What’s New In Adolescent Literature

1. Lori Bierschwale, Houston Middle School, LibrarianCindi Rockett, Lamar Middle School, LibrarianDiana Stephens, Cardwell Prep Center, LibrarianNatalