t

ries

an a

ssor

tmen

t of

kid

-frie

ndly

str

ateg

ies

to c

ool

off. C

arto

ony

penc

il dr

awin

gs h

eigh

tene

d w

ith f

ruit-

tone

d w

ater

colo

rs m

ake

this

acc

essi

ble

stor

y as

re

fres

hing

as

a co

ol b

reez

e. A

20

06

Gei

sel H

onor

Boo

k.

Wil

lem

s, M

o.

Leon

ardo

, th

e Te

rrib

le M

onst

er.

Illus

. Tr

ying

ver

y ha

rd t

o be

sca

ry,

Litt

le

Mon

ster

look

s fo

r th

e m

ost

scar

edy-

cat

kid

to p

ract

ice

on.

Win

thro

p, E

liza

beth

. Sq

uash

ed i

n th

e M

iddl

e. I

llus.

by

Pat

Cum

min

gs.

Dai

sy,

the

mid

dle

child

in

a bo

iste

rous

Afr

ican

Am

eric

an f

amily

, ca

nnot

get

any

one’

s at

tent

ion

until

sh

e le

aves

the

hou

se.

Cle

ver

desi

gn a

nd b

oldl

y co

lorf

ul a

rtw

ork

by C

umm

ings

enh

ance

th

e liv

ely

stor

y.

4

Freedm

an,

Russ

ell.

Chi

ldre

n of

the

Gre

at D

epre

ssio

n. I

llus.

Fre

edm

an d

escr

ibes

the

im

pact

of

the

Dep

ress

ion

on c

hild

ren

thro

ugho

ut t

he c

ount

ry i

n a

hand

som

ely

desi

gned

bo

ok w

ith b

eaut

ifully

rep

rodu

ced

phot

ogra

phs.

Fünk

e,

Corn

eli

a. I

nksp

ell.

Dus

tfin

ger,

Farid

, an

d M

eggi

e an

d he

r fa

mily

ret

urn

to t

he

wor

ld o

f th

e fic

tiona

l Ink

hear

t to

dis

cove

r th

at t

he d

arkn

ess

unde

rnea

th t

he b

eaut

y of

the

In

kwor

ld is

bus

ily e

nfor

cing

its

own

real

ity o

n th

e te

xt t

hey

thou

ght

they

kne

w.

Tran

slat

ed

from

the

Ger

man

.

Gar

cía,

Lau

ra G

alle

go.

The

Lege

nd o

f th

e W

ande

ring

Kin

g. S

et i

n th

e de

sert

s of

Ar

abia

bef

ore

Isla

m, th

is w

onde

rful

, fa

ntas

tical

fai

ry t

ale

abou

t a

mag

nific

ent

poet

and

a

once

-nob

le p

rince

is a

t on

ce f

resh

and

fam

iliar

. Tr

ansl

ated

fro

m t

he S

pani

sh.

Gib

lin,

Jam

es

Cro

ss.

Goo

d B

roth

er,

Bad

Bro

ther

: Th

e St

ory

of E

dwin

Boo

th a

nd

John

Wilk

es B

ooth

. Ill

us.

The

twin

car

eers

of

acto

r-bro

ther

s Ed

win

Tho

mas

and

Joh

n W

ilkes

Boo

th p

lay

them

selv

es o

ut i

n a

stun

ning

wor

k th

at e

xplo

res

the

choi

ces

that

led

to

Joh

n’s

trag

ic d

ecis

ion

to k

ill L

inco

ln a

nd t

he r

eper

cuss

ions

his

act

ions

had

on

his

bew

ilder

ed f

amily

.

Guys

Wri

te f

or

Guys

Re

ad.

Ed. b

y Jo

n Sc

iesz

ka.

Sci

eszk

a ha

s co

mpi

led

an i

ntrig

u-in

g co

llect

ion

of s

torie

s, r

efle

ctio

ns,

rem

inis

cenc

es,

advi

ce,

poem

s, a

nd d

raw

ings

abo

ut

bein

g a

guy.

Gru

ber,

Mic

hael.

The

Witc

h’s

Boy

. In

a no

vel t

hat

play

s w

ith fam

iliar

fai

ry t

ales

, a s

ympa

-th

etic

witc

h w

oman

sac

rific

es e

very

thin

g to

rai

se a

n ug

ly, u

ngra

tefu

l fou

ndlin

g.

Hal

e, S

hann

on.

Pri

nces

s A

cade

my.

In a

fre

sh a

ppro

ach

to t

he p

rince

ss s

tory

, with

une

x-pe

cted

plo

t tw

ists

and

gre

at e

mot

iona

l res

onan

ce, M

iri b

ecom

es a

str

ong,

res

ilien

t, co

ura-

geou

s le

ader

of

the

Prin

cess

Aca

dem

y, t

he s

choo

l fr

om w

hich

the

prin

ce m

ust

choo

se a

br

ide.

A 2

006 N

ewbe

ry H

onor

Boo

k.

Hia

asen,

Car

l. F

lush

. In

a sa

tiric

look

at

envi

ronm

enta

l cor

rupt

ion,

Noa

h se

ts o

ut t

o pr

ove

his

fath

er’s

alle

gatio

n th

at a

loca

l cas

ino

boat

is d

umpi

ng s

ewag

e in

to t

he b

ay.

Holu

b, J

ose

f. A

n In

noce

nt S

oldi

er. P

ublis

hed

in 2

002 a

s D

er R

ussl

ände

r, th

is n

ovel

tel

ls

the

stor

y of

a y

oung

far

mha

nd c

onsc

ripte

d in

to t

he a

rmy

who

bec

omes

par

t of

Nap

oleo

n’s

ill-fa

ted

mar

ch t

o co

nque

r M

osco

w i

n 1811.

Tran

slat

ed f

rom

the

Ger

man

. Th

e 2006

Bat

chel

der

Awar

d B

ook.

How

e,

Jam

es.

Tot

ally

Joe

. Jo

e kn

ows

he i

s ga

y, a

nd d

urin

g hi

s ei

ghth

-gra

de y

ear,

an

Engl

ish

jour

nalin

g as

sign

men

t he

lps

him

exp

ress

his

gro

win

g se

lf-aw

aren

ess.

Jurm

ain,

Suza

nne.

The

Forb

idde

n Sc

hool

hous

e: T

he T

rue

and

Dra

mat

ic S

tory

of

Pru

denc

e C

rand

all an

d H

er S

tude

nts.

Illu

s. T

his

fasc

inat

ing,

ele

gant

ly d

esig

ned

book

te

lls t

he d

ram

atic

sto

ry o

f C

onne

ctic

ut s

choo

lteac

her

Prud

ence

Cra

ndal

l, w

ho o

pene

d a

cont

rove

rsia

l sch

ool f

or A

fric

an A

mer

ican

girl

s in

the

1830s

in a

clim

ate

of b

itter

rac

ism

.

Kru

ll, K

athl

een.

Leo

nard

o da

Vin

ci. I

llus.

by

Bor

is K

ulik

ov. Th

e ex

trao

rdin

ary

life

and

scie

n-tif

ic in

vest

igat

ions

of

the

artis

t an

d sc

ient

ist

are

deta

iled

in a

rea

dabl

e, in

sigh

tful

vol

ume.

Lest

er,

Juli

us.

Day

of

Tear

s: A

Nov

el i

n D

ialo

gue.

Les

ter

take

s re

ader

s to

Sav

anna

h,

Geo

rgia

, in

1859 i

n a

fictio

naliz

ed a

ccou

nt o

f th

e la

rges

t sl

ave

auct

ion

in A

mer

ican

his

-to

ry, w

hich

he

tells

in the

alte

rnat

ing

voic

es o

f sla

ves,

sla

ve o

wne

rs, a

nd a

bolit

ioni

sts.

The

2006 C

oret

ta S

cott

Kin

g Au

thor

Med

al B

ook.

9


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IDE

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006

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ILDR

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BOO

KS, 2

006

Bar

tole

tti,

Su

san

Cam

pbell.

Hitl

er Y

outh

: G

row

ing

Up

in H

itler

’s S

hado

w. B

y w

eavi

ng t

he s

torie

s of

tw

elve

yo

ung

Ger

man

s in

to t

he la

rger

fab

ric o

f N

azis

m a

nd W

orld

W

ar I

I, B

arto

lett

i ra

ises

aw

aren

ess

of H

itler

’s m

anip

ula-

tions

to

a ne

w l

evel

and

offer

s re

ader

s an

opp

ortu

nity

to

cons

ider

how

the

y m

ight

hav

e ac

ted

in the

sam

e si

tuat

ion.

A

20

06

New

bery

Hon

or B

ook

and

20

06

Sib

ert

Hon

or

Boo

k.

Blu

me

ntha

l, K

are

n. L

et M

e P

lay:

The

Sto

ry o

f Ti

tle I

X,

the

Law

Tha

t C

hang

ed t

he F

utur

e of

Gir

ls in

Am

eric

a.

Illus

. In

a c

ompe

lling

ly w

ritte

n, w

ell-d

ocum

ente

d hi

stor

y of

w

omen

in

spor

ts, th

e au

thor

des

crib

es t

he e

ffor

ts o

f m

any

to r

emov

e se

x di

scrim

inat

ion

in e

duca

tion

by b

ringi

ng T

itle

IX in

to la

w in

19

72

.

Bo

lde

n, T

ony

a. M

aritc

ha:

A N

inet

eent

h-C

entu

ry A

mer

ican

Gir

l. Ill

us.

Bas

ed o

n an

un

publ

ishe

d m

anus

crip

t, th

is a

ccou

nt int

rodu

ces

free

-bor

n M

aritc

ha R

émon

d Ly

ons,

who

gr

ew u

p in

New

Yor

k C

ity d

urin

g th

e m

id-n

inet

eent

h ce

ntur

y an

d w

ent

on t

o be

com

e an

ed

ucat

or d

edic

ated

to

bett

erin

g th

e liv

es o

f Af

rican

Am

eric

ans.

A 2

006 C

oret

ta S

cott

Kin

g Au

thor

Hon

or B

ook.

Bro

ach,

Elise

. Sh

akes

pear

e’s

Secr

et.

Whe

n si

xth-

grad

er H

ero

Net

herf

ield

mov

es i

nto

the

fam

ous

Mur

phy

Dia

mon

d H

ouse

, sh

e ob

sess

es o

ver

findi

ng t

he c

entu

ries-

old

dia-

mon

d sa

id t

o be

ins

ide.

A f

unny

his

toric

al m

yste

ry t

hat

illum

inat

es t

he d

ebat

e ov

er

Sha

kesp

eare

’s id

entit

y.

Bru

chac

, Jos

eph.

Cod

e Ta

lker

: A N

ovel

abo

ut t

he N

avaj

o M

arin

es o

f W

orld

War

Tw

o.

Bru

chac

’s a

bsor

bing

his

toric

al n

ovel

tel

ls t

he s

tory

of

a bo

y w

ho b

ecam

e on

e of

the

bra

ve

Nav

ajo

code

tal

kers

, w

hose

mes

sage

s he

lped

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

achi

eve

vict

ory

in W

orld

W

ar II

.

Can

ale

s, V

iola

. The

Teq

uila

Wor

m. H

ow d

oes

one

brid

ge t

he g

ap b

etw

een

two

cultu

res?

C

anal

es’ n

ovel

pro

vide

s a

wor

thy

answ

er: r

emai

n tr

ue to

one

self

and

one’

s ro

ots

and

brin

g th

e tw

o w

orld

s to

geth

er.

The

20

06

Bel

pré

Auth

or M

edal

Boo

k.

Car

vell,

Mar

lene

. Sw

eetg

rass

Bas

ket.

Moh

awk

sist

ers

Mat

tie a

nd S

arah

rel

ate

thei

r ex

perie

nces

at

the

Car

lisle

Ind

ian

Sch

ool,

with

the

ir vo

ices

alte

rnat

ing

in a

pie

rcin

gly

unde

rsta

ted

sequ

ence

of

pros

e po

ems.

Do

we

ll,

Fran

ces

O’R

oar

k. C

hick

en B

oy.

Sev

enth

-gra

der

Tobi

n, h

is f

amily

life

fal

ling

apar

t, fin

ds s

uppo

rt in

an

unlik

ely

frie

ndsh

ip a

nd s

olac

e in

the

com

pany

of

chic

kens

.

Ell

is, D

ebo

rah.

Our

Sto

ries

, Our

Son

gs: A

fric

an C

hild

ren

Talk

abo

ut A

IDS.

Int

ervi

ews

cond

ucte

d in

20

03

by

the

auth

or in

trod

uce

child

ren

and

teen

ager

s in

Mal

awi a

nd Z

ambi

a w

ho h

ave

been

dire

ctly

affec

ted

by A

IDS

.

Fle

min

g,

Can

dace

. O

ur

Elea

nor:

A

Sc

rapb

ook

Look

at

El

eano

r R

oose

velt’

s R

emar

kabl

e Li

fe.

Illus

. In

a w

ell-i

llust

rate

d sc

rapb

ook

form

at,

Flem

ing

trac

es E

lean

or

Roo

seve

lt’s

life

from

her

diff

icul

t ch

ildho

od t

o he

r ro

le a

s a

prec

eden

t-set

ting

Firs

t La

dy

and

a le

adin

g pr

opon

ent

of h

uman

rig

hts.

Fran

k, M

itch

. U

nder

stan

ding

the

Hol

y La

nd: A

nsw

erin

g Q

uest

ions

abo

ut t

he Isr

aeli-

Pal

estin

ian

Con

flict

. Illu

s. F

rank

suc

ceed

s in

his

am

bitio

us tas

k of

exp

lain

ing

the

hist

ory

of t

he Isr

aeli-

Pale

stin

ian

conf

lict

in t

his

clea

r, ev

enha

nded

, que

stio

n-an

d-an

swer

boo

k.

8

Mid

dle

Re

ad

ers

Ala

rcón,

Fra

ncis

co X

. P

oem

s to

Dre

am T

oget

her

/ P

oem

as p

ara

soña

r ju

ntos

. Ill

us.

by P

aula

Bar

ragá

n. V

ibra

nt m

ixed

-med

ia a

rtw

ork

by B

arra

gán

acco

mpa

nies

sev

en-

teen

poe

ms

writ

ten

in b

oth

Spa

nish

and

Eng

lish,

inc

ludi

ng a

ref

lect

ion

on h

isto

ric a

dobe

ho

mes

, an

ode

to C

ésar

Chá

vez,

and

dre

ams

of p

eace

.

And

ers

on,

M.

T. W

hale

s on

Stil

ts. I

llust

rate

d by

Kur

t C

yrus

. H

oly

Tole

do!

An in

trep

id t

rio

save

s th

e w

orld

fro

m a

pla

n to

lau

nch

stilt

-wal

king

wha

les

onto

lan

d.

Arm

stro

ng,

Ala

n. W

hitt

ingt

on.

Illus

trat

ed b

y S

. D

. S

chin

dler

. Ar

mst

rong

’s g

lorio

us b

arn-

yard

fan

tasy

sea

mle

ssly

wea

ves

toge

ther

thr

ee t

ales

: W

hitt

ingt

on t

he c

at’s

arr

ival

on

Ber

nie’

s fa

rm;

the

lege

nd o

f W

hitt

ingt

on’s

fou

rtee

nth-

cent

ury

nam

esak

e; a

nd o

ne b

oy’s

st

rugg

le t

o le

arn

to r

ead.

A c

eleb

ratio

n of

ora

l and

writ

ten

lang

uage

, frie

nds,

and

the

hea

l-in

g po

wer

of

hum

or.

A 2006 N

ewbe

ry H

onor

Boo

k.

Bir

dsal

l, Je

anne

. Th

e P

ende

rwic

ks:

A S

umm

er T

ale

of F

our

Sist

ers,

Tw

o R

abbi

ts,

and

a Ve

ry I

nter

estin

g B

oy. F

our

sist

ers

vaca

tioni

ng w

ith t

heir

fath

er in

a s

umm

er c

ot-

tage

wre

ak h

avoc

on

the

neig

hbor

ing

esta

te a

nd r

escu

e a

boy

in t

he p

roce

ss.

A fu

nny,

old-

fash

ione

d no

vel w

ith a

ll th

e ea

rmar

ks o

f a

clas

sic—

ende

arin

gly

quirk

y ch

arac

ters

, fin

e di

alog

ue, a

nd a

dog

tha

t ge

ts in

to e

very

thin

g.

Bord

en,

Louis

e. T

he J

ourn

ey T

hat

Save

d C

urio

us G

eorg

e: T

he T

rue

War

time

Esca

pe

of M

argr

et a

nd H

. A. R

ey. I

llus.

by

Alla

n D

rum

mon

d. T

he a

maz

ing

stor

y of

Mar

gret

and

H

. A.

Rey

, w

ho f

led

Ger

man

tro

ops

durin

g W

orld

War

II an

d en

tere

d Fr

ance

with

the

ir fir

st

Cur

ious

Geo

rge

man

uscr

ipt,

unfo

lds

in s

crap

book

sty

le,

with

pho

togr

aphs

, do

cum

ents

, an

d or

igin

al il

lust

ratio

ns b

y D

rum

mon

d.

Burl

eig

h, R

obe

rt. T

oulo

use-

Laut

rec:

The

Mou

lin R

ouge

and

the

City

of

Ligh

t. Ill

us.

A st

rikin

gly

desi

gned

pic

ture

-boo

k in

trod

uctio

n to

the

Fre

nch

artis

t is

abu

ndan

tly il

lust

rate

d w

ith p

hoto

grap

hs o

f To

ulou

se-L

autr

ec’s

sub

ject

s an

d re

prod

uctio

ns o

f hi

s w

ork.

Pub

lishe

d in

ass

ocia

tion

with

the

Art

Ins

titut

e of

Chi

cago

.

Co

llard

, S

ne

ed

B.

The

Pra

irie

B

uild

ers:

R

econ

stru

ctin

g A

mer

ica’

s Lo

st

Gra

ssla

nds.

Ill

us.

Col

labo

rativ

e ef

fort

s to

res

tore

a p

ortio

n of

th

e na

tive

tall-

gras

s pr

airie

in Iow

a ar

e de

taile

d in

a

dist

ingu

ishe

d pr

ose

narr

ativ

e an

d gl

orio

us f

ull-c

olor

ph

otog

raph

s ta

ken

by t

he a

utho

r.

Dela

no,

Mar

fé F

erg

uso

n. G

eniu

s: A

Pho

tobi

og-

raph

y of

Alb

ert

Eins

tein

. A s

uper

ior

phot

o bi

ogra

-ph

y of

the

gen

ius

who

rev

olut

ioni

zed

our

scie

ntifi

c un

ders

tand

ing

and

who

se w

ork

laid

the

fo

unda

tion

for

man

y m

oder

n te

chno

logi

cal m

arve

ls.

Erd

rich

, Louis

e. T

he G

ame

of S

ilenc

e. Il

lus.

Tra

ditio

nal s

easo

nal w

ork

and

cultu

ral o

cca-

sion

s m

ark

the

lives

of

nine

-yea

r-old

Om

akay

as a

nd h

er A

nish

inab

e fa

mily

unt

il 1850,

whe

n th

e co

mm

unity

mus

t le

ave

its b

elov

ed h

ome

on t

he L

ake

Sup

erio

r sh

ore.

A s

eque

l to

The

Birch

bark

Hou

se.

Gio

vann

i, N

ikki

. Ros

a. Il

lus.

by

Bry

an C

ollie

r. In

rad

iant

, ric

hly

colo

red,

icon

ic c

olla

ges

and

spar

e, e

lega

nt p

rose

, ill

ustr

ator

Col

lier

and

auth

or G

iova

nni

cele

brat

e th

e qu

iet

cour

age

of R

osa

Park

s. A

20

06 C

alde

cott

Hon

or B

ook

and

the

2006 C

oret

ta S

cott

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g Ill

ustr

ator

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edal

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scin

ny, R

ené

. N

icho

las.

Illu

s. b

y Je

an-J

acqu

es S

empé

. O

rigin

ally

pub

lishe

d as

Le

Petit

N

icol

as a

nd a

fav

orite

am

ong

Fren

ch s

choo

lchi

ldre

n fo

r ne

arly

hal

f a

cent

ury, t

his

tran

sla-

tion

intr

oduc

es A

mer

ican

rea

ders

to

the

hila

rious

esc

apad

es o

f a

boy

and

his

clas

smat

es

at a

n al

l-boy

s sc

hool

. Tr

ansl

ated

fro

m t

he F

renc

h. A

20

06

Bat

chel

der

Hon

or B

ook.

Gre

ene

, S

teph

anie

. Q

ueen

Sop

hie

Har

tley.

Sop

hie,

the

mid

dle

child

in a

fam

ily o

f fiv

e ta

lent

ed s

iblin

gs, l

earn

s ho

w t

o as

sert

her

self

and

to a

ppre

ciat

e he

r ow

n ta

lent

s.

Him

elb

lau

, Li

nda.

The

Tro

uble

Beg

ins.

In

an e

nter

tain

ing,

orig

inal

nov

el,

fifth

-gra

der

Du

reco

unts

his

diff

icul

t ad

just

men

t to

life

in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

follo

win

g hi

s em

igra

tion

from

a V

ietn

ames

e re

fu-

gee

cam

p an

d a

ten-

year

sep

arat

ion

from

his

fam

ily.

Ho

lm, J

enn

ife

r L.

and

Holm

, Mat

thew

. Bab

ymou

se:

Que

en o

f the

Wor

ld! I

llus.

by

Mat

thew

Hol

m. I

n a

funn

y gr

aphi

c no

vel f

or y

oung

rea

ders

, Bab

ymou

se le

arns

tha

t a

frie

nd w

ho t

reat

s he

r lik

e a

quee

n is

wor

th m

ore

than

an

invi

tatio

n to

a p

opul

ar b

ut c

ruel

sch

oolm

ate’

s sl

eepo

ver.

John

son-

Dav

ies,

De

nys.

Goh

a th

e W

ise

Fool

. Ill

us.

by H

ag H

amdy

Moh

amed

Fat

touh

and

Han

y El

Sae

d Ah

med

. G

oha,

a c

hara

cter

in

Mid

dle

East

ern

folk

lore

, im

part

s w

isdo

m, tr

icks

foo

ls, an

d ex

pose

s hu

man

foi

bles

in f

iftee

n am

usin

g st

orie

s. T

he

tale

s ar

e be

autif

ully

illu

stra

ted

with

khi

yam

iyas

, tra

ditio

nal E

gypt

ian

embr

oide

ries.

Ke

rrin

, Je

ssic

a S

cott

. M

artin

Bri

dge,

Rea

dy f

or T

akeo

ff! I

llus.

by

Jose

ph K

elly.

Mar

tin

Brid

ge l

earn

s ab

out

frie

ndsh

ip a

nd k

indn

ess

as h

e en

coun

ters

tw

o ve

ry d

iffer

ent

scho

ol

bus

driv

ers,

str

uggl

es w

ith t

he d

eath

of

a ne

ighb

or’s

pet

, an

d re

conc

iles

with

a f

riend

as

they

dec

orat

e m

odel

roc

kets

.

A K

ick

in t

he H

ead

: A

n Eve

ryda

y G

uid

e t

o P

oeti

c Fo

rms.

Ed.

by

Pau

l B

. Ja

neck

o. Il

lus.

by

Chr

is R

asch

ka.

Mor

e th

an ju

st a

noth

er c

olle

ctio

n of

poe

try, t

his

anth

ol-

ogy

cele

brat

es t

he i

ntric

acy

of v

ario

us p

oetic

for

ms

and

the

free

dom

the

y in

spire

, w

hile

C

hris

Ras

chka

’s w

itty

art

give

s ch

ildre

n a

clea

r se

nse

of e

ach.

McK

issa

ck,

Pat

rici

a C

. an

d M

oss

, O

naw

um

i Je

an.

Pre

ciou

s an

d th

e B

oo H

ag.

Illus

. by

Kyr

sten

Bro

oker

. S

cary

, tr

icky

Boo

Hag

Pru

ella

is

right

out

side

the

win

dow,

but

smar

t, br

ave

Prec

ious

is d

eter

min

ed t

o m

ind

her

mam

a an

d no

t le

t Pr

uella

in.

Me

nchú

, R

igo

bert

a an

d Li

ano,

Dan

te.

The

Gir

l fr

om C

him

el.

Illus

. by

Dom

i. In

an

enga

ging

mem

oir

acco

mpa

nied

by

whi

msi

cal fu

ll-co

lor

artw

ork,

Nob

el P

eace

Priz

e w

inne

r M

ench

ú re

calls

fam

ily a

necd

otes

and

sto

ries

from

whi

ch s

he le

arne

d M

ayan

val

ues

durin

g he

r ch

ildho

od in

Gua

tem

ala.

Tra

nsla

ted

from

the

Spa

nish

.

Nap

oli

, D

onn

a Jo

. Th

e K

ing

of M

ulbe

rry

Stre

et.

In a

won

derf

ully

im

med

iate

his

toric

al

nove

l se

t in

18

92

, ni

ne-y

ear-o

ld J

ewis

h Ita

lian

Dom

sto

ws

away

on

a sh

ip b

ound

fro

m

Nap

oli

to N

ew Y

ork,

lea

rns

to s

urvi

ve a

lone

on

the

stre

et,

and

chal

leng

es t

he r

uthl

ess

padr

oni w

ho p

rey

on y

oung

imm

igra

nts.

Russ

o, M

aris

abin

a. A

lway

s R

emem

ber

Me:

How

One

Fam

ily S

urvi

ved

Wor

ld W

ar II.

Illus

. A

youn

g gi

rl is

fin

ally

dee

med

old

eno

ugh

to s

ee a

ll th

e pi

ctur

es in

her

gra

ndm

othe

r’s

“bef

ore”

pho

to a

lbum

—th

e on

e th

at in

clud

es p

hoto

s fr

om b

efor

e W

orld

War

II.

6

Sab

uda

, R

obe

rt a

nd R

ein

hart

, M

atth

ew.

Ency

clop

edia

Pre

hist

oric

a: D

inos

aurs

. Ill

us. A

fact

-cra

mm

ed t

ext

acco

mpa

nies

thr

ee-d

imen

sion

al p

op-u

p sc

ulpt

ures

of di

nosa

urs

that

see

m t

o le

ap o

ff t

he p

age.

Say

, Alle

n. K

amis

hiba

i Man

. Illu

s. A

n el

derly

, ret

ired

Japa

nese

sto

ryte

ller

reliv

es t

he d

ays

befo

re tel

evis

ion,

whe

n ch

ildre

n flo

cked

to

hear

his

sto

ries

and

sam

ple

his

swee

ts. T

he a

rt

of k

amis

hiba

i, st

oryt

ellin

g w

ith il

lust

rate

d ca

rds,

is t

he p

recu

rsor

to

man

ga a

nd a

nim

e.

Sid

man

, Joy

ce.

Song

of

the

Wat

er B

oatm

an a

nd O

ther

Pon

d P

oem

s. Il

lus.

by

Bec

kie

Pran

ge. El

even

joyf

ul s

ongs

cel

ebra

te p

ond

life

thro

ugh

the

seas

ons

in t

his

eleg

ant,

satis

-fy

ing

com

bina

tion

of v

isua

l dra

ma,

poe

try, a

nd s

cien

tific

fac

t. B

ecki

e Pr

ange

’s e

xcep

tiona

l, ha

nd-c

olor

ed w

oodb

lock

art

wor

k en

larg

es u

pon

the

expr

essi

ve p

oetr

y. A

2006 C

alde

cott

H

onor

Boo

k.

Sin

ger,

Mar

ilyn.

Cen

tral

Hea

ting:

Poe

ms

abou

t Fi

re a

nd W

arm

th.

Illus

. by

Mei

lo S

o.

Nin

etee

n po

ems,

rhy

med

and

fre

e ve

rse,

des

crib

e w

ith h

umor

, w

onde

r, an

d a

sens

e of

ad

vent

ure

the

man

y as

pect

s of

fire

—fr

om a

coz

y ca

ndle

to

a ra

ging

fore

st fi

re. T

he fi

re-re

d pe

ncil,

was

h, a

nd li

nocu

t ill

ustr

atio

ns b

y S

o en

liven

the

tex

t.

Taba

ck,

Sim

ms.

Kib

itzer

s an

d Fo

ols:

Tal

es M

y Za

yda

Told

Me.

Illu

s. T

abac

k re

vels

in

his

herit

age

with

the

se t

hirt

een

amus

ing

tale

s fr

om t

he E

aste

rn E

urop

ean

Jew

ish

trad

ition

; ea

ch t

ale

is f

ollo

wed

by

an a

ppro

pria

te s

ayin

g th

at s

ums

up it

s co

mic

al y

et w

ise

less

on.

Turn

er,

Pam

ela

S.

Gor

illa

Doc

tors

: Sa

ving

End

ange

red

Gre

at A

pes.

Illu

s. T

eam

s of

ve

terin

aria

ns t

ake

to t

he m

ount

ains

of

Rw

anda

to

safe

guar

d th

e he

alth

of

wild

gor

illas

. Ill

ustr

ated

with

glo

rious

pho

togr

aphs

.

Wil

liam

s, M

ary.

Bro

ther

s in

Hop

e: T

he S

tory

of

the

Lost

Boy

s of

Sud

an. I

llus.

by

R.

Gre

gory

Chr

istie

. In

a p

ower

ful p

ictu

re b

ook

illus

trat

ed w

ith u

nusu

al, e

xpre

ssiv

e pa

intin

gs

by C

hris

tie,

read

ers

mee

t a

boy, w

ho,

alon

g w

ith m

any

othe

r yo

ung

peop

le,

surv

ives

the

ci

vil w

ar t

hat

rava

ged

Sud

an in

the

1980s.

A C

oret

ta S

cott

Kin

g Ill

ustr

ator

Hon

or B

ook.

Win

ter,

Jean

ett

e. T

he L

ibra

rian

of

Bas

ra: A

Tru

e St

ory

from

Ira

q. Illu

s. F

earin

g im

mi-

nent

war

, Al

ia M

uham

mad

Bak

er t

akes

mat

ters

int

o he

r ow

n ha

nds

to s

ave

the

book

s in

he

r lib

rary

. Vib

rant

ly c

olor

ed p

aste

l acr

ylic

pai

ntin

gs c

reat

e a

sens

e of

dis

tanc

e fr

om t

he

mos

t br

utal

hor

rors

of

war

whi

le c

eleb

ratin

g th

e co

urag

e of

a b

rave

wom

an.

Win

ter,

Jona

h. R

ober

to C

lem

ente

: P

ride

of

the

Pitt

sbur

gh P

irat

es.

Illus

. by

Raú

l C

olón

. B

lack

-and

-whi

te d

raw

ings

inte

rspe

rsed

with

ful

l-col

or p

aint

ings

by

Col

ón d

epic

t th

e lif

e an

d ca

reer

of

Puer

to R

ican

bas

ebal

l pl

ayer

Cle

men

te a

nd t

he s

trug

gles

he

brav

ely

face

d on

and

off t

he f

ield

.

Woods

on,

Jac

queli

ne. S

how

Way

. Illu

s. b

y H

udso

n Ta

lbot

t. “

And

the

child

ren

lean

ed in

/

And

liste

ned

real

har

d.”

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mag

nific

ent

poem

, Woo

dson

dra

ws

on t

he e

xper

ienc

es o

f he

r m

ater

nal a

nces

tors

to

tell

the

stor

y of

sla

very

, em

anci

patio

n, a

nd t

rium

ph, pa

ying

trib

ute

to t

he c

reat

ive

wom

en w

ho u

sed

quilt

s, s

torie

s, p

oem

s, a

nd s

ongs

to

shar

e th

e st

reng

th

to c

arry

on.

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by

Bra

dy:

A P

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f th

e C

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War

. Ill

us.

Arm

stro

ng

trac

ks t

he i

nflu

ence

of

Mat

thew

Bra

dy,

who

cha

nged

the

cou

rse

of w

ar p

hoto

grap

hy a

nd

who

se s

tabl

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or t

heir

sign

ifica

nt c

ontr

ibut

ion

to t

he e

xpan

sion

of

know

ledg

e or

for

th

e pl

easu

re t

hey

can

prov

ide

to a

dult

read

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Titl

es w

ere

sele

cted

fro

m b

ooks

pub

lishe

d fr

om N

ovem

ber

20

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thr

ough

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embe

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No

nfi

ctio

n

Ale

xiev

ich,

Sve

tlan

a. V

oice

s fr

om C

hern

obyl

. Sur

vivo

rs o

f the

1986 C

hern

obyl

nuc

lear

di

sast

er p

rovi

de u

nfor

gett

able

witn

ess

to o

ffic

ial

corr

uptio

n, i

ncom

pete

nce,

and

ind

iffer

-en

ce.

Ano

nym

ou

s. A

Wom

an in

Ber

lin: E

ight

Wee

ks in

the

Con

quer

ed C

ity. T

his

dist

urbi

ng

diar

y w

ritte

n af

ter

the

fall

of B

erlin

rec

alls

the

mas

s ra

pe p

erpe

trat

ed b

y R

ussi

an f

orce

s an

d th

e ha

rrow

ing

choi

ces

a w

oman

had

to

mak

e to

sur

vive

.

Bo

rdew

ich,

Fe

rgu

s. B

ound

for

Can

aan:

The

Und

ergr

ound

Rai

lroa

d an

d th

e W

ar f

or

the

Soul

of

Am

eric

a. B

orde

wic

h br

ings

to

light

the

sec

ret

soci

al m

ovem

ent

in w

hich

bl

acks

and

whi

tes

toge

ther

led

thou

sand

s of

run

away

sla

ves

to f

reed

om.

Cat

hcar

t, B

rian

. Th

e Fl

y in

the

Cat

hedr

al:

How

a G

roup

of

Cam

brid

ge S

cien

tists

W

on t

he I

nter

natio

nal

Rac

e to

Spl

it th

e A

tom

. C

ambr

idge

Uni

vers

ity p

hysi

cist

s Jo

hn

Coc

kcro

ft a

nd E

rnes

t W

alto

n ra

ce i

nter

natio

nal

rival

s to

ach

ieve

a l

andm

ark

scie

ntifi

c ev

ent—

the

split

ting

of t

he a

tom

.

Dia

mo

nd, J

are

d M

. Col

laps

e: H

ow S

ocie

ties

Cho

ose

to F

ail o

r Su

ccee

d. E

aste

r Isl

and,

N

orse

Gre

enla

nd,

Rw

anda

, an

d ot

her

soci

etie

s re

veal

the

cat

astr

ophi

c co

nseq

uenc

es o

f en

viro

nmen

tal m

ism

anag

emen

t.

Eic

henw

ald,

Ku

rt.

Con

spir

acy

of F

ools

. Th

e m

eteo

ric r

ise

and

spec

tacu

lar

dow

nfal

l of

En

ron

is d

etai

led

in t

his

susp

ense

ful b

low

-by-

blow

acc

ount

of

exec

utiv

e gr

eed,

arr

ogan

ce,

and

stup

idity

.

Lepo

re,

Jill.

New

Yor

k B

urni

ng:

Libe

rty,

Sla

very

, an

d C

onsp

irac

y in

Eig

htee

nth-

Cen

tury

Man

hatt

an.

Lepo

re m

aste

rful

ly r

econ

stru

cts

the

even

ts s

urro

undi

ng t

he 1

741

fires

in

low

er M

anha

ttan

, w

hich

led

to

the

tort

ure

and

exec

utio

n of

sla

ves

by w

hite

s w

ho

fear

ed r

ebel

lion.

Mo

ore

head

, Car

oline

. Hum

an C

argo

: A J

ourn

ey a

mon

g R

efug

ees.

Moo

rehe

ad p

uts

a hu

man

fac

e on

the

tid

al w

ave

of d

espa

ir su

ffer

ed b

y 2

0 m

illio

n re

fuge

es w

orld

wid

e.

Pac

ker,

Ge

org

e.

The

Ass

assi

ns’

Gat

e: A

mer

ica

in I

raq.

Pac

ker

skill

fully

nav

igat

es

the

polit

ics

of t

he U

.S.

deci

sion

to

inva

de I

raq

and

the

post

war

rec

onst

ruct

ion

that

has

be

tray

ed a

ll si

des.

Reis

s, T

om

. Th

e O

rien

talis

t: So

lvin

g th

e M

yste

ry o

f a

Stra

nge

and

Dan

gero

us L

ife.

The

cham

eleo

n lif

e of

Lev

Nus

sim

baum

, a J

ew t

urne

d M

uslim

who

bec

ame

a be

st-s

ellin

g au

thor

in N

azi G

erm

any.

Rey

nold

s, D

avid

S.

John

Bro

wn,

Abo

litio

nist

: The

Man

Who

Kill

ed S

lave

ry, S

park

ed

the

Civ

il W

ar,

and

Seed

ed C

ivil

Rig

hts.

Thi

s cu

ltura

l bi

ogra

phy

show

s Jo

hn B

row

n’s

pass

ion

for

just

ice

and

com

mitm

ent

to e

qual

ity d

evol

ving

int

o vi

olen

t co

nfro

ntat

ions

and

co

ntrib

utin

g to

a n

atio

n di

vide

d.

Wal

ker,

Ste

phen.

Sho

ckw

ave:

Cou

ntdo

wn

to H

iros

him

a. H

isto

ry i

s br

ough

t dr

amat

i-ca

lly a

live

in t

his

mom

ent-b

y-m

omen

t ac

coun

t of

the

eve

nts

imm

edia

tely

sur

roun

ding

the

bo

mbi

ng o

f H

irosh

ima.

Wal

ls,

Jean

nett

e.

The

Gla

ss C

astle

. A

succ

essf

ul w

riter

spo

ts h

er m

othe

r di

ggin

g th

roug

h tr

ash

on a

New

Yor

k C

ity s

tree

t, sp

arki

ng p

ainf

ul a

nd a

ffec

tiona

te m

emor

ies

of

an u

nusu

al c

hild

hood

.

Fict

ion

Bat

es,

Judy

Fon

g. M

idni

ght

at t

he D

rago

n C

afé.

In

this

dee

ply

mov

ing

com

ing-

of-a

ge

stor

y, a

youn

g C

hine

se g

irl a

nd h

er f

amily

str

uggl

e to

ada

pt t

o lif

e in

a s

mal

l Ont

ario

tow

n.

Foer,

Jona

than

Saf

ran.

Ext

rem

ely

Loud

& I

ncre

dibl

y C

lose

. Fo

r ni

ne-y

ear-o

ld O

skar

, gr

ief o

ver th

e lo

ss o

f his

fath

er tur

ns in

to a

ser

ies

of rid

dles

in thi

s lu

min

ous

and

inve

ntiv

e po

st–S

epte

mbe

r 11, 2

001, n

ovel

.

Gai

tski

ll, M

ary.

Ver

onic

a. A

for

mer

mod

el is

hau

nted

by

the

mem

ory

of a

n AI

DS

-str

icke

n fr

iend

in a

sto

ry t

hat

pier

ces

the

hear

t an

d ill

umin

es t

he e

xces

ses

of t

he 1

980s.

Gho

sh, A

mit

av. T

he H

ungr

y Ti

de. A

n Am

eric

an b

iolo

gist

dra

wn

to a

rem

ote

regi

on o

f Ind

ia

to s

tudy

riv

er d

olph

ins

expe

rienc

es a

dven

ture

, lov

e, a

nd a

gro

win

g so

cial

aw

aren

ess.

Ishi

guro

, Kaz

uo. N

ever

Let

Me

Go.

An

Engl

ish

boar

ding

sch

ool c

once

als

a sh

ocki

ng s

ecre

t th

at o

nly

grad

ually

daw

ns o

n th

e re

ader

of

this

fin

ely

obse

rved

, tho

ught

-pro

voki

ng n

ovel

.

Iweal

a, U

zodi

nma.

Bea

sts

of N

o N

atio

n. In

thi

s ch

illin

g de

but

nove

l set

in W

est

Afric

a,

a ca

ptur

ed b

oy t

ells

how

he

beco

mes

a s

oldi

er a

nd le

arns

to

kill

to s

urvi

ve.

McC

arth

y, C

orm

ac.

No

Cou

ntry

for

Old

Men

. A

vete

ran

Texa

s sh

eriff

ref

lect

s on

a

trou

bled

soc

iety

and

an

incr

easi

ngly

evi

l bre

ed o

f cr

imin

al a

s he

con

fron

ts t

he fas

t-mov

ing

case

of

a bo

tche

d dr

ug d

eal.

McE

wan

, Ia

n. S

atur

day.

In

this

sub

tly c

raft

ed n

ovel

, a

chan

ce e

ncou

nter

dur

ing

a ty

pica

l S

atur

day

in t

he l

ife o

f a

succ

essf

ul L

ondo

n ne

uros

urge

on l

eads

to

a lif

e-al

terin

g se

ries

of e

vent

s.

Mura

kam

i, H

aruki

. K

afka

on

the

Shor

e. I

n th

is i

mag

inat

ive

nove

l, a

fifte

en-y

ear-o

ld

Japa

nese

boy

em

bark

s on

a s

urre

al o

dyss

ey a

fter

his

fat

her’s

mur

der.

Robi

nson,

Mar

ilyn

ne.

Gile

ad.

A sm

all-t

own

Iow

a m

inis

ter

wea

ves

toge

ther

iss

ues

of

cons

cien

ce a

nd c

omm

itmen

t w

ith f

amily

sec

rets

in a

ric

h ta

pest

ry o

f Am

eric

an li

fe.

Urr

ea, L

uis

Alb

erto

. The

Hum

min

gbird

’s D

augh

ter.

A fa

mily

lege

nd b

ecom

es a

fine

ly s

pun

epic

rei

mag

inin

g th

e lif

e of

a M

exic

an p

easa

nt g

irl w

ho h

as t

he a

bilit

y to

per

form

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cles

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erm

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upd

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gra

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We

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Ful

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rvic

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t’s 1

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nd d

evou

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oy P

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hell

stat

ion

chan

ges

the

way

tha

t he

see

s th

e w

orld

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est

erf

eld

, Sco

tt.

Pee

ps. A

one

-nig

ht s

tand

lead

s C

al d

eep

into

the

und

erbe

lly o

f N

ew

York

City

, whe

re h

e fin

ds t

hat

para

site

-pos

itive

pre

dato

rs a

re t

he le

ast

of h

is w

orrie

s.

We

ste

rfe

ld,

Sco

tt.

Ugl

ies.

Tal

ly c

an’t w

ait

for

her

sixt

eent

h bi

rthd

ay a

nd t

he s

urge

ry

that

will

tra

nsfo

rm h

er i

nto

a “P

rett

y,” b

ecau

se i

f ev

eryo

ne i

s be

autif

ul,

ever

ythi

ng i

s pe

rfec

t—rig

ht?

Whi

tcom

b, L

aura

. A

Cer

tain

Sla

nt o

f Li

ght.

For

13

0 y

ears

, gh

ost

Hel

en h

as a

ttac

hed

hers

elf

to v

ario

us h

osts

unt

il Ja

mes

let

s he

r kn

ow t

hat

he c

an s

ee h

er i

n th

is g

entle

, as

toni

shin

g no

vel.

Wit

tlin

ger,

Elle

n. S

andp

iper

. Tw

o lo

nely

tee

ns m

anag

e to

ove

rcom

e da

rk s

ecre

ts b

y sh

ar-

ing

them

with

eac

h ot

her.

*W

oo

ding

, Chr

is. P

oiso

n. A

fter

her

bab

y si

ster

is k

idna

pped

by

Phae

ries,

Poi

son

is d

eter

-m

ined

to

get

her

back

, no

t re

aliz

ing

that

she

and

her

sis

ter

are

part

of

a m

uch

larg

er,

dark

er s

tory

.

Wyn

ne-J

one

s, T

im. A

Thi

ef in

the

Hou

se o

f M

emor

y. W

hen

a de

ad m

an is

fou

nd in

his

ho

use,

Dec

lan

begi

ns a

jour

ney

into

his

ow

n pa

st a

nd t

owar

d th

e tr

uth

abou

t hi

s fa

mily

.

*Z

usa

k, M

arku

s. I

Am

the

Mes

seng

er. A

fter

Ed,

an

aim

less

nin

etee

n-ye

ar-o

ld c

ab d

river

, fo

ils a

ban

k ro

bber

, he

begi

ns t

o re

ceiv

e m

yste

rious

mes

sage

s as

sign

ing

him

to

inte

rven

e in

the

live

s of

str

ange

rs.

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rintz

Hon

or B

ook.

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annu

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ooks

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pile

d by

a c

omm

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the

Youn

g Ad

ult

Libr

ary

Ser

vice

s As

soci

atio

n co

mpr

ises

non

fictio

n an

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r ag

es t

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ve t

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tee

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he t

itles

on

thi

s lis

t sp

an a

bro

ad r

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of

read

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and

mat

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lev

els.

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bes

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No

nfi

ctio

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Akb

ar, S

aid

Hyd

er

and

Burt

on,

Susa

n. C

ome

Bac

k to

Afg

hani

stan

: A C

alifo

rnia

Te

enag

er’s

Sto

ry. I

n th

is t

hrill

ing

mem

oir

reco

rded

dur

ing

the

sum

mer

s of

2002 t

hrou

gh

2004, a

Cal

iforn

ia t

een

retu

rns

to h

is f

athe

r’s h

omel

and

to h

elp

rebu

ild A

fgha

nist

an.

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arto

lett

i, S

usa

n C

ampb

ell.

Hitl

er Y

outh

: Gro

win

g U

p in

Hitl

er’s

Sha

dow

. “I b

egin

w

ith t

he y

oung

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t m

ater

ial!

With

the

m I

can

mak

e a

new

wor

ld.”

Ado

lf H

itler

ex

ploi

ted

the

idea

lism

of

mill

ions

of

Ger

man

y’s

youn

g pe

ople

to

fuel

his

evi

l mas

ter

plan

fo

r gl

obal

dom

inat

ion.

Blu

me

ntha

l, K

are

n. L

et M

e P

lay:

The

Sto

ry o

f Ti

tle I

X, t

he L

aw T

hat

Cha

nged

the

Fu

ture

of

Gir

ls i

n A

mer

ica.

In

19

72

, C

ongr

ess

pass

ed T

itle

IX,

a m

omen

tous

law

tha

t ch

ange

d op

port

uniti

es f

or A

mer

ican

wom

en.

Blu

men

thal

int

rodu

ces

the

hist

oric

al e

vent

s th

at le

d to

the

law.

Bo

lde

n, T

ony

a. M

aritc

ha: A

Nin

etee

nth-

Cen

tury

Am

eric

an G

irl.

Mar

itcha

Lyo

ns,

born

of

a f

ree

blac

k fa

mily

in

18

43

New

Yor

k, l

ed a

life

dire

ctly

inf

luen

ced

by f

amou

s pe

ople

an

d im

port

ant

even

ts in

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry.

De

em

, Ja

me

s M

. B

odie

s fr

om t

he A

sh:

Life

and

Dea

th i

n A

ncie

nt P

ompe

ii. V

ivid

pi

ctur

es a

nd w

ords

offer

a c

lear

, co

ncis

e, a

nd g

rues

ome

expl

anat

ion

of t

he e

rupt

ion

of

Vesu

vius

tha

t de

stro

yed

Pom

peii

in 7

9 C

.E.

De

lisl

e, G

uy.

Pyo

ngya

ng: A

Jou

rney

in N

orth

Kor

ea. A

Fre

nch

Can

adia

n an

imat

or is

sen

t to

Nor

th K

orea

to

over

see

an o

utso

urce

d an

imat

ion

proj

ect.

He

desc

ribes

his

exp

erie

nces

as

a f

orei

gner

in c

omm

unis

t N

orth

Kor

ea in

thi

s gr

aphi

c no

vel.

De

ndy,

Le

slie

and

Bo

ring

, M

el.

Gui

nea

Pig

Sci

entis

ts:

Bol

d Se

lf-Ex

peri

men

ters

in

Sci

ence

and

Med

icin

e. A

n ex

trao

rdin

ary

and

ofte

n di

stur

bing

sto

ry i

ntro

duce

s te

n pe

ople

who

car

ed s

o m

uch

abou

t sc

ient

ific

expl

orat

ion

that

the

y ex

perim

ente

d up

on

them

selv

es t

o te

st t

heir

theo

ries.

Eis

ner,

Will.

The

Plo

t: Th

e Se

cret

Sto

ry o

f th

e P

roto

cols

of

the

Elde

rs o

f Zi

on. T

his

grap

hic

nove

l re

coun

ts t

he h

isto

ry o

f a

fals

e tw

entie

th-c

entu

ry p

amph

let,

“The

Pro

toco

ls

of t

he E

lder

s of

Zio

n,”

whi

ch s

park

ed a

nti-S

emiti

sm w

orld

wid

e.

2

Perk

ins,

Lyn

ne R

ae.

Cri

ss C

ross

. M

aybe

you

fin

d a

neck

lace

. M

aybe

it

chan

ges

your

lif

e. D

ebbi

e, H

ecto

r, an

d cr

ew t

ake

a jo

urne

y in

whi

ch n

othi

ng h

appe

ns a

nd t

hat

mak

es a

w

orld

of

differ

ence

.

Qual

ey, M

arsh

a. J

ust L

ike

That

. Cou

ld e

ight

een-

year

-old

Han

na h

ave

prev

ente

d th

e de

aths

of

tw

o te

ens?

Her

gui

lty s

ecre

t fo

rces

her

to

reev

alua

te h

er li

fe a

nd r

elat

ions

hips

.

Rio

rdan

, Ric

k. T

he L

ight

ning

Thi

ef. A

fter

dys

lexi

c te

en P

ercy

Jac

kson

vap

oriz

es h

is a

lge-

bra

teac

her

and

is a

ttac

ked

by t

he m

inot

aur,

he d

isco

vers

tha

t he

is

not

who

he

thou

ght

he w

as!

Row

ling

, J.

K.

Har

ry P

otte

r an

d th

e H

alf-B

lood

Pri

nce.

At

sixt

een,

Har

ry h

as b

ecom

e m

ore

som

ber

and

cont

rary

and

les

s tr

ustin

g as

ter

rifyi

ng f

orce

s co

ntin

ue t

o co

nfro

nt

him

.

Sal

isbu

ry,

Gra

ham

. Ey

es o

f th

e Em

pero

r. S

ixte

en-y

ear-o

ld E

ddy

Oku

bo j

oins

the

U.S

. Ar

my

just

bef

ore

the

bom

bing

of

Pear

l H

arbo

r. Am

idst

thi

ck r

acis

m,

he a

nd o

ther

you

ng

Japa

nese

Am

eric

an m

en t

rain

exp

erim

enta

l K-9

uni

ts.

Spi

llebe

en,

Geert

. K

iplin

g’s

Cho

ice.

Joh

n K

iplin

g, s

on o

f fa

mou

s w

riter

Rud

yard

Kip

ling,

jo

ins

the

Brit

ish

Arm

y in

Wor

ld W

ar I w

ith h

elp

from

his

fat

her.

Sta

ples,

Suza

nne F

ishe

r. U

nder

the

Per

sim

mon

Tre

e. N

ajm

ah,

an A

fgha

n gi

rl, w

it-ne

sses

the

dea

th o

f he

r m

othe

r an

d br

othe

r as

wel

l as

her

fat

her’s

and

old

er b

roth

er’s

co

nscr

iptio

n by

th

e Ta

liban

be

fore

sh

e fin

ds

refu

ge

in

Paki

stan

w

ith

an

Amer

ican

M

uslim

.

Ste

in,

Tam

mar

. Li

ght

Year

s. A

fter

her

boy

frie

nd’s

dea

th,

May

a fle

es I

srae

l fo

r a

Virg

inia

un

iver

sity

, but

she

can

’t e

scap

e he

r gu

ilt.

Thal

, Li

lli.

Mim

us. I

n a

med

ieva

l w

orld

tha

t ne

ver

was

, a

prin

ce m

ust

obey

a h

arsh

jest

er

in o

rder

to

resc

ue h

is im

pris

oned

fat

her.

Tiff

any,

Gra

ce. A

riel

. Beh

ind

Sha

kepe

are’

s Te

mpe

st is

the

mys

terio

us f

igur

e of

Arie

l. Th

is

is h

er s

tory

of

drea

ms,

lies

, and

mad

ness

.

Ting

le, R

ebe

cca.

Far

Tra

vele

r. Fo

llow

ing

the

sudd

en d

eath

of he

r m

othe

r, si

xtee

n-ye

ar-o

ld

Aelfw

yn d

isgu

ises

her

self

as a

bar

d to

esc

ape

mar

riage

to

a m

uch

olde

r m

an,

an a

lly o

f he

r un

cle,

the

kin

g.

Tull

son,

Dia

ne. R

ed S

ea. A

fter

Med

iterr

anea

n pi

rate

s st

orm

the

ir bo

at a

nd k

ill h

er s

tepf

a-th

er, L

ibby

mus

t fig

ure

out

how

to

help

her

ser

ious

ly in

jure

d m

othe

r an

d na

viga

te t

hrou

gh

a st

orm

to

safe

ty.

*Vau

ghan

, Bri

an K

. R

unaw

ays,

v.1

. Six

tee

nage

rs d

isco

ver

that

the

ir pa

rent

s ar

e su

perv

il-la

ins

and

go in

to h

idin

g to

try

to

disr

upt

the

adul

ts’ ev

il pl

ans

in t

his

full-

colo

r gr

aphi

c no

vel.

Vau

ght,

Susa

n. S

torm

witc

h. R

uba,

a t

eena

ger

in c

ivil-

right

s-er

a M

issi

ssip

pi,

uses

the

vo

odoo

ski

lls h

er H

aitia

n gr

andm

othe

r ta

ught

her

to

fight

the

dev

asta

tion

of H

urric

ane

Cam

ille.

Volp

oni

, Pau

l. B

lack

and

Whi

te. L

ife lo

oks

good

for

bes

t fr

iend

s an

d hi

gh-s

choo

l bas

ket-

ball

team

mat

es B

lack

and

Whi

te u

ntil

a ba

d de

cisi

on c

hang

es e

very

thin

g. A

2006 Q

uick

Pi

cks

title

.

7


YALS

A • A

LA’S

GU

IDE

TO B

EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

YALS

A • B

EST

BOOK

S FO

R YO

UNG

ADU

LTS,

200

6

Lana

gan,

Mar

go. B

lack

Jui

ce. T

en s

torie

s ex

plor

e su

ch s

tart

ling

subj

ects

as

tar-p

it ex

ecu-

tions

and

a h

erd

of e

leph

ants

’ re

scue

mis

sion

in t

his

colle

ctio

n fr

om D

own

Und

er. A

2006

Prin

tz H

onor

Boo

k.

Larb

alest

ier,

Just

ine

. M

agic

or

Mad

ness

. U

se i

t or

los

e yo

ur m

ind.

Whe

n R

easo

n di

scov

ers

that

she

has

gen

etic

ally

inh

erite

d m

agic

, sh

e re

aliz

es t

hat

her

life

depe

nds

on

whe

ther

or

not

she

embr

aces

her

gift

.

Laro

che

lle

, D

avid

. A

bsol

utel

y, P

ositi

vely

Not

. S

teph

en n

otic

es t

hat

his

new

hea

lth

teac

her,

Mr.

Bow

man

, is

ext

rem

ely

hand

som

e, b

ut h

e st

ill t

ries

to c

onvi

nce

him

self

that

he

’s n

ot g

ay in

thi

s hi

lario

us c

omin

g-ou

t st

ory.

Lest

er,

Juliu

s. D

ay o

f Te

ars:

A N

ovel

in

Dia

logu

e. A

fter

bei

ng s

old

in t

he lar

gest

sla

ve

auct

ion

in A

mer

ican

his

tory

, Em

ma

and

Joe

agon

ize

over

whe

ther

to

esca

pe o

r re

mai

n sl

aves

in t

his

fact

-bas

ed n

ovel

tol

d al

mos

t en

tirel

y in

dia

logu

e.

Levi

than

, D

avid

. A

re W

e Th

ere

Yet?

Bro

ther

s El

ijah

and

Dan

ny h

ave

little

in

com

mon

. Af

ter

thei

r pa

rent

s tr

ick

them

into

goi

ng t

o Ita

ly, a

bea

utifu

l girl

for

ces

them

to

reco

nsid

er

thei

r re

latio

nshi

p.

Luba

r, D

avid

. Sle

epin

g Fr

eshm

en N

ever

Lie

. In

a se

ries

of h

umor

ous

diar

y en

trie

s, n

inth

-gr

ader

Sco

tt o

ffer

s a

list

of d

o’s

and

don’

ts t

o hi

s un

born

sib

ling

on s

urvi

ving

fre

shm

an

year

of

high

sch

ool.

*Ly

nch,

Chr

is.

Inex

cusa

ble.

Hig

h-sc

hool

sen

ior

and

foot

ball

star

Kei

r ca

n al

way

s fin

d an

ex

cuse

for

his

bad

beh

avio

r, ev

en a

fter

he

is a

ccus

ed o

f da

te r

ape.

Lync

h, J

im. T

he H

ighe

st T

ide.

Mile

s ta

kes

an in

tros

pect

ive

jour

ney

durin

g w

hich

he

disc

ov-

ers

pecu

liar

sea

life

in a

cov

e in

Pug

et S

ound

.

Mar

tine

z, A

. Le

e.

Gil’

s A

ll Fr

ight

Din

er.

A va

mpi

re a

nd a

wer

ewol

f fin

d a

port

al t

o he

ll w

ith h

umor

ous

cons

eque

nces

. A

20

06

Ale

x Aw

ards

Win

ner.

McG

hee

, A

liso

n. A

ll R

iver

s Fl

ow t

o th

e Se

a. I

t’s a

lway

s be

en R

ose

and

Ivy, u

ntil

the

fate

ful n

ight

a b

lue

truc

k sl

ides

into

the

ir ca

r an

d fo

reve

r su

spen

ds t

he s

iste

rs o

n ei

ther

si

de o

f th

e th

resh

old

betw

een

life

and

deat

h.

*M

eyer,

Ste

phe

nie

. Tw

iligh

t. B

ella

exp

ects

to

be b

ored

aft

er s

he m

oves

to

drea

ry F

orks

, W

ashi

ngto

n. T

hen

she

mee

ts t

he m

yste

rious

Edw

ard,

who

se o

ther

wor

ldly

cha

rm a

ttra

cts

and

terr

ifies

her

. A

20

06

Qui

ck P

icks

titl

e.

Mye

rs,

Wal

ter

De

an.

Aut

obio

grap

hy o

f M

y D

ead

Bro

ther

. In

thi

s gr

itty

dram

a se

t in

H

arle

m, J

esse

exa

min

es h

is li

fe a

nd t

he li

ves

of t

hose

clo

se t

o hi

m in

wor

ds a

nd a

rt.

Opp

el,

Ke

nne

th.

Skyb

reak

er. M

att

Cru

ise

is f

ollo

win

g hi

s dr

eam

at

the

Airs

hip

Acad

emy

whe

n hi

s cr

ew s

ight

s a

lege

ndar

y sh

ip, s

ettin

g of

f a

fierc

e co

mpe

titio

n to

rea

ch t

he v

esse

l an

d se

ize

her

trea

sure

.

Pe

arso

n, M

ary

E. A

Roo

m o

n Lo

rele

i Str

eet.

Whe

n he

r al

coho

lic m

othe

r ne

glec

ts p

ayin

g re

nt,

Zoe

finds

a n

ew h

ome,

and

it

feel

s lik

e he

aven

—un

til h

er p

robl

ems

reap

pear

lik

e fo

und

lugg

age.

Pe

et,

Mal

. K

eepe

r. El

Gat

o, t

he g

reat

soc

cer

goal

ie,

desc

ribes

his

ear

ly l

ife i

n a

rem

ote

Sou

th A

mer

ican

vill

age,

whe

re h

e w

as t

rain

ed b

y a

mys

terio

us a

ppar

ition

cal

led

The

Kee

per.

6

Farr

ell

, Je

anett

e.

Invi

sibl

e A

llies

: M

icro

bes

That

Sha

pe O

ur L

ives

. Fa

rrel

l’s l

ivel

y ex

amin

atio

n of

mic

robe

s tr

aces

the

pat

h of

a s

andw

ich-

and-

choc

olat

e-ba

r lu

nch

thro

ugh

the

hum

an b

ody, f

rom

beg

inni

ng t

o en

d.

Flem

ing

, C

anda

ce.

Our

El

eano

r:

A

Scra

pboo

k Lo

ok

at

Elea

nor

Roo

seve

lt’s

Rem

arka

ble

Life

. An

aw

kwar

d ug

ly d

uckl

ing

who

str

uggl

ed w

ith s

hyne

ss a

nd s

elf-c

on-

scio

usne

ss t

hrou

ghou

t he

r lif

e be

com

es t

he c

onsc

ienc

e of

the

nat

ion.

Fran

k, M

itch

. U

nder

stan

ding

the

Hol

y La

nd: A

nsw

erin

g Q

uest

ions

abo

ut t

he Isr

aeli-

Pal

estin

ian

Con

flict

. U

sing

a q

uest

ion-

and-

answ

er f

orm

at,

this

grip

ping

int

rodu

ctio

n ex

amin

es t

he c

ompl

exiti

es o

f th

e Is

rael

i-Pal

estin

ian

conf

lict.

Gib

lin,

Jam

es

Cro

ss.

Goo

d B

roth

er,

Bad

Bro

ther

: Th

e St

ory

of E

dwin

Boo

th a

nd

John

Wilk

es B

ooth

. Fam

ily r

elat

ions

hips

tak

e on

a w

hole

new

mea

ning

whe

n on

e br

othe

r is

the

fam

ous

acto

r Ed

win

Boo

th a

nd t

he o

ther

is J

ohn

Wilk

es B

ooth

, for

ever

infa

mou

s as

th

e ki

ller

of P

resi

dent

Lin

coln

.

Gro

win

g U

p in

Sla

very

: S

tori

es

of

You

ng S

lave

s as

To

ld b

y Th

em

selv

es.

Ed.

by

Yuv

al T

aylo

r. Th

is in

tens

e an

d so

berin

g co

llect

ion

of A

mer

ican

sla

ve n

arra

tives

spe

aks

to t

he d

eter

min

atio

n of

the

hum

an s

pirit

to

be f

ree.

Jurm

ain,

Suza

nne.

The

Forb

idde

n Sc

hool

hous

e: T

he T

rue

and

Dra

mat

ic S

tory

of

Pru

denc

e C

rand

all

and

Her

Stu

dent

s. T

his

insp

iring

acc

ount

tel

ls t

he t

rue

stor

y of

Pr

uden

ce C

rand

all,

a w

hite

wom

an w

ho o

pene

d a

scho

ol f

or A

fric

an A

mer

ican

girl

s in

C

onne

ctic

ut in

1833 d

espi

te v

icio

us o

ppos

ition

.

Lave

nder,

Bee.

Less

ons

in T

axid

erm

y. P

ushe

d ar

ound

“lik

e pu

tty”

by

legi

ons

of d

octo

rs,

Lave

nder

sur

vive

d ca

ncer

and

oth

er d

isea

ses

by r

elyi

ng o

n he

r m

orbi

d se

nse

of h

umor

an

d he

r fa

mily

, in

whi

ch “

the

wom

en h

it ba

ck.”

Nels

on,

Mar

ilyn

. Fo

rtun

e’s

Bon

es:

The

Man

umis

sion

Req

uiem

. A

stun

ning

mix

of

poet

ry a

nd h

isto

ry h

onor

s Fo

rtun

e, a

sla

ve w

hose

ske

leta

l re

mai

ns w

ere

used

for

stu

dy

and

then

dis

play

ed f

or y

ears

in a

pub

lic m

useu

m.

Nels

on,

Mar

ilyn

. A W

reat

h fo

r Em

met

t Ti

ll. T

his

haun

ting

colle

ctio

n of

int

erlin

ked

son-

nets

pla

ces

the

mur

der

of f

ourt

een-

year

-old

Em

met

t Ti

ll in

his

toric

and

poe

tic c

onte

xt.

A 2006 P

rintz

Hon

or B

ook.

O’D

onn

ell

, Jo

e.

Japa

n, 1

94

5:

A U

.S.

Mar

ine’

s P

hoto

grap

hs f

rom

Gro

und

Zero

. Ph

otog

raph

s ta

ken

shor

tly a

fter

the

bom

bing

of

Hiro

shim

a an

d N

agas

aki s

how

the

abs

o-lu

te d

evas

tatio

n of

Gro

und

Zero

in J

apan

thr

ough

the

cam

era’

s un

flinc

hing

eye

.

Par

trid

ge, E

liza

beth

. Joh

n Le

nnon

: All

I Wan

t Is

the

Tru

th. T

his

telli

ng p

hoto

-bio

grap

hi-

cal a

ccou

nt o

f Joh

n Le

nnon

intr

oduc

es the

man

beh

ind

the

myt

h w

ho s

ough

t tr

uth

thro

ugh

mus

ic.

A 2006 P

rintz

Hon

or B

ook.

Zena

tti,

Val

éri

e.

Whe

n I

Was

a S

oldi

er:

A M

emoi

r. In

thi

s co

mpe

lling

mem

oir,

the

auth

or, a

Fre

nch

imm

igra

nt a

nd Isr

aeli

citiz

en, c

omes

of

age

in t

he Isr

aeli

arm

y.

Fict

ion

Adl

ingt

on,

L.

J. T

he D

iary

of

Pel

ly D

. Wor

king

on

a de

mol

ition

cre

w in

a f

utur

istic

wor

ld,

Toni

V.

finds

the

bur

ied

war

dia

ry o

f Pe

lly D

. an

d be

gins

to

ques

tion

wha

t he

has

bee

n to

ld h

is w

hole

life

.

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6

Be

char

d, M

arga

ret.

Spa

cer

and

Rat

. Ja

ck i

s al

l se

t to

lea

ve F

reed

om S

tatio

n fo

r a

new

job

on

Libe

rty

whe

n an

Ear

thie

Rat

, K

it, a

nd h

er B

ot,W

aldo

, th

reat

en h

is p

lans

and

en

dang

er h

is li

fe.

Bla

ck, H

olly.

Val

iant

: A M

oder

n Ta

le o

f Fa

erie

. Bet

raye

d by

her

mot

her,

Vale

rie r

uns

away

an

d sl

ides

into

a s

educ

tive,

grit

ty o

ther

wor

ld f

ull o

f ad

dict

ion,

mag

ic, b

etra

yal,

and

hono

r.

Bra

y, L

ibba

. Reb

el A

ngel

s. A

fter

Gem

ma

brea

ks the

run

es, s

he m

ust fin

d th

e st

reng

th a

nd

pow

er t

o bi

nd t

he r

elea

sed

mag

ic a

nd r

esto

re it

to

its r

ight

ful p

osse

ssor

, The

Ord

er.

Bru

chac

, Jos

eph.

Cod

e Ta

lker

: A N

ovel

abo

ut t

he N

avaj

o M

arin

es o

f Wor

ld W

ar T

wo.

W

hen

an u

nbre

akab

le c

ode

was

nee

ded

durin

g W

orld

War

II,

the

U.S

. Ar

my

enlis

ted

Ned

B

egay

and

oth

er N

avaj

os t

o us

e th

eir

spec

ial

tale

nts

to d

evel

op u

nbre

akab

le c

ode

in

Wor

ld W

ar II.

*B

uck

hano

n, K

alis

ha.

Ups

tate

. N

atas

ha a

nd A

nton

io,

youn

g H

arle

m l

over

s, c

omm

u-ni

cate

via

let

ters

for

nin

e ye

ars

afte

r An

toni

o is

inc

arce

rate

d fo

r m

urde

ring

his

fath

er.

A 2006 A

lex

Awar

ds w

inne

r.

Cas

tellu

cci,

Ce

cil.

Boy

Pro

of. V

icto

ria “

Egg”

Den

ton

hide

s be

hind

her

out

side

r pe

rson

a un

til a

n in

tere

stin

g bo

y pe

rsua

des

her

to o

pen

up a

nd s

hare

her

life

, tal

ents

, and

love

of

the

cine

ma.

A 2

00

6 Q

uick

Pic

ks t

itle.

Co

burn

, Ja

ke.

Love

Sick

. Af

ter

losi

ng h

is b

aske

tbal

l sc

hola

rshi

p in

a d

runk

-driv

ing

acci

-de

nt, T

ed r

ecei

ves

a lu

crat

ive

offe

r to

spy

on

a bu

limic

Man

hatt

an p

rince

ss.

Cu

mm

ings

, P

risc

illa

. R

ed K

ayak

. B

rady

, J.

T.,

and

Dig

ger

don’

t ca

ll ou

t to

the

peo

ple

in t

he r

ed k

ayak

as

it he

ads

out

on a

sto

rmy

mor

ning

—a

deci

sion

tha

t br

ings

tra

gic,

life

-ch

angi

ng c

onse

quen

ces.

de l

a P

eña

, M

att.

Bal

l D

on’t

Lie.

Stic

ky,

seve

ntee

n, a

fos

ter-c

are

vict

im,

and

tale

nted

w

hite

bas

ketb

all p

laye

r, ov

erco

mes

his

tou

gh u

pbrin

ging

with

the

sup

port

of

his

girlf

riend

an

d th

e ol

der

hoop

ster

s at

the

loca

l gym

. A

20

06

Qui

ck P

icks

titl

e.

De

lane

y, J

ose

ph.

Rev

enge

of

the

Witc

h. T

hom

as b

ecom

es a

n ap

pren

tice

to t

he S

pook

, w

ho h

as t

he i

mpo

rtan

t, if

fear

ed,

job

of r

iddi

ng t

he c

ount

rysi

de a

nd v

illag

es o

f pe

sky

“gho

uls,

bog

gart

s, a

nd a

ll m

anne

r of

wic

ked

beas

ties.

”

Eve

ry M

an f

or

Him

self

: Te

n S

hort

Sto

ries

about

Bein

g a

Guy.

Ed.

by

Nan

cy

E. M

erca

do. W

hat

does

it m

ean

to b

e a

man

? Te

n sh

ort

stor

ies

and

grap

hic

art

expl

ore

the

ques

tion.

Flak

e,

Sha

ron

G.

Ban

g! M

ann,

who

se f

amily

is

still

mou

rnin

g th

e se

nsel

ess

shoo

ting

of

Man

n’s

youn

ger

brot

her,

endu

res

his

fath

er’s

ritu

alis

tic r

ite-o

f-pas

sage

whe

n he

is

aban

-do

ned

in t

he w

ilder

ness

. A

20

06

Qui

ck P

icks

titl

e.

Fle

isch

man

, Pau

l. Z

ap. D

ead

bodi

es, a

tee

n pe

rfor

man

ce a

rtis

t, bo

red

Rus

sian

s, R

icha

rd

III,

and

an a

rtifi

cial

but

tock

sha

re t

he s

tage

in

thes

e se

ven

hila

rious

, co

nnec

ted

min

i-pl

ays.

Fran

k, E

. R

. W

reck

ed. A

nna,

six

teen

, de

velo

ps p

ost-t

raum

atic

str

ess

diso

rder

aft

er a

car

ac

cide

nt,

in w

hich

she

is

the

driv

er,

kills

her

bro

ther

’s g

irlfr

iend

and

ser

ious

ly inj

ures

her

be

st f

riend

.

Gai

man

, N

eil.

Ana

nsi

Boy

s. T

hink

you

’ve

got

prob

lem

s? F

at C

harli

e’s

fath

er w

as A

nans

i, an

d no

w h

e’s

disc

over

ed a

tho

roug

hly

impo

ssib

le h

alf-g

od b

roth

er.

A 2006 A

lex

Awar

ds

win

ner.

4

Gal

low

ay,

Gre

gory

. A

s Si

mpl

e as

Sno

w.

Hig

h-sc

hool

er An

asta

sia

Cay

ne va

nish

es,

and

her

neat

ly l

aid-

out

dres

s is

fou

nd n

ear

a ja

gged

hol

e in

the

ice

. Th

en h

er b

oyfr

iend

se

arch

es f

or m

ore

clue

s to

her

dis

appe

aran

ce.

A 2006 A

lex

Awar

ds w

inne

r.

*G

reen,

John

. Lo

okin

g fo

r A

lask

a. M

iles

is l

ooki

ng f

or t

he G

reat

Per

haps

, an

d an

Al

abam

a bo

ardi

ng s

choo

l off

ers

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f fin

ding

it, e

spec

ially

aft

er h

e m

eets

the

ca

ptiv

atin

g an

d un

pred

icta

ble

Alas

ka.

The

2006 P

rintz

Aw

ard

Boo

k an

d a

2006 Q

uick

Pi

cks

title

.

Gri

ffin

, Ade

le. W

here

I W

ant

to B

e. S

iste

rs L

ily a

nd J

ane,

one

livi

ng a

nd o

ne d

ead,

mus

t fin

d a

way

to

let

go o

f th

e pa

st a

nd m

ove

on.

Gri

mes,

Nik

ki.

Dar

k So

ns.

In t

his

free

-ver

se n

ovel

, S

am e

ndur

es h

is p

aren

ts’

brea

kup,

w

hile

a p

aral

lel n

arra

tive

expl

ores

the

bib

lical

sto

ry o

f Is

hmae

l and

his

des

pair

afte

r be

ing

disp

lace

d by

his

bro

ther

, Isa

ac.

Gru

ber,

Mic

hael.

The

Witc

h’s

Boy

. Can

a m

issh

apen

boy

rai

sed

by a

for

getf

ul w

itch

set

asid

e hi

s an

ger

long

eno

ugh

to f

ind

a ha

ppy

endi

ng in

thi

s da

rk, f

ract

ured

fai

ry t

ale?

Hal

am,

Ann

. Si

beri

a. S

loe,

thi

rtee

n, t

reks

thr

ough

a d

ange

rous

, dy

stop

ian

wild

erne

ss a

s sh

e se

arch

es f

or a

saf

e ha

ven

for

the

DN

A of

the

gen

etic

ally

eng

inee

red

anim

al s

peci

es

that

she

is s

mug

glin

g.

Har

tnett

, S

ony

a. S

trip

es o

f th

e Si

dest

ep W

olf.

Sat

chel

fig

hts

to r

emai

n in

his

dyi

ng

Aust

ralia

n to

wn

at t

he s

ame

time

a Ta

sman

ian

tiger

, th

ough

t to

be

extin

ct,

mak

es a

n un

expe

cted

app

eara

nce.

Hau

tman

, P

ete

. In

visi

ble.

Dou

g’s

teac

hers

, pa

rent

s, a

nd k

ids

at s

choo

l th

ink

he i

s di

s-tu

rbed

and

cre

epy.

Onl

y hi

s be

st f

riend

, An

dy, un

ders

tand

s hi

m, an

d to

geth

er t

hey

harb

or

dark

sec

rets

.

Hear

n, J

uli

e.

The

Min

iste

r’s D

augh

ter.

In a

mag

ical

sev

ente

enth

-cen

tury

Eng

land

, th

e fa

tes

of N

ell,

a he

aler

’s d

augh

ter,

and

Gra

ce a

nd P

atie

nce,

a m

inis

ter’s

dau

ghte

rs,

are

inte

rtw

ined

whe

n G

race

acc

uses

Nel

l and

her

gra

ndm

othe

r of

witc

hcra

ft.

Hia

asen,

Car

l. Fl

ush.

Aft

er h

is d

ad s

inks

the

Cor

al Q

ueen

shi

p an

d ge

ts a

rres

ted,

Noa

h an

d hi

s fa

mily

are

for

ced

to in

vest

igat

e lo

cal e

nviro

nmen

tal i

ssue

s. A

2006 Q

uick

Pic

ks t

itle.

Holu

b, J

ose

f. A

n In

noce

nt S

oldi

er.

Tr.

by M

icha

el H

ofm

ann.

Ada

m,

tric

ked

into

joi

ning

N

apol

eon’

s m

arch

on

Rus

sia

in 1

811,

beco

mes

frie

nds

with

a h

igh-

born

lie

uten

ant

who

he

lps

him

sur

vive

.

Jaco

bson,

Jenn

ifer

Ric

hard

. St

aine

d. A

fter

her

boy

frie

nd,

Gab

e, d

isap

pear

s, J

ocel

yn

join

s in

the

sea

rch

and

unco

vers

the

pai

nful

sec

rets

he

had

hidd

en.

John

son,

Mau

reen.

13

Litt

le B

lue

Enve

lope

s. T

he t

hirt

een

enve

lope

s G

inny

rec

eive

s fr

om h

er d

ead

aunt

will

tak

e he

r th

roug

h Eu

rope

and

grie

f, an

d in

to a

dven

ture

.

Kas

s, P

nina

Moed.

Rea

l Ti

me.

Tho

mas

fei

gns

inte

rest

in

gard

enin

g on

the

kib

butz

to

mas

k hi

s re

al in

tere

st in

tra

velin

g to

Isr

ael:

Is h

is g

rand

fath

er a

Naz

i war

crim

inal

?

Kib

uis

hi,

Kaz

u.

Dai

sy K

utte

r: T

he L

ast

Trai

n. I

n th

is g

raph

ic n

ovel

, D

aisy

Kut

ter,

a re

form

ed c

owgi

rl ba

ndit,

join

s a

team

of

robo

ts in

ord

er t

o pu

ll of

f on

e la

st t

rain

rob

bery

.

Kro

vati

n, C

hris

toph

er.

Hea

vy M

etal

and

You

. MET

AL H

EAD

NO

T G

OTH

! S

am l

ikes

his

lif

e loud

unt

il a

very

diff

eren

t st

raig

ht-e

dge

girl

star

ts w

hisp

erin

g to

him

. W

ill M

elis

sa t

urn

dow

n S

am’s

vol

ume?

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s fo

r th

e Co

llege

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nd

and

Life

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tine

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Mex

ican

Fam

ily o

n th

e M

igra

nt T

rail.

20

01

. M

artin

ez e

xplo

res

the

pow

erfu

l fo

rces

tha

t dr

ive

men

, w

omen

and

eve

n ch

ildre

n to

ris

k th

eir

lives

cro

ssin

g th

e bo

rder

ille

gally

fro

m M

exic

o to

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

to f

ind

wor

k.

Pip

he

r, M

ary

. Th

e M

iddl

e of

Eve

ryw

here

: Th

e W

orld

’s R

efug

ees

Com

e to

Our

To

wn.

20

02

An

expl

orat

ion

of t

he d

iffic

ultie

s an

d st

rugg

les

of r

efug

ees

sett

led

by t

he

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

gove

rnm

ent

in L

inco

ln,

Neb

rask

a as

the

y tr

y to

adj

ust

and

build

a l

ife i

n Am

eric

a.

Sal

zman

, Mar

k. T

rue

Not

eboo

ks. 2

00

3. W

hen

Sal

zman

agr

eed

to t

each

a w

ritin

g cl

ass

at C

entr

al J

uven

ile H

all

in L

os A

ngel

es,

he h

ad n

o id

ea h

ow m

oved

he

wou

ld b

e by

the

liv

es a

nd t

he e

loqu

ence

of

his

stud

ents

, all

high

-risk

vio

lent

offen

ders

.

Sch

loss

er,

Eri

c. F

ast

Food

Nat

ion:

The

Dar

k Si

de o

f th

e A

ll-A

mer

ican

Mea

l. 2

00

1.

The

grow

th o

f th

e fa

st f

ood

indu

stry

has

cha

nged

Am

eric

a’s

eatin

g ha

bits

and

gre

atly

im

pact

ed a

gric

ultu

re,

the

mea

tpac

king

ind

ustr

y, t

he m

inim

um w

age,

and

oth

er a

spec

ts

of A

mer

ican

life

.

Se

nna,

Dan

zy. C

auca

sia.

19

98

. Sep

arat

ed w

hen

thei

r pa

rent

s’ in

terr

acia

l mar

riage

end

s in

div

orce

, lig

ht-s

kinn

ed B

irdie

and

her

dar

k-sk

inne

d si

ster

Col

e le

ad v

ery

differ

ent

lives

w

hile

hop

ing

for

a re

unio

n w

ith o

ne a

noth

er.

Sim

on,

Rac

hel.

Rid

ing

the

Bus

with

My

Sist

er:

A T

rue

Life

Jou

rney

. 2

00

2.

Rac

hel

Sim

on’s

si

ster

, w

ho

has

men

tal

reta

rdat

ion,

sp

ends

he

r da

ys

ridin

g bu

ses

in

the

Penn

sylv

ania

city

whe

re s

he l

ives

. W

hen

Rac

hel

begi

ns t

o ac

com

pany

her

sis

ter

on t

he

bus,

she

lear

ns a

lot

abou

t he

r si

ster

and

her

dis

abili

ty, a

nd a

bout

her

ow

n lim

itatio

ns.

Sm

ith,

Zad

ie.

Whi

te T

eeth

. 2

00

0.

Arch

ie a

nd S

amad

, tw

o un

likel

y fr

iend

s, a

re b

roug

ht

toge

ther

by

biza

rre

twis

ts o

f fa

te a

nd n

ear-d

eath

exp

erie

nces

in

this

epi

c no

vel of

fam

ily,

cultu

re, l

ove,

and

loss

set

in p

ost

Wor

ld W

ar II Lo

ndon

.

Ste

inbe

rg, J

acqu

es.

The

Gat

ekee

pers

: Ins

ide

the

Adm

issi

ons

Pro

cess

of

a P

rem

ier

Col

lege

. 20

02

. Get

ting

in—

who

and

wha

t dr

ives

the

col

lege

adm

issi

ons

cycl

e? F

ind

out

in a

beh

ind

the

scen

es l

ook

at W

esle

yan

Uni

vers

ity t

hrou

gh t

he e

yes

of a

n ad

mis

sion

s of

ficer

see

king

mem

bers

for

the

cla

ss o

f 2

00

4.

Turn

er,

Su

gar

and

Ehl

ers

, Tra

cy B

achr

ach.

Sug

ar’s

Life

in t

he H

ood:

The

Sto

ry o

f a

Form

er W

elfa

re M

othe

r. 2

00

3.

An a

nthr

opol

ogis

t w

ho b

efrie

nds

a w

elfa

re m

othe

r le

arns

abo

ut h

er w

orld

and

the

str

ateg

ies

she

uses

to

get

off

wel

fare

and

into

col

lege

.

Whe

ela

n,

Cha

rle

s.

Nak

ed

Econ

omic

s:

Und

ress

ing

the

Dis

mal

Sc

ienc

e.

20

02

. W

ithou

t us

ing

char

ts, g

raph

s or

jarg

on, W

heel

an m

akes

eco

nom

ics

unde

rsta

ndab

le, e

ven

inte

rest

ing,

as

he d

emys

tifie

s ba

sic

conc

epts

and

app

lies

them

to

ever

yday

life

.

12


YALS

A • A

LA’S

GU

IDE

TO B

EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

YALS

A • O

UTS

TAND

ING

BOO

KS F

OR T

HE

COLL

EGE

BOU

ND A

ND L

IFEL

ONG

LEA

RNER

S

Ou

tsta

ndin

g B

ooks

for

the C

ollege

Bound

and

Li

felo

ng L

ear

ners

Th

e bo

oks

on thi

s lis

t of

fer op

port

uniti

es to

disc

over

new

idea

s, a

nd p

rovi

de a

n in

trod

uctio

n to

th

e fa

scin

atin

g va

riety

of

subj

ects

with

in a

n ac

adem

ic d

isci

plin

e. R

eade

rs w

ill g

ain

an u

nder

-st

andi

ng o

f ou

r di

vers

e w

orld

and

bui

ld a

fou

ndat

ion

to d

eepe

n th

eir

resp

onse

to

that

wor

ld.

The

list

is o

rgan

ized

int

o fiv

e ac

adem

ic d

isci

plin

es:

hist

ory, h

uman

ities

, lit

erat

ure

and

lan-

guag

e ar

ts,

scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy,

and

soci

al s

cien

ces

and

incl

udes

fic

tion,

non

fictio

n,

poet

ry, b

iogr

aphy

and

dra

ma.

The

com

mitt

ee s

elec

ted

wor

ks u

sing

a v

arie

ty o

f cr

iteria

: re

ad-

abili

ty,

cultu

ral

and

ethn

ic d

iver

sity

, ba

lanc

e of

vie

w p

oint

s, a

nd v

arie

ty o

f ge

nres

and

titl

e av

aila

bilit

y, w

ith a

foc

us o

n tit

les

that

hav

e be

en p

ublis

hed

over

the

pas

t fiv

e ye

ars.

A YA

LSA

Com

mitt

ee o

f pu

blic

, se

cond

ary

scho

ol,

and

acad

emic

lib

raria

ns,

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

the

Ass

ocia

tion

of C

olle

ge a

nd R

esea

rch

Libr

arie

s, s

elec

ted

the

list.

Rev

ised

eve

ry f

ive

year

s as

a t

ool fo

r se

vera

l au

dien

ces—

stud

ents

pre

parin

g fo

r co

llege

, ed

ucat

ors,

lib

raria

ns,

and

pare

nts—

it of

fers

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r in

depe

nden

t re

adin

g an

d lif

elon

g le

arni

ng.

Use

it

to

roun

d ou

t yo

ur rea

ding

as

you

prep

are

for co

llege

ent

ranc

e ex

ams

and

cour

ses,

to

stre

ngth

en

your

kno

wle

dge

in a

var

iety

of

subj

ect

area

s an

d en

hanc

e ap

prec

iatio

n fo

r di

ffer

ent

cultu

res

and

times

.

The

Out

stan

ding

Boo

ks fo

r th

e C

olle

ge B

ound

list

is o

ne rec

omm

ende

d ch

eckl

ist fo

r ex

celle

nt

read

ing.

Loo

k at

the

se a

dditi

onal

res

ourc

es f

or a

war

d-w

inni

ng a

nd c

lass

ic t

itles

:

ALA

Rea

ding

Lis

ts @

you

r lib

rary

ww

w.a

la.o

rg/y

alsa

/boo

klis

ts, w

ww.a

la.o

rg/r

usa

Inte

rnat

iona

l Rea

ding

Ass

ocia

tion

Cho

ices

Lis

t w

ww

.rea

ding

.org

/res

ourc

es/t

ools

/cho

ices

Lite

rary

Aw

ards

Lis

ts (

Pul

itze

r, N

obel

, N

atio

nal

Boo

k A

war

d, I

nter

nati

onal

Aw

ards

and

m

ore)

ww

w.li

tera

ture

-aw

ards

.com

Mod

ern

Libr

ary:

One

Hun

dred

Bes

t N

ovel

s of

the

20

th C

entu

ry w

ww.r

ando

mho

use.

com

/m

oder

nlib

rary

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

of T

each

ers

of E

nglis

h R

eadi

ng L

ists

(S

econ

dary

Lev

el)

ww

w.n

cte.

org

Rea

ding

Lis

ts f

or C

olle

ge B

ound

Stu

dent

s, 3

rd e

d. 2

00

0.

His

tory

Ale

xand

er,

Car

oline

. The

End

uran

ce: S

hack

leto

n’s

Lege

ndar

y A

ntar

ctic

Exp

editi

on.

19

98

. It’

s m

an a

gain

st n

atur

e at

the

daw

n of

Wor

ld W

ar I

, as

the

lur

e of

the

las

t un

clai

med

land

on

eart

h da

zzle

s w

ith it

s be

auty

and

dan

ger

in t

his

adve

ntur

e of

dis

cove

ry

and

surv

ival

.

2

Corw

in, M

iles.

And

Stil

l We

Ris

e: T

he T

rial

s an

d Tr

ium

phs

of T

wel

ve G

ifted

Inne

r-C

ity

Hig

h Sc

hool

Stu

dent

s. 2

00

0.

Twel

ve s

enio

rs f

rom

Cre

nsha

w H

igh

Sch

ool’s

Adv

ance

d Pl

acem

ent

Engl

ish

clas

s in

Los

Ang

eles

dre

am o

f go

ing

to c

olle

ge, b

ut t

he h

arsh

rea

litie

s of

the

ir liv

es t

hrea

ten

to d

erai

l the

ir pl

ans.

Cuom

o, K

err

y K

enn

edy

. Sp

eak

Trut

h to

Pow

er: H

uman

Rig

hts

Def

ende

rs W

ho A

re

Cha

ngin

g O

ur W

orld

. 2

00

0.

A co

llect

ion

of b

iogr

aphi

cal sk

etch

es a

nd h

aunt

ing

phot

o-gr

aphs

of

ordi

nary

peo

ple

from

35 c

ount

ries

who

are

lea

ding

the

fig

ht t

o en

sure

bas

ic

hum

an r

ight

s fo

r ev

eryo

ne.

Dav

is,

Wad

e.

Ligh

t at

the

Edg

e of

the

Wor

ld:

A J

ourn

ey T

hrou

gh t

he R

ealm

of

Vani

shin

g C

ultu

res.

20

01

. Th

roug

h ph

otog

raph

s an

d el

oque

nt t

ext,

the

auth

or u

nvei

ls

the

dive

rsity

and

uni

que

qual

ity o

f hu

man

cul

ture

aro

und

the

wor

ld.

Ders

how

itz,

Ala

n M

. Why

Ter

rori

sm W

orks

: Und

erst

andi

ng t

he T

hrea

t, R

espo

ndin

g to

the

Cha

lleng

e. 2

00

2.

Focu

sing

on

the

idea

tha

t te

rror

ism

is

caus

ed l

arge

ly b

y th

e ac

tions

of W

este

rn g

over

nmen

ts, D

ersh

owitz

sug

gest

s st

eps

to r

educ

e th

e fr

eque

ncy

and

seve

rity

of t

hese

att

acks

.

Dia

mond

, Jar

ed.

Gun

s, G

erm

s an

d St

eel:

The

Fate

s of

Hum

an S

ocie

ties.

19

97

. Why

do

som

e so

ciet

ies

beco

me

rich

and

pow

erfu

l w

hile

oth

ers

rem

ain

poor

and

pow

erle

ss?

Dia

mon

d co

nten

ds t

hat

thre

e el

emen

ts,

guns

, ge

rms

and

stee

l, de

term

ined

the

cou

rse

of h

isto

ry.

Doy

le, W

illi

am. A

n A

mer

ican

Ins

urre

ctio

n: T

he B

attle

of

Oxf

ord,

Mis

siss

ippi

, 19

62

. 2

00

1. W

hen

Jam

es M

ered

ith d

ecid

ed t

o in

tegr

ate

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

issi

ssip

pi, i

t ca

used

th

e w

orst

cris

is in

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry s

ince

the

Civ

il W

ar.

Ehr

enr

eic

h, B

arba

ra. N

icke

l and

Dim

ed: O

n (N

ot) G

ettin

g B

y in

Am

eric

a. 2

00

1. C

an

you

real

ly s

urvi

ve o

n m

inim

um w

age?

To

find

out,

the

auth

or le

ft h

er m

iddl

e-cl

ass

life

for

a ye

ar t

o se

e w

hat

life

is r

eally

like

for

Am

eric

a’s

wor

king

poo

r.

Had

don,

Mar

k. T

he C

urio

us In

cide

nt o

f th

e D

og in

the

Nig

ht-T

ime.

20

03

. Chr

isto

pher

ha

s tw

o m

yste

ries

to s

olve

: w

ho k

illed

Wel

lingt

on t

he d

og,

and

wha

t ha

ppen

ed t

o hi

s m

othe

r. B

ut C

hris

toph

er, w

ho is

aut

istic

, app

roac

hes

thes

e m

yste

ries

and

the

wor

ld it

self

in a

uni

que

and

spec

ial w

ay.

Har

t, E

lva

Trev

ino. T

he B

aref

oot

Hea

rt: S

tori

es o

f a

Mig

rant

Chi

ld. 1

99

9.

This

hon

-es

t an

d m

ovin

g m

emoi

r fo

llow

s a

mig

rant

chi

ld a

nd h

er f

amily

as

they

tra

vel

from

the

ir ho

me

in N

ew M

exic

o to

the

far

m f

ield

s of

Min

neso

ta a

nd W

isco

nsin

in s

earc

h of

wor

k.

Hoss

ein

i, K

hale

d. T

he K

ite R

unne

r. 2

00

3.

Year

s af

ter

he f

lees

Afg

hani

stan

, Am

ir, n

ow

an A

mer

ican

citi

zen,

ret

urns

to

his

nativ

e la

nd a

nd a

ttem

pts

to a

tone

for

the

bet

raya

l of

hi

s be

st f

riend

bef

ore

he f

led

Kab

ul a

nd t

he T

alib

an.

Kat

z, J

on.

Gee

ks: H

ow T

wo

Lost

Boy

s R

ode

the

Inte

rnet

Out

of

Idah

o. 2

00

1. E

ric a

nd

Jess

e, p

oor

stud

ents

and

onl

ine

geek

s, f

ind

thei

r ob

sess

ion

with

com

pute

rs a

nd t

echn

ol-

ogy

is t

heir

ticke

t to

col

lege

and

suc

cess

.

Lati

fa

[pse

ud.

].

My

Forb

idde

n Fa

ce:

Gro

win

g U

p U

nder

th

e Ta

liban

; A

You

ng

Wom

an’s

Sto

ry. 2

00

2.

Six

ten-

year

-old

Lat

ifa d

ream

ed o

f be

com

ing

a pr

ofes

sion

al jo

ur-

nalis

t un

til t

he T

alib

an’s

rep

ress

ion

of w

omen

cha

nged

her

life

.

11


YALS

A • A

LA’S

GU

IDE

TO B

EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

YALS

A • O

UTS

TAND

ING

BOO

KS F

OR T

HE

COLL

EGE

BOU

ND A

ND L

IFEL

ONG

LEA

RNER

S

Aro

nson,

Mar

c. W

itch

Hun

t: M

yste

ries

of

the

Sale

m W

itch

Tria

ls.

20

03

. R

evis

it a

time

of n

ight

mar

e, f

ear,

hyst

eria

--bey

ond

The

Cru

cibl

e, s

ift t

hrou

gh t

he m

yths

, ha

lf-tr

uths

an

d m

isin

form

atio

n to

mak

e up

you

r ow

n m

ind

abou

t w

hat

real

ly h

appe

ned

in S

alem

Vill

age

and

why

.

Berg

, A.

Sco

tt.

Lind

berg

h. 1

99

8. D

arin

g, m

yste

rious

, and

one

of

the

20th

cen

tury

’s f

irst

supe

rsta

rs—

who

was

the

man

beh

ind

the

myt

h an

d ho

w d

id h

is h

isto

ric f

light

acr

oss

the

Atla

ntic

rem

ake

the

wor

ld?

Dan

tica

t, E

dwid

ge.

The

Farm

ing

of B

ones

. 1

99

8.

A C

arib

bean

hol

ocau

st s

tory

, w

hen

natio

nalis

t m

adne

ss a

nd e

thni

c ha

tred

tur

n is

land

nei

ghbo

rs in

to e

xecu

tione

rs.

Amid

the

ru

mor

s of

ter

ror,

Anna

belle

and

Seb

astie

n ho

ld o

n to

lov

e, t

o di

gnity

—an

d st

rugg

le t

o su

rviv

e.

Ell

is,

Jose

ph E

. Fo

undi

ng B

roth

ers:

The

Rev

olut

iona

ry G

ener

atio

n. 2

00

0.

Wha

t se

ems

like

a fo

rego

ne c

oncl

usio

n w

as a

nyth

ing

but—

six

dram

atic

vig

nett

es r

evea

l th

e m

en b

ehin

d th

e ev

ents

of

the

mos

t de

cisi

ve d

ecad

e in

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry.

Fran

k, M

itch

. Und

erst

andi

ng S

epte

mbe

r 1

1: A

nsw

erin

g Q

uest

ions

abo

ut th

e A

ttac

ks

on A

mer

ica.

20

02

. The

se e

vent

s ar

e bu

rned

into

imag

es w

e ca

n ne

ver

forg

et—

but

afte

r th

e pa

in o

f Sep

tem

ber

11 w

e as

k “w

hy”

and

“wha

t” d

o w

e ne

ed t

o le

arn

abou

t th

e hi

stor

i-ca

l, re

ligio

us a

nd c

ultu

ral i

ssue

s th

at s

park

ed t

he a

ttac

ks.

Gera

s, A

dele

. Tro

y. 2

00

1. A

city

und

er s

iege

, epi

c ba

ttle

s an

d he

roes

, pow

erfu

l sup

erna

tu-

ral f

orce

s—it’

s th

e st

ory

of t

he T

roja

n w

ar s

een

thro

ugh

the

eyes

of

its w

omen

in o

ne o

ur

olde

st s

torie

s of

the

cru

elty

of

war

.

Gla

ncy,

Dia

ne.

Ston

e H

eart

: A N

ovel

of

Saca

jaw

ea.

20

03

. Yo

u ar

e th

ere

on t

he e

pic

jour

ney

of L

ewis

and

Cla

rk t

hat

open

ed t

he w

est

to t

he c

all o

f m

anife

st d

estin

y. C

ontr

asts

be

twee

n th

e ex

plor

ers’

act

ual

jour

nals

and

the

you

ng S

hosh

one

wom

an’s

ow

n re

cord

s re

veal

the

inhe

rent

cla

sh o

f cu

lture

s in

thi

s va

st n

ew la

nd.

Han

sen,

Dre

w D

. The

Dre

am: M

artin

Lut

her

Kin

g Jr

. and

the

Spe

ech

That

Insp

ired

a

Nat

ion.

20

03

. Th

is g

reat

hum

anita

rian

and

lead

er d

id ind

eed

have

a d

ream

, an

d it

has

reso

nate

d th

roug

h th

e ye

ars

to e

xpan

d al

l of

our

hope

s fo

r a

futu

re b

uilt

on t

oler

ance

.

Har

per,

Kenn

. G

ive

Me

My

Fath

er’s

Bod

y: T

he L

ife o

f M

inik

, the

New

Yor

k Es

kim

o.

20

00

. Im

agin

e th

e ho

rror

as

Min

ik v

isits

the

Mus

eum

of

Nat

ural

His

tory

and

lea

rns

the

true

fat

e of

his

fat

her.

The

next

tim

e yo

u vi

sit

a m

useu

m,

will

you

won

der

abou

t th

e ex

hibi

ts,

and

the

dark

pric

e so

met

imes

pai

d to

ext

end

our

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

our

selv

es

and

our

wor

ld?

Lani

er,

Sha

nnon.

Jef

fers

on’s

Chi

ldre

n: T

he S

tory

of

One

Am

eric

an F

amily

. 2

00

0.

Thom

as J

effe

rson

fat

here

d tw

o fa

mili

es—

one

blac

k, o

ne w

hite

, br

ough

t to

geth

er b

y hi

s de

term

ined

you

ng d

esce

nden

t—a

stor

y ab

out

fam

ily, a

sto

ry a

bout

iden

tity, a

sto

ry a

bout

se

cret

s re

veal

ed a

nd h

isto

ry m

ade

com

plet

e.

Leas

t H

eat

-Moon,

Wil

liam

. C

olum

bus

in t

he A

mer

icas

. 2

00

3.

Was

he

a vi

sion

ary

and

darin

g ex

plor

er, o

r a

ruth

less

con

quis

tado

r w

ith d

ream

s of

ric

hes

and

glor

y? D

isco

ver

the

trut

h be

hind

the

myt

h of

a m

an w

hose

im

pact

stil

l re

sona

tes

thro

ugh

the

cont

inen

ts

he s

tum

bled

acr

oss.

3

No

len,

Ste

phan

ie. P

rom

ised

the

Moo

n: T

he U

ntol

d St

ory

of t

he F

irst

Wom

en in

the

Sp

ace

Rac

e. 2

00

2.

The

hist

ory

of w

omen

in

avia

tion

and

as a

stro

naut

s is

rev

eale

d in

th

is c

ompe

lling

sto

ry.

Po

rte

r, R

oy.

Mad

ness

: A B

rief

His

tory

. 20

02

. Wha

t is

mea

nt w

hen

we

say, “

mad

ness

?”

Exam

ine

the

wid

e ra

nge

of p

ossi

bilit

ies

this

que

stio

n co

vers

, fr

om w

itche

s to

ele

ctric

sh

ock

ther

apy

to P

roza

c.

Pre

sto

n, R

icha

rd.

The

Dem

on i

n th

e Fr

eeze

r: A

Tru

e St

ory.

20

02

. A

strik

ing

port

rait

of s

mal

lpox

mak

es r

eade

rs u

ncom

fort

ably

aw

are

that

it

coul

d ris

e ag

ain

as a

bio

logi

cal

wea

pon

of m

ass

dest

ruct

ion.

Rig

den,

Jo

hn S

. H

ydro

gen:

The

Ess

entia

l El

emen

t. 2

00

2.

A fa

scin

atin

g hi

stor

y is

re

veal

ed in

thi

s pr

obe

of a

sci

entif

ic g

iant

, the

hyd

roge

n at

om.

Ro

ach,

Mar

y. S

tiff:

The

Cur

ious

Liv

es o

f H

uman

Cad

aver

s. 2

00

3. D

isco

ver

the

amaz

-in

g lif

e-af

ter-d

eath

adv

entu

res

of h

uman

bod

ies

in t

his

exam

inat

ion

of h

ow m

edic

al a

nd

rese

arch

sci

entis

ts u

se c

adav

ers

to m

ake

our

lives

bet

ter.

So

bel,

Dav

a. L

ongi

tude

: The

Tru

e St

ory

of a

Lon

e G

eniu

s W

ho S

olve

d th

e G

reat

est

Scie

ntifi

c P

robl

em o

f H

is T

ime.

19

95

. Th

e lit

tle k

now

n st

ory

behi

nd t

he g

reat

est

inno

vatio

n in

nav

igat

iona

l sci

ence

; an

eig

htee

nth

cent

ury

vers

ion

of t

he g

loba

l pos

ition

ing

syst

em (

GPS

).

Sta

rk,

Pe

ter.

Las

t B

reat

h: C

autio

nary

Tal

es f

rom

the

Lim

its o

f H

uman

End

uran

ce.

20

01

. W

heth

er t

he d

ange

r is

hyp

othe

rmia

, m

ount

ain

sick

ness

, or

cer

ebra

l m

alar

ia,

this

bl

end

of a

dven

ture

and

sci

ence

tak

es y

ou t

o th

e ab

solu

te e

dges

of

hum

an e

ndur

ance

.

Str

auch

, Bar

bara

. Pri

mal

Tee

n: W

hat

the

New

Dis

cove

ries

abo

ut t

he T

eena

ge B

rain

H

elp

Us

Abo

ut O

ur K

ids.

20

03

. Eve

r w

onde

r w

hat

mak

es t

eens

tic

k? A

tou

r of

the

tee

n-ag

e br

ain

reve

als

star

tling

new

res

earc

h ab

out

this

piv

otal

and

exc

iting

tim

e of

life

.

Syk

es,

Bry

an. T

he S

even

Dau

ghte

rs o

f Ev

e: T

he S

cien

ce t

hat

Rev

eals

Our

Gen

etic

A

nces

try.

20

01

. Fas

cina

ting

mito

chon

dria

l DN

A ev

iden

ce s

uppo

rts

the

idea

tha

t al

mos

t al

l mod

ern

Euro

pean

s ar

e de

scen

ded

from

just

sev

en w

omen

.

Tobi

n, J

ame

s. G

reat

Pro

ject

s: T

he E

pic

Stor

y of

the

Bui

ldin

g of

Am

eric

a fr

om t

he

Tam

ing

of t

he M

issi

ssip

pi t

o th

e In

vent

ion

of t

he I

nter

net.

20

01

. M

ilest

ones

of

engi

neer

ing

and

visi

on t

hat

conn

ecte

d us

and

mov

ed a

nat

ion

forw

ard.

So

cia

l S

cie

nce

s

Alb

om

, Mit

ch. T

uesd

ays

with

Mor

rie:

An

Old

Man

, A Y

oung

Man

, and

Life

’s G

reat

est

Less

on.

19

97

. M

itch

Albo

m’s

Tue

sday

nig

ht v

isits

with

his

dyi

ng s

ocio

logy

pro

fess

or,

Mor

rie, o

ffer

val

uabl

e le

sson

s ab

out

the

art

of li

ving

and

dyi

ng w

ith d

igni

ty.

Be

st,

Joe

l. D

amne

d Li

es a

nd S

tatis

tics:

Unt

angl

ing

Num

bers

Fro

m t

he M

edia

, P

oliti

cian

s, a

nd A

ctiv

ists

. 20

01

. Do

you

know

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

“goo

d” a

nd “

bad”

st

atis

tics

or h

ow s

tatis

tics

and

publ

ic p

olic

y ar

e co

nnec

ted?

Co

nove

r, Te

d. N

ewja

ck, G

uard

ing

Sing

Sin

g. 2

00

0. G

rippi

ng a

nd s

omet

imes

hum

orou

s in

side

r’s loo

k at

Sin

g S

ing

pris

on,

thro

ugh

the

eyes

of

a w

riter

who

wor

ked

for

a ye

ar a

s a

corr

ectio

ns o

ffic

er.

10


YALS

A • A

LA’S

GU

IDE

TO B

EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

YALS

A • O

UTS

TAND

ING

BOO

KS F

OR T

HE

COLL

EGE

BOU

ND A

ND L

IFEL

ONG

LEA

RNER

S

Mar

rin,

Alb

ert

. Ter

ror

of t

he S

pani

sh M

ain,

Sir

Hen

ry M

orga

n an

d H

is B

ucca

neer

s.

19

99

. Wha

t lie

s be

hind

the

dar

k an

d ro

man

tic im

age

of the

pira

te, a

nd w

hat is

the

lega

cy

of t

his

brut

al a

nd b

lood

y tim

e?

McC

ull

ou

gh,

Dav

id.

John

Ada

ms.

20

01

. H

e w

as a

man

of

his

times

who

tra

nsce

nded

hi

s tim

es, a

nd o

ne o

f th

e le

ast

unde

rsto

od o

f th

e Fo

undi

ng F

athe

rs.

Po

ets

of

Wo

rld

War

II.

Ed.

by

Har

vey

Shap

iro,

et

al.

20

03

. Th

ey h

ave

been

cal

led

the

Gre

ates

t G

ener

atio

n, a

nd i

n th

eir

own

voic

es t

hey

reve

al t

he t

rue

pric

e of

the

ir ca

ll to

arm

s.

Ro

gask

y, B

arba

ra.

Smok

e an

d A

shes

: The

Sto

ry o

f th

e H

oloc

aust

. 2

00

2.

(rev

ised

, ex

pand

ed e

ditio

n) S

ome

of h

isto

ry’s

dar

kest

day

s ar

e ex

amin

ed in

thi

s ne

w lo

ok a

t th

e ho

rror

and

hum

anity

of

the

Hol

ocau

st a

nd it

s af

term

ath.

Sag

as o

f Ic

ela

nde

rs: A

Sele

ctio

n. P

refa

ce b

y Ja

ne S

mile

y. In

trod

uctio

n by

Rob

ert

Kel

logg

. 2

00

1.

Nor

dic

epic

s op

en u

p a

wor

ld o

f w

onde

r an

d po

wer

, a

Vik

ing

wor

ld o

f he

roic

adv

entu

re a

nd d

isco

very

at

the

turn

of

the

first

mill

enni

um.

Sta

rkey

, D

avid

. Si

x W

ives

: Th

e Q

ueen

s of

Hen

ry V

III.

20

03

. H

ow o

ne m

an’s

mat

ri-m

onia

l w

oes

elev

ated

a v

ery

disp

arat

e gr

oup

of w

omen

to

tem

pora

ry p

ositi

ons

of p

ower

ch

ange

d th

e w

ay a

nat

ion

was

rul

ed, a

nd s

hook

the

fou

ndat

ions

of

the

Cat

holic

Chu

rch.

Tuch

man

, B

arba

ra.

A D

ista

nt M

irro

r: T

he C

alam

itous

14

th C

entu

ry.

New

Yor

k,

20

02

. (r

eiss

ue)

Cas

tles

and

crus

ades

, pl

ague

and

fam

ine,

the

glit

terin

g ex

cite

men

t of

ne

w id

eas

and

disc

over

ies

and

the

agon

y an

d di

spla

cem

ent

of w

ar—

a tim

e no

t un

like

our

own

in it

s rh

ythm

s an

d di

men

sion

.

Ung

, Lo

ung

. Fi

rst

They

Kill

ed M

y Fa

ther

: A

Dau

ghte

r of

Cam

bodi

a R

emem

bers

. 2

00

1.

The

peril

s of

life

und

er t

he b

ruta

l Po

l Po

t re

gim

e ch

ange

a y

oung

wom

an’s

life

fo

reve

r, as

she

and

her

fam

ily f

ind

them

selv

es f

ugiti

ves

of w

ar, w

ithou

t ev

en t

heir

nam

es

to r

emin

d th

em o

f w

hat

they

lost

.

Vo

n D

rehl

e, D

avid

. Tri

angl

e: T

he F

ire

That

Cha

nged

Am

eric

a. 2

00

3. B

eyon

d th

e te

rror

, de

stru

ctio

n an

d lo

ss o

f lif

e, t

his

even

t ch

ange

d th

e la

ndsc

ape

of o

ur c

ities

and

the

live

s of

wor

king

peo

ple

ever

ywhe

re.

War

Le

tte

rs:

Ext

rao

rdin

ary

Corr

esp

ond

enc

e f

rom

Am

eri

can

War

s. E

d. b

y A

ndre

w C

arro

ll. 2

00

1. T

he L

egac

y Pr

ojec

t pr

eser

ves

the

voic

es o

f so

ldie

rs a

nd s

tate

s-m

en w

ho l

ived

thr

ough

vio

lent

tim

es t

hat

chan

ged

the

cour

se o

f na

tions

. Li

sten

to

thei

r st

orie

s in

the

ir w

ords

—th

ey w

ill in

form

and

insp

ire y

ou.

Wat

son,

Pe

ter.

The

Mod

ern

Min

d: A

n In

telle

ctua

l H

isto

ry o

f th

e 2

0th

Cen

tury

. 2

00

1. I

t w

as a

tim

e of

mar

velo

us o

ptim

ism

and

bel

ief in

the

per

fect

ibili

ty o

f m

an t

hrou

gh

scie

nce

and

new

idea

s. E

xplo

re t

he t

houg

hts

of t

he m

ajor

pla

yers

fro

m F

reud

to

Eins

tein

, an

d ev

ents

fro

m K

itty

Haw

k to

the

dis

tant

rea

ches

of

the

univ

erse

.

We

athe

rfo

rd,

Jack

. In

dian

Giv

ers:

How

the

Ind

ians

of

the

Am

eric

as T

rans

form

ed

the

Wor

ld.

19

90

. D

isco

ver

how

pro

foun

dly

the

nativ

e pe

ople

s of

Nor

th a

nd S

outh

Am

eric

a in

fluen

ced

wha

t w

e ea

t, ho

w w

e tr

ade,

and

our

sys

tem

of

gove

rnm

ent.

4

Enz

ens

berg

er,

Han

s. T

he N

umbe

r D

evil:

A M

athe

mat

ical

Adv

entu

re.

19

98

. A

boy

drea

ms

of a

dev

il w

ho g

uide

s hi

m t

hrou

gh a

col

orfu

l, Al

ice

in W

onde

rland

-like

wor

ld o

f m

athe

mat

ical

con

cept

s.

Faga

n, B

ryan

. Th

e Li

ttle

Ice

Age

: H

ow C

limat

e M

ade

His

tory

, 1

30

0–1

85

0.

20

02

. Fa

gan

prov

ides

a f

asci

natin

g lo

ok a

t ho

w c

limat

e ch

ange

inf

luen

ced

the

cour

se o

f th

e la

st t

hous

and

year

s of

Wes

tern

his

tory

. H

e hi

ghlig

hts

clim

ate’

s pr

ofou

nd in

fluen

ce o

n th

e Vik

ing

disc

over

y of

Nor

th A

mer

ica,

the

Ind

ustr

ial

and

Fren

ch R

evol

utio

ns,

and

the

Irish

Po

tato

Fam

ine.

Feyn

man

, R

icha

rd.

Wha

t D

o Yo

u C

are

Wha

t P

eopl

e Th

ink?

Fur

ther

Adv

entu

res

of

a C

urio

us C

hara

cter

. 20

01

. Qui

rky, h

ilario

us, a

nd f

asci

natin

g m

emoi

rs f

rom

one

of

the

last

cen

tury

’s g

reat

est

phys

icis

ts c

over

eve

ryth

ing

from

his

ear

ly c

hild

hood

to

his

wor

k on

th

e at

omic

bom

b an

d hi

s in

vest

igat

ion

into

the

Cha

lleng

er e

xplo

sion

.

Flan

nery

, Sar

ah.

In C

ode:

A M

athe

mat

ical

Jou

rney

. 20

01

. One

tee

nage

r’s d

isco

verie

s in

the

sci

ence

of

cryp

togr

aphy

dra

mat

ical

ly im

pact

the

mod

ern

wor

ld.

Haw

king

, S

teve

n. T

he U

nive

rse

in a

Nut

shel

l. 2

00

1.

The

phys

ics

guru

illu

min

ates

st

artli

ng n

ew t

heor

ies

abou

t ou

r w

orld

in

a la

vish

ly i

llust

rate

d se

quel

to

A B

rief

His

tory

of

Tim

e.

Horv

itz,

Lesl

ie A

. Eu

reka

!: Sc

ient

ific

Bre

akth

roug

hs T

hat

Cha

nged

the

Wor

ld.

20

02

. Hor

vitz

exp

lore

s th

e dr

amat

ic e

vent

s an

d th

ough

t pr

oces

ses

of t

wel

ve g

reat

min

ds

that

lea

d to

pro

foun

d sc

ient

ific

disc

over

ies.

The

aut

hor

exam

ines

the

im

pact

of

thes

e di

scov

erie

s on

the

way

we

live,

thi

nk, a

nd v

iew

the

wor

ld a

roun

d us

.

Inse

ct L

ives.

Ed.

by

Eric

h H

oyt

and

Ted

Schu

lz.

19

99

. H

oyt

and

Sch

ultz

com

pile

d a

dive

rse

colle

ctio

n of

brie

f es

says

and

illu

stra

tions

tha

t en

tice

read

ers

to e

xplo

re t

he f

as-

cina

ting

and

mys

terio

us w

orld

of

inse

cts.

Juds

on,

Oli

via.

Dr.

Tatia

na’s

Sex

Adv

ice

to A

ll C

reat

ion:

The

Def

initi

ve G

uide

to

the

Evol

utio

nary

Bio

logy

of

Sex.

20

02

. A

“Dea

r Ab

by”

styl

e sc

ienc

e co

lum

n th

at a

nsw

ers

the

who

, wha

t, w

hen,

whe

re, w

hy, a

nd h

ow o

f a

fasc

inat

ing

varie

ty o

f se

xual

act

ivity

for

all

crea

ture

s, g

reat

and

sm

all.

Kra

uss

, La

wre

nce.

Ato

m: A

n O

dyss

ey f

rom

the

Big

Ban

g to

life

on

the

Eart

h an

d B

eyon

d. 2

00

1. F

ollo

w a

sin

gle

oxyg

en a

tom

on

a fa

ntas

tic v

oyag

e fr

om t

he b

egin

ning

of

the

univ

erse

and

far

into

the

fut

ure.

Lam

brech

t,

Bil

l.

Din

ner

at

the

New

G

ene

Caf

é:

How

G

enet

ic

Engi

neer

ing

Is

Cha

ngin

g W

hat

We

Eat,

How

We

Live

, an

d th

e G

loba

l P

oliti

cs o

f Fo

od.

20

01

. La

mbr

echt

tra

ces

the

scie

ntifi

c an

d po

litic

al c

ontr

over

sies

sur

roun

ding

the

use

of

gene

ti-ca

lly m

odifi

ed o

rgan

ism

s an

d th

e fo

od w

e ea

t.

Livi

o,

Mar

io.

The

Gol

den

Rat

io:

The

Stor

y of

Phi

, th

e W

orld

’s M

ost

Ast

onis

hing

N

umbe

r. 2

00

2.

A ca

ptiv

atin

g jo

urne

y th

roug

h ar

t an

d ar

chite

ctur

e, b

otan

y an

d bi

olog

y,

phys

ics

and

mat

hem

atic

s; t

his

ratio

, 1.6

180339887 .

. .

impa

cts

so m

any

face

ts o

f ou

r liv

es t

hat

it ha

s fa

scin

ated

us

thro

ugh

the

ages

.

Nas

h, M

adel

ine.

El N

ino:

Unl

ocki

ng t

he S

ecre

ts o

f th

e M

aste

r W

eath

er M

aker

. 200

2.

Har

d w

ork

and

chan

ce l

ead

to t

he d

isco

very

of

El N

ino

and

La N

ina,

pow

erfu

l cl

imac

tic

syst

ems

that

we

still

str

uggl

e to

und

erst

and.

9


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IDE

TO B

EST

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ING

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YALS

A • O

UTS

TAND

ING

BOO

KS F

OR T

HE

COLL

EGE

BOU

ND A

ND L

IFEL

ONG

LEA

RNER

S

Win

chest

er,

Sim

on.

Kra

kato

a: T

he D

ay t

he W

orld

Exp

lode

d: A

ugus

t 2

7,

18

83

. 2

00

3. W

hen

the

eart

h’s

mos

t da

nger

ous

volc

ano

expl

oded

off

the

coa

st o

f Ja

va, h

undr

ed

foot

wav

es f

lung

shi

ps inl

and,

a r

ain

of h

ot a

sh m

ade

tem

pera

ture

s pl

umm

et,

the

shoc

k w

ave

trav

eled

aro

und

the

wor

ld s

even

tim

es,

and

40,0

00 p

eopl

e di

ed.

The

afte

rmat

h of

th

is d

isas

ter

saw

the

ris

e of

rad

ical

Isl

am,

civi

l un

rest

and

a l

egac

y of

ant

i-Wes

tern

mili

-ta

ncy

that

con

tinue

s to

day.

Hu

ma

nit

ies

Adl

er,

Sab

ine.

Love

rs i

n A

rt.

20

02

. R

oman

ce a

nd a

rt a

re n

atur

al c

ompa

nion

s in

thi

s go

rgeo

us b

ook

that

spa

ns f

ive

cent

urie

s of

Wes

tern

Eur

opea

n ar

t.

Bell

oli

, And

rea

P. E

xplo

ring

Wor

ld A

rt. 1

99

9. T

ake

a fr

esh

look

at W

este

rn E

urop

ean

art

in a

glo

bal c

onte

xt a

nd d

isco

ver

the

way

s in

whi

ch a

rtis

ts o

f di

ffer

ent

times

and

cul

ture

s ex

pres

s un

iver

sal t

hem

es.

Bis

sing

er,

H.G

. Fr

iday

Nig

ht L

ight

s: A

Tow

n, a

Tea

m, a

nd a

Dre

am. 2

00

3 (

repr

int)

In

Ode

ssa,

Tex

as,

high

sch

ool

foot

ball

is m

ore

than

a r

ecre

atio

nal

inte

rest

, it

is t

he w

hole

to

wn’

s pa

ssio

n.

Bla

ckst

one

, H

arry

Jr.

The

Bla

ckst

one

Boo

k of

Mag

ic &

Illu

sion

. 2

00

2 (

repr

int)

.Th

e cl

assi

c of

leg

erde

mai

n de

scrib

es t

he r

ich

hist

ory

of m

agic

and

rev

eals

a f

ew “

tric

ks

of t

he t

rade

.”

Bra

ssai

. B

rass

ai: L

ette

rs t

o M

y Par

ents

. 19

98

. Eur

opea

n ph

otog

raph

er B

rass

ai d

etai

ls

his

life’

s ex

perie

nces

in h

is le

tter

s ho

me,

des

crib

ing

both

his

ow

n de

velo

pmen

t as

an

art-

ist

and

the

fasc

inat

ing

wor

ld o

f Pa

ris f

rom

1920 t

o 1940.

Car

d, O

rson

Sco

tt.

Sara

h. 2

00

1.

The

char

acte

r of

Sar

ah,

Abra

ham

’s b

elov

ed w

ife,

illu-

min

ates

thi

s re

nder

ing

of a

piv

otal

sto

ry f

rom

the

Old

Tes

tam

ent.

Che

vali

er,

Trac

y. G

irl W

ith a

Pea

rl E

arri

ng.

19

99

. S

ixte

en y

ear-o

ld G

riet

is h

ired

as a

m

aid

in t

he h

ouse

hold

of

Del

ft p

aint

er J

ohan

nes

Verm

eer,

whe

re s

he b

ecom

es a

n as

sis-

tant

and

mus

e to

the

fam

ous

artis

t.

Cori

o,

Dav

id.

The

Bla

ck C

hord

. 1

99

9.

The

ofte

n-pa

infu

l ev

olut

ion

of A

fric

an A

mer

ican

m

usic

is e

xplo

red

with

a f

unky

tex

t an

d liv

ely

phot

ogra

phs.

Coult

on,

Lar

ry.

Cou

ntin

g C

oup:

A T

rue

Stor

y of

Bas

ketb

all

and

Hon

or o

n th

e Li

ttle

B

ig H

orn.

20

00

. W

orki

ng t

hrou

gh r

acis

m,

alco

holis

m,

and

dom

estic

vio

lenc

e, t

he p

lay-

ers

on H

ardi

n H

igh

Sch

ool’s

girl

s’ b

aske

tbal

l te

am c

ome

out

win

ners

in

life

as w

ell

as

on t

he c

ourt

.

Cru

tche

r, C

hris

. Wha

le T

alk.

20

01

. W

hat

does

a g

uy d

o w

hen

he h

as a

ll th

e ta

lent

s to

be

a s

tar

athl

ete,

but

hat

es h

is h

igh

scho

ol a

thle

tic p

rogr

am?

Wha

t D

oes

It

Mean

to

be

H

um

an?

R

eve

renc

e

for

Life

R

eaf

firm

ed

by

Resp

ons

es

From

Aro

und

the

Wo

rld.

Ed

by. F

rede

rick

Fra

nck.

20

00

. Th

ough

t-pr

ovok

ing

essa

ys o

n on

e of

the

mos

t es

sent

ial q

uest

ions

one

can

ask

.

Gar

funk

el,

Trudy

. O

n W

ings

of

Joy:

The

Sto

ry o

f B

alle

t fr

om t

he 1

6th

Cen

tury

to

Toda

y. 2

00

2.

Imm

erse

you

rsel

f in

the

wor

ld o

f ba

llet,

from

its

ear

liest

cho

reog

raph

y to

th

e lif

e of

a m

oder

n ba

llerin

a.

5

Mye

rs, W

alte

r D

ean

. M

onst

er. 1

99

9. S

teve

Har

mon

is a

ccus

ed o

f be

ing

an a

ccom

plic

e to

mur

der.

He

crea

tes

a sc

reen

play

of

his

wre

nchi

ng e

xper

ienc

es a

t th

e cr

ime

scen

e, i

n ja

il, a

nd o

n tr

ial.

Nye

, N

aom

i S

hiha

b. 1

9 V

arie

ties

of G

azel

le:

Poe

ms

of t

he M

iddl

e Ea

st.

20

02

. An

othe

r w

orld

, ano

ther

cul

ture

—po

ems

that

per

sona

lize

the

conf

licts

and

peo

ple,

dee

pen-

ing

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

impa

ct o

f S

epte

mbe

r 1

1th

.

O’C

onn

or,

Pat

rici

a. W

oe i

s I:

The

Gra

mm

arph

obe’

s G

uide

to

Bet

ter

Engl

ish

in

Pla

in E

nglis

h. 1

99

6.

Whe

n th

ere’

s so

met

hing

im

port

ant

to s

ay,

how

you

say

it

coun

ts.

Pron

ouns

, ant

eced

ents

and

mor

e gr

amm

ar-o

logy

mad

e fu

n an

d pa

inle

ss.

Pu

llm

an,

Phi

lip.

The

Gol

den

Com

pass

. 1

99

6.

Lyra

Bel

acqu

a, a

you

ng g

irl l

ivin

g in

an

alte

rnat

e O

xfor

d, a

nd h

er d

aim

on,

Pant

alai

mon

, se

t ou

t to

fin

d he

r ki

dnap

ped

play

mat

e an

d un

cove

r a

sini

ster

plo

t. N

ow L

yra

mus

t us

e he

r sp

ecia

l po

wer

s to

thw

art

evil

and

rede

em t

he w

orld

.

Rey

nold

s, S

heri

. A

Gra

ciou

s P

lent

y. 1

99

7.

Wha

t ha

ppen

s to

us

whe

n w

e di

e? F

inch

N

oble

s, a

cem

eter

y ke

eper

with

hor

rible

bur

n sc

ars,

tal

ks t

o th

e de

ad,

and

help

s th

em

exam

ine

wha

t ke

eps

them

tie

d to

the

ear

th.

Sap

phir

e.

Pus

h. 1

99

6. P

reci

ous

Jone

s is

a s

urvi

vor.

She

had

her

fat

her’s

bab

y at

12 a

nd

now, a

t 1

6, s

he is

pre

gnan

t by

him

aga

in.

But

an

alte

rnat

ive

scho

ol, a

ded

icat

ed t

each

er,

and

clas

smat

es w

ho u

nder

stan

d he

lp h

er f

ight

bac

k.

Sat

rapi

, M

arja

ne.

Per

sepo

lis.

20

02

. G

row

ing

up i

n Ira

n w

asn’

t al

l th

at b

ad,

or a

ll th

at

diff

eren

t, ex

cept

tha

t M

arja

ne w

ante

d to

be

a pr

ophe

t w

hen

she

grew

up.

Dra

mat

ic b

lack

-an

d-w

hite

illu

stra

tions

tel

l her

sto

ry.

Se

bold

, A

lice

. Lu

cky.

19

99

. “Y

ou s

ave

your

self

or y

ou r

emai

n un

save

d.”

With

the

se

wor

ds, S

ebol

d re

coun

ts t

he b

ruta

l rap

e th

at s

he w

as “

luck

y” t

o su

rviv

e. T

rage

dy a

nd h

ope

com

bine

as

she

mak

es h

er w

ay t

hrou

gh a

sur

vivo

r’s m

aze

of e

mot

ions

.

Sha

kur,

Tupa

c. A

Ros

e th

at G

rew

fro

m C

oncr

ete.

19

99

. W

ritte

n w

hen

Tupa

c w

as 1

9

and

not

yet

a st

ar,

thes

e po

ems

brin

g em

otio

n, p

ower

and

pas

sion

to

the

expe

rienc

e of

be

com

ing

your

self.

Sm

ith,

Ann

a D

evea

re. F

ires

in th

e M

irro

r: C

row

n H

eigh

ts a

nd O

ther

Iden

titie

s. 1

999.

A

dram

atic

look

at

the

Cro

wn

Hei

ghts

rio

ts a

nd r

ace

in t

he U

nite

d S

tate

s th

roug

h th

e vo

ices

of

23

fas

cina

ting

and

uniq

ue c

hara

cter

s, b

ased

on

inte

rvie

ws

with

rea

l peo

ple.

Sci

en

ce a

nd

Te

chn

olo

gy

Bra

dsha

w,

Gillian

. Th

e Sa

nd-R

ecko

ner.

20

00

. A

yout

hful

Arc

him

edes

com

es i

nto

his

own

as a

mat

hem

atic

ian,

an

engi

neer

, an

d a

fasc

inat

ing

hum

an b

eing

in

this

eng

agin

g no

vel.

Bro

wn,

Dav

id. I

nven

ting

Mod

ern

Am

eric

a: F

rom

the

Mic

row

ave

to t

he M

ouse

. 20

02

. W

hose

idea

was

it?

The

hum

an s

torie

s an

d fa

ces

behi

nd A

mer

ican

sci

entif

ic a

nd t

echn

o-lo

gica

l inn

ovat

ions

and

ach

ieve

men

ts.

Bry

son,

Bill.

A S

hort

His

tory

of

Nea

rly

Ever

ythi

ng.

20

03

. A

reno

wne

d tr

avel

writ

er

brin

gs c

ompl

ex s

cien

tific

con

cept

s to

life

by

desc

ribin

g ho

w t

he u

nive

rse

and

life

as w

e kn

ow it

cam

e to

be.

8


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OR T

HE

COLL

EGE

BOU

ND A

ND L

IFEL

ONG

LEA

RNER

S

Go

ldbe

rg,

Myl

a. B

ee S

easo

n. 2

00

0.

Eliz

a’s

extr

aord

inar

y gi

ft f

or s

pelli

ng l

eads

her

to

unde

rsta

nd t

he s

ound

s of

the

alp

habe

t, in

a w

ay t

hat

echo

es t

he t

each

ings

of

the

mys

ti-ca

l Kab

bal.

He

art

to H

ear

t: N

ew P

oem

s In

spir

ed

by T

went

ieth

Cent

ury

Am

eri

can

Art

. Ed

. by

Jan

Gre

enbe

rg. 2

00

1. C

an a

pai

ntin

g sp

eak?

Thi

s co

llect

ion

of ly

rical

res

pons

es

to f

amou

s Am

eric

an w

orks

of

art

will

mak

e yo

u a

belie

ver.

He

dge

s, C

hris

. War

is

a Fo

rce

That

Giv

es U

s M

eani

ng. 2

00

2 A

Pul

itzer

Priz

e w

inni

ng

auth

or p

rese

nts

a pa

ssio

nate

, th

ough

t-pro

voki

ng l

ook

at w

ars

thro

ugh

the

ages

, an

d ex

pose

s th

e m

yths

of

the

cultu

re o

f co

mba

t.

Ho

we

, P

ete

r. S

hoot

ing

Und

er F

ire:

The

Wor

ld o

f th

e W

ar P

hoto

grap

her.

20

02

. W

ar

phot

ogra

pher

s se

ek o

ut t

he m

ost

horr

ifyin

g an

d da

nger

ous

plac

es in

the

wor

ld t

o pr

actic

e th

eir

craf

t. W

hat

com

pels

the

m t

o do

it?

Kin

g,

Ro

ss.

Bru

nelle

schi

’s

Dom

e:

How

a

Ren

aiss

ance

G

eniu

s R

einv

ente

d A

rchi

tect

ure.

20

00

. In

thi

s vi

vid

recr

eatio

n of

the

pol

itica

l an

d ar

tistic

mili

eu o

f 15th

ce

ntur

y Fl

oren

ce,

an a

udac

ious

arc

hite

ct a

chie

ves

the

impo

ssib

le,

and

mak

es p

ossi

ble

mod

ern

build

ing.

Ligh

t, A

lan.

The

Vib

e H

isto

ry o

f H

ip H

op.

19

99

. VI

BE

mag

azin

e lo

oks

at t

he m

usic

, da

nce,

and

fas

hion

tha

t ha

ve e

volv

ed in

to h

ip h

op c

ultu

re.

Livi

ngst

one

, Li

li

Co

ckerv

ille

. A

mer

ican

In

dian

B

alle

rina

s.

19

99

. Fo

ur

Nat

ive

Amer

ican

wom

en fro

m O

klah

oma

shar

e th

e st

rugg

les

and

triu

mph

s of

the

ir da

nce

care

ers

and

pers

onal

live

s in

sto

ries

that

insp

ire w

ith c

oura

ge a

nd b

eaut

y.

McG

reev

ey, T

om

and

Yeck

, Joan

ne. O

ur M

ovie

Her

itage

. 19

97

. Eve

ryon

e lo

ves

mov

-ie

s. B

ut f

ilm m

ust

be p

rese

rved

or

thes

e ci

nem

atic

tre

asur

es w

ill b

e lo

st.

Pe

rry,

Jo

hn.

Ency

clop

edia

of

Act

ing

Tech

niqu

es.

19

97

. Th

e ac

tor’s

life

—se

e ho

w i

t’s

done

by

the

pros

in t

his

extr

avag

antly

illu

stra

ted

prim

er o

n dr

amat

ic p

erfo

rman

ce.

San

dle

r, M

arti

n W

. Pho

togr

aphy

: An

Illus

trat

ed H

isto

ry. 2

00

2. E

very

thin

g yo

u w

ant

to

know

abo

ut p

hoto

grap

hy a

nd t

he p

eopl

e be

hind

the

cam

eras

is b

eaut

ifully

pre

sent

ed in

a

book

for

rea

ders

and

bro

wse

rs o

f al

l age

s.

Sm

ith,

Hu

sto

n. I

llust

rate

d W

orld

Rel

igio

ns.

19

95

. Th

e in

terc

onne

ctiv

ity o

f th

e w

orld

’s

grea

t re

ligio

us m

ovem

ents

, with

the

ir pa

ralle

l and

dis

para

te b

elie

fs, i

s ly

rical

ly e

xplo

red.

Vre

ela

nd, S

usa

n. T

he P

assi

on o

f Art

emis

ia. 2

00

2. T

his

eloq

uent

ren

derin

g of

the

sto

ry

of A

rtem

isia

Gen

tiles

chi e

voke

s ap

prec

iatio

n of

bot

h he

r m

agni

ficen

t ar

t an

d he

r st

rugg

les

to s

ucce

ed a

s an

art

ist,

a st

ory

that

mirr

ors

the

expe

rienc

es o

f yo

ung

wom

en t

oday

.

Lite

ratu

re a

nd

La

ng

ua

ge

Art

s

Abe

love

, Jo

an.

Go

and

Com

e B

ack.

20

02

. In

a s

tory

of

mut

ual c

ultu

re s

hock

, Al

icia

, a

youn

g Is

abo

girl

in a

rem

ote

area

of P

eru,

is ju

st a

s fa

scin

ated

by

the

Amer

ican

ant

hrop

olo-

gist

s, J

oann

a an

d M

arga

rita,

as

they

are

with

the

way

s of

her

peo

ple.

All

iso

n, D

oro

thy.

Bas

tard

out

of

Car

olin

a. 1

99

2.

Bon

e co

nfro

nts

illeg

itim

acy, p

over

ty,

the

trou

bled

mar

riage

of

her

mot

her

and

step

fath

er,

and

the

stig

ma

of b

eing

con

side

red

“whi

te t

rash

” as

she

com

es o

f ag

e in

Sou

th C

arol

ina.

6

Alv

arez,

Juli

a. I

n th

e Ti

me

of B

utte

rflie

s. 1

99

4.

The

four

Mira

bel

sist

ers

wer

e ca

lled

the

Mar

ipos

as, o

r bu

tter

flies

. D

ede,

the

onl

y su

rviv

or, t

ells

the

sto

ry o

f co

urag

e th

at h

elps

lib

erat

e th

e D

omin

ican

Rep

ublic

fro

m t

he d

icta

tor

Truj

illo.

And

ers

on,

Lau

rie H

alse

. Sp

eak.

19

99

. Cal

ling

the

polic

e to

a p

arty

is a

tou

gh c

hoic

e,

but

wha

t m

ade

Mel

inda

cal

l is

the

deva

stat

ing

secr

et t

hat

keep

s he

r lo

cked

in s

ilenc

e.

And

ers

on,

M.

T. F

eed.

20

02

. In

thi

s so

ciet

y yo

ur b

rain

cyb

erfe

ed p

rovi

des

an e

ndle

ss

stre

am o

f in

form

atio

n, e

nter

tain

men

t, an

d ad

vert

isin

g. W

hen

Vio

let’s

fee

d is

dis

rupt

ed,

she’

s ca

st a

drift

and

eve

ryon

e is

for

ced

to e

xam

ine

the

pow

er o

f th

e fe

ed i

n hi

s or

her

lif

e.

Bag

dasa

rian

, A

dam

. Fo

rgot

ten

Fire

. 2

00

0.

Bas

ed o

n a

true

sto

ry f

rom

the

Arm

enia

n H

oloc

aust

, thi

s is

an

eloq

uent

, tou

chin

g an

d he

art-w

renc

hing

por

trai

t of

pai

n an

d tr

ium

ph

durin

g a

time

of t

rage

dy.

Cha

mbe

rs,

Aid

an.

Pos

tcar

ds f

rom

No

Man

’s L

and.

20

02

. S

even

teen

is

an a

ge o

f se

lf-di

scov

ery, a

nd J

acob

has

gon

e to

Am

ster

dam

to

expl

ore

his

life.

His

que

st s

tran

gely

pa

ralle

ls d

isco

verie

s ab

out

his

gran

dfat

her’s

life

the

re d

urin

g W

orld

War

II.

Cis

nero

s, S

andr

a. C

aram

elo.

20

02

. La

La l

earn

s th

e st

orie

s of

her

Aw

ful

Gra

ndm

othe

r an

d w

eave

s th

em in

to a

col

orfu

l fam

ily h

isto

ry.

The

“car

amel

o,”

a st

riped

sha

wl b

egun

by

her

Gre

at-G

rand

mot

her,

sym

boliz

es t

heir

trad

ition

s.

Fran

k, E

. R

. Li

fe i

s Fu

nny.

20

00

. G

row

ing

up i

n N

ew Y

ork

can

be a

goni

zing

, hu

mor

ous,

an

d al

way

s a

chal

leng

e fo

r th

e te

ens

who

tel

l the

ir st

orie

s.

Frey

man

n-W

eyr,

Gar

ret.

My

Hea

rtbe

at.

20

02

. C

an E

llen

get

the

boy

who

lov

es h

er

brot

her?

Fost

er,

Thom

as. H

ow t

o R

ead

Lite

ratu

re L

ike

a P

rofe

ssor

: a L

ivel

y an

d En

tert

aini

ng

Gui

de to

Rea

ding

bet

wee

n th

e Li

nes.

20

03

. Eve

ry a

utho

r le

aves

clu

es to

lead

rea

ders

de

eper

into

the

inne

r m

eani

ngs

of t

heir

writ

ings

. Le

arn

how

to

follo

w li

tera

ry b

read

crum

bs

in a

ny s

tory

.

Kap

low

, Robe

rt.

Me

and

Ors

on W

elle

s. 2

00

3.

Wha

t w

ould

it b

e lik

e to

spe

nd a

wee

k w

ith t

he g

reat

Ors

on W

elle

s, e

ven

slee

ping

in

his

paja

mas

? R

icha

rd S

amue

ls, a

budd

ing

teen

aged

act

or,

gets

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

see

wha

t lif

e on

sta

ge,

and

behi

nd t

he s

tage

, is

re

ally

like

on

Bro

adw

ay in

1937.

Kin

gsolv

er,

Bar

bara

. Th

e B

ean

Tree

s. 1

99

8.

Tayl

or G

reer

lea

ves

Ken

tuck

y an

d he

ads

wes

t to

fin

d a

new

life

. W

hen

a ba

by is

aba

ndon

ed in

her

car

, she

lear

ns t

hat

resp

onsi

bili-

ties

and

inde

pend

ence

are

not

mut

ually

exc

lusi

ve in

thi

s st

ory

of f

amily

and

com

mun

ity.

Lam

ott

, A

nne

. B

ird

by B

ird:

Som

e In

stru

ctio

ns o

n W

riti

ng a

nd L

ife.

19

95

. Ad

vice

to

the

fle

dglin

g w

rite

r: “

Just

tak

e it b

ird

by b

ird.

” A

gent

le,

anec

dota

l gu

ide

for

begi

n-ni

ng a

utho

rs.

Mah

, Ade

line

. C

hine

se C

inde

rella

: the

Tru

e St

ory

of a

n U

nwan

ted

Dau

ghte

r. 1

99

9.

Wu

Mei

, al

so c

alle

d Ad

elin

e, i

s th

e Fi

fth

Youn

ger

Sis

ter

of h

er f

amily

, an

d th

e on

e w

ho

bear

s th

e bl

ame

for

all

thei

r ba

d fo

rtun

e. I

n he

r in

spira

tiona

l ta

le o

f su

rviv

al i

n 1940s

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na, s

he t

rium

phs

agai

nst

all o

dds.

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u B

lush

Abb

ott

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ley.

The

Bri

desm

aid.

20

05

. C

an A

bby

trai

n th

e dr

eade

d B

ridez

illa?

Bau

er,

Joan

. B

ackw

ater

. 2

00

0.

Ivy

batt

les

the

fam

ily l

egal

tra

ditio

n an

d a

trea

cher

ous

bliz

zard

.

Bru

chac

, Jo

seph

. Th

e W

arri

ors.

20

03

. Ja

ke,

a st

ar l

acro

sse

play

er,

ente

rs a

boa

rdin

g sc

hool

onl

y to

fin

d th

at h

is Iro

quoi

s he

ritag

e is

mis

unde

rsto

od.

Cab

ot,

Me

g. A

ll-A

mer

ican

Gir

l. 2

00

3.

Bei

ng a

her

o is

n’t

all i

t’s c

rack

ed u

p to

be.

Cap

po,

Nan

Willa

rd.

Che

atin

g Le

sson

s. 2

00

3.

Even

if

you’

re s

mar

t, yo

u do

n’t

have

all

the

answ

ers.

Car

lso

n, M

elo

dy. I

t’s M

y Li

fe: D

iary

of

a Te

enag

e G

irl.

20

00. C

aitli

n O

’Con

nor’s

jour

nal

tells

abo

ut t

he w

ays

her

Chr

istia

n fa

ith is

affec

ted

by e

very

day

happ

enin

gs.

Ferr

is,

Jean

. Lo

ve A

mon

g th

e W

alnu

ts.

19

98

. Tw

o pa

rent

s, a

girl

frie

nd,

and

a ch

icke

n fa

ll in

to c

omas

aft

er b

eing

poi

sone

d.

Hil

gart

ner,

Be

th.

Mur

der

for

Her

Maj

esty

. 1

99

2.

The

new

est

star

of

the

York

shire

C

athe

dral

’s b

oys’

cho

ir ha

s a

secr

et—

she’

s a

girl.

Ho

bbs,

Will.

Lea

ving

Pro

tect

ion.

20

05

. Fi

shin

g fo

r sa

lmon

off t

he c

oast

of

Alas

ka a

nd

hook

ed b

y da

nger

.

Kar

r, K

athl

ee

n. T

he B

oxer

. 20

04

. W

ill c

hasi

ng t

he A

mer

ican

dre

am m

ake

the

Cho

pper

a

cham

pion

or

a ch

ump?

Luba

r, D

avid

. D

unk.

200

2.

Ste

p rig

ht u

p an

d ta

ke y

our

best

sho

t at

dun

king

Cha

d th

e B

ozo!

Exp

erie

nce

a su

mm

er o

n th

e Je

rsey

sho

re a

s C

had

lear

ns t

here

’s m

ore

to h

umor

th

an b

eing

fun

ny.

Opp

el, K

enne

th. A

irbo

rn. 2

005.

Pira

tes

of t

he C

arib

bean

mee

ts W

here

the

Wild

Thi

ngs

Are.

Rab

b, M

. E

. The

Ros

e Q

ueen

. 20

04

. Lo

st a

nd f

ound

: Tw

o or

phan

ed s

iste

rs f

lee

New

Yor

k to

bec

ome

Mid

wes

tern

crim

e so

lver

s.

2

Louke

s, K

eit

h. A

sk D

r. K

eith

: Can

did

Ans

wer

s to

Que

er Q

uest

ions

. 2004.

All k

inds

of

gay

sex

ques

tions

are

ans

wer

ed f

rank

ly, e

xplic

itly, a

nd in

a p

ositi

ve m

anne

r.

Moore

, Te

rry.

Str

ange

rs i

n Par

adis

e: P

ocke

t B

ook

1.

2005.

Kat

choo

is

in l

ove

with

Fr

anci

ne.

Dav

id is

in lo

ve w

ith K

atch

oo.

Fran

cine

is .

. .

con

fuse

d!

Pete

rs,

Juli

e A

nne.

Kee

ping

You

a S

ecre

t. 2005.

Hol

land

fin

ds f

allin

g in

lov

e co

mpl

i-ca

ted

beca

use

her

true

love

is a

lesb

ian.

Pete

rs, J

uli

e A

nne.

Luna

. 2005.

Not

eve

ryon

e is

bor

n in

the

rig

ht b

ody.

Rev

oyr,

Nin

a. T

he N

eces

sary

Hun

ger:

A N

ovel

. 1998.

Nan

cy’s

cru

sh o

n R

aina

, a

fel-

low

bas

ketb

all

play

er,

acce

lera

tes

whe

n he

r Ja

pane

se A

mer

ican

fat

her

falls

in

love

with

R

aina

’s A

fric

an A

mer

ican

mot

her.

Ruck

a, G

reg.

Got

ham

Cen

tral

Vol

2: H

alf

a Li

fe. I

llus.

by

Mic

hael

Lar

k. 2

005.

Got

ham

D

etec

tive

Ren

ee M

onto

ya i

s ou

ted

and

mus

t de

al w

ith t

he f

allo

ut w

hile

fig

htin

g su

per

villa

ins.

San

chez,

Ale

x. R

ainb

ow B

oys.

2003.

The

mis

adve

ntur

es o

f th

ree

guys

com

ing

out

in

thei

r se

nior

yea

r.

Whe

n I

Kne

w.

Ed. b

y R

ober

t Tr

acht

enbe

rg. I

llus.

by

Tom

Bac

htel

l. 2005.

Whe

n di

d yo

u fir

st r

ealiz

e th

at y

ou w

ere

gay?

Win

ick,

Judd

. G

reen

Lan

tern

: B

roth

er’s

Kee

per.

2003.

Whe

n hi

s be

st f

riend

is b

ruta

lly

gay-

bash

ed, Ky

le R

ayne

r, a.

k.a.

the

Gre

en L

ante

rn, co

mes

to

term

s w

ith t

he f

act

that

his

po

wer

s ca

n’t

chan

ge a

nyth

ing.

Woods

on,

Jac

queline

. The

Hou

se Y

ou P

ass

on t

he W

ay. 2

003.

Sta

gger

lee

won

ders

if

she

coul

d be

a le

sbia

n af

ter

her

cous

in c

omes

to

visi

t.

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liso

n, J

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e.

All’

s Fa

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n Lo

ve, W

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and

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hool

. 2005.

Can

hea

d ch

eer-

lead

er S

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tha

tam

e he

r to

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dur

ing

a st

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t bo

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ion?

Sch

indl

er,

Nin

a. A

n O

rder

of A

mel

ie, H

old

the

Frie

s. T

r. by

Rob

Bar

rett

. 2004. D

o u

like

me?

Plz

rite

bac

k so

on.

Sha

w,

Tuck

er.

Fla

vor

of t

he W

eek.

2005.

If fo

od i

s th

e w

ay t

o a

wom

an’s

hea

rt,

then

C

yril

shou

ld b

e Pr

ince

Cha

rmin

g.

She

ldon,

Dya

n. C

onfe

ssio

ns o

f a T

eena

ge D

ram

a Q

ueen

. 2005. A

ll th

e w

orld

’s a

sta

ge,

and

all L

ola’

s fr

iend

s an

d en

emie

s ar

e m

erel

y pl

ayer

s.

Sm

ith,

Gre

g Le

itic

h. N

inja

s, P

iran

has,

and

Gal

ileo.

2005.

Who

kne

w a

sci

ence

exp

eri-

men

t co

uld

caus

e so

muc

h he

arta

che?

Taka

ya,

Nat

suki

. Fr

uits

Bas

ket

Vol.

1.

2004.

Tohr

u H

onda

fin

ds a

hom

e w

ith a

fam

ily

who

has

a m

ost

unus

ual s

ecre

t.

Trott

ier,

Max

ine.

Sist

er t

o th

e W

olf.

2004.

Lesh

aro,

a P

awne

e sl

ave,

sw

ears

to

prot

ect

a yo

ung

wom

an a

nd h

er f

athe

r on

a d

ange

rous

jour

ney.

Van

Dra

anen,

Wend

eli

n. F

lippe

d. 2

003.

She

lov

es h

im,

he lov

es h

er n

ot.

Wai

t! I

sn’t it

the

othe

r w

ay a

roun

d?

Vau

ghan

, B

rian

K.

Run

away

s Vo

l. 1

: P

ride

& J

oy.

Illus

. by

Adr

ian

Alph

ona.

2004.

Six

te

ens

find

out

that

the

ir pa

rent

s ar

e ev

il. N

o, r

eally

evi

l.

Weav

er,

Wil

l. M

emor

y B

oy.

2003.

Mile

s in

vent

s a

fant

astic

veh

icle

to

esca

pe w

ith h

is

fam

ily f

rom

a w

orld

wid

e ec

olog

ical

dis

aste

r.

West

erf

eld

, Sco

tt.

Ugl

ies.

2005.

In T

ally

’s w

orld

eve

ryon

e is

an

Ugl

y, u

ntil

they

’re t

urne

d in

to a

Pre

tty

on t

heir

sixt

eent

h bi

rthd

ay.

Cri

min

al

Ele

me

nts

Bro

oks

, Kev

in.

Mar

tyn

Pig

. 2003.

Whe

n hi

s fa

ther

die

s ac

cide

ntal

ly, M

arty

n ge

ts d

eepe

r an

d de

eper

in t

roub

le a

s he

trie

s to

cov

er it

up.

Corm

ier,

Robe

rt.

Rag

and

Bon

e Sh

op. 2

003.

Soc

iopa

th, o

r co

erce

d vi

ctim

?

Ew

ing

, Lyn

ne. D

rive

-By.

1998. W

hen

Tito

’s o

lder

bro

ther

is k

illed

in a

gan

g-re

late

d dr

ive-

by,

Tito

mus

t ke

ep h

is f

amily

saf

e—no

mat

ter

wha

t it

take

s.

Ferr

is, J

ean

. B

ad. 2

001.

Life

beh

ind

bars

cha

nges

tou

gh D

alla

s’s

life

and

her

attit

ude.

Flin

n, A

lex.

Not

hing

to

Lose

. 2004.

The

Tilt-

a-w

hirl

coul

d ne

ver

be h

alf

as t

hrill

ing

as

Mic

hael

’s d

ark

secr

et.

Foon,

Denn

is.

Skud

. 2004.

Hid

den

lives

of

bulli

es.

Gan

tos,

Jac

k. H

ole

in M

y Li

fe. 2

004.

Bre

akin

g th

e la

w is

a b

ad id

ea, b

ut it

doe

sn’t h

ave

to r

uin

your

life

.

Har

ting

er,

Bre

nt. L

ast C

hanc

e Te

xaco

. 2005. L

ucy’s

last

cha

nce

befo

re p

rison

is a

gro

up

hom

e th

at c

ould

brin

g he

r a

futu

re, r

oman

ce, m

yste

ry—

or t

otal

dis

aste

r.

Hin

ton,

S.

E. T

he O

utsi

ders

. 1997.

It’s

the

rich

kids

vs.

the

gre

aser

s.

3

Pic

ou

lt,

Jodi.

My

Sist

er’s

Kee

per.

20

05

. W

hat

if yo

u w

ere

born

jus

t to

sav

e yo

ur

sist

er’s

life

?

Pre

sto

n, R

icha

rd.

The

Hot

Zon

e. 1

99

5.

Ebol

a. T

here

is

no c

ure.

Nin

ety

perc

ent

of i

ts

vict

ims

die.

Wel

com

e to

the

Hot

Zon

e.

Vau

ghn,

Bri

an K

. Y the

Las

t M

an: U

nman

ned.

20

03

. Yor

ick

disc

over

s th

at b

eing

the

last

m

an le

ft in

a w

orld

ful

l of

wom

en is

not

exa

ctly

a d

ream

com

e tr

ue.

We

rlin

, Nan

cy.

Dou

ble

Hel

ix. 2

00

5.

Eli n

eeds

to

esca

pe h

is o

wn

gene

s.

GLB

TQA

cito

, M

arc.

How

I P

aid

for

Col

lege

: A N

ovel

of

Sex,

The

ft, F

rien

dshi

p, a

nd M

usic

al

Thea

ter.

20

05

. Po

or E

dwar

d—he

’s j

uggl

ing

a gi

rlfrie

nd,

a jo

ck b

oy c

rush

, an

d ne

ed f

or

fund

s fo

r Ju

lliar

d. W

hat’s

a c

onfu

sed

teen

to

do?

Be

nd,

Do

n’t

Sha

tte

r: P

oets

on

the B

egi

nnin

g of

Desi

re.

Ed. b

y T.

Col

e R

ache

l an

d R

ita C

oste

llo. 2

00

4.

