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Author
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Genre
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Our thoughts
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Jacqueline Woodson
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Autobiography; in verse
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6 of 6 starred reviews; Civil Rights
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Kwame Alexander
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Sports; in verse
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8 of 9 starred reviews; for reluctant readers
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Environmental issues
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Candace Fleming
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Nonfiction
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6 of 6 starred reviews; finally a nonfiction book written for high
school level.
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Gail Giles
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Realistic
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Important topics
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Half Bad
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Sally Green
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Paranormal
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High interest and teen appeal
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We have a lot of students from Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.
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Corrine Duyvis
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Fantasy
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5 of 6 starred reviews
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Cammie McGovern
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Realism; Romance
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Students living with disabilities
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EK Johnston
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Fantasy
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4 of 8 starred reviews; fun half fantasy/ half realistic
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
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Leslye Walton
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Magical Realism
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Set in Washington State; local author
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Emily Carroll
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Horror; graphic fiction
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4 of 4 starred reviews; illustrations bold and attractive.
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Kate Hattemer
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Realistic
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4 of 6 starred reviews; the long poem is an unknown poetic style.
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E. Lockhart
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Mystery
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5 of 6 starred reviews; unpredictable
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100 Sideways Miles
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Andrew Smith
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?
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5 of 6 starred reviews; on National Book Award Long list;
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| Mariko Tamaki | Graphic Novel | Coming-of-age; 6 of 8 starred reviews | |
Jandy Nelson
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Realistic/magical realism
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Added to the list: Dec. 1, 2014.
3 of 5 starred reviews |
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Glory O’Brien’s History of Future
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A.S. King
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?
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3 of 3 starred reviews
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Isabel Quintero
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Realistic
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Themes: Latino culture; LGBT; Substance abuse. 3 of 4 starred reviews
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What do you think of our list? Do you think we left off some YA books published in 2014 that should be on our list?
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Great list! I have read This One Summer and listened to Belzhar on audio.
ReplyDeleteThis One Summer blew me away - my first-ever teen/YA graphic novel (previously, I'd mostly read MG ones) - so much emotional depth and great job dealing with adolescent and family issues. Here's my review:
http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2014/06/teenya-review-this-one-summer.html
I just recently finished Belzhar on audio so no review yet but I loved it! There's a supernatural element, but it deals with very real emotions and problems. I think teens will love it, too.
Have fun with the process!
Sue
Oh no. Now what do we do? We had just about decided to leave THIS ONE SUMMER off our list and then this comment about how wonderful you think the book is. Oh dear. I'm thinking I'd better go back re-represent it to the team. Thanks for your help.
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