Our 2014 Mock Printz reading list

Every summer the Bethel School District high school librarians attempt to read as many potential Printz award books (YA books published in 2014.) Here is the list of books we are working on this summer. The third column contains shorthand of the publications that have given these books starred reviews. (See the legend at the bottom of the page.) √ Check marks indicate books I've committed to read.

Title	Author	Starred Reviews; starred out of all reviews	Comments
Grasshopper Jungle √	Smith, Andrew	SLJ, PW, KR; 3 of 6
A Matter of Souls √	Patrick	KR; 1 of 3	Vignettes, Racism
We Were Liars √	Lockhardt	BL, KR, PW, SLJ; 4 of 4
Guy in Real Life	Brezenoff	KR; 1 of 3
She is Not Invisible	Sedgwick	BL, KR, PW; 3 of 3	Thriller
The Story of Owen √	Johnston	BL, KR, PW; 3 of 5	Fantasy
The Impossible Knife of Memory √	Anderson	BL, BCCB, NYT, PW, SLJ; 5 of 7	PTSD
A Time to Dance	Venkatraman	BL, SLJ; 2 of 3	Multicultural
Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy √	Hattemer	BL, KR; 2 of 3
Complicit √	Kuehn	BL, PW, SLJ; 3 of 3	Kuehn won Morris Award in 2014
Going Over √	Kephart	BL, SLJ; 2 of 2	Berlin wall
Half Bad	Green, Sally	BL, PW; 2 of 3	Paranormal
Never Ending √	Bedford	BL, KR; 2 of 4	Grief/death
The Sound of Letting Go √	Kehoe	PW; 1 of 4	Autism; verse
Shackleton	Bertozzi	KR; 1 of 1	Graphic biography
Red Madness √	Jarrow	KR; SLJ; 2 of 5	Nonfiction 5-8
Noggin √	Whaley	BL, PW; 2 of 4	Science fiction
Free to Fall	Miller	PW, SLJ; 2 of 3	Romance, futuristic
Always Emily √	Maccoll	SLJ; 1 of 4	About Bronte sisters; grades 6-10
Changers: Book One: Drew	Cooper/Cooper	PW; 1 of 3
Infinite Sky	Flood	BL; 1 of 3
Girls Like Us	Giles	BL, PW; 2 of 3
Say What You Will	McGovern	BL, PW; 2 of 4
Marina √	Ruiz Zafon	SLJ, PW; 2 of 5	Historical/Horror a cult classic in Spain
The Vanishing Season	Anderson, Jodi	PW, SLJ; 2 of 4	Suspense/horror
Gandhi: My Life is My Message √	Quinn	BL, KR; 2 of 5	Graphic biography
Illusive	Lloyd-Jones	BL; 1 0f 2
Silver	Wooding	BL; 1 of 2	Horror-Sci/Fi
I'll Give You the Sun	Nelson	(Read the reviews)	LGBT; due out in September
100 Sideways Miles	Smith, Andrew	BL, 1 of 2	Due out September
Why We Took the Car √	Herndorf	VOYA, NYT, KR, PW; 4 of 6	Translated from German
The Gospel of Winter √	Kiely	BL, PW, KR; 3 of 4	Sexual Abuse in the church
Afterworlds	Westerfeld	BL; 1 of 4	Novel within a novel; due out in September
Starbird Murphy and World Outside	Finneyfrock	PW, BL; 2 of 6	Set in WA state; funny

Legend Key: BL=Booklist; PW=Publisher's Weekly; SLJ=School Library Journal; KR=Kirkus Reviews; NYT=New York Times; BCCB=Bulletin of the Center for Children Books; VOYA=Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine