Make Your Voice be Heard

by DCPL on September 1, 2010

Have you read any of the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten nominations?

Here are the ones we have:

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

Heist Society by Ally Carter

Fire by Kristen Cashore

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

The Roar by Emma Clayton

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

If  I  Stay by Gale Foreman

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Geektastic: stories from the nerd herd

Dragonfly by Julia Golding

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

Witch and Wizard by James Patterson

By the Time You Read This, I’ll be Dead by Julie Anne Peters

Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa

Leviathan by Scott Westerfield

City of Fire by Lawrence Yep

If you would like a say on what titles are on the final 2010 Teens’ Top Ten list,  now is your chance to vote. The list can also be found at www.ala.org/teenstopten. Voting is open now through September 17. The winners will be announced during Teen Read Week, Oct. 17-23.

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If I Stay by Gale Foreman

by DCPL on August 28, 2010

A car wreck leaves seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, in a coma.  As she hovers somewhere between life and death, Mia must decide whether or not to fight for her life, or “stay”.  The plot could have easily strayed into melodrama, but it instead focuses on celebrating of Mia’s life before the accident.  What will she decide?

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A Bend in the Road

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