Mar 18
2009
TeenFusion Librarian| Category: Book of the day, Rate Your Read, Share Your Thoughts |
The Teen Services Division of the Michigan Library Association posted the top twenty teen reads for 2008. Your help is needed to determine the 2009 winner. Click here for a ballot and brief descriptions of each book. Ballots are pre-addressed for mailing to the selection committee or E-mail your selection to teenfusion2009@thegdl.org and the library will forward your vote to the Thumbs Up! committee. To read one or more titles on the list, check the GDL catalog for availability.
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Compound by S. A. Bodeen
Debbie Harry Sings in French by Meagan Brothers
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilla Gallante
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman
Playing with Matches by Brian Katcher
Venomous by Chris Krovatin
Paper Towns by John Green
Last Exit to Normal by Michael B. Harmon
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Chanda’s War by Allan Stratton
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
May 05
2008
TeenFusion Librarian| Category: Book of the day, Rate Your Read |
One of twenty contenders for the Michigan Library Association’s Teen Services Division Thumbs Up! Award for 2008. What do you think about the book?
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Though fiction, the basis of True Diary is from Mr. Alexie’s life on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. If you listen to the audio version, you will hear not only the written words, but the oral interpretation performed by the author. The first few minutes of his slow paced, low tones seem awkward, but the story soon pulls the listener into Junior’s (Arnold Spirit) life and his realization of a dead end future if he stays on the reservation. Ridicule from his fellow tribe members and the hardships of poverty plague his determination to achieve a place for himself in the white community of Reardan. Listen to Arnold Spirit’s story as he searches for acceptance within his Spokane Tribe and the many tribes he encounters off the reservation.
Already saluted for literary excellence by parents, book sellers, newspapers, review journals and the publishing world, the Thumbs Up! Committee includes it in their top twenty titles from 2007. To learn more about Sherman Alexie and True Diary, click here for biographies and reviews.
Apr 15
2008
TeenFusion Librarian| Category: Book of the day, Rate Your Read, Share Your Thoughts |
The Michigan Library Association’s Teen Services Division would like to know your favorite books from 2007. Twenty titles recognizing the excellence and uniqueness of teen/young adult fiction or non-fiction have been placed on the ballot. Visit the Thumbs Up! Book Award web site to vote for your favorite title. Instructions for filing your vote are on the ballot. Polls close on May 30, 2008.