Poem

s by

gay

, le

sbia

n, b

isex

ual,

tran

sgen

dere

d an

d qu

estio

n-in

g te

ens.

Boy

er,

Dav

id.

Kin

gs a

nd Q

ueen

s: Q

ueer

s at

the

Pro

m. 2

004.

Prom

s, lo

ve ’

em o

r ha

te

’em

, are

rem

embe

red

here

. C

hees

y pr

om p

hoto

s in

clud

ed!

Boy

lan,

Je

nnif

er

Finn

ey.

She’

s N

ot T

here

: A

Life

in

Two

Gen

ders

. 2004.

Funn

y ac

coun

t of

bei

ng t

rans

gend

ered

bef

ore,

dur

ing,

and

after

gen

der

reas

sign

men

t su

rger

y.

De

Oli

veir

a, E

ddie

. Luc

ky. 2

00

4. It’

s no

t ju

st T

oby’s

fast

fee

t th

at k

eep

Sam

com

ing

back

to

the

soc

cer

field

.

Frey

man

n-W

eyr,

Gar

ret.

My

Hea

rtbe

at.

20

03

. A

sist

er,

a br

othe

r—an

d th

e bo

y th

ey

both

love

.

He

ar M

e O

ut:

Tru

e S

tori

es

of

Teens

Edu

cati

ng a

nd C

onf

ront

ing

Hom

oph

obi

a.

Ed. b

y P

lann

ed P

aren

thoo

d of

Tor

onto

. 2

00

4.

Rea

l-life

sto

ries

in m

any

voic

es a

bout

te

ens

conf

ront

ing

narr

ow-m

inde

dnes

s an

d fin

ding

the

mse

lves

alo

ng t

he w

ay.

Hu

ege

l, K

elly.

GLB

TQ*:

The

Sur

viva

l Gui

de f

or Q

ueer

and

Que

stio

ning

Tee

ns *

(Gay

, Le

sbia

n, B

isex

ual,

Tran

sgen

der,

Que

stio

ning

). 2

00

4.

A ve

ry h

elpf

ul lo

ok a

t ch

alle

nges

an

d is

sues

fac

ing

GLB

TQ t

eens

.

John

son,

Mau

ree

n. T

he B

erm

udez

Tri

angl

e. 2

00

5.

Nin

a, M

el,

and

Aver

y ar

e be

st g

irl-

frie

nds,

but

a r

oman

ce b

etw

een

two

of t

hem

thr

eate

ns t

o sh

atte

r th

e tr

iang

le.

Kan

nagi

, S

ato

ru a

nd O

dagi

ri,

Hota

ru.

Onl

y th

e R

ing

Fing

er K

now

s. 2

004.

You’

ll re

cogn

ize

your

sou

l m

ate

beca

use

you

wea

r m

atch

ing

rings

. B

ut w

hat

if yo

ur m

atch

is

anot

her

boy?

Lack

ey, M

erc

ede

s. M

agic

’s P

awn:

Las

t H

eral

d M

age

Trilo

gy B

ook

1. 1

994.

A yo

ung

exile

alm

ost

lose

s hi

s lif

e w

hile

fin

ding

his

des

tiny

as o

ne o

f th

e le

gend

ary

Her

ald-

Mag

es

of V

alde

mar

.

Levi

than

, D

avid

. B

oy M

eets

Boy

. 20

05

. Pa

ul’s

hig

h sc

hool

may

onl

y ex

ist

over

the

rai

n-bo

w.

Why

, the

n, o

h w

hy c

an’t it

be

ever

ywhe

re?

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They

Bro

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You

Be

the

Judg

e: T

rue

Cas

es o

f Te

en

Cri

me.

20

03

. W

hat’s

it li

ke t

o be

arr

este

d an

d go

thr

ough

the

lega

l sys

tem

?

Ko

ert

ge,

Ro

n. T

he B

rim

ston

e Jo

urna

ls. 2

00

1.

Boy

d’s

list

of h

is c

lass

mat

es i

s on

e lis

t yo

u ne

ver

wan

t to

see

you

r na

me

on.

Kyi

, Tan

ya L

loyd

. Tru

th. 2

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3. Je

n le

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qui

ckly

tha

t, w

hen

it co

mes

to

solv

ing

a m

urde

r, yo

u’re

eith

er p

art

of t

he s

olut

ion

or p

art

of t

he p

robl

em.

McC

lint

ock

, No

rah.

Sni

tch.

20

05

. A

dog

teac

hes

obed

ienc

e to

an

angr

y bo

y.

Mik

aels

en,

Be

n. T

ouch

ing

Spir

it B

ear.

20

02

. Pris

on, o

r a y

ear o

n a

rem

ote

isla

nd?

Whi

ch

will

Col

e ch

oose

? W

hich

wou

ld y

ou?

Mye

rs, W

alte

r D

ean

. Mon

ster

. 20

01

. S

teve

’s m

ovie

will

be

a su

refir

e su

cces

s, if

he

isn’

t se

nten

ced

to li

fe in

pris

on f

irst.

Pic

ou

lt,

Jodi

. Th

e Pac

t: A

Lov

e St

ory.

19

98

. It

was

the

per

fect

rel

atio

nshi

p—bu

t di

d it

end

in m

urde

r?

Sac

har,

Lou

is.

Hol

es. 2

00

3.

Wel

com

e to

Cam

p G

reen

Lak

e! D

id w

e m

entio

n th

at it

’s n

ot

a ca

mp,

it’s

not

gre

en, a

nd t

here

’s n

o la

ke?

San

chez,

Rey

mu

ndo

. M

y B

lood

y Li

fe: T

he M

akin

g of

a L

atin

Kin

g. 2

001.

Insi

de t

he

life

of a

Lat

in K

ing

gang

ster

.

Sha

kur,

San

yika

. M

onst

er:

The

Aut

obio

grap

hy o

f an

L.A

. G

ang

Mem

ber.

2004.

“Mon

ster

” Kod

y sh

ares

his

sto

ry o

f si

xtee

n ye

ars

spen

t gr

owin

g up

as

a ga

ngba

nger

in

Sou

th C

entr

al.

She

pard

, Jim

. P

roje

ct X

: A N

ovel

. 20

05

. Ev

en g

uys

next

doo

r ca

n be

com

e ki

llers

.

Sik

es,

Gin

i. 8

Bal

l Chi

cks:

A Y

ear

in t

he V

iole

nt W

orld

of

Gir

l Gan

gste

rs. 1

998. I

nsid

e th

e liv

es o

f gi

rl ga

ngba

nger

s.

Str

asse

r, To

dd.

Giv

e A

Boy

A G

un. 2

00

0.

Beh

ind

the

scen

es o

f a

high

sch

ool sh

ootin

g ra

mpa

ge.

We

ber,

Lori

. K

lept

o. 2

00

4.

Han

nah

is t

he b

ad s

iste

r, bu

t K

at s

eem

s to

be

follo

win

g in

he

r fo

otst

eps.

Whi

tney

, Kim

Abl

on.

See

You

Dow

n th

e R

oad.

20

05

. Brid

get’s

fam

ily w

as g

ood

at b

eing

lik

e ev

eryo

ne e

lse

exce

pt w

hen

it ca

me

to o

ne t

hing

: ob

eyin

g th

e la

w.

Wil

liam

s, S

tanl

ey “

Too

kie”

wit

h B

arba

ra C

ott

man

Becn

el.

Life

in P

riso

n. Illu

s.

by D

. S

teve

ns a

nd o

ther

s. 2

00

1.

Crip

s fo

unde

r To

okie

Will

iam

s te

lls it

like

it is

abo

ut li

fe

on D

eath

Row

.

Wh

at

Ail

s Yo

u?

And

ers

on,

Lau

rie

Hal

se. F

ever

17

93

. 20

02

. Whe

n Ye

llow

Fev

er c

onsu

mes

Phi

lade

lphi

a,

Mat

ilda

stru

ggle

s to

sur

vive

.

Arm

stro

ng, L

ance

and

Jenk

ins,

Sal

ly. I

t’s N

ot A

bout

the

Bik

e: M

y Jo

urne

y B

ack

to

Life

. 20

01

. La

nce

Arm

stro

ng is

goi

ng t

o ki

ck c

ance

r’s b

utt!

4

Bens

on,

Ann

. The

Pla

gue

Tale

s. 1

997.

Whe

n th

e B

lack

Dea

th b

reak

s ou

t in

the

mod

ern

Lond

on, t

he p

ast

hold

s th

e cu

re.

Bull

, Em

ma.

Fin

der:

A N

ovel

of

the

Bor

derl

ands

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. by

Nic

ola

Grif

fith

and

Ste

phen

Pa

gel.

Illus

. by

Elm

er D

amas

o. 2

003. Is

it a

dru

g? Is

it a

dis

ease

? C

an O

rient

fin

d ou

t th

e tr

uth

befo

re it

’s t

oo la

te?

Cook,

Kar

in.

Wha

t G

irls

Lea

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A N

ovel

. 1998.

Bre

ast

canc

er w

ill c

hang

e th

eir

lives

fo

reve

r, bu

t lo

ve w

ill p

ull t

hem

thr

ough

.

Ehr

enh

aft,

Dan

iel.

The

Las

t D

og o

n Ea

rth.

2003. A

goo

d do

g is

the

bes

t fr

iend

a p

erso

n co

uld

have

, rig

ht?

Not

any

mor

e.

Gold

en,

Chr

isto

phe

r an

d H

auta

la, R

ick.

Thr

oat

Cul

ture

. 2005.

Ever

yone

on

cam

pus

is g

ettin

g si

ck.

Don

’t e

at t

he c

rab

cake

s!

Gott

lieb,

Lori

. St

ick

Figu

re: A

Dia

ry o

f M

y Fo

rmer

Sel

f. 2000.

Lori

belie

ves

you

can

neve

r be

too

ric

h or

too

thi

n.

Gre

gory

, Juli

a. S

icke

ned:

The

Mem

oir

of a

Mun

chau

sen

by P

roxy

Chi

ldho

od. 2

004.

Julie

is a

lway

s at

the

doc

tor,

but

it’s

her

mom

who

rea

lly n

eeds

one

.

Had

don,

Mar

k. T

he C

urio

us In

cide

nt o

f the

Dog

in th

e N

ight

-Tim

e. 2

004. A

utis

tic m

ath

geni

us C

hris

toph

er B

oone

mus

t so

lve

the

mys

tery

of

his

neig

hbor

’s m

urde

red

pood

le.

Har

rar,

Georg

e.

Not

as

Cra

zy a

s I S

eem

. 2003.

Dev

on h

as o

bses

sive

-com

puls

ive

diso

r-de

r. D

evon

has

obs

essi

ve-c

ompu

lsiv

e di

sord

er. D

evon

has

obs

essi

ve-c

ompu

lsiv

e di

sord

er.

Dev

on h

as o

bses

sive

-com

puls

ive

diso

rder

.

Har

t,

Tony

. M

icro

terr

ors:

Th

e C

ompl

ete

Gui

de

to

Bac

teri

al,

Vira

l an

d Fu

ngal

In

fect

ions

. 2004.

Wor

ried

abou

t ca

tchi

ng s

omet

hing

? W

ait

till y

ou r

ead

this

!

Hau

tman

, Pete

. H

ole

in t

he S

ky. 2

005.

Cee

j and

his

fam

ily b

attle

a m

utan

t flu

viru

s an

d a

cult

of v

iole

nt s

urvi

vors

.

Hau

tman

, Pete

. Sw

eetb

lood

. 2005.

Whe

re t

he f

irst

vam

pire

s di

abet

ics?

Hess

er,

Terr

y S

penc

er.

Kis

sing

Doo

rkno

bs. 1

998.

Tara

just

can

’t s

top.

Hoope

r, M

ary.

At th

e Si

gn o

f the

Sug

ared

Plu

m. 2

005. C

andy

, her

bs, d

ried

flow

ers—

can

anyt

hing

pro

tect

Han

nah

from

the

Bla

ck D

eath

as

it w

orm

s its

way

thr

ough

the

str

eets

of

Lon

don?

It H

appe

ned

to N

ancy

: B

y an

Ano

nym

ou

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ena

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rue

Sto

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rom

He

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. by

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tric

e Sp

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In t

his

retr

o vi

ew o

f AI

DS

, N

ancy

is

a ha

ppy-

go-

luck

y te

en u

ntil

one

horr

ible

nig

ht r

uins

her

life

.

Kin

g, S

teph

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The

Sta

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980.

A flu

like

no

othe

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.

Mas

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end

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Man

go-S

hape

d Sp

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2003.

Mia

is s

tunn

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arn

her

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don’

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e w

ords

and

num

bers

in c

olor

.

McD

anie

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. Si

x M

onth

s to

Liv

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003.

Daw

n le

aves

her

ted

dy b

ear

colle

ctio

n,

chee

rlead

ing,

and

her

frie

nds

behi

nd in

ord

er t

o be

at c

ance

r.

Nap

oli

, Donn

a Jo

. B

reat

h. 2

005.

Sal

z ha

s al

way

s be

en t

he s

ick

one,

unt

il a

stra

nge

dis-

ease

bre

aks

out

in h

is m

edie

val v

illag

e an

d it’

s up

to

him

to

save

the

day

.

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ns w

ho,

for

wha

teve

r re

ason

, ha

ve b

een

relu

c-ta

nt t

o re

ad.

The

nine

ty-o

ne s

elec

tions

, al

l pu

blis

hed

from

lat

e 2004 t

hrou

gh 2

005,

wer

e ch

osen

by

the

elev

en-m

embe

r co

mm

ittee

with

inva

luab

le in

put

from

you

ng r

eluc

tant

rea

ders

ac

ross

the

cou

ntry

. Ea

ch y

ear

the

com

mitt

ee s

elec

ts t

he t

op t

en f

rom

the

fin

al l

ist;

the

se

title

s ar

e id

entif

ied

with

a s

tar

(*)

in t

he li

st b

elow

.

Whi

le t

hese

boo

ks w

ere

sele

cted

for

tee

ns f

rom

tw

elve

to

eigh

teen

yea

rs o

f ag

e, t

he t

itles

on

thi

s lis

t sp

an a

bro

ad r

ange

of

read

ing

and

mat

urity

lev

els.

We

enco

urag

e ad

ults

to

take

an

act

ive

role

in

help

ing

indi

vidu

al t

eens

cho

ose

thos

e bo

oks

that

are

the

bes

t fit

for

the

m

and

thei

r fa

mili

es.

No

nfi

ctio

n*

50

Ce

nt.

From

Pie

ces

to W

eigh

t: O

nce

upon

a T

ime

in S

outh

side

Que

ens.

Get

ting

rich,

dea

ling

drug

s, a

nd t

ryin

g no

t to

die

. S

tree

t lif

e in

50

Cen

t’s w

ords

.

And

1 a

nd P

alm

er,

Chr

is.

Stre

etba

ll: A

ll th

e B

alle

rs,

Mov

es,

Slam

s, a

nd S

hine

. B

alle

rs f

or li

fe, t

akin

’ it

to t

he r

im.

*A

raka

wa,

Hir

om

u.

Fullm

etal

Alc

hem

ist

seri

es. V

olum

es 1

–4.

Fullm

etal

tro

uble

: m

eet

Car

toon

Net

wor

k st

ars

Edw

ard

and

Alph

onse

, pi

ecin

g th

eir

lives

and

the

ir bo

dies

bac

k to

geth

er.

Bal

tin,

Ste

ve.

From

the

Ins

ide:

Lin

kin

Par

k’s

Met

eora

. All-

acce

ss p

ass

to L

inki

n Pa

rk,

with

lots

of

over

size

pic

ture

s of

the

ban

d on

the

Met

eora

tou

r.

*B

ent

on,

Jim

. It

’s H

appy

Bun

ny:

Life

. G

et O

ne.

“Alw

ays

rem

embe

r, yo

ur e

nem

ies

are

just

frie

nds

that

rea

lly,

real

ly b

ite.”

Mor

e sn

arky

phi

loso

phy

from

the

pop

ular

It’s

Hap

py

Bun

ny s

erie

s.

Be

nto

n, J

im. I

t’s H

appy

Bun

ny: L

ove

Bite

s. L

ove

hurt

s; s

hare

the

pai

n w

ith H

appy

Bun

ny.

Anot

her

win

ner

from

the

It’s

Hap

py B

unny

ser

ies.

Bu

ckle

y, J

ame

s. S

chol

astic

Boo

k of

Fir

sts:

Mor

e Th

an 1

,00

0 o

f th

e C

oole

st, B

igge

st

and

Mos

t Ex

citin

g Fi

rst

Fact

s Yo

u’ll

Ever

Rea

d. G

uinn

ess

Wor

ld R

ecor

ds m

eets

Triv

ial

Purs

uit.

Cal

dwell, B

en.

Fan

tasy

! Car

toon

ing.

Dra

w h

eroe

s, v

illai

ns, f

airie

s, b

east

s, a

nd m

ore.

Cap

rio

, R

obe

rt.

Are

We

Ther

e Ye

t? T

ales

fro

m t

he N

ever

-End

ing

Trav

els

of W

WE

Supe

rsta

rs.

Rea

l-life

sto

ries

abou

t ro

ad t

rips

that

mak

e ge

ttin

g hi

t on

the

hea

d w

ith a

fo

ldin

g ch

air

seem

pai

nles

s.

Car

lso

n, L

ori

. R

ed H

ot S

alsa

: B

iling

ual

Poe

ms

on B

eing

You

ng a

nd L

atin

o in

the

U

nite

d St

ates

. “Ta

co B

ell i

s N

OT

Mex

ican

foo

d!”

2

Slo

an, B

rian

. A R

eally

Nic

e P

rom

Mes

s. D

runk

dat

es, b

urne

d ha

ir, g

o-go

dan

cers

, and

a

hot

Rus

sian

dru

g de

aler

. It’

s th

e pe

rfec

t re

cipe

for

a h

ilario

us p

rom

dis

aste

r.

Sorr

ell

s, W

alte

r. F

ake

I.D.

Cha

ss h

as s

ix d

ays

to f

igur

e ou

t w

hat

her

real

nam

e is

, w

hy

her

mom

has

dis

appe

ared

, and

wha

t an

old

mur

der

has

to d

o w

ith it

all.

Sta

ndif

ord,

Nat

alie

. Th

e D

atin

g G

ame

serie

s: T

he D

atin

g G

ame

and

Bre

akin

g U

p Is

R

eally

, Rea

lly H

ard

to D

o. T

een

mat

chm

aker

s he

lp t

heir

frie

nds

find

a lo

ve c

onne

ctio

n.

Sto

ne,

Jeff

. Th

e Fi

ve A

nces

tors

ser

ies:

Mon

key

and

Tige

r. Fi

ve w

arrio

r m

onks

. Fi

ve

anim

als.

Fiv

e fig

htin

g st

yles

. O

ne b

ig m

artia

l-art

s ad

vent

ure.

Tiern

an, C

ate. B

alef

ire

series

: A C

halic

e of

Win

d an

d A

Cir

cle

of A

shes

. Tw

in w

itche

s,

toge

ther

at

last

, fig

htin

g an

cien

t ev

il.

*Volp

oni

, P

aul.

Bla

ck a

nd W

hite

. M

arcu

s an

d Ed

die,

aka

Bla

ck a

nd W

hite

: W

ho t

akes

th

e ra

p w

hen

your

bes

t fr

iend

pul

ls t

he t

rigge

r? A

2006 B

BYA

titl

e.

*W

hym

an, M

att.

Boy

Kill

s M

an. T

wel

ve-y

ear-o

ld a

ssas

sins

tra

pped

in

a C

olom

bian

dru

g lo

rd’s

war

.

Wil

liam

s, L

ori

Aure

lia.

Bro

ken

Chi

na. A

fter

her

dau

ghte

r di

es,

four

teen

-yea

r-old

Chi

na

wor

ks in

a s

trip

clu

b to

rep

ay h

er d

ebts

.

7


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IDE

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006

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K PI

CKS

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RELU

CTAN

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LT R

EADE

RS, 2

006

Gre

en,

Jo

hn.

Look

ing

for

Ala

ska.

A y

ear

of f

irsts

: dr

inks

, pr

anks

, lo

ve,

lust

, lo

ss.

The

2006 P

rintz

Aw

ard

Boo

k an

d a

20

06

BB

YA t

itle.

Hia

ase

n, C

arl.

Flu

sh. T

he p

oo h

its t

he f

an w

hen

Noa

h an

d hi

s si

ster

set

out

to

prov

e th

e ow

ner

of a

flo

atin

g ca

sino

is d

umpi

ng s

ewag

e. A

20

06

BB

YA t

itle.

Ho

row

itz,

Ant

hony

. R

aven

’s G

ate.

Out

of

the

dete

ntio

n ce

nter

. .

. t

o th

e ga

tes

of h

ell?

Al

ex R

ider

’s c

reat

or h

as a

new

ser

ies

that

is s

carie

r th

an e

ver.

Ho

row

itz,

Ant

hony

. Sc

orpi

a. R

ider

. Al

ex R

ider

. H

e’s

back

in t

he m

ost

susp

ense

ful a

dven

-tu

re y

et, b

attli

ng h

is c

onsc

ienc

e as

wel

l as

the

bad

guys

—or

are

the

y th

e go

od g

uys?

Kla

ss,

Dav

id.

Dar

k A

ngel

. R

elea

sed

on a

tech

nica

lity, Je

ff’s

ex

-con

br

othe

r w

reak

s ha

voc.

Kro

vati

n, C

hris

toph

er.

Hea

vy M

etal

and

You

. H

is m

usic

or

his

girl?

A 2

006 B

BYA

tit

le.

Lock

hart

, E. T

he B

oyfr

iend

Lis

t. R

uby’s

life

is a

dis

aste

r af

ter

her

brea

kup

with

boy

frie

nd

num

ber

thir

teen

.

Mac

, Car

rie

. Cha

rmed

. How

can

it b

e ca

lled

The

Gam

e if

the

girl

alw

ays

lose

s—es

peci

ally

w

hen

the

gam

e is

tee

n pr

ostit

utio

n?

May

er,

Me

lody

. The

Nan

nies

. The

mis

sion

ary, t

he c

onte

stan

t, an

d th

e ba

rrio

girl

: ho

w w

ill

the

mat

eria

l wor

ld o

f L.

A. c

hang

e th

em?

Mey

er,

Ada

m. T

he L

ast

Dom

ino.

Tw

o gu

ys p

lus

one

gun

equa

ls h

ell o

n ea

rth.

*M

eyer,

Ste

phe

nie

. Tw

iligh

t. B

ella

’s a

ttra

ctio

n to

Edw

ard

does

not

dim

inis

h ev

en w

hen

he a

dmits

to

bein

g a

vam

pire

. A

20

06

BB

YA t

itle.

New

man

, Le

sle

a. J

ailb

ait.

From

lose

r to

sex

pot,

Andi

bec

omes

jailb

ait.

Oli

n, S

ean

. K

illin

g B

ritn

ey. S

licin

g, d

icin

g, a

nd g

ore

pave

the

way

to

Brit

ney’s

mur

der.

No,

no

t th

at B

ritne

y!

Pat

ters

on,

Jam

es.

Max

imum

Rid

e: T

he A

ngel

Exp

erim

ent.

Can

Max

sav

e he

r ba

nd o

f w

inge

d m

utan

ts f

rom

the

Era

sers

? C

an s

he s

ave

the

wor

ld?

Ro

se, M

alco

lm. T

race

s se

ries

: Fra

med

!, Lo

st B

ulle

t, an

d R

oll C

all.

Luke

Har

ding

, tee

n fo

rens

ic in

vest

igat

or, s

olve

s cr

ime

with

his

rob

ot s

idek

ick,

MAL

C.

*S

han,

Dar

ren.

Lor

d Lo

ss.

Blo

od a

nd g

ore,

we

wan

t m

ore!

Wer

ewol

ves,

dem

ons,

and

a

deat

h-de

fyin

g ch

ess

mat

ch.

Sha

w,

Su

san.

The

Boy

fro

m t

he B

asem

ent.

Esca

ping

the

dar

k co

nfin

es o

f hi

s ab

usiv

e fa

ther

, C

harli

e co

mes

int

o th

e lig

ht.

For

thos

e w

ho c

rave

mor

e lik

e D

ave

Pelz

er’s

A C

hild

C

alle

d It.

Shu

sterm

an,

Ne

al.

Dre

ad L

ocks

. Th

ere

once

was

a g

irl w

ith s

nake

s in

her

cur

ls—

and

whe

n sh

e w

as b

ad s

he w

as h

orrid

. B

ook

1 in

the

Dar

k Fu

sion

ser

ies.

Shu

sterm

an, N

eal

. Red

Rid

er’s

Hoo

d. In

Red

’s n

eigh

borh

ood,

the

gan

gs w

ill e

at y

ou—

lit-

eral

ly. B

ook

2 in

the

Dar

k Fu

sion

ser

ies.

6

Cha

rles

S.

And

ers

on

De

sign

Co

mpa

ny a

nd M

icha

el

J. N

els

on.

Hap

py K

itty

Bun

ny P

ony:

A S

acch

arin

e M

outh

ful

of S

uper

Cut

e. S

light

ly s

ick,

mor

e th

an a

litt

le

twis

ted:

sup

er-c

ute

pics

pai

red

with

sar

cast

ic w

it.

Clu

gsto

n, C

hynn

a. Q

ueen

Bee

. Hal

ey a

nd A

lexa

due

l for

que

en-b

ee s

tatu

s in

thi

s gr

aphi

c no

vel.

Will

the

y us

e th

eir

psyc

hoki

netic

pow

ers

to h

elp

them

?

CO

SM

Ogi

rl!

Quiz

Bo

ok:

Dis

cove

r Yo

ur

Pe

rso

nali

ty.

Ed.

by C

osm

oGIR

L! A

re

you

obse

ssed

with

tak

ing

quiz

zes

abou

t yo

urse

lf an

d yo

ur l

ife?

Her

e is

a c

olle

ctio

n pu

t to

geth

er b

y th

e ed

itors

of

Cos

moG

IRL!

mag

azin

e.

Dav

is,

Jam

es.

Ska

tebo

ardi

ng I

s N

ot a

Cri

me:

50

Yea

rs o

f St

reet

Cul

ture

. C

ultu

re,

tric

ks, a

nd h

ot c

olor

pic

s.

Edg

ar, J

im. B

ad C

at. C

augh

t re

d-pa

wed

! The

live

s of

bad

cat

s in

funn

y pi

ctur

es a

nd n

augh

ty

capt

ions

.

Fink

el,

Jon.

Gre

ates

t St

ars

of t

he N

BA

: Ja

son

Kid

d. T

riple

the

hoo

p, d

oubl

e th

e sc

oop

in C

ine-

Man

ga s

tyle

. Ja

son

Kid

d dr

ops

all t

hose

sw

eet

dim

es!

Fink

el,

Jon.

Gre

ates

t St

ars

of t

he N

BA

: K

evin

Gar

nett

. Tr

iple

the

hoo

p, d

oubl

e th

e sc

oop

in C

ine-

Man

ga s

tyle

. Fr

om h

igh

scho

ol s

trai

ght

to t

he N

BA,

he’

s th

e bi

g tic

ket.

Fink

el,

Jon.

Gre

ates

t St

ars

of t

he N

BA

: Sh

aqui

lle O

’Nea

l. Tr

iple

the

hoo

p, d

oubl

e th

e sc

oop

in C

ine-

Man

ga s

tyle

. C

an y

ou f

ill S

haq’

s sh

oes?

Fink

el,

Jon.

Gre

ates

t St

ars

of t

he N

BA

: Tim

Dun

can.

Trip

le t

he h

oop,

dou

ble

the

scoo

p in

Cin

e-M

anga

sty

le.

Dun

can

dom

inat

es t

he lo

w p

ost.

Flah

ert

y, M

ike a

nd E

rick

son,

Lar

ry.

Am

eric

an C

hopp

er: A

t Fu

ll Th

rott

le. M

eet

the

Dis

cove

ry C

hann

el’s

Teu

tels

. Th

is is

who

the

y ar

e. T

his

is w

hat

they

do.

Foxw

ort

hy,

Jeff

. Je

ff F

oxw

orth

y’s

Red

neck

Dic

tiona

ry:

Wor

ds Y

ou T

houg

ht Y

ou

Kne

w t

he M

eani

ng O

f. If

you

laug

h at

thi

s bo

ok,

you

mig

ht b

e a

redn

eck.

Fox

wor

thy

brin

gs u

s th

e fu

nny

defin

ition

s fa

mili

ar t

o fa

ns o

f B

lue

Col

lar

Com

edy.

Gan

z, N

icho

las.

Gra

ffiti

Wor

ld: St

reet

Art

fro

m F

ive

Con

tinen

ts. I

s it

art?

Gra

ffiti

art

-is

ts f

rom

aro

und

the

wor

ld t

ake

over

.

Gra

ndbe

rry,

Om

ari.

O.

He

got

serv

ed!

The

life

and

times

of

Om

ario

n in

his

ow

n w

ords

an

d pi

ctur

es.

Haa

b, S

herr

i. T

he H

ip H

andb

ag B

ook:

25

Eas

y-to

-Mak

e To

tes,

Pur

ses,

and

Bag

s. D

IY:

pret

ty p

urse

s an

d cu

te c

arry

-alls

.

Har

t, C

hris

toph

er.

Man

hwa

Man

ia:

How

to

Dra

w K

orea

n C

omic

s. E

xpan

d yo

ur c

om-

ics

horiz

ons.

Hee-J

oon,

Son.

PH

D:

Pha

ntas

y D

egre

e se

ries

. Vo

lum

es 1

–2.

In t

he m

anga

wor

ld o

f D

emon

Sch

ool H

ades

, girl

s ju

st w

anna

be

mon

ster

s.

Hess

, Ja

red

and

Hess

, Je

rush

a. N

apol

eon

Dyn

amite

: The

Com

plet

e Q

uote

Boo

k.

Sw

eeee

eeet

! Fa

vorit

e qu

otes

fro

m t

he n

ew c

ult

clas

sic.

Keys

, A

lici

a.

Tear

s fo

r W

ater

: So

ngbo

ok o

f P

oem

s an

d Ly

rics

. Po

ems

in t

he k

ey

of A

licia

.

3


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Nan

cy.

The

Got

h B

ible

: A

Com

pend

ium

for

the

Dar

kly

Incl

ined

. D

eath

, D

oc M

arte

ns, a

nd t

he d

arke

r si

de o

f go

th.

Kir

kman

, R

obe

rt.

Invi

ncib

le:

The

Ulti

mat

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ContentsIntroduction ................................................................................ 1

How to Use This Guide ................................................................. 2

How to Assemble and Customize the Lists .................................... 3

User Opinion Survey ..................................................................... 4

Background and Criteria ............................................................... 5

The Lists

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award

The Pura Belpré Award

Notable Children’s Books

Notable Children’s Books, bookmarks

Booklist

Editors’ Choice

Top of the List

Top of the List, bookmarks

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

Notable Books

Notable Books, bookmarks

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Alex Awards, bookmarks

Best Books for Young Adults

Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults, bookmarks Outstanding Books for the College Bound and

Lifelong Learners

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, bookmarks

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, bookmarks

Composed by ALA Production Services©2006 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved, except those which may be granted by sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. Permission granted to reproduce for nonprofit educational purposes.Created in the United States of America.

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American Library AssociationALA’s Guide to Best Reading, 2006

ALA’S GUIDE TO BEST READING IN 2006

IntroductionWelcome to the 2006 edition of the American Library Association’s Guide to Best Reading. We hope you find the new electronic, downloadable format convenient and easy to use.

The 2006 edition features a fresh, updated design and has been improved to make brochures and bookmarks more appealing to your library patrons. Bookmarks for children and young adults include fun fonts and clip

art. Nonessential information has been removed to cre-ate cleaner, more streamlined lists. The PDF booklets provide space for your library to customize with your address, Web site URL, and so on. (Instructions on how to assemble and customize the booklets appear on page 3.)

We hope you are pleased with the new ALA’s Guide to Best Reading. We welcome your feedback to help us continue improving this publication. Please take a moment to complete and return the User Opinion Survey on page 4.


How to Use This Guide

PurposeThe American Library Association’s (ALA) Guide to Best Reading in 2006 makes it easy to distribute booklists in large quantities at an affordable price. These annual reading lists for everyone—birth through seniors—may be downloaded and photocopied in any quantity and distributed as brochures and bookmarks. The following lists are available in this publication:

ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN (ALSC)

● The Mildred L. Batchelder Award Books

● The Pura Belpré Award Books

● Notable Children’s Books

BOOKLIST

● Editors’ Choice

● Top of the List

REFERENCE AND USER SERVICES ASSOCIATION (RUSA)

● Notable Books

YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA)

● Alex Awards

● Best Books for Young Adults

● Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

● Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

● Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

● Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults

● Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

These lists will give you the best books published in 2005 as selected by book review editors and librarians from all types of libraries across the country. They spent

the last year reading, evaluating, and ranking the books published during the past year. What you have is a valuable resource for helping readers of all ages select books that they can read and enjoy—books that will make them come back to the library for more.

Audience/MarketThese lists are intended for children, young adults, and adults. Although each is selected for a particular gener-ation, the lists also cross generations. Young adults will find interesting titles on the RUSA Notable Books list and the Booklist Editors’ Choice list. Parents or caregiv-ers will find titles to use with their children on the ALSC Notable Children’s Books list and the Booklist Editors’ Choice list. Children, young adults, and adults will find titles on YALSA’s lists, including Best Books for Young Adults, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Alex Awards, and Outstanding Books for the College Bound that will appeal to them.

Of course, the lists will be of interest to a wider variety of groups than just the age groups. Some of the audi-ences to consider are:

● Individuals (librarians, teachers, parents, caregivers, youth workers, children, and teens)

● Businesses and organizations (national organiza-tions, community-based organizations, schools, book-stores, religious institutions, legislators, and govern-mental agencies)

● Media (newsletters, journals, magazines, Web sites, television, and radio)

ArrangementThe lists are arranged alphabetically by division. If a divi-sion has more than one list, the lists are arranged alpha-betically by the title of the list. The lists themselves are arranged in various ways, including by author, type of book, genre, and age level, and include author, title, and a brief annotation. Since space is limited on the bookmarks, only the author, title, and sometimes a brief annotation or quotation from a reader are given.

AuthorshipThese lists are selected and annotated either by a com-mittee under the auspices of a particular division of ALA or by the Booklist editors. Although the criteria for selec-tion and audience of each list are different, the selec-tors are guided by the overall mission and goal of their division or publication. These missions and goals are listed in the following paragraphs.


ALSCALSC develops and supports the profession of chil-dren’s librarianship by enabling and encouraging its practitioners to provide the best library service to our nation’s children, birth to age fourteen.

BOOKLISTThe primary purpose of Booklist is to provide a guide to current print, audiovisual, and electronic materials worthy of consideration for purchase by small- and medium-sized public libraries and school library media centers. A review in Booklist constitutes a recommendation for library purchase. Booklist also provides readers’-advisory material—retrospective bibliographies as well as other features—for use with and by library patrons.

RUSARUSA is responsible for stimulating and supporting excellence in the delivery of general library services and materials to adults, and the provision of reference and information services, collection development, and resource-sharing for all ages, in every type of library.

YALSAThe goal of YALSA is to advocate, promote, and strengthen service to young adults, ages 12 through 18, as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to this population. For more information, please visit www.ala.org/yalsa.

How to Assemble and Customize the ListsCOPY TK — LEAVE ABOUT THREE GRAPHS WORTH OF SPACE.


User Opinion SurveyThe American Library Association (ALA) wants to know what you think about these downloadable materials. Your prompt response to this survey will help determine how ALA produces and distributes future lists.

If you require more space to reply to the questions, use a separate sheet of paper.

1. Would you purchase this product again in the down-loadable format?

Why?

Why not?

2. Was the amount of customization you were able to do adequate?

Why?

Why not?

3. Did you find the instructions for downloading, cus-tomizing, and assembling the lists easy to follow?

Why?

Why not?

4. Do you have any suggestions on how the instructions could be improved for better clarity?

5. Other comments or suggestions for future editions?

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The Mildred L. Batchelder Award

BackgroundThe Mildred L. Batchelder Award was established in 1966 to encourage international exchange of quality children’s books by recognizing U.S. publishers of such books in translation. It honors Mildred L. Batchelder, whose work for children’s librarianship and literature at the national level for more than three decades has had international and lasting effects.

Criteria1. Focus of attention: Primary attention must be direct-

ed to the text. Picture books should be considered only if the text is substantial and at least as impor-tant as the pictures.

2. Relationship to original work:

A. The translation should be true to the substance (e.g., plot, characterization, setting) and flavor of the original work and should retain the view-point of the author.

B. Reflection of the style of the author and of the original language are assets unless in the trans-lation these reflections result in awkwardness in style or lack of clarity for children.

C. The book should not be unduly Americanized. The book’s reader should be able to sense that the book came from another country.

D. Folk literature is not eligible.

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)Background and Criteria

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3. Quality of the United States Book:

A. The textual qualities to be evaluated will vary depending on the content and type of the book being considered. Each book should be evalu-ated only on the elements pertinent to it. These include: interpretation of the theme or concept; presentation of information including accuracy, clarity, and organization; development of plot; delineation of characters; and appropriateness of style

B. In all cases, committee members must consider the book’s manner of presentation for and the potential appeal to a child audience.

C. Aspects of the overall design of the book should be considered when they significantly enhance or detract from the text, thus making the book more or less effective as a children’s book. Such aspects might include illustration, typeface, layout, book jacket, and so on.

D. In some children’s books, illustrations are important. In considering such a book, consid-eration should be given to the retention of the original illustrator’s work in the U.S. edition.

The Pura Belpré Award

BackgroundThe Pura Belpré Award, given biennially, was estab-lished in 1996 by ALSC and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA). It is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best por-trays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experi-ence in an outstanding work of literature for children. It is named for Pura Belpré, storyteller, author, and the first Latina librarian from the New York Public Library.

Criteria for Text1. In identifying the author of an outstanding book for

children, in addition to looking for an accurate and positive portrayal of the Latino culture, the com-mittee members need to consider the following: interpretation of the theme or concept; presentation of information including accuracy, clarity, and orga-nization; development of a plot; delineation of char-acters; delineation of setting; and appropriateness

of style. Note: Committee members must consider excellence of presentation for a child audience.

2. In considering a book, the committee is to make its decision primarily on the text. Other aspects of a book are to be considered only if they distract from the text. Such other aspects might include illustra-tions, overall design of the book, and so on.

3. The book must be a self-contained entity, not depen-dent on other media, such as digital, sound, or film equipment, for its enjoyment.

4. The committee should keep in mind that the award is for both literary quality and presentation for chil-dren, as well as for its portrayal of the Latino cul-tural experience.

5. Particular attention will be paid to cultural authenticity.

Criteria for Illustrations1. In identifying the illustrator of an outstanding picture

book for children, committee members need to con-sider the following: excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed; excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; appropri-ateness of style of illustration to the story, theme, or concept; delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood, or information through the pictures; positive and authentic portrayal of Latino culture; and excellence of presentation for a child audience.

2. The only limitation to graphic form is that the form must be one that may be used in a picture book. The book must be a self-contained entity, not depen-dent on other media, such as digital, sound, or film equipment, for its enjoyment.

3. Each book is to be considered as a picture book. The committee is to make its decision primarily on the illustration. Other components of a book are to be considered, especially when they make a book less effective as a children’s picture book. Such other components might include the written text, the overall design of the book, and so on.

4. The committee should keep in mind that the award is for distinguished illustrations in a picture book, for excellence of pictorial presentation for children, and for the positive portrayal of the Latino cultural heritage.

5. Particular attention will be paid to cultural authenticity.


Notable Children’s Books, 2006

BackgroundThis 2006 list was compiled and annotated by ALSC’s Notable Children’s Books Committee. Librarians throughout the United States helped select these titles from the several thousand children’s books published during 2005.

CriteriaNotable is defined as “worthy of note or notice, impor-tant, distinguished, outstanding.” As applied to children’s books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, informa-tion, poetry, and pictures for all age levels (through age 14) that reflect and encourage children’s interests in exemplary ways. The list includes the annual Newbery,

Caldecott, Geisel, Belpré, Sibert, and Batchelder Award and Honor Books. The evaluative criteria are:

● Literary quality

● Originality of text and illustration

● Clarity and style of language

● Excellence of illustration

● Excellence of design and format

● Subject matter of interest and value to children

● The likelihood of acceptance by children

Editors’ Choice

BackgroundThe Booklist editorial staff began choosing the best books of the year in 1980. Originally called Reviewers’ Choice, the title changed to Editors’ Choice in the mid-1980s.

CriteriaADULT BOOKSThe titles selected by the Booklist Adult Books staff as Editors’ Choice represent the year’s outstanding adult books, published in 2005, for public library collections.

The scope is intentionally broad, seeking to include books of outstanding literary, aesthetic, and intellectual appeal as well as notable titles reflecting popular inter-ests and recreational functions.

ADULT BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTSSelected by Booklist’s Books for Youth editorial staff, the adult books for young adults Editors’ Choice list contains the year’s best adult trade books, published in 2005, for teenagers’ personal reading. Selections are evaluated on the basis of outstanding literary criteria but also reflect the wide disparity of maturity levels, interests, and reading abilities among high-school- age youth.

BooklistBackground and Criteria

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BOOKS FOR YOUTHThe Books for Youth Editors’ Choice list includes titles published in 2005 for young people from preschool through high school. The selections, made by the Booklist Books for Youth editorial staff, are arranged in three groups:

● Older Readers encompasses the junior-high and high-school ages

● Middle Readers extends from grades four to six (including first chapter books for younger readers)

● The Young covers preschool through grade three

The titles appearing on this list reflect what the edi-tors believe are the previous year’s best fiction, nonfic-tion, and picture books for youth. Criteria include plot, characterization, pace, style, theme, setting, tone, and point of view for fiction and picture-book stories; color, line, shape, texture, composition, format, and graphic harmony with the story for picture-book art; and clarity, accuracy, organization, currency, style, and authority for nonfiction. Even more important than these structural qualities is the elusive but dynamic impact that can elevate even a flawed book to a place of distinction because it has grabbed and shaken the reader with its energy and originality.

REFERENCE SOURCESThe titles on the Reference Sources Editors’ Choice list are chosen by the editor of Reference Books Bulletin

(RBB), with suggestions from the RBB Editorial Board and contributing reviewers. All of the picks exemplify some of the qualities of an outstanding reference work. Some are major additions to scholarship in their field. Others fill a gap, offer a fresh perspective, or open up a topic to a new audience. All do well what reference sources do best—gathering and organizing information and presenting it in an attractive as well as useful way. Titles were reviewed in RBB from February 2005 through January 2006.

Top of the List

BackgroundTop of the List, in which Booklist editors choose the best single book or media product in eight catego-ries, was added to Editors’ Choice in 1991. Six Top of the List categories are included in ALA’s Guide to Best Reading. They are Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Youth Fiction, Youth Nonfiction, Youth Picture Book, and Reference Source.

CriteriaThe same criteria used to pick the Editors’ Choice list are applied to Top of the List, though the field must be narrowed to one title in each of the six categories that appear in this publication.

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Notable Books, 2006

BackgroundThe Notable Books lists evolved from an activity spon-sored by ALA’s Lending Round Table in 1944. Since then the selection of a list of notable or outstanding books of the year has been carried out in a variety of ways and under various auspices. Currently the titles are selected by RUSA’s Notable Books Council.

CriteriaThe annual list of Notable Books is compiled for use by the general reader and librarians who work with adult readers. The titles have been selected for their signifi-

cant contribution to the expansion of knowledge or for the pleasure they can provide to readers.

● A book may be selected as notable for at least one, and preferably more than one, of the following reasons: it possesses exceptional literary merit; it expands the horizons of human knowledge; it makes a specialized body of knowledge accessible to the non-specialist; it promises to contribute significantly to the solution of a contemporary problem; and it presents a unique concept.

● Each book will be considered in relation to the gen-eral adult reader. Books of limited interest and books requiring highly specialized knowledge for their use

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)Background and Criteria


will not be eligible. Books will not be excluded on the basis of their unsuitability for younger readers.

● Each book shall have been published between December 1 of the preceding year and November 30 of the current year. In case of doubt, the actual date of publication shall be verified by a letter from the publisher indicating the exact date of publication or some other reliable bibliographic source. Forecast date for publication will not be accepted.

● The books selected will be limited to titles published in the United States, but may include translations from other languages or editions previously pub-lished in a foreign country.

● Materials previously published in periodical form, revised or extended editions, or anthologies that have drawn together from portions of previous publi-cations may be included.

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Alex Awards, 2006

BackgroundThe Alex Awards have been given annually, beginning in 1998, to ten adult books that will be enjoyed by young adults ages twelve through eighteen. The titles are selected by YALSA’s Alex Awards Committee from the previous year’s publishing. The awards honor Margaret Alexander “Alex” Edwards, a pioneer in library services to young adults.

Criteria● Published in previous calendar year

● Marketed primarily to adults

● Can come from genres that have special appeal to young adults

● Have strong potential for teen appeal

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)Background and Criteria


● Are well-written and highly readable

● Can be either fiction or fact

Best Books for Young Adults, 2006

BackgroundThis list started in 1930 under the auspices of the School Libraries Section of ALA. The responsibility for producing the list has changed several times as has the title. At this time the list is the responsibility of YALSA.

CriteriaThe purpose of the list is to select from the year’s pub-lications significant adult and young adult books and to annotate the selected titles. It is a general list of fiction and nonfiction titles selected for their proven or potential appeal to the personal reading tastes of the young adult.

● Titles should incorporate acceptable literary quality and effectiveness of presentation

● Standard selection criteria consistent with the ALA Library Bill of Rights are applied

● The fiction should have characterization and dialogue believable within the context of the story

● Nonfiction should have an appealing format and a readable text

● Although the list attempts to present a variety of reading tastes and levels, no effort will be made to balance the list according to subject or area of interest

Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

BackgroundOutstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners (OBCB) lists are a set of genre-focused lists produced by YALSA since 1959. Each of the lists was selected by a different committee, and each committee

used different criteria. The criteria continues to evolve, and throughout the years, committee members have wrestled with these three basic questions: What makes a book outstanding? Who can say it is outstanding? Who are the college bound? A revised version of the OBCB list is published approximately every five years.

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2006

BackgroundPopular Paperbacks has evolved from an earlier attempt to identify and recommend paperback editions of books that appeal to young adults. This list is produced by YALSA.

CriteriaThe purpose of these lists is to encourage young adults to read for pleasure by presenting to them lists of popu-lar or topical titles that are widely available in paperback and represent a broad variety of accessible themes and genres. Each year the committee will determine the number of lists (up to five) and the genre for each list. The selected genres may have additional criteria to guide selection.

● Titles must be in print and available in paperback

● Both young adult and adult titles may be considered

● Popularity is more important than literary quality

● Both fiction and nonfiction may be considered

● Copyright dates are not a consideration

● A book that has appeared on a previous Popular Paperbacks Reading list can be selected after five years have passed since it last appeared on this list.

● Standard selection criteria consistent with the ALA Library Bill of Rights shall be applied

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2006

BackgroundIn 1980, the Young Adult Services Division published the High-Interest Low-Reading Level Booklist. The books


on the list were for the reluctant teenage reader and had been given the designation Hi/Lo by their publish-ers. In 1987, the name of the list was changed to Recommended Books for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader and again, in 1993, to Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. This list is produced by YALSA.

CriteriaThe list is for young adults who, for whatever reason, do not like to read. Its purpose is to identify titles for recre-ational reading, not for curricular or remedial use.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

● Cover (catchy, action-oriented, attractive, appealing, good blurb)

● Print style (sufficiently large for enjoyable reading)

● Format (appropriate and appealing balance of text and white space)

● Artwork and illustrations (enticing, realistic, demon-strating diversity)

FICTION

● High-interest “hook” in the first ten pages

● Well-defined characters

● Sufficient plot to sustain interest

● Plot lines developed through dialog and action

● Familiar themes with emotional appeal for teenagers

● Believable treatment

● Single point of view

● Touches of humor when appropriate

● Chronological order

STYLE

● Clear writing that easily communicates without long, convoluted sentences or sophisticated vocabulary

● Acceptable literary quality and effectiveness of presentation

● Simple vocabulary but not noticeably controlled

INFORMATIONAL BOOKS

● Technical language acceptable if defined in context

● Accuracy

● Objectivity

Top 10 Lists, 2006

BackgroundThe Top 10 lists appeared for the first time in 1996 and are the top ten vote-getters from Best Books and Quick Picks. These lists are produced by YALSA.

CriteriaThe criteria for Best Books for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers are used for the Top 10 lists.


ALSCALSC develops and supports the profession of chil-dren’s librarianship by enabling and encouraging its practitioners to provide the best library service to our nation’s children, birth to age fourteen.

BOOKLISTThe primary purpose of Booklist is to provide a guide to current print, audiovisual, and electronic materials worthy of consideration for purchase by small- and medium-sized public libraries and school library media centers. A review in Booklist constitutes a recommendation for library purchase. Booklist also provides readers’-advisory material—retrospective bibliographies as well as other features—for use with and by library patrons.

RUSARUSA is responsible for stimulating and supporting excellence in the delivery of general library services and materials to adults, and the provision of reference and information services, collection development, and resource-sharing for all ages, in every type of library.

YALSAThe goal of YALSA is to advocate, promote, and strengthen service to young adults, ages 12 through 18, as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to this population. For more information, please visit www.ala.org/yalsa.

How to Assemble and Customize the Lists

Add Your Library IdentityThere are several ways you can customize brochures with your library’s information.

● Place your library name, contact information, or logo (using sticker, label, rubber stamp, or other such methods) on the front or back page (or wherever else space allows) of a brochure before making copies.

● The PDF of each brochure has text on its front page that you can customize with your library’s informa-tion using Adobe Reader 6.0. If you do not wish to customize, you can simply delete the default text information that appears on each brochure. While you will be able to edit the text within the brochure using Adobe Reader and print brochures with your customized information, Adobe Reader 6.0 does not allow you to save those changes to the PDF.

Printing and Copying Brochures and Bookmarks

All brochures and bookmarks are contained in one PDF file. For the brochures, each 8.5" by 11" page of the PDF contains two pages of a brochure. Each brochure is paginated separately, and the pages will print off on your computer’s printer in the proper order for assem-bling and copying. Please be sure to keep the pages of each brochure in the exact order and facing in the direc-tion that they are in when coming out of the printer. No cutting or pasting is required. Using a photocopier that can make two-sided copies, choose the option of one-sided originals copying to two-sided copies and start the job. Fold the copies together.

If you do not plan to make copies of all the bookmarks and brochures contained in the PDF, you can choose to print only a select number of the PDF pages by using the Print menu that falls under “File” on the pull-down menu at the top of the computer screen (when you have the PDF open).


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tha

t cl

ear

up s

ever

al m

yths

—ac

tual

ly o

utrig

ht

dece

ptio

ns—

perp

etua

ted

abou

t M

ao.

Delb

anco

, A

ndre

w.

Mel

ville

: H

is W

orld

and

Wor

k. A

void

ing

exte

nsiv

e ps

ycho

logi

cal

anal

ysis

, D

elba

nco

limns

the

his

toric

al-li

tera

ry c

onne

ctio

ns b

ehin

d H

erm

an M

elvi

lle’s

gr

eate

st w

orks

(in

Sen

ator

Joh

n C

. C

alho

un, M

elvi

lle f

ound

a m

odel

for

Cap

tain

Aha

b).

An

enlig

hten

ing

cros

s-di

scip

linar

y ap

proa

ch t

o th

e lif

e of

an

Amer

ican

lite

rary

gia

nt.

Gor

don,

Cha

rlot

te.

Mis

tres

s B

rads

tree

t: Th

e U

ntol

d Li

fe o

f A

mer

ica’

s Fi

rst

Poe

t. To

te

ll th

e st

ory

of A

mer

ica’

s fir

st b

est-s

ellin

g au

thor

, Gor

don

delv

ed d

eepl

y in

to th

e fa

scin

atin

g,

too-

little

-kno

wn

anna

ls o

f se

vent

eent

h-ce

ntur

y do

mes

ticity

as

wel

l as

Pur

itan

polit

ics

and

soci

ety.

Lim

ning

Ann

e B

rads

tree

t, sh

e br

ings

ear

ly c

olon

ial M

assa

chus

etts

to

vibr

ant

life.

Lesl

ey,

Cra

ig.

Bur

ning

Fen

ce: A

Wes

tern

Mem

oir

of F

athe

rhoo

d. I

n hi

s fir

st m

emoi

r, no

velis

t Le

sley

com

es t

o te

rms

with

his

lar

ger-t

han-

life,

lar

gely

abs

ent

fath

er—

and

how

th

at t

roub

led

bloo

dlin

e in

fluen

ced

his

own

diff

icul

t jo

urne

y as

a d

ad.

The

evoc

atio

n of

ea

ster

n O

rego

n in

the

1950s

is a

s ra

w a

nd r

eal a

s a

Spr

ings

teen

son

g.

Mar

rs, S

uza

nne. E

udor

a W

elty

. The

nee

d fo

r a

com

preh

ensi

ve, c

ompa

ssio

nate

bio

grap

hy

of m

uch-

love

d so

uthe

rn s

hort

-sto

ry w

riter

and

nov

elis

t Wel

ty is

fille

d by

this

str

aigh

tfor

war

d an

d un

embe

llish

ed t

itle,

whi

ch s

olid

ly e

stab

lishe

s th

e lif

e re

cord

of

a m

ajor

writ

er.

Mar

tins

on,

Debo

rah.

Lill

ian

Hel

lman

: A L

ife w

ith F

oxes

and

Sco

undr

els.

Pla

ywrig

ht

and

mem

oiris

t H

ellm

an w

as a

s co

ntro

vers

ial

as s

he w

as a

ccom

plis

hed,

and

Mar

tinso

n is

th

e fir

st t

o te

ll th

e w

hole

sto

ry o

f H

ellm

an’s

com

plex

and

rad

ical

life

, from

her

dem

andi

ng

tem

pera

men

t to

her

gut

sy p

oliti

cs a

nd le

gend

ary

rela

tions

hip

with

Das

hiel

l Ham

met

t.

Moehr

inge

r, J.

R.

The

Tend

er B

ar.

Moe

hrin

ger,

rais

ed p

oor

by h

is m

elan

chol

y m

othe

r, lo

oked

for

mal

e ro

le m

odel

s w

here

ver

he c

ould

fin

d th

em—

ofte

n am

ong

the

regu

lars

at

a M

anha

sset

, Lo

ng I

slan

d, b

ar t

hat

soun

ds a

bit

like

Che

ers

with

sw

earin

g. F

unny

, ho

nest

, an

d in

sigh

tful

.

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oo

le, P

atri

cia.

Whe

n Tr

umpe

ts C

all:

Theo

dore

Roo

seve

lt af

ter

the

Whi

te H

ouse

.W

hat

Tedd

y R

oose

velt

did

afte

r he

left

the

Whi

te H

ouse

, whi

ch h

e di

d at

a r

elat

ivel

y yo

ung

age,

is g

iven

a w

ell-r

esea

rche

d an

d ex

citin

gly

writ

ten

answ

er in

thi

s ac

coun

t of

a m

an w

ho

poss

esse

d to

o m

uch

ener

gy, a

ttitu

de, a

nd e

go t

o be

a t

ruly

effec

tive

ex-p

resi

dent

.

Ro

dge

rs,

Mar

ion.

Men

cken

: The

Am

eric

an I

cono

clas

t. W

ith o

bvio

us a

ffec

tion

for

her

subj

ect,

acce

ss t

o un

tapp

ed s

ourc

es,

and

inte

rvie

ws

with

H.

L. M

enck

en’s

frie

nds

and

enem

ies,

Rod

gers

off

ers

a co

mpl

etel

y ab

sorb

ing

look

at

the

“bad

boy

of

Bal

timor

e,”

who

gr

ew t

o in

tern

atio

nal f

ame

and

influ

ence

.

Se

th,

Vik

ram

. Tw

o Li

ves.

Ind

ian

auth

or S

eth

brin

gs t

he a

tten

tion

to a

tmos

pher

ic d

etai

l an

d nu

ance

of

char

acte

r pr

esen

t in

his

hug

ely

popu

lar

nove

l Sui

tabl

e B

oy (

1993)

to t

his

deep

ly e

ngag

ing

dual

bio

grap

hy o

f hi

s gr

eat-u

ncle

and

gre

at-a

unt.

Sha

piro

, Ja

me

s. A

Yea

r in

the

Life

of

Will

iam

Sha

kesp

eare

. In

1599 E

ngla

nd s

aw

rebe

llion

in

Irela

nd,

anot

her

Spa

nish

inv

asio

n sc

are,

sev

ere

pres

s ce

nsor

ship

, fo

rmat

ion

of t

he E

ast

Indi

a C

ompa

ny,

and

Hen

ry V

, Ju

lius

Cae

sar, a

nd A

s Yo

u Li

ke I

t by

the

Glo

be

Thea

ter’s

res

iden

t pl

ayw

right

, w

ho w

as w

ritin

g H

amle

t fo

r ne

xt y

ear.

A w

onde

rful

boo

k ab

out

a w

onde

r-fill

ed y

ear.

Wo

rthe

n, J

ohn

. D

. H

. La

wre

nce:

The

Life

of

an O

utsi

der.

Usi

ng a

s a

unify

ing

them

e La

wre

nce’

s pe

rpet

ual s

tatu

s as

an

outs

ider

, bot

h in

wor

king

-cla

ss N

ottin

gham

shire

and

in

the

Engl

ish

liter

ary

wor

ld, W

orth

en g

ives

us

the

full

swee

p of

thi

s gr

ound

brea

king

writ

er’s

ut

terly

unc

onve

ntio

nal,

ofte

n to

rtur

ous,

and

occ

asio

nally

rha

psod

ic li

fe.

His

tory

Bu

ck,

Rin

ker.

Sha

ne C

omes

Hom

e. M

arin

e Fi

rst

Lieu

tena

nt S

hane

Chi

lder

s, s

o de

di-

cate

d an

d in

tens

e th

at h

e co

uld

be a

larm

ing,

bec

ame

the

first

Am

eric

an c

omba

t fa

talit

y of

the

pre

sent

war

in

Iraq.

Gift

ed w

ith a

gen

ius

for

char

acte

rizat

ion,

Buc

k m

akes

Sha

ne

just

one

of

the

man

y ex

trao

rdin

ary

peop

le in

volv

ed in

his

his

toric

hom

ecom

ing.

Feld

man

, N

oah

. D

ivid

ed b

y G

od:

Am

eric

a’s

Chu

rch-

Stat

e P

robl

em a

nd W

hat

We

Shou

ld D

o ab

out

It. B

efor

e su

gges

ting

that

the

Firs

t Am

endm

ent’s

rel

igio

n cl

ause

s be

en

forc

ed u

tter

ly s

trai

ghtf

orw

ardl

y—no

pub

lic f

undi

ng o

f ch

urch

-rela

ted

activ

ities

and

no

hind

erin

g of

rel

igio

us e

xpre

ssio

n in

pub

lic—

Feld

man

inv

alua

bly

surv

eys

the

reci

proc

al

wav

es o

f re

ligio

us r

eviv

al a

nd s

ecul

aris

m d

urin

g 2

16

yea

rs o

f U

.S.

hist

ory.

Flo

od,

Charl

es

Bra

cele

n.

Gra

nt a

nd S

herm

an:

The

Frie

ndsh

ip T

hat

Won

the

C

ivil

War

. Tw

o m

en w

ho w

ere

rem

arka

ble

failu

res

as c

ivili

ans

used

the

ir W

est

Poin

t ba

ckgr

ound

s to

rej

oin

the

arm

y du

ring

the

Civ

il W

ar.

In t

his

win

ning

boo

k, t

he a

utho

r un

ders

core

s th

e po

wer

ful b

ond

betw

een

Gen

eral

s G

rant

and

She

rman

and

tel

ls t

he s

tory

of

a f

riend

ship

tha

t in

fluen

ced

the

oper

atio

ns o

f th

e w

ar.

Go

odw

in, D

ori

s K

ear

ns. T

eam

of

Riv

als:

The

Pol

itica

l G

eniu

s of

Abr

aham

Lin

coln

. Li

ncol

n, “

com

ing

from

now

here

,” b

eat

his

chie

f co

nten

ders

for

the

Dem

ocra

tic n

omin

atio

n in

186

0, a

nd t

hen,

whe

n he

wen

t on

to

win

the

pre

side

ncy, b

uilt

an e

ffec

tive

cabi

net

from

th

ese

form

er r

ival

s.

Lepo

re,

Jill.

New

Yor

k B

urni

ng:

Libe

rty,

Sla

very

, an

d C

onsp

irac

y in

Eig

htee

nth-

Cen

tury

Man

hatt

an. F

ear

of a

sla

ve r

evol

t co

nvul

sed

New

Yor

k C

ity in

1741, a

nd L

epor

e an

alyz

es t

he c

ours

e of

eve

nts

in a

ste

llar

narr

ativ

e th

at e

xpla

ins

lega

l int

ricac

ies

even

as

it vi

vifie

s th

e an

xiet

y rip

plin

g ac

ross

the

city

. A

sear

ing

wor

k of

his

toric

al s

chol

arsh

ip.

4

Ency

clop

edia

of

Rac

ism

in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es. 3

v. E

d. b

y Py

ong

Gap

Min

. N

o ot

her

refe

r-en

ce s

ourc

e de

als

with

rac

ism

as

com

preh

ensi

vely

as

this

one

, w

hich

cov

ers

the

topi

c fr

om t

he la

te e

ight

eent

h ce

ntur

y to

the

pre

sent

. In

add

ition

to

clea

rly w

ritte

n en

trie

s, t

his

mul

tidis

cipl

inar

y se

t co

ntai

ns a

var

iety

of

prim

ary

docu

men

ts.

Ency

clop

edia

of

Rel

igio

n. 2

d ed

. 15v.

Ed.

by

Lind

say

Jone

s. W

hen

the

Ency

clop

edia

of

Rel

igio

n w

as p

ublis

hed

in 1

987 u

nder

the

edi

tors

hip

of M

ircea

Elia

de, it

was

hai

led

as a

br

eakt

hrou

gh.

Whi

le n

ot d

epar

ting

sign

ifica

ntly

fro

m i

ts p

rede

cess

or,

the

seco

nd e

ditio

n co

ntai

ns a

dded

top

ics,

upd

ates

, an

d re

visi

ons

that

ref

lect

bot

h re

cent

eve

nts

and

rece

nt

tren

ds in

sch

olar

ship

. A fi

ne e

xam

ple

of k

eepi

ng a

land

mar

k re

fere

nce

sour

ce a

live,

rat

her

than

allo

win

g it

to b

e ov

erta

ken

by n

ew d

evel

opm

ents

and

new

ins

ight

s. (

Top

of t

he L

ist

win

ner—

Ref

eren

ce S

ourc

e.)

Ency

clop

edia

of

Scie

nce,

Tec

hnol

ogy,

and

Eth

ics.

4v.

Ed.

by

Car

l M

itcha

m.

A re

fres

hing

sy

nthe

sis

of i

ssue

s sp

anni

ng m

ore

disc

iplin

es t

han

the

title

wou

ld a

t fir

st i

ndic

ate,

thi

s tim

ely

wor

k pr

ovid

es a

sup

erb

intr

oduc

tion

to a

var

iety

of

topi

cs r

elat

ed t

o th

e m

oral

di

men

sion

s of

alm

ost

ever

y co

ncei

vabl

e ar

ea o

f et

hics

in

scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy—

and

beyo

nd.

Ency

clop

edia

of T

elev

isio

n. 2

d ed

. 4v.

Ed.

by

Hor

ace

New

com

b. W

hen

the

first

edi

tion

was

pu

blis

hed

in 1

997,

it w

as g

reet

ed b

y hi

ghly

fav

orab

le r

evie

ws.

With

a s

igni

fican

t am

ount

of

new

mat

eria

l as

wel

l as

subs

tant

ial r

evis

ion

and

upda

ting,

the

sec

ond

editi

on u

phol

ds

its c

laim

to

be t

he m

ost

com

preh

ensi

ve a

nd u

p-to

-dat

e co

mpe

ndiu

m o

n te

levi

sion

bro

ad-

cast

ing.

The

Ency

clop

edia

of

Wor

ld W

ar I

I: A

Pol

itica

l, So

cial

, and

Mili

tary

His

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. 5v.

Ed.

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ncer

C.

Tuck

er.

Ove

rsee

n by

Tuc

ker,

edito

r of

the

aw

ard-

win

ning

Enc

yclo

pedi

a of

the

Vi

etna

m W

ar (

1998)

amon

g ot

her

title

s, t

his

wor

k pr

ovid

es a

n in

tern

atio

nal

pers

pect

ive

on p

eopl

e; k

ey b

attle

s, c

ampa

igns

, an

d ev

ents

; m

ilita

ry e

quip

men

t an

d st

rate

gy;

and

othe

r to

pics

rel

ated

to

Wor

ld W

ar II,

and

also

she

ds li

ght

on t

he w

ar’s

impa

ct o

n po

stw

ar

soci

ety.

The

Fift

ies

in A

mer

ica.

3v.

Ed.

by

John

Sup

er.

For

an a

udie

nce

of g

ener

al r

eade

rs a

nd

stud

ents

, th

is s

et s

eeks

to

surv

ey t

he e

vent

s an

d pe

ople

in

both

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

and

Can

ada

durin

g th

e ye

ars

1950–5

9.

Info

rmat

ion

is p

rese

nted

in t

he p

ublis

her’s

tra

dem

ark

acce

ssib

le a

nd e

asily

dig

este

d st

yle,

com

bini

ng q

uick

fac

t su

mm

arie

s w

ith i

n-de

pth

essa

ys.

The

Gal

e En

cycl

oped

ia o

f C

hild

ren’

s H

ealth

: In

fanc

y th

roug

h A

dole

scen

ce. 4

v. E

d. b

y K

ristin

e K

rapp

and

Jef

frey

Wils

on.

A cu

rren

t, co

mpr

ehen

sive

res

ourc

e w

ritte

n sp

ecifi

cally

ab

out

dise

ases

, con

ditio

ns, a

nd o

ther

hea

lth is

sues

aff

ectin

g ch

ildre

n is

a w

elco

me

addi

-tio

n to

libr

ary

colle

ctio

ns.

The

Gre

enw

ood

Libr

ary

of A

mer

ican

War

Rep

ortin

g. 8

v. E

d. b

y D

avid

A.

Cop

elan

d.

Beg

inni

ng i

n 1753 a

nd e

ndin

g in

Apr

il 2004 w

ith p

hoto

grap

hs d

epic

ting

the

mis

trea

t-m

ent

of I

raqi

pris

oner

s at

Abu

Ghr

aib,

the

se v

olum

es o

ffer

prim

ary

docu

men

ts,

mai

nly

new

spap

er a

nd m

agaz

ine

artic

les

and

radi

o an

d te

levi

sion

tra

nscr

ipts

. In

disp

ensa

ble

to

the

stud

y of

war

rep

ortin

g an

d th

e m

ost

defin

itive

, up-

to-d

ate

refe

renc

e w

ork

avai

labl

e on

th

e su

bjec

t.

His

tori

cal

Fict

ion:

A G

uide

to

the

Gen

re.

By

Sar

ah L

. Jo

hnso

n. T

his

new

ent

ry i

n th

e pu

blis

her’s

Gen

refle

ctin

g Ad

viso

ry s

erie

s co

vers

his

toric

al f

ictio

n in

all

its m

any

form

s,

defin

ing

the

genr

e an

d an

alyz

ing

its a

ppea

l to

hel

p lib

raria

ns b

ette

r un

ders

tand

wha

t dr

aws

read

ers.

An

esse

ntia

l too

l for

dev

elop

ing

colle

ctio

ns a

nd a

dvis

ing

patr

ons.

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Bio

grap

hica

l Enc

yclo

pedi

a of

Art

ists

. 4v.

Ed.

by

Law

renc

e G

owin

g.

Fact

s O

n Fi

le E

ncyc

lope

dia

of A

rt. 5

v. E

d. b

y La

wre

nce

Gow

ing.

The

se fin

e co

mpa

nion

set

s fil

l a g

ap in

the

art

ref

eren

ce c

olle

ctio

n by

pro

vidi

ng A

–Z a

cces

s no

t fo

und

in s

tand

ard

art

hist

ory

surv

eys,

and

use

r-frie

ndly

feat

ures

, inc

ludi

ng a

wea

lth o

f col

or il

lust

ratio

ns, m

issi

ng

from

the

mag

iste

rial G

rove

Dic

tiona

ry o

f Art

.

Bla

ck W

omen

in A

mer

ica.

2d

ed.

3v.

Ed.

by

Dar

lene

Cla

rk H

ine.

The

re h

as b

een

an e

xplo

-si

on in

sch

olar

ship

abo

ut b

lack

wom

en s

ince

the

firs

t ed

ition

of

this

land

mar

k re

fere

nce

wor

k w

as p

ublis

hed

in 1

99

3.

In t

he s

econ

d ed

ition

, cov

erag

e ha

s be

en e

xten

ded

thro

ugh

2004, a

nd n

ew k

now

ledg

e is

ref

lect

ed in

the

man

y en

trie

s th

at h

ave

been

add

ed, r

estr

uc-

ture

d, o

r re

vise

d.

Ency

clop

edia

Lat

ina:

His

tory

, C

ultu

re,

and

Soci

ety

in t

he U

nite

d St

ates

. 4v.

Ed.

by

Ilan

Sta

vans

. As

the

nam

e im

plie

s, t

his

impr

essi

ve e

ncyc

lope

dia

expl

ores

the

man

y ro

les

Latin

os h

ave

play

ed in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

Its

broa

d hi

stor

ical

sw

eep

and

mul

tidis

cipl

inar

y co

vera

ge m

ake

it an

ind

ispe

nsab

le r

efer

ence

res

ourc

e fo

r co

llect

ions

ser

ving

Lat

ino

popu

latio

ns.

Ency

clop

edia

of

Afr

ican

His

tory

. 3

v. E

d. b

y K

evin

Shi

lling

ton.

In

the

mos

t in

-dep

th r

efer

-en

ce w

ork

on t

he h

isto

ry o

f th

e co

ntin

ent

as a

who

le, a

third

of

the

mat

ter

is d

evot

ed t

o an

cien

t Af

rica

thro

ugh

the

eigh

teen

th c

entu

ry,

whi

le t

he r

emai

nder

det

ails

the

his

tory

of

each

reg

ion

and

mod

ern

stat

e fr

om t

he n

inet

eent

h ce

ntur

y to

the

rec

ent

past

.

Ency

clop

edia

of

Dis

abili

ty. 5

v. E

d. b

y G

ary

L. A

lbre

cht.

A b

road

ran

ge o

f in

terd

isci

plin

ary

cove

rage

dis

tingu

ishe

s th

is s

et, w

hich

was

des

igne

d to

pre

sent

to

both

the

gen

eral

rea

der

and

spec

ialis

t “c

urre

nt k

now

ledg

e an

d ex

perie

nce

with

dis

abili

ty a

cros

s a

wid

e va

riety

of

plac

es,

cond

ition

s, a

nd c

ultu

res.

” Th

e co

llect

ion

of d

ocum

ents

in

volu

me

5 i

s th

e fir

st

com

pila

tion

of d

isab

ility

-rela

ted

prim

ary-

sour

ce m

ater

ial.

Ency

clop

edia

of

Gen

ocid

e an

d C

rim

es a

gain

st H

uman

ity. 3

v. E

d. b

y D

inah

L.

She

lton.

Ev

ery

cont

inen

t an

d lik

ely

ever

y pe

ople

hav

e ha

d th

eir

shar

e of

crim

es a

gain

st h

uman

ity,

and

whi

le t

he i

mpa

ct o

f th

e N

azi

Hol

ocau

st d

rives

muc

h of

thi

s w

ork,

the

edi

toria

l te

am

has

cast

its

net

wid

e to

cre

ate

an o

utst

andi

ng c

ompr

ehen

sive

sou

rceb

ook

that

will

be

the

stan

dard

res

ourc

e fo

r m

any

year

s.

The

Ency

clop

edia

of N

ew E

ngla

nd. E

d. b

y B

urt Fe

intu

ch a

nd D

avid

H. W

atte

rs. T

he s

ix N

ew

Engl

and

stat

es s

hare

a s

tron

g re

gion

al c

hara

cter

, and

thi

s en

cycl

oped

ia u

ses

a th

emat

ic

appr

oach

to

expl

ore

both

the

ir si

mila

ritie

s an

d th

eir

differ

ence

s. A

s w

ith m

any

othe

r st

ate

and

regi

onal

enc

yclo

pedi

as, t

he v

olum

e w

as h

eavi

ly u

nder

writ

ten,

mak

ing

it a

subs

tant

ial

wor

k th

at c

omes

at

a ba

rgai

n pr

ice.

The

Ency

clop

edia

of

New

Yor

k St

ate.

Ed.

by

Pete

r Ei

sens

tadt

and

Lau

ra-E

ve M

oss.

Sev

en

year

s fr

om id

ea t

o fr

uitio

n an

d su

ppor

ted

with

maj

or g

rant

s fr

om t

he N

atio

nal E

ndow

men

t fo

r th

e H

uman

ities

and

the

New

Yor

k S

tate

Leg

isla

ture

, thi

s am

bitio

us p

roje

ct is

a d

efin

ite

succ

ess.

In

addi

tion

to t

he b

read

th o

f co

vera

ge,

ther

e is

a s

peci

ficity

and

dep

th t

o th

e w

ritin

g th

at a

re n

ot o

ften

fou

nd in

a s

ubje

ct e

ncyc

lope

dia.

Ency

clop

edia

of

Nor

th A

mer

ican

Im

mig

ratio

n. B

y Jo

hn P

owel

l. Fi

ve h

undr

ed y

ears

of

imm

igra

tion

hist

ory

is a

big

sub

ject

to

cove

r in

one

vol

ume,

mad

e ev

en b

igge

r he

re b

y th

e in

clus

ion

of C

anad

a. B

ut t

he C

anad

a-re

late

d co

nten

t re

ally

add

s va

lue,

sup

port

ing

a m

ore

glob

al p

ersp

ectiv

e an

d m

akin

g th

e vo

lum

e eq

ually

use

ful

in l

ibra

ries

in C

anad

a an

d th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s—a

stat

emen

t th

at c

an b

e m

ade

abou

t fe

w r

efer

ence

boo

ks.

16

Man

n, C

harl

es

C.

14

91

: N

ew R

evel

atio

ns o

f th

e A

mer

icas

bef

ore

Col

umbu

s.

Sci

ence

jour

nalis

t M

ann

prov

es a

udac

ious

as

a su

rvey

or o

f pr

e-C

olum

bian

his

tory

. H

e ha

d to

mas

ter

an i

mpr

essi

ve b

read

th o

f m

ater

ial

but

bett

er y

et i

s hi

s cl

arity

and

jud

gmen

t, w

hich

mel

d in

to a

com

pelli

ng a

nd b

alan

ced

intr

oduc

tion

for

gene

ral r

eade

rs.

McC

ull

ough

, D

avid

. 1

77

6.

From

a g

ifted

writ

er w

ho h

as p

rove

n hi

mse

lf an

exp

ert

at

com

posi

ng s

tirrin

g ac

coun

ts, a

fre

sh lo

ok a

t a

pivo

tal y

ear

in t

he R

evol

utio

nary

War

, whi

ch

bega

n w

ith t

he B

ritis

h ab

ando

nmen

t of

Bos

ton

and

ende

d w

ith W

ashi

ngto

n’s

smal

l bu

t sy

mbo

lical

ly im

port

ant

triu

mph

at

Tren

ton,

New

Jer

sey;

McC

ullo

ugh’

s po

rtra

yals

of th

e tw

o pr

otag

onis

ts, W

ashi

ngto

n an

d G

eorg

e III

, are

eng

ross

ing

and

poig

nant

.

Tougi

as,

Mic

hael

J. T

en H

ours

unt

il D

awn:

The

Tru

e St

ory

of H

eroi

sm a

nd T

rage

dy

aboa

rd t

he C

an D

o. In

this

whi

te-k

nuck

le r

ead

abou

t th

e at

tem

pt t

o re

scue

the

orig

inal

re

scue

rs a

s w

ell

as t

he r

escu

ed w

hen

a ta

nker

ran

agr

ound

off

Sal

em,

Mas

sach

uset

ts,

in t

he b

lizza

rd o

f 1978,

Toug

ias

bala

nces

hum

an a

nd t

echn

ical

det

ail to

cre

ate

the

best

bo

ok o

f its

kin

d si

nce

Seb

astia

n Ju

nger

’s T

he P

erfe

ct S

torm

(1997).

Po

etr

yG

raha

m,

Jori

e.

Ove

rlor

d. I

n a

dist

inct

ly f

orth

right

and

em

path

ic c

olle

ctio

n, G

raha

m h

as

cons

truc

ted

poem

s of

lyr

ical

ste

elin

ess

and

caut

eriz

ing

beau

ty i

n w

hich

she

con

side

rs

the

repe

rcus

sion

s of

war

, en

viro

nmen

tal

deci

mat

ion,

and

the

pol

ariz

ing

conf

licts

of

the

post

–Sep

tem

ber

11

, 2001, w

orld

.

Peri

llo, L

uci

a. L

uck

Is L

uck.

Per

illo

is fu

nny,

toug

h, a

nd rig

orou

s, tra

nsfo

rmin

g th

e in

timac

y of

can

did

auto

biog

raph

y in

to e

lect

rifyi

ng l

yric

s ab

out

aban

done

d dr

eam

s an

d m

akin

g do

, ill

ness

and

a b

light

ed e

arth

, age

and

dea

th.

With

bird

s as

her

tot

em a

nim

al, i

t’s f

ittin

g th

at

Peril

lo m

atch

es p

ower

with

gra

ce.

Sci

en

ceD

eG

root,

Gera

rd.

The

Bom

b. “

Not

hing

man

has

mad

e is

big

ger

than

the

Bom

b,”

writ

es

DeG

root

in t

his

com

preh

ensi

ve y

et w

ell-p

aced

his

tory

of

the

atom

ic b

omb

from

its

ince

p-tio

n at

Los

Ala

mos

, New

Mex

ico,

to

Hiro

shim

a, t

he m

adne

ss o

f th

e co

ld w

ar–e

ra h

ydro

gen

bom

b te

sts,

and

the

pre

cario

us b

alan

cing

act

we

call

dete

rren

ce.

Ligh

tman

, A

lan.

The

Dis

cove

ries

: G

reat

Bre

akth

roug

hs i

n 2

0th

Cen

tury

Sci

ence

. Ev

en tho

ugh

the

disc

over

y pa

pers

of s

uch

scie

ntis

ts a

s Ei

nste

in, B

ohr,

Kre

bs, W

atso

n, a

nd

Cric

k ar

e cr

ucia

l to

our

und

erst

andi

ng o

f th

e un

iver

se,

thes

e la

ndm

ark

wor

ks a

re r

arel

y se

en, an

om

issi

on p

hysi

cist

and

nov

elis

t Li

ghtm

an r

edre

sses

in t

his

inva

luab

le c

ombi

na-

tion

of o

rigin

al d

ocum

ents

and

illu

min

atin

g co

mm

enta

ry.

Weid

ens

aul,

Sco

tt.

Ret

urn

to W

ild A

mer

ica:

A Y

earl

ong

Sear

ch f

or t

he C

ontin

ent’s

N

atur

al S

oul.

Nat

ure

writ

er W

eide

nsau

l ch

roni

cles

a c

ross

-cou

ntry

jou

rney

tha

t re

veal

s bo

th t

he e

xtra

ordi

nary

div

ersi

ty a

nd b

eaut

y of

the

Am

eric

an l

ands

cape

and

the

ina

dver

-te

ntly

del

eter

ious

impa

ct h

uman

act

iviti

es a

re h

avin

g on

the

bio

sphe

re.

Wils

on,

Dia

ne.

An

Unr

easo

nabl

e W

oman

: A

Tru

e St

ory

of S

hrim

pers

, P

oliti

cos,

P

ollu

ters

, and

the

Fig

ht f

or S

eadr

ift, T

exas

. Wils

on, a

shr

imp-

boat

cap

tain

and

mot

her

of f

ive

who

too

k on

the

mul

tibill

ion-

dolla

r in

tern

atio

nal

chem

ical

com

pany

res

pons

ible

for

po

llutin

g Te

xas’

s La

vaca

Bay

, tel

ls h

er D

iane

-ver

sus-

Gol

iath

tal

e w

ith c

ando

r an

d w

isdo

m. 5


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So

cia

l S

cie

nce

sB

err

y, M

ary

Fran

ces.

My

Face

Is

Bla

ck I

s Tr

ue:

Cal

lie H

ouse

and

the

Str

uggl

e fo

r Ex

-Sla

ve R

epar

atio

ns. B

erry

brin

gs a

her

oic

but

little

-kno

wn

wom

an t

o lif

e by

tel

ling

the

dram

atic

sto

ry o

f C

allie

Hou

se.

Bor

n in

to s

lave

ry in

18

61

, sh

e de

fied

the

conv

entio

ns o

f ra

ce, c

lass

, and

sex

to

lead

a 3

0-y

ear

cam

paig

n to

sec

ure

pens

ions

for

form

er s

lave

s, b

ut

her

extr

aord

inar

y ef

fort

s le

d to

her

eve

ntua

l im

pris

onm

ent.

Co

ne,

Mar

la.

Sile

nt S

now

: Th

e Sl

ow P

oiso

ning

of

the

Arc

tic.

Awar

d-w

inni

ng e

nviro

n-m

enta

l re

port

er C

one

trav

els

to t

he A

rctic

to

inve

stig

ate

trou

blin

g fin

ding

s re

gard

ing

the

toxi

c ch

emic

als

that

hav

e co

llect

ed i

n th

e bo

dies

of

pola

r pe

ople

and

the

ani

mal

s th

ey

eat,

crea

ting

a cr

isis

with

glo

bal i

mpl

icat

ions

.

de W

aal,

Fran

s. O

ur In

ner A

pe: A

Lea

ding

Pri

mat

olog

ist

Expl

ains

Why

We

Are

Who

W

e A

re. F

or a

qua

rter

-cen

tury

, de

Waa

l has

urg

ed le

arni

ng m

ore

abou

t hu

man

ity fro

m t

he

beha

vior

of

the

grea

t ap

es,

espe

cial

ly c

him

panz

ees

and

bono

bos.

Nev

er h

as h

e w

ritte

n be

tter

on

his

grea

t th

eme

than

in

this

abs

orbi

ng o

verv

iew

of

pow

er,

sex,

vio

lenc

e, a

nd

kind

ness

am

ong

apes

—an

d hu

man

s.

Loew

en,

Jam

es.

Sun

dow

n To

wns

: A H

idde

n D

imen

sion

of

Segr

egat

ion

in A

mer

ica.

O

ne f

airly

hid

den

and

unst

udie

d pr

actic

e in

the

his

tory

of

race

rel

atio

ns i

n th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s ha

s be

en the

bla

tant

exc

lusi

on o

f rac

ial m

inor

ities

in tow

ns thr

ough

vio

lenc

e, la

ws,

an

d tr

aditi

on. Lo

ewen

exp

lore

s th

e hi

stor

y of

pla

ces

whe

re b

lack

s w

ere

war

ned,

“do

n’t

let

the

sun

go d

own

on y

ou in

thi

s to

wn.

”

Ro

gers

, H

eat

her.

Gon

e To

mor

row

: The

Hid

den

Life

of

Gar

bage

. R

oger

s’ g

alva

nizi

ng

expo

sé a

naly

zes

the

cont

ents

of

Amer

ica’

s ga

rbag

e an

d its

dis

posa

l whi

le a

lso

reve

alin

g th

e co

rpor

ate

stra

tegi

es b

ehin

d th

e di

spos

able

-goo

ds e

xplo

sion

and

ass

essi

ng t

he e

co-

logi

cal t

oll o

f ou

r co

nsum

er h

abits

.

Fict

ion

All

end

e,

Isab

el.

Zor

ro.

Alle

nde

imag

inat

ivel

y cr

eate

s “t

he o

rigin

s of

the

leg

end”

—th

e le

gend

bei

ng n

one

othe

r tha

n Zo

rro,

the

fam

ous

Rob

in H

ood

of e

ight

eent

h-ce

ntur

y co

loni

al

Cal

iforn

ia.

This

exc

iting

nov

el’s

con

ceit

is t

hat

the

test

imon

y of

fere

d he

re i

s a

bird

’s-e

ye

view

of

the

prov

enan

ce o

f Zo

rro

as r

ecor

ded

by s

omeo

ne w

ho k

new

him

wel

l.

Ban

vill

e, J

ohn

. The

Sea

. Thi

s sp

lend

idly

pro

foun

d, b

eaut

ifully

writ

ten

nove

l offer

s le

sson

s ap

lent

y ab

out

how

the

sha

dow

of

the

past

doe

s no

t ne

cess

arily

cas

t da

rkne

ss o

ver

the

pres

ent

but

cert

ainl

y le

aves

its

im

prin

t. M

iddl

e-ag

ed M

ax, af

ter

losi

ng h

is w

ife t

o ca

ncer

, an

swer

s an

inne

r ca

ll to

ret

urn

to a

sea

side

res

ort,

the

site

of

his

child

hood

vac

atio

ns.

Cha

dwic

k, C

harl

es.

It’s

All

Rig

ht N

ow. W

ritte

n by

a 7

2-y

ear-o

ld B

ritis

h ci

vil s

erva

nt, t

his

nove

l is

tol

d in

the

firs

t pe

rson

by

an u

npre

poss

essi

ng,

ordi

nary

bus

ines

sman

, w

hose

st

ory

grad

ually

bui

lds

a po

wer

ful

mom

entu

m,

taki

ng r

eade

rs o

n on

e m

an’s

inc

redi

ble,

tr

ansf

orm

ativ

e jo

urne

y.

Cha

o,

Pat

rici

a. M

ambo

Pel

igro

so. C

hao

take

s re

ader

s on

a f

loor

-sco

rchi

ng s

pin

in t

his

high

-vol

tage

nov

el s

et in

the

sen

suou

s w

orld

of sa

lsa

danc

ing.

Fill

ed w

ith b

elie

vabl

e, c

om-

plex

cha

ract

ers

and

thro

bbin

g to

its

insi

sten

t be

at, t

his

is a

toe

-tapp

ing

delig

ht.

6

McN

ult

y, F

aith

. If

You

Dec

ide

to G

o to

the

Moo

n. K

–Gr.

3.

Dis

tingu

ishe

d by

a y

ou-a

re-

ther

e to

ne,

a sp

right

ly b

lend

of

fact

and

whi

msy

, an

d S

teve

n K

ello

gg’s

dra

mat

ic m

ixed

-m

edia

pai

ntin

gs, th

is a

cces

sibl

e m

ock

trav

el m

anua

l ca

ptur

es b

oth

the

won

der

of s

pace

tr

avel

and

the

sta

rk g

rand

eur

of t

he lu

nar

land

scap

e.

Ogb

urn

, Ja

cqueli

ne.

The

Bak

e Sh

op G

host

. G

r. 1–3

. D

eter

min

atio

n, c

ompa

ssio

n, a

nd

coop

erat

ion

are

the

nour

ishi

ng in

gred

ient

s in

Ogb

urn’

s ca

ke-th

emed

sto

ry, i

n w

hich

a fea

r-le

ss b

aker

ref

uses

to

be d

riven

aw

ay b

y th

e re

stle

ss s

pirit

hau

ntin

g he

r sh

op.

Cal

deco

tt

Hon

or B

ook

illus

trat

or M

arjo

rie P

ricem

an’s

sw

irlin

g, li

ght-a

s-m

erin

gue

artw

ork

emph

asiz

es

swee

tnes

s ov

er s

carin

ess.

Rose

n, M

icha

el.

Mic

hael

Ros

en’s

Sad

Boo

k. G

r. 2–4

. R

osen

and

Que

ntin

Bla

ke c

om-

bine

the

ir co

nsid

erab

le t

alen

ts i

n a

uniq

ue b

ook

that

loo

ks s

adne

ss s

quar

e in

the

fac

e.

Its p

ower

is

in i

ts u

tter

hon

esty

. Th

ere’

s no

cou

chin

g, n

o pr

etty

ing

up.

It’s

as i

f th

ey a

re

taki

ng u

s by

the

han

d an

d sa

ying

, “C

’mon

, le

t’s l

ook

at t

his

now

. S

adne

ss,

yes.

Her

e it

is.”

But

the

y pu

ll us

just

pas

t th

e he

artb

reak

, too

, and

the

jour

ney

thro

ugh

grie

f en

ds w

ith

the

brig

ht li

ght

of h

ope.

(To

p of

the

Lis

t w

inne

r—Yo

uth

Pict

ure

Boo

k.)

Val

ckx,

Cat

hari

na.

Lize

tte’

s G

reen

Soc

k. P

reS

–K.

Afte

r fin

ding

and

don

ning

a s

trik

ing,

lo

ne g

reen

soc

k, c

harm

ing

bird

Liz

ette

enc

ount

ers

bulli

es w

ho m

ock

her

fash

ion

sens

e an

d ev

apor

ate

her

conf

iden

ce—

until

a c

reat

ive

frie

nd a

nd a

sup

port

ive

pare

nt e

ncou

rage

he

r to

wea

r he

r fin

d w

ith p

ride.

A s

atis

fyin

g, s

prin

gtim

e-fr

esh

Fren

ch im

port

tha

t ce

lebr

ates

m

arch

ing

to t

he b

eat

of a

diff

eren

t dr

umm

er.

Whi

te,

Lind

a A

rms.

I C

ould

Do

That

! Es

ther

Mor

ris

Get

s W

omen

the

Vot

e. G

r. 2–4

. M

orris

was

inst

rum

enta

l in

gett

ing

the

vote

for

wom

en in

Wyo

min

g, t

he f

irst

stat

e to

pas

s su

ch a

law

—an

d sh

e w

as t

he f

irst

wom

an in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

to h

old

publ

ic o

ffic

e. T

his

sple

ndid

ly illu

stra

ted

biog

raph

y dr

aws

her

gum

ptio

n in

str

okes

as

brig

ht a

nd b

old

as t

he

wom

an h

erse

lf, s

ecur

ing

her

a de

serv

ed p

lace

in t

he s

oror

ity o

f re

doub

tabl

e pi

ctur

e-bo

ok

hero

ines

.

Re

fere

nce

So

urc

es

Title

s w

ere

revi

ewed

in R

efer

ence

Boo

ks B

ulle

tin f

rom

Feb

ruar

y 2005 t

hrou

gh J

anua

ry 2

006.

All

the

title

s ar

e in

tend

ed f

or s

tude

nts

at t

he h

igh-

scho

ol l

evel

and

up

and

a ge

nera

l ad

ult

audi

ence

.

Afr

ican

a: T

he E

ncyc

lope

dia

of t

he A

fric

an a

nd A

fric

an A

mer

ican

Exp

erie

nce.

2d

ed.

5v.

Ed.

by

Kw

ame

Anth

ony

Appi

ah a

nd H

enry

Lou

is G

ates

Jr.

Chr

onic

ling

the

hist

ory

and

cultu

re o

f pe

ople

of

Afric

an d

esce

nt,

Africa

na i

s up

date

d an

d gr

eatly

exp

ande

d fr

om t

he

one-

volu

me

1999 e

ditio

n. O

ther

ref

eren

ce s

ourc

es g

ener

ally

foc

us o

n ei

ther

Afr

ica

or t

he

U.S

, but

Afr

ican

a is

not

able

for

its

glob

al c

over

age

beyo

nd ju

st t

he W

este

rn p

ersp

ectiv

e.

Ant

isem

itism

: A H

isto

rica

l Enc

yclo

pedi

a of

Pre

judi

ce a

nd P

erse

cutio

n. E

d. b

y R

icha

rd

S. Le

vy. W

hile

the

his

tory

of an

ti-S

emiti

sm is

long

and

the

lite

ratu

re v

olum

inou

s, t

here

are

su

rpris

ingl

y fe

w r

efer

ence

wor

ks p

rovi

ding

an

over

view

. Th

is s

peci

aliz

ed h

isto

rical

enc

yclo

-pe

dia

is n

otab

le f

or r

emar

kabl

y ec

lect

ic c

over

age

and

scru

pulo

us o

bjec

tivity

.

Ber

kshi

re E

ncyc

lope

dia

of W

orld

Spo

rt. 4

v. E

d. b

y D

avid

Lev

inso

n an

d K

aren

Chr

iste

nsen

. En

trie

s to

uchi

ng a

wid

e sp

ort

spec

trum

illu

min

ate

the

larg

er c

onte

xt w

ithin

whi

ch s

port

ta

kes

plac

e in

stea

d of

foc

usin

g on

sta

tistic

s, r

ules

of th

e ga

me,

and

bio

grap

hica

l pro

files

. Th

e ai

m is

to

hook

stu

dent

s w

ith s

port

s an

d si

mul

tane

ousl

y in

form

the

m a

bout

suc

h to

p-ic

s as

his

tory

, cul

ture

, eth

nici

ty, a

nd in

tern

atio

nal r

elat

ions

.

15


BOOKLIST

• AL

A’S

GU

IDE

TO B

EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

BOOKLIST

• ED

ITOR

S’ C

HOI

CE

Bu

tle

r, D

ori

Hille

stad

. M

y M

om’s

Hav

ing

a B

aby!

Gr.

2–4

. Th

e af

fect

iona

te f

amily

dy

nam

ics;

an

ener

getic

, ing

enuo

us c

hild

nar

rato

r; a

nd jo

yous

, spl

ashy

wat

erco

lors

dis

tin-

guis

h th

is f

rank

, lo

ving

ly r

elay

ed b

ook

abou

t hu

man

rep

rodu

ctio

n. P

erfe

ct f

or s

oon-

to-b

e si

blin

gs a

nd p

aren

ts t

o sh

are.

Cow

ley,

Joy

. C

ham

eleo

n, C

ham

eleo

n. K

–Gr.

2.

From

the

aut

hor

of R

ed-E

yed

Tree

Fro

g co

mes

an

equa

lly s

tunn

ing

phot

o-es

say

abou

t a

cham

eleo

n in

sea

rch

of a

new

hom

e. T

he

gorg

eous

col

or p

hoto

s w

ill d

raw

kid

s as

the

crit

ter’s

brie

f, si

mpl

y w

ritte

n jo

urne

y sp

ins

out.

Cro

nin,

Do

ree

n. W

iggl

e. P

reS

–K.

It w

ill b

e ha

rd t

o st

op litt

le o

nes

from

wig

glin

g as

the

y lis

ten

to t

his

infe

ctio

us t

ext.

A d

og v

igor

ousl

y w

orki

ng a

hul

a ho

op le

ads

child

ren

thro

ugh

a w

iggl

ing

wor

ld:

“Do

you

wak

e up

with

a w

iggl

e? /

Do

you

wig

gle

out

of b

ed?

/ If

you

wig

gle

with

you

r br

eakf

ast

/ it

may

win

d up

on

your

bed

.” K

ids

won

’t k

now

wha

t to

do

first

: w

iggl

e or

gig

gle.

Ge

rste

in,

Mo

rdic

ai.

Car

olin

da C

latt

er!

PreS

–Gr.

2.

In t

his

win

ning

tal

l ta

le,

a lo

nely

gi

ant

suff

ers

from

an

unre

quite

d lo

ve o

f th

e m

oon,

unt

il a

high

-spi

rited

litt

le g

irl h

eals

hi

s he

art

with

her

exu

bera

nt n

oise

. Lo

vely

pai

nt-a

nd-in

k ill

ustr

atio

ns e

xten

d th

e st

ory’s

com

edy

and

joy.

Gre

y, M

ini.

Tra

ctio

n M

an I

s H

ere!

Pre

S–G

r. 2

. O

peni

ng a

pre

sent

on

Chr

istm

as m

orni

ng,

a bo

y fin

ds t

he l

ates

t Tr

actio

n M

an a

ctio

n fig

ure,

whi

ch t

akes

on

an a

dven

turo

us l

ife o

f its

ow

n. D

etai

led,

witt

y, c

omic

-boo

k-in

spire

d ill

ustr

atio

ns d

ram

atiz

e th

e na

rrat

ive

play

tha

t br

ings

thi

s to

y to

life

.

Hin

es,

Ann

a G

ross

snic

kle.

Win

ter

Ligh

ts.

Gr.

1–3

. W

inte

r is

the

tim

e of

lig

hts,

and

H

ines

cel

ebra

tes

the

seas

on in

thou

ghtf

ul p

oem

s an

d pi

ctur

es o

f go

rgeo

us q

uilts

ful

l of

br

ight

, bea

utifu

l col

ors.

Jenk

ins,

Ste

ve.

Pre

hist

oric

Act

ual

Size

. Gr.

1–3

. A

drag

onfly

with

a t

wo-

foot

win

gspa

n.

A si

x-fo

ot m

illip

ede.

An

eigh

t-foo

t-tal

l bird

. U

sing

intr

igui

ngly

pai

nted

and

tex

ture

d pa

pers

, Je

nkin

s gi

ves

wei

ght

and

subs

tanc

e to

an

amaz

ing

arra

y of

pre

hist

oric

cre

atur

es t

hat

at

once

fas

cina

te a

nd d

efy

belie

f.

Jurm

ain,

Su

zann

e T

ripp

. G

eorg

e D

id I

t. G

r. 2

–4.

Putt

ing

a hu

man

fac

e on

one

of

the

mos

t fa

mou

sly

woo

den

figur

es i

n Am

eric

an h

isto

ry,

this

liv

ely

pict

ure

book

pre

sent

s G

eorg

e W

ashi

ngto

n as

he

relu

ctan

tly a

ccep

ts t

he p

resi

denc

y. J

aunt

y dr

awin

gs w

ashe

d w

ith w

ater

colo

rs r

efle

ct t

he e

nerg

etic

ton

e of

the

writ

ing,

whi

ch is

stu

dded

with

intr

igui

ng

fact

s th

at h

uman

ize

the

first

pre

side

nt.

Just

er,

No

rto

n. T

he H

ello

, Goo

dbye

Win

dow

. Pre

S–G

r. 2

. Tw

o w

ell-k

now

n na

mes

com

e to

geth

er in

a b

ook

that

spe

aks

to t

he r

eal l

ives

of ch

ildre

n an

d th

eir

expe

rienc

es. Ju

ster

’s

hone

st p

ortr

ayal

of a

child

’s p

erce

ptio

ns is

mat

ched

by

Chr

is R

asch

ka’s

sw

irlin

g lin

es a

nd

dabs

of

frui

ty c

olor

. Th

e bo

ok c

aptu

res

tend

er m

omen

ts b

etw

een

mem

bers

of

the

inte

r-ra

cial

fam

ily a

s w

ell

as t

he e

xube

ranc

e of

spe

ndin

g tim

e in

the

pul

satin

g ou

tdoo

rs—

all

flow

ers,

gra

ss, a

nd s

ky.

Mar

kes,

Ju

lie

. Sh

hhhh

! Ev

eryb

ody’

s Sl

eepi

ng.

PreS

–Gr.

1.

Glo

win

g w

ith w

arm

col

ors

in s

ubdu

ed h

ues,

thi

s ex

cept

iona

lly p

leas

ing

book

, w

ith w

ry,

funn

y pi

ctur

es,

take

s ch

il-dr

en o

n a

nigh

ttim

e to

ur t

hat

reve

als

com

mun

ity h

elpe

rs a

slee

p at

the

ir w

orkp

lace

s in

od

d, a

mus

ing

beds

tead

s in

spire

d by

the

ir jo

bs.

Gre

at f

un f

or b

oth

clas

sroo

m u

nits

and

be

dtim

e re

adin

g.

14

Doct

oro

w,

E.

L. T

he M

arch

. D

octo

row

dra

mat

izes

the

fur

y an

d ch

aos

of t

he C

ivil

War

w

ith e

xcep

tiona

l ly

ricis

m,

deep

psy

chol

ogic

al i

nsig

ht,

and

pepp

ery

hum

or,

tran

sfor

min

g th

e in

fam

ous

mar

ch t

hrou

gh G

eorg

ia a

nd t

he C

arol

inas

orc

hest

rate

d by

Gen

eral

Will

iam

Te

cum

seh

She

rman

into

a p

oetic

vis

ion

of t

he s

pan

of h

uman

kind

’s c

ruel

ty a

nd g

lory

, and

th

e gr

and

mar

ch o

f tim

e. (

Top

of t

he L

ist

win

ner—

Adul

t Fi

ctio

n.)

Dunc

an, G

len.

Dea

th o

f an

Ord

inar

y M

an. T

his

cere

bral

nov

el is

nar

rate

d by

a d

ead

man

w

ith a

clo

udy

mem

ory

who

fun

ctio

ns lik

e “a

rad

ical

am

pute

e. N

o bo

dy,

but

a m

adde

ning

im

post

ure

of s

ensa

tion.

” A

pow

erfu

l, un

flinc

hing

, and

freq

uent

ly d

azzl

ing

med

itatio

n on

the

ki

nd o

f co

urag

e it

take

s to

end

ure

the

unth

inka

ble.

Eco

, U

mbe

rto.

Mys

teri

ous

Flam

e of

Que

en L

oana

. Th

is d

eepl

y ce

rebr

al n

ovel

tee

ms

with

eru

ditio

n; i

ts p

lotli

ne i

s w

oven

thr

ough

with

lea

rned

dis

cuss

ions

of

hist

ory, r

elig

ion,

an

d ph

iloso

phy.

But

, as

is t

ypic

al o

f Ec

o, it

als

o of

fers

com

pelli

ng s

tory

telli

ng a

nd g

reat

ly

sym

path

etic

cha

ract

ers—

in t

his

inst

ance

, an

Ita

lian

rare

-boo

k de

aler

with

am

nesi

a, w

ho

mus

t co

nstr

uct

his

life

anew

.

Eph

ron,

Am

y. O

ne S

unda

y M

orni

ng.

The

sett

ing

is N

ew Y

ork

and

Paris

in

the

1920s;

th

roug

h th

e pr

ism

of

the

lives

of

four

wel

l-hee

led,

soc

ially

con

nect

ed f

emal

e fr

iend

s,

Ephr

on,

in l

angu

age

mes

mer

izin

g fo

r its

pun

ch a

nd b

revi

ty,

cast

s a

subt

le d

ram

a ar

isin

g fr

om t

he c

onfli

ct b

etw

een

the

old

soci

al b

ehav

ior

and

the

new

pos

t–W

orld

War

I a

ttitu

de,

with

muc

h le

ss s

tric

t id

eas

of c

ondu

ct.

Erd

rich

, Louis

e. T

he P

aint

ed D

rum

. The

late

st t

itle

in E

rdric

h’s

cycl

e of

nov

els

revo

lvin

g ar

ound

an

Ojib

we

rese

rvat

ion

in N

orth

Dak

ota

hom

es i

n on

the

rol

e of

a s

acre

d dr

um

that

ser

ves

to c

onne

ct a

dis

affe

cted

Nat

ive

Amer

ican

to

her

herit

age

and

to h

er d

eepe

st

emot

ions

.

Evan

s, D

iana

. 26a.

Tug

s-of

-war

bet

wee

n du

elin

g id

entit

ies

(geo

grap

hica

l, cu

ltura

l, m

arita

l) de

fine

the

Hun

ters

, a

bira

cial

fam

ily i

n su

burb

an L

ondo

n. E

vans

’ tr

ench

ant

debu

t sp

eaks

el

oque

ntly

abo

ut id

entit

y, di

spla

cem

ent,

the

mos

t an

guis

hed

of lo

sses

, and

bon

e-de

ep lo

ve.

Gar

cía-

Már

quez,

Gab

rie

l. M

emor

ies

of M

y M

elan

chol

y W

hore

s. T

he C

olom

bian

mas

-te

r st

oryt

elle

r’s la

test

lyric

al n

ovel

brie

fly b

ut p

iqua

ntly

cap

ture

s a

sing

le y

ear

in t

he li

fe o

f a

nona

gena

rian

who

pro

ves

him

self

capa

ble

of u

nder

goin

g a

sign

ifica

nt li

fe a

ltera

tion.

Horn

by, N

ick.

A L

ong

Way

Dow

n. In

his

trad

emar

k w

arm

and

witt

y pr

ose,

Hor

nby

follo

ws

four

dep

ress

ed p

eopl

e fr

om t

heir

abor

ted

suic

ide

atte

mpt

s on

New

Yea

r’s E

ve t

hrou

gh t

he

surp

risin

g de

velo

pmen

ts t

hat

occu

r ov

er t

he f

ollo

win

g th

ree

mon

ths.

Fun

ny a

nd m

ovin

g.

McN

ally

, T.

M.

The

Goa

t B

ridg

e. I

n M

cNal

ly’s

lac

erat

ing

and

exqu

isite

nov

el o

f lo

ss a

nd

mou

rnin

g, a

pho

togr

aphe

r w

hose

you

ng s

on h

as d

isap

pear

ed p

row

ls t

he d

ange

rous

st

reet

s of

bes

iege

d S

araj

evo,

foc

usin

g hi

s le

ns n

ot o

n im

ages

of

deat

h bu

t on

vis

ions

of

life’

s pe

rsis

tenc

e un

der

even

the

mos

t br

utal

circ

umst

ance

s.

Mil

let,

Lyd

ia.

Oh

Pur

e an

d R

adia

nt H

eart

. M

illet

tim

e-tr

avel

s pi

onee

ring

atom

ic p

hysi

-ci

sts

Opp

enhe

imer

, Fer

mi,

and

Szi

lard

to

pres

ent-d

ay S

anta

Fe,

New

Mex

ico,

the

n se

ts in

m

otio

n ev

ents

of

cata

stro

phic

pro

port

ions

and

cos

mic

dim

ensi

ons.

A r

emar

kabl

e m

ix o

f ly

rical

rea

lism

, bril

liant

ly e

ngin

eere

d fa

ntas

y, a

nd m

adca

p ye

t ke

en s

atire

.

Mil

ler,

Sue. L

ost in

the

For

est.

Mill

er, i

n a

rivet

ing

nove

l abo

ut a

grie

ving

fam

ily, o

nce

agai

n de

mon

stra

tes

her

sing

ular

gift

for

cap

turin

g th

e rh

ythm

s of

dai

ly f

amily

life

with

las

erlik

e cl

arity

whi

le a

lso

sum

mon

ing

the

turb

ulen

t em

otio

ns s

wirl

ing

just

ben

eath

the

sur

face

. 7


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S’ C

HOI

CE

Mo

ody

, R

ick.

The

Div

iner

s. I

n a

dizz

ying

, ex

hila

ratin

g co

mic

nar

rativ

e, M

oody

fol

low

s th

e do

ings

of

Mov

e O

n Pr

oduc

tions

and

the

ir fe

veris

h at

tem

pts

to la

unch

the

min

iser

ies

The

Div

iner

s, a

mul

tigen

erat

iona

l sa

ga a

bout

dow

sing

. A

wild

and

woo

lly t

ake

on o

ur m

edia

-sa

tura

ted

cultu

re.

Pro

se,

Fran

cine

. A

Cha

nged

Man

. The

cha

nged

man

in

Pros

e’s

rioto

usly

fun

ny n

ovel

is

Vin

cent

Nol

an, a

neo

-Naz

i who

wal

ks in

to a

hum

an r

ight

s fo

unda

tion

and

anno

unce

s th

at

he w

ishe

s to

ren

ounc

e hi

s pr

evio

us w

ay o

f lif

e. I

n w

hat

may

wel

l be

her

bes

t no

vel

to

date

, Pro

se u

ses

hum

or t

o lig

ht u

p ke

y so

cial

issu

es, t

o sk

ewer

sm

ugne

ss, a

nd t

o cr

eate

ch

arac

ters

who

se f

law

s on

ly a

dd t

o th

eir

dept

h an

d ric

hnes

s.

Ru

shdi

e, S

alm

on.

Sha

limar

the

Clo

wn.

Bef

ore

the

eyes

of

his

grow

n da

ught

er, a

for

mer

Am

eric

an a

mba

ssad

or t

o In

dia

is s

tabb

ed t

o de

ath

by h

is e

nigm

atic

cha

uffe

ur.

Wha

t co

ntem

pora

ry n

ovel

ist

know

s m

ore

than

Rus

hdie

abo

ut t

he p

oliti

cal-r

elig

ious

ten

sion

s be

sett

ing

the

glob

e? I

n th

is c

ompl

ex a

nd b

eaut

iful no

vel,

he p

rove

s hi

s kn

owle

dge

once

ag

ain.

Sal

ter,

Jam

es.

Las

t N

ight

. In

thes

e 1

0 s

him

mer

ing

shor

t st

orie

s, t

he a

utho

r de

als

in t

he

broa

d su

bjec

t of

rel

atio

nshi

ps, b

ut w

ithin

eac

h re

latio

nshi

p, w

hich

may

see

m s

o or

dina

ry

on t

he o

utsi

de, h

e fin

ds c

orne

rs o

f pe

culia

rity

to il

lum

inat

e.

Sch

neid

er,

Bar

t. B

eaut

iful

Inez

. S

chne

ider

ret

urns

to

the

sett

ing,

San

Fra

ncis

co i

n th

e ea

rly 1

96

0s,

and

sev

eral

of

the

mai

n ch

arac

ters

fro

m S

ecre

t Lo

ve (

2001),

focu

sing

thi

s tim

e on

Ine

z R

osem

an,

a de

eply

mel

anch

olic

vio

linis

t w

ho f

inds

her

self

draw

n in

to a

n in

tens

e af

fair

with

ano

ther

wom

an.

Sch

neid

er e

xplo

res

with

gre

at s

ensi

tivity

the

way

tha

t co

nfro

ntin

g ou

r in

herit

ed s

ense

of

the

forb

idde

n ca

n un

lock

us,

at

leas

t te

mpo

raril

y, f

rom

ou

rsel

ves.

Tan,

Am

y. S

avin

g Fi

sh f

rom

Dro

wni

ng. I

n Ta

n’s

mos

t po

litic

ally

ast

ute

and

shre

wdl

y sa

tiri-

cal

nove

l to

dat

e, 1

2 A

mer

ican

tou

rists

fin

d th

emse

lves

in

over

the

ir he

ads

in M

yanm

ar

(for

mer

ly B

urm

a) i

n a

piqu

antly

hum

orou

s sh

ip-o

f-foo

ls t

ale

of c

ultu

ral

colli

sion

, op

pres

-si

on, m

edia

spi

n, t

rage

dy, a

nd f

olly.

Vo

llm

an,

William

. Eu

rope

Cen

tral

. Vo

llman

pre

sent

s an

epi

c in

quir

y in

to t

he n

atur

e of

con

scie

nce

and

the

cost

of

surv

ival

dur

ing

the

horr

ific

Wor

ld W

ar I

I co

nflic

t be

twee

n R

ussi

a an

d G

erm

any, c

reat

ing

a m

any-

face

ted

stor

y an

chor

ed b

y a

fictio

naliz

ed p

ortr

ait

of

the

grea

t co

mpo

ser

Dm

itri S

host

akov

ich.

Adu

lt B

oo

ks f

or

Young

Adu

lts

Sel

ecte

d by

the

Boo

ks fo

r Yo

uth

edito

rs, t

he fo

llow

ing

title

s co

mpr

ise

the

year

’s b

est pe

rson

al

read

ing

for

teen

ager

s am

ong

adul

t bo

oks

publ

ishe

d in

20

05

.

No

nfi

ctio

nB

oda

nis,

Dav

id. E

lect

ric

Uni

vers

e: T

he S

hock

ing

True

Sto

ry o

f El

ectr

icity

. In

this

live

ly

hist

ory, B

odan

is i

ntro

duce

s m

any

of t

he p

rinci

pal

figur

es w

ho d

isco

vere

d an

d de

velo

ped

elec

tric

ity.

The

reve

alin

g hu

man

sto

ries

mak

e th

e te

chno

logy

fas

cina

ting

and

acce

ssib

le.

Cro

ke, V

icki

Co

nsta

ntin

e. T

he L

ady

and

the

Pan

da. R

uth

Har

knes

s, a

dre

ss-d

esig

n-in

g so

cial

ite, c

aptu

red

the

first

gia

nt p

anda

to

be s

een

in t

he W

est.

The

adv

entu

re, s

tron

g w

ritin

g, a

nd f

asci

natin

g pe

rson

aliti

es m

ake

a th

rillin

g, d

eepl

y sa

tisfy

ing

stor

y.

8

John

son,

Dolo

res.

Onw

ard:

A P

hoto

biog

raph

y of

Afr

ican

Am

eric

an P

olar

Exp

lore

r M

atth

ew H

enso

n. G

r. 5–8

. H

isto

ry a

nd b

iogr

aphy

are

def

tly c

ombi

ned

in t

his

fasc

inat

ing

stor

y of

an

Afric

an A

mer

ican

sha

recr

oppe

r’s s

on w

ho g

rew

up

to e

xplo

re t

he w

orld

. Th

e am

azin

g si

lver

-tone

illu

stra

tions

tak

e re

ader

s al

ong

for

the

adve

ntur

e.

Jurm

ain,

Suza

nne.

The

Forb

idde

n Sc

hool

hous

e: T

he T

rue

and

Dra

mat

ic S

tory

of

Pru

denc

e C

rand

all

and

Her

Stu

dent

s. G

r. 5–8

. Ju

rmai

n pl

ucke

d an

alm

ost

forg

otte

n in

cide

nt f

rom

his

tory

and

sha

ped

a co

mpe

lling

, hi

ghly

rea

dabl

e, h

ands

omel

y de

sign

ed

book

aro

und

it. In

1831, P

rude

nce

Cra

ndal

l ope

ned

a sc

hool

for yo

ung

whi

te la

dies

. Whe

n as

ked

by a

n Af

rican

Am

eric

an t

eena

ger

if sh

e m

ight

join

the

cla

ss, C

rand

all a

gree

d—an

d th

e tr

oubl

e be

gan.

