My Head Is Full of Books: 2015 Mock Printz List Rollout

"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Monday, October 6, 2014

2015 Mock Printz List Rollout

Here it is: the Bethel School District 2015 Mock Printz reading list---

Title	Author	Genre	Our thoughts
Brown Girl Dreaming	Jacqueline Woodson	Autobiography; in verse	6 of 6 starred reviews; Civil Rights
The Crossover	Kwame Alexander	Sports; in verse	8 of 9 starred reviews; for reluctant readers
~~Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind Environmental Headlines~~	~~Paul Fleischman~~	~~Nonfiction~~	Environmental issues
The Family Romanov	Candace Fleming	Nonfiction	6 of 6 starred reviews; finally a nonfiction book written for high school level.
Girls Like Us	Gail Giles	Realistic	Important topics
Half Bad	Sally Green	Paranormal	High interest and teen appeal
~~The Islands at the End of the World~~	~~Austin Aslan~~	~~Science Fiction; Action Adventure~~	We have a lot of students from Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.
Otherbound	Corrine Duyvis	Fantasy	5 of 6 starred reviews
Say What You Will	Cammie McGovern	Realism; Romance	Students living with disabilities
The Story of Owen	EK Johnston	Fantasy	4 of 8 starred reviews; fun half fantasy/ half realistic
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender	Leslye Walton	Magical Realism	Set in Washington State; local author
Through the Woods	Emily Carroll	Horror; graphic fiction	4 of 4 starred reviews; illustrations bold and attractive.
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy	Kate Hattemer	Realistic	4 of 6 starred reviews; the long poem is an unknown poetic style.
We Were Liars	E. Lockhart	Mystery	5 of 6 starred reviews; unpredictable

100 Sideways Miles	Andrew Smith	?	5 of 6 starred reviews; on National Book Award Long list;
This One Summer	Mariko Tamaki	Graphic Novel	Coming-of-age; 6 of 8 starred reviews
I'll Give You the Sun	Jandy Nelson	Realistic/magical realism	Added to the list: Dec. 1, 2014. 3 of 5 starred reviews
Glory O’Brien’s History of Future	A.S. King	?	3 of 3 starred reviews
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces	Isabel Quintero	Realistic	Themes: Latino culture; LGBT; Substance abuse. 3 of 4 starred reviews
~~Belzhar~~	~~Meg Wolitzer~~	~~Realistic~~	~~Theme: death and dying. 3 of 4 starred reviews~~

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?

Here we go...

Books with strike-through fonts have been removed from the original list.

2 comments:

Sue JacksonOctober 13, 2014 at 3:40 PM
Great list! I have read This One Summer and listened to Belzhar on audio.

This 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
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