A K

ick

in t

he H

ead

: A

n E

very

day

Gu

ide

to

Po

eti

c Fo

rms.

Ed.

by

Pau

l B

. Ja

necz

ko. G

r. 4–6

. Ea

ch p

oem

rep

rese

nts

a di

ffer

ent

poet

ic for

m in

thi

s liv

ely, a

cces

sibl

e pi

ctur

e-bo

ok c

olle

ctio

n fr

om t

he c

reat

ors

of A

Pok

e in

the

Eye

. S

pare

tor

n-pa

per-a

nd-p

aint

co

llage

s us

e sm

all,

inge

niou

s de

tails

to

ampl

ify t

he m

eani

ng i

n th

e cl

assi

c an

d co

ntem

-po

rary

poe

ms.

Mil

lman

, Is

aac.

Hid

den

Chi

ld.

Gr.

4–7

. In

a b

eaut

iful

pict

ure-

book

bio

grap

hy,

illus

trat

ed

with

occ

asio

nal b

lack

-and

-whi

te p

hoto

s an

d ha

untin

g lin

e-an

d-w

ater

colo

r pi

ctur

es, M

illm

an

tells

of

surv

ivin

g th

e H

oloc

aust

aft

er h

is p

aren

ts w

ere

take

n aw

ay.

Fram

ed b

y th

e ge

nera

l hi

stor

y of

per

secu

tion,

the

fac

ts o

f hi

s pe

rson

al o

dyss

ey a

re a

ston

ishi

ng.

Pull

man

, Phi

lip.

The

Sca

recr

ow a

nd H

is S

erva

nt. G

r. 4–6

. Th

e ta

lent

ed P

ullm

an m

oves

in

to fa

iry-

tale

mod

e he

re, c

reat

ing

two

mem

orab

le c

hara

cter

s—a

scar

ecro

w a

nd a

n or

phan

bo

y, J

ack.

The

pai

r co

nten

d w

ith “

dang

er .

. .

fol

low

ed b

y gl

ory

. .

. le

adin

g to

sor

row

,”

just

as

a fo

rtun

e-te

ller

prom

ises

, but

a h

appy

end

ing

awai

ts t

he li

kabl

e fe

llow

s—w

ho m

ay

seem

fam

iliar

but

are

utt

erly

uni

que.

Sid

man

, Joy

ce. S

ong

of t

he W

ater

boat

man

and

Oth

er P

ond

Poe

ms.

Gr.

3–5

. S

cien

ce

fact

s co

mbi

ne w

ith v

ibra

nt p

oem

s in

thi

s pi

ctur

e-bo

ok c

olle

ctio

n ab

out

pond

life

. Pl

ants

an

d an

imal

s co

me

aliv

e in

the

bol

d w

oodc

ut p

rints

, and

the

wor

ds s

ing

with

joyf

ul s

ound

s an

d ha

untin

g im

ages

.

Sonn

enb

lick

, Jo

rdan

. D

rum

s, G

irls

& D

ange

rous

Pie

. G

r. 5–8

. W

hen

Ste

ven’

s yo

ung

brot

her is

dia

gnos

ed w

ith le

ukem

ia, a

ll he

ll br

eaks

loos

e. A

sto

ry tha

t co

uld

have

mor

phed

in

to m

elod

ram

a is

sav

ed b

y th

e re

ality

, raw

ness

, and

wit

Son

nenb

lick

infu

ses

into

Ste

ven’

s fir

st-p

erso

n vo

ice.

All

the

bad

part

s of

can

cer

are

here

, ye

t th

ere

is a

lso

solid

arity

, lo

ve,

and

hope

.

Woods

on,

Jac

queli

ne.

Show

Way

. Gr.

3–5

. A

Sho

w W

ay is

a q

uilt

with

sec

ret

mea

ning

s,

and

the

imag

e w

orks

as

both

his

tory

and

hau

ntin

g m

etap

hor i

n th

is e

xqui

site

pic

ture

boo

k,

base

d on

Woo

dson

’s o

wn

fam

ily h

isto

ry o

f Afr

ican

Am

eric

an w

omen

—fr

om s

lave

ry a

nd the

ci

vil r

ight

s m

ovem

ent

to t

he p

rese

nt.

The

Yo

un

gB

ert

rand

, Lyn

ne. G

rani

te B

aby.

K–G

r. 2. T

he s

uper

hum

an ta

lent

s of

five

gia

ntes

s si

blin

gs

are

perf

ect

for

runn

ing

thei

r N

ew H

amps

hire

sto

ne q

uarr

y, b

ut it

tak

es a

wis

e lit

tle g

irl t

o sh

ow t

hese

tou

gh m

ount

ain

wom

en h

ow t

o so

othe

a w

ailin

g ba

by.

A fo

lksy

, sp

irite

d te

xt

and

ener

getic

acr

ylic

pai

ntin

gs m

ake

this

rol

licki

ng t

all t

ale

a su

re b

et f

or s

tory

time.

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Wil

son,

Dia

ne L

ee

. B

lack

Sto

rm C

omin

’. G

r. 7

–10

. W

ith t

he C

ivil

War

com

ing,

Col

ton,

a

mix

ed-ra

ce t

een,

joi

ns t

he P

ony

Expr

ess.

His

adv

entu

res

are

the

stuf

f of

an

engr

oss-

ing

hist

oric

al n

ovel

tha

t co

mbi

nes

gallo

ping

act

ion

with

the

bea

uty

and

terr

or o

f a

boy’s

jour

ney

to m

anho

od.

Zev

in,

Gab

rie

lle

. El

sew

here

. G

r. 7

–10

. In

the

tra

ditio

n of

The

Lov

ely

Bon

es (

2002)

but

deci

dedl

y its

ow

n cr

eatio

n, t

his

exqu

isite

ly w

ritte

n no

vel

unfo

lds

in a

n el

abor

atel

y co

n-ce

ived

aft

erlif

e. F

ocus

ing

on a

dec

ease

d te

enag

er’s

adj

ustm

ent

to h

er n

ew e

xist

ence

, Ze

vin

tack

les

prov

ocat

ive

idea

s w

ith h

uman

ity a

nd h

umili

ty,

bala

ncin

g ch

arac

ter,

voic

e,

and

reso

nant

em

otio

nal c

onfli

cts

with

in a

n un

forg

etta

ble

philo

soph

ical

fra

mew

ork.

(To

p of

th

e Li

st w

inne

r—Yo

uth

Fict

ion.

)

Mid

dle

Re

ad

ers

Bir

dsal

l, Je

anne

. Th

e P

ende

rwic

ks:

A S

umm

er T

ale

of F

our

Sist

ers,

Tw

o R

abbi

ts,

and

a Ve

ry I

nter

estin

g B

oy. G

r. 3

–6.

Adul

ts w

ho h

ave

sear

ched

for

boo

ks t

hat

rem

ind

them

of

thei

r ow

n ch

ildho

od f

avor

ites

need

loo

k no

fur

ther

. Th

is c

omfo

rtin

g fa

mily

sto

ry

offe

rs fou

r m

arve

lous

ly a

ppea

ling

sist

ers,

tru

e ch

ildho

od b

ehav

ior,

and

a w

ritin

g st

yle

that

w

ill d

raw

rea

ders

clo

se.

Co

llar

d, S

nee

d B

. The

Pra

irie

Bui

lder

s: R

econ

stru

ctin

g A

mer

ica’

s Lo

st G

rass

land

s.

Gr.

5–8

. Whe

n th

ousa

nds

of a

cres

of I

owa

corn

field

s w

ere

set

asid

e as

a N

atio

nal W

ildlif

e R

efug

e in

19

89

, na

tura

lists

and

vol

unte

ers

bega

n th

e lo

ng p

roce

ss o

f br

ingi

ng b

ack

the

plan

ts a

nd a

nim

als

that

wer

e na

tive

to t

he a

rea.

Illu

stra

ted

with

exc

elle

nt c

olor

pho

tos,

th

is c

lear

ly w

ritte

n, e

xcep

tiona

l boo

k do

cum

ents

the

res

tora

tion

proc

ess.

De

lane

y, J

ose

ph.

Rev

enge

of

the

Witc

h. G

r. 5

–8.

Twel

ve-y

ear-o

ld T

hom

as i

s ta

ken

on

by t

he S

pook

, who

kee

ps t

he c

ount

rysi

de f

ree

of w

itche

s an

d ot

her

scar

y th

ings

. D

elan

ey

grab

s re

ader

s by

the

thr

oat

and

give

s th

em a

goo

d sh

ake

in t

his

smar

tly c

raft

ed s

tory

, w

hich

set

s th

e ho

rror

with

in t

he p

aram

eter

s of

a b

oy’s

new

job.

Hee

d th

e w

arni

ng o

n th

e co

ver:

thi

s is

“no

t to

be

read

aft

er d

ark.

”

Erd

rich

, Lo

uis

e. T

he G

ame

of S

ilenc

e. G

r. 5

–8.

An o

verw

helm

ing

sens

e of

los

s pe

rme-

ates

thi

s he

artr

endi

ng s

eque

l to

The

Birch

bark

Hou

se (1

99

9),

in w

hich

whi

te s

ettle

rs w

ant

to o

ust

nine

-yea

r-old

Om

akay

as a

nd h

er O

jibw

e pe

ople

fro

m t

heir

beau

tiful

isl

and

hom

e.

Ric

hly

draw

n, n

onre

vere

ntia

l cha

ract

ers

are

an in

tegr

al p

art

of E

rdric

h’s

reco

untin

g of

her

an

cest

ors’

hor

rifyi

ng h

isto

ry a

nd p

ortr

ayal

of

a cu

lture

tha

t is

ric

h, f

unny

, and

war

m.

Fre

edm

an, R

uss

ell.

Chi

ldre

n of

the

Gre

at D

epre

ssio

n. G

r. 5–8

. W

ritte

n in

Fre

edm

an’s

si

gnat

ure

plai

nspo

ken

pros

e, thi

s st

irrin

g ph

oto

essa

y us

es u

nfor

gett

able

per

sona

l det

ails

to

brin

g ho

me

wha

t it

was

lik

e to

be

youn

g an

d po

or i

n D

epre

ssio

n Am

eric

a. B

lack

-and

-w

hite

pho

tos

by D

orot

hea

Lang

e, W

alke

r Ev

ans,

and

man

y ot

hers

vis

ualiz

e th

e hi

stor

y.

Gif

f, P

atri

cia

Re

illy

. W

illow

Run

. G

r. 4

–6.

Toug

h an

d te

nder

, th

is e

xcel

lent

add

ition

to

Wor

ld W

ar II

she

lves

follo

ws

Meg

gie

Dill

on to

Mic

higa

n, w

here

her

fath

er h

as a

job

build

ing

plan

es. G

iff a

rtfu

lly c

arve

s th

e fe

elin

gs s

o pr

eval

ent

in w

ar—

anxi

ety, h

ope,

bor

edom

—in

to

shar

p re

lief.

Gra

ff, N

ancy

Pri

ce. T

akin

g W

ing.

Gr.

5–8

. In

an

affe

ctin

g bo

ok t

hat

take

s re

ader

s ba

ck

to a

tim

e w

hen

child

ren

wer

e ex

pect

ed t

o liv

e up

to

fam

ily v

alue

s an

d ha

rd w

ork

was

pa

rt o

f th

e na

tura

l or

der,

Gus

, 1

3,

spen

ds a

piv

otal

sev

eral

mon

ths

durin

g 1942 a

t hi

s gr

andp

aren

ts’

Verm

ont

farm

. G

raff c

aptu

res

wha

t w

as d

iffer

ent

abou

t a

time

gone

by

and

illum

inat

es w

hat

rem

ains

the

sam

e.

12

Hat

ch,

Robe

rt a

nd H

atch

, W

illi

am.

The

Her

o P

roje

ct:

How

We

Met

Our

Gre

ates

t H

eroe

s an

d W

hat W

e Le

arne

d fr

om T

hem

. Tw

o te

en b

roth

ers

inte

rvie

wed

the

ir he

roes

, in

clud

ing

Jim

my

Car

ter

and

Jack

ie C

han.

Exc

erpt

s fr

om t

he b

oys’

con

vers

atio

ns a

ppea

r in

th

is m

ovin

g, in

sigh

tful

col

lect

ion.

O’C

onn

or,

Ian.

The

Jum

p: S

ebas

tian

Telfa

ir a

nd t

he H

igh

Stak

es B

usin

ess

of H

igh

Scho

ol B

all.

A ve

tera

n sp

orts

rep

orte

r ch

roni

cles

a y

oung

Bro

okly

n ba

sket

ball

star

’s

harr

owin

g le

ap t

o N

BA

star

dom

in

this

raw

vie

w o

f th

e co

mpl

ex,

cont

radi

ctor

y w

orld

of

big-

stak

es h

igh-

scho

ol b

aske

tbal

l.

Riv

erb

end

. B

aghd

ad B

urni

ng:

Gir

l B

log

from

Ira

q. T

his

colle

ctio

n of

mat

eria

l cu

lled

from

a y

oung

Ira

qi’s

blo

g re

veal

s a

little

-see

n vi

ew o

f a

youn

g pe

rson

’s life

in

Iraq

befo

re

the

curr

ent

conf

lict.

Wal

ls,

Jean

nett

e.

The

Gla

ss C

astle

. Wal

ls’

extr

aord

inar

y m

emoi

r re

coun

ts h

er itin

eran

t ch

ildho

od w

ith t

wo

ecce

ntric

par

ents

and

the

pov

erty

and

bul

lyin

g th

at s

he e

ndur

ed.

A gr

acef

ul, c

andi

d, a

nd s

omet

imes

sho

ckin

g st

ory.

Wak

ing

Up

Am

eri

can:

Co

min

g o

f A

ge B

icu

ltu

rall

y; F

irst

-Ge

nera

tio

n W

om

en

Refl

ect

on

Ident

ity.

Ed.

by

Ang

ela

Jane

Fou

ntas

. I

n th

is e

xcel

lent

ant

holo

gy b

y ne

w im

mig

rant

s, y

oung

wom

en w

riter

s sp

eak

with

irre

vere

nce

and

hone

sty

abou

t co

mpl

ex

iden

titie

s, lo

ve, a

nd t

he p

reju

dice

at

hom

e an

d ou

tsid

e.

Fict

ion

Bat

es,

Judy

Fong

. M

idni

ght

at t

he D

rago

n C

afé.

Su-

Jen

Cho

u an

d he

r pa

rent

s ar

e th

e on

ly C

hine

se f

amily

in

thei

r sm

all

Ont

ario

tow

n in

the

1950s.

Aft

er h

er h

ands

ome

half-

brot

her

arriv

es, S

u-Je

n no

tices

new

fam

ily t

ensi

on a

nd it

s hi

dden

cau

se.

The

secr

ets

and

the

sim

ple,

bea

utifu

l wor

ds m

ake

this

nov

el a

bre

athl

ess

read

.

Derm

ansk

y, M

arcy

. Tw

ins.

Thr

ough

out

high

sch

ool,

iden

tical

tw

ins

Chl

oe a

nd S

ue f

orge

ve

ry d

issi

mila

r id

entit

ies

as t

hey

stru

ggle

with

bul

imia

, firs

t lo

ve, a

nd t

he s

hift

ing

inte

nsity

of

the

ir ow

n bo

nd.

The

twin

s’ a

ltern

atin

g vi

ewpo

ints

nar

rate

thi

s da

rkly

hum

orou

s, a

ffec

t-in

g de

but.

Dev

oto

, P

at C

unn

ingh

am.

The

Sum

mer

We

Got

Sav

ed.

In 1

960s

Alab

ama,

you

ng

Tab

and

her

sist

er a

re i

ntro

duce

d to

non

viol

ent

prot

ests

and

the

lie

s to

ld b

y bo

th w

hite

an

d bl

ack.

Rea

listic

, fla

wed

cha

ract

ers,

poi

gnan

t hu

mor

, and

pro

voca

tive

ques

tions

abo

ut

soci

al in

just

ice

com

bine

in t

his

com

pelli

ng h

isto

rical

nov

el.

Eva

ns,

Dia

na.

26

a. I

n su

burb

an L

ondo

n, t

he m

embe

rs o

f a

bira

cial

, bi

cultu

ral fa

mily

fee

l pu

lled

betw

een

duel

ing

iden

titie

s. E

vans

’ ly

rical

tel

ling

focu

ses

on t

he y

oung

cha

ract

ers

and

fluid

ly ju

xtap

oses

dis

para

te w

orld

s.

Gal

low

ay,

Gre

gory

. A

s Si

mpl

e as

Sno

w.

An a

vera

ge h

igh-

scho

ol b

oy d

escr

ibes

his

se

arch

for

an

allu

ring

Got

h st

uden

t w

ho d

isap

pear

ed.

Sus

pens

e bu

ilds

as t

he y

oung

, af

fect

ing

narr

ator

sift

s th

roug

h cl

ues

and

cryp

tic s

igns

for

ans

wer

s.

Hem

ingw

ay,

Am

anda

. Th

e G

reen

ston

e G

rail.

In

this

lyr

ical

, in

trig

uing

var

iatio

n on

the

ar

chet

ypal

que

st s

tory

, you

ng N

atha

n fin

ds h

imse

lf re

spon

sibl

e fo

r re

scui

ng the

gra

il w

hen

it fa

lls i

nto

the

wro

ng h

ands

. An

cien

t, m

oder

n, a

nd m

ystic

al e

lem

ents

ble

nd t

oget

her

smoo

thly

in t

his

rous

ing

adve

ntur

e.

9


BOOKLIST

• AL

A’S

GU

IDE

TO B

EST

READ

ING

IN 2

006

BOOKLIST

• ED

ITOR

S’ C

HOI

CE

John

son,

R.

Kik

uo

. N

ight

Fis

her.

Lore

n, a

hig

h-sc

hool

sen

ior

in M

aui,

Haw

aii,

and

a fo

rmer

str

aigh

t-A s

tude

nt,

falls

int

o a

circ

le o

f fr

iend

s w

ho u

se d

rugs

and

com

mit

pett

y cr

imes

. Jo

hnso

n’s

first

gra

phic

nov

el o

ffer

s a

visc

eral

sen

se o

f th

e H

awai

ian

sett

ing

and

a co

nvin

cing

por

trai

t of

mild

ly d

isaf

fect

ed t

eens

at

a tu

rnin

g po

int.

Lee

, M

arie

Myu

ng-O

k. S

omeb

ody’

s D

augh

ter.

Afte

r K

orea

n-bo

rn a

dopt

ee L

ee S

oon-

Min

lear

ns t

hat

her

biol

ogic

al p

aren

ts w

ere

not

kille

d, a

s sh

e’d

alw

ays

thou

ght,

the

youn

g w

oman

tra

vels

fro

m M

inne

sota

to

Kor

ea in

sear

ch o

f th

e tr

uth.

Alte

rnat

ing

narr

ator

s te

ll th

e bi

tter

swee

t st

ory.

Raw

les,

Nan

cy.

My

Jim

. In

thi

s tr

ench

ant

nove

l, R

awle

s re

visi

ts J

im,

the

slav

e w

ho

esca

pes

dow

n th

e M

issi

ssip

pi R

iver

with

Huc

k Fi

nn, an

d im

agin

es t

he li

fe o

f th

e w

ife h

e le

ft b

ehin

d. A

n un

forg

etta

ble

view

of

Amer

ican

sla

very

and

end

urin

g lo

ve.

Sit

tenf

eld

, C

urt

is.

Pre

p. S

even

teen

-yea

r-old

Lee

, a

scho

lars

hip

stud

ent,

feel

s lik

e an

ou

tsid

er a

t he

r N

ew E

ngla

nd p

rep

scho

ol.

Sitt

enfe

ld in

clud

es s

hrew

d, s

ubtle

insi

ghts

into

ad

oles

cenc

e an

d th

e sc

hool

’s p

rivile

ged

wor

ld.

Ste

mpl

e, A

dam

. Sin

ger

of S

ouls

. Dou

glas

trie

s to

qui

t dr

ugs

by m

ovin

g in

with

his

gra

nd-

mot

her

in E

dinb

urgh

. Th

en h

e m

eets

a b

eaut

iful

mus

icia

n w

ho l

ures

him

int

o a

chill

ing

alte

rnat

e st

ate.

A g

rim, p

ower

ful f

anta

sy f

or o

lder

rea

ders

.

Bo

oks

fo

r Yo

uth

Sel

ecte

d by

the

Boo

ks f

or Y

outh

edi

toria

l st

aff,

thes

e tit

les

repr

esen

t ou

r be

st-o

f-the

-yea

r se

lect

ions

in

fictio

n, n

onfic

tion,

and

pic

ture

boo

ks f

or o

lder

and

mid

dle

read

ers

and

youn

g ch

ildre

n. O

ur g

oal

is t

o pr

ovid

e a

broa

d se

lect

ion

of o

utst

andi

ng b

ooks

tha

t m

ixes

pop

ular

ap

peal

with

lite

rary

exc

elle

nce.

Old

er

Re

ad

ers

Abr

aham

s, P

ete

r. D

own

the

Rab

bit

Hol

e. G

r. 7

–10

. Th

irte

en-y

ear-o

ld I

ngrid

Lev

in-H

ill

feel

s lik

e Al

ice

plun

ging

dow

n th

e ra

bbit

hole

as

her

curio

sity

abo

ut t

he m

urde

r of

a lo

cal

ecce

ntric

tak

es h

er in

to u

nkno

wn,

eve

n da

nger

ous

plac

es. G

reat

cha

ract

ers,

ple

nty

of s

us-

pens

e, a

nd a

n au

then

tic r

eal-w

orld

bac

kdro

p ra

ise

this

wel

l abo

ve m

ost

yout

h m

yste

ries.

Bar

tole

tti,

Su

san

Cam

pbell. H

itler

You

th: G

row

ing

Up

in H

itler

’s S

hado

w. G

r. 7–1

0.

In a

grip

ping

na

rrat

ive

acco

mpa

nied

by

nu

mer

ous

blac

k-an

d-w

hite

hi

stor

ical

ph

otos

, B

arto

lett

i dra

ws

on o

ral h

isto

ries,

dia

ries,

lett

ers,

and

her

ow

n ex

tens

ive

inte

rvie

ws

to t

ell

wha

t it

was

like

to

be a

tee

nage

r du

ring

Hitl

er’s

tim

e. T

he h

aunt

ing

pers

onal

acc

ount

s w

ill

spar

k de

ep d

iscu

ssio

ns t

hat

will

ext

end

beyo

nd t

he H

oloc

aust

cur

ricul

um. (T

op o

f th

e Li

st

win

ner—

Yout

h N

onfic

tion.

)

Farr

ell

, Je

ane

tte

. In

visi

ble

Alli

es:

Mic

robe

s Th

at S

hape

Our

Liv

es.

Gr.

6–9

. Fa

rrel

l w

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natin

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icro

bes

cont

ribut

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hum

an life

in

area

s as

var

ied

as t

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n of

cho

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deve

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ent

of t

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hum

an d

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tive

syst

em, a

nd t

he d

isin

tegr

atio

n of

env

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enta

l tox

ins.

Fran

k, M

itch

. U

nder

stan

ding

the

Hol

y La

nd: A

nsw

erin

g Q

uest

ions

abo

ut t

he Is

rael

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estin

ian

Con

flict

. Gr.

6–9

. U

sing

a w

onde

rful

ly e

ffec

tive

ques

tion-

and-

answ

er f

orm

at,

Fran

k’s

even

hand

ed,

hone

st b

ook

tack

les

the

com

plex

sub

ject

of

the

Isra

eli-P

ales

tinia

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nflic

t, m

akin

g it

com

preh

ensi

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if no

t an

y le

ss h

orrif

ic.

10

Gre

en,

John

. Loo

king

for

Ala

ska.

Gr.

9–1

2. In

Gre

en’s

stu

nnin

g de

but

nove

l, M

iles

Hal

ter,

a lo

ver

of l

ast

wor

ds,

goes

to

boar

ding

sch

ool

look

ing

for

the

Gre

at P

erha

ps.

He

finds

fr

iend

s, f

un,

and

a tr

oubl

ed g

irl n

amed

Ala

ska,

who

cha

nges

his

life

. W

ritte

n w

ith f

rank

-ne

ss, g

race

, and

hum

or.

Laro

chell

e, D

avid

. Abs

olut

ely,

Pos

itive

ly N

ot. G

r. 7–1

0. T

his

touc

hing

, som

etim

es h

ilari-

ous

com

ing-

out

stor

y st

ars

Ste

ven

DeN

arsk

i, 16,

who

trie

s to

den

y th

at h

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gay

. Th

e ch

arac

ters

are

dra

wn

with

sur

pris

ing

dept

h, a

nd t

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t-per

son

narr

ativ

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oves

fro

m

angs

t to

far

ce a

s S

teve

n fin

ds s

uppo

rt a

nd b

etra

yal i

n un

expe

cted

pla

ces.

Lest

er,

Juli

us.

Day

of T

ears

. Gr.

6–9

. In

unf

orge

ttab

le p

erso

nal a

ccou

nts,

Les

ter

fictio

nal-

izes

the

big

gest

sla

ve a

uctio

n in

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry t

hrou

gh t

he s

tirrin

g vo

ices

of m

any

who

w

ere

ther

e, i

nclu

ding

the

sla

ves

up f

or s

ale,

the

auc

tione

er,

and

the

whi

te m

aste

rs a

nd

thei

r ch

ildre

n.

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h, C

hris

. In

excu

sabl

e. G

r. 9–1

2.

Kei

r, a

high

-sch

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seni

or a

ccus

ed o

f da

te r

ape,

re

coun

ts h

is v

ersi

on o

f ev

ents

in

this

bon

e-ch

illin

g no

vel

that

ask

s po

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ful

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tions

ab

out

athl

etic

cul

ture

, per

sona

l res

pons

ibili

ty, a

nd w

hat

defin

es a

goo

d gu

y.

Mell

ing

, O.

R. T

he H

unte

r’s M

oon.

Gr.

8–1

1.

Teen

cou

sins

Gw

en a

nd F

inda

bhai

r em

bark

on

a t

hrill

ing

adve

ntur

e th

at l

eads

the

m t

hrou

gh t

he s

hift

ing

wor

lds

of c

onte

mpo

rary

Ire

land

and

the

opu

lent

, mys

tical

rea

lm o

f fa

erie

s. W

ell d

raw

n an

d ric

hly

satis

fyin

g, t

his

is

the

first

boo

k in

the

Chr

onic

les

of F

aerie

ser

ies.

Nels

on,

Mar

ilyn

. A W

reat

h fo

r Em

met

t Till

. Gr.

9–1

2. N

elso

n di

still

s ov

erw

helm

ing

emo-

tion

into

pot

ent,

hear

t-sto

ppin

g lin

es i

n th

is c

olle

ctio

n of

poe

ms,

org

aniz

ed i

nto

a he

roic

cr

own

of s

onne

ts,

abou

t th

e br

utal

, ra

cial

ly m

otiv

ated

mur

der

of E

mm

ett

Till.

Phi

lippe

La

rdy’s

spar

e, s

ymbo

lic p

aint

ings

illu

stra

te t

he m

aste

rful

poe

try.

Nil

sson,

Per.

You

& Y

ou &

You

. Gr.

9–1

2.

Sw

edis

h no

velis

t N

ilsso

n br

ings

tog

ethe

r th

ree

disp

arat

e ch

arac

ters

, An

on,

12;

Zara

h, 1

7;

and

Nils

, 20,

in a

qui

rky, e

xcep

tiona

l no

vel

abou

t re

latio

nshi

ps a

nd t

he h

uman

con

ditio

n. S

tron

g la

ngua

ge a

nd s

exua

l situ

atio

ns a

re

fold

ed n

atur

ally

into

the

bea

utifu

lly w

ritte

n st

ory.

Par

trid

ge, E

liza

beth

. Joh

n Le

nnon

: All

I Wan

t Is

the

Tru

th. G

r. 9–1

2. T

he m

ystiq

ue s

ur-

roun

ding

Joh

n Le

nnon

has

onl

y in

tens

ified

in th

e de

cade

s si

nce

his

mur

der,

and

Part

ridge

’s

stel

lar bi

ogra

phy

fills

in the

intim

ate

deta

ils—

char

min

g an

d gr

itty—

in a

car

eful

ly d

esig

ned,

w

ell-r

esea

rche

d pa

ckag

e th

at w

ill d

raw

bro

wse

rs a

nd r

ock-

hist

ory

buff

s al

ike.

Perk

ins,

Lyn

ne R

ae.

Cri

ss C

ross

. Gr.

6–9

. In

thi

s w

ry, p

erce

ptiv

e fo

llow

-up

to A

ll Al

one

in

the

Uni

vers

e, a

1999

Boo

klis

t Edi

tors

’ Cho

ice

sele

ctio

n, 1

4-y

ear-o

ld D

ebbi

e an

d he

r frie

nds

sear

ch fo

r si

gns

of w

ho the

y ar

e an

d w

ho the

y’ll

beco

me.

Per

kins

find

s po

etry

in a

uthe

ntic

, un

ders

tate

d m

omen

ts, t

he 1

970s

sett

ing,

and

the

wel

l-dra

wn,

lika

ble

char

acte

rs.

Row

ling

, J. K

. Har

ry P

otte

r an

d th

e H

alf-B

lood

Pri

nce.

Gr.

6–9

. In

the

penu

ltim

ate

book

of

the

ser

ies,

the

wiz

ard

com

mun

ity i

s no

w f

ully

aw

are

that

evi

l ha

s re

turn

ed.

Har

ry h

as

been

left

ber

eft

by t

he d

eath

of S

irius

Bla

ck, a

nd t

here

are

mor

e ki

lling

s to

com

e. R

owlin

g is

at

the

top

of h

er g

ame

here

, ble

ndin

g ba

ckst

ory

and

fres

h in

sigh

ts.

Ste

inho

fel,

And

reas

. Th

e C

ente

r of

the

Wor

ld.

Gr.

10–1

2.

Phil,

17,

know

s th

at h

e is

ga

y an

d th

at h

is f

ree-

spiri

ted

mot

her

acce

pts

him

, bu

t he

has

alw

ays

drea

med

of

findi

ng

his

Amer

ican

fat

her.

A pr

izew

inne

r in

Ger

man

y, t

his

funn

y, a

chin

g fir

st-p

erso

n na

rrat

ive

tells

a s

tory

of

secr

ets

and

betr

ayal

as

Phil

conf

ront

s tr

uth

and

lies

abou

t fa

mily

, frie

nds,

an

d lo

vers

.

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Antonio and Natasha try to keep their love

alive through letters after Antonio goes

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Antonio fights for survival. A 2006 BBYA

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Rawles, Nancy. My Jim. Sadie Watson’s

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Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Miles is looking for the Great Perhaps, and

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senior and football star Keir can always find

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he is accused of date rape.

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Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger. After Ed, an aimless nineteen-year-old cab

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King, Stephen. The Stand. 1980. A flu like no other

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Mass, Wendy. A Mango-Shaped Space. 2003. Mia is stunned to learn her friends don’t see words and

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McDaniel, Lurlene. Six Months to Live. 2003. Dawn leaves her teddy bear collection, cheerleading, and

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Napoli, Donna Jo. Breath. 2005. Salz has always

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Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper. 2005. What if you

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Vaughn, Brian K. Y The Last Man: Unmanned. 2003. Yorick discovers that being the last man left in a

world full of women is not exactly a dream come true.

Werlin, Nancy. Double Helix. 2005. Eli needs to

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survivors.


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numbers in color.










to the Hot Zone.








survivors.


vampires diabetics?









has arrived.


numbers in color.










to the Hot Zone.









Abbott, Hailey. The Bridesmaid. 2005. Can Abby

train the dreaded Bridezilla?

Bauer, Joan. Backwater. 2000. Ivy battles the family

legal tradition and a treacherous blizzard.

Bruchac, Joseph. The Warriors. 2003. Jake, a star

lacrosse player, enters a boarding school only to find that

his Iroquois heritage is misunderstood.

Cabot, Meg. All-American Girl. 2003. Being a hero

isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Cappo, Nan Willard. Cheating Lessons. 2003. Even if you’re smart, you don’t have all the answers.

Carlson, Melody. It’s My Life: Diary of a Teenage Girl. 2000. Caitlin O’Connor’s journal tells about the ways

her Christian faith is affected by everyday happenings.

Ferris, Jean. Love Among the Walnuts. 1998. Two

parents, a girlfriend, and a chicken fall into comas after

being poisoned.

Hilgartner, Beth. Murder for Her Majesty. 1992. The newest star of the Yorkshire Cathedral’s boys’ choir

has a secret—she’s a girl.

Hobbs, Will. Leaving Protection. 2005. Fishing for

salmon off the coast of Alaska and hooked by danger.

Karr, Kathleen. The Boxer. 2004. Will chasing the

American dream make the Chopper a champion or a chump?

Lubar, David. Dunk. 2002. Step right up and take your

best shot at dunking Chad the Bozo! Experience a summer

on the Jersey shore as Chad learns there’s more to humor

than being funny.

Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn. 2005. Pirates of the

Caribbean meets Where the Wild Things Are.

Rabb, M. E. The Rose Queen. 2004. Lost and found:

Two orphaned sisters flee New York to become Midwestern

crime solvers.















being poisoned.










than being funny.





crime solvers.















being poisoned.










than being funny.





crime solvers.















being poisoned.










than being funny.





crime solvers.

Books that Don’t Make You Blush Books that Don’t Make You Blush Books that Don’t Make You Blush Books that Don’t Make You Blush

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Rallison, Janette. All’s Fair in Love, War, and High School. 2005. Can head cheerleader Samantha

tame her tongue during a student body election?

Schindler, Nina. An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries. Tr. by Rob Barrett. 2004. Do u like me?

Plz rite back soon.

Shaw, Tucker. Flavor of the Week. 2005. If food

is the way to a woman’s heart, then Cyril should be Prince

Charming.

Sheldon, Dyan. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. 2005. All the world’s a stage, and all Lola’s

friends and enemies are merely players.

Smith, Greg Leitich. Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo. 2005. Who knew a science experiment could

cause so much heartache?

Takaya, Natsuki. Fruits Basket Vol. 1. 2004.

Tohru Honda finds a home with a family who has a most

unusual secret.

Trottier, Maxine. Sister to the Wolf. 2004. Lesharo, a Pawnee slave, swears to protect a young woman

and her father on a dangerous journey.

Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped. 2003. She loves

him, he loves her not. Wait! Isn’t it the other way around?

Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways Vol. 1: Pride & Joy. Illus. by Adrian Alphona. 2004. Six teens find out

that their parents are evil. No, really, evil.

Weaver, Will. Memory Boy. 2003. Miles invents a

fantastic vehicle to escape with his family from a worldwide

ecological disaster.

Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. 2005. In Tally’s world

everyone is an Ugly, until they’re turned into a Pretty on

their sixteenth birthday.




Plz rite back soon.



Charming.







unusual secret.
















Plz rite back soon.



Charming.







unusual secret.
















Plz rite back soon.



Charming.







unusual secret.

















Brooks, Kevin. Martyn Pig. 2003. When his father

dies accidentally, Martyn gets deeper and deeper in trouble

as he tries to cover it up.

Cormier, Robert. Rag and Bone Shop. 2003. Sociopath, or coerced victim?

Ewing, Lynne. Drive-By. 1998. When Tito’s older

brother is killed in a gang-related drive-by, Tito must keep

his family safe—no matter what it takes.

Ferris, Jean. Bad. 2001. Life behind bars changes

tough Dallas’s life and her attitude.

Flinn, Alex. Nothing to Lose. 2004. The Tilt-a-whirl

could never be half as thrilling as Michael’s dark secret.

Foon, Dennis. Skud. 2004. Hidden lives of bullies.

Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life. 2004. Breaking the

law is a bad idea, but it doesn’t have to ruin your life.

Hartinger, Brent. Last Chance Texaco. 2005. Lucy’s last chance before prison is a group home that could

bring her a future, romance, mystery—or total disaster.

Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. 1997. It’s the rich kids

vs. the greasers.

Jacobs, Thomas A. They Broke the Law, You Be the Judge: True Cases of Teen Crime. 2003. What’s it like to be arrested and go through the legal

system?

Koertge, Ron. The Brimstone Journals. 2001. Boyd’s list of his classmates is one list you never want to

see your name on.

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd. Truth. 2003. Jen learns quickly that

when it comes to solving a murder, you’re either part of the

solution or part of the problem.

McClintock, Norah. Snitch. 2005. A dog teaches

obedience to an angry boy.

Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear. 2002. Prison or a year on a remote island? Which will Cole

choose? Which would you?


















vs. the greasers.


system?


see your name on.

























vs. the greasers.


system?


see your name on.

























vs. the greasers.


system?


see your name on.








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Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. 2001. Steve’s movie

will be a surefire success, if he isn’t sentenced to life in

prison first.

Picoult, Jodi. The Pact: A Love Story. 1998. It was

the perfect relationship—but did it end in murder?

Sachar, Louis. Holes. 2003. Welcome to Camp Green

Lake! Did we mention that it’s not a camp, it’s not green,

and there’s no lake?

Sanchez, Reymundo. My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King. 2001. Inside the life of a

Latin King gangster.

Shakur, Sanyika. Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. 2004. “Monster” Kody

shares his story of sixteen years spent growing up as a

gangbanger in South Central.

Shepard, Jim. Project X: A Novel. 2005. Even guys

next door can become killers.

Sikes, Gini. 8 Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters. 1998. Inside the lives

of girl gangbangers.

Strasser, Todd. Give a Boy a Gun. 2000. Behind

the scenes of a high school shooting rampage.

Weber, Lori. Klepto. 2004. Hannah is the bad sister,

but Kat seems to be following in her footsteps.

Whitney, Kim Ablon. See You Down the Road. 2005. Bridget’s family was good at being like everyone

else except when it came to one thing: obeying the law.

Williams, Stanley “Tookie” with Barbara Cottman Becnel. Life in Prison. Illus. by D. Stevens and others. 2001. Crips founder Tookie

Williams tells it like it is about life on Death Row.



prison first.

























prison first.

























prison first.























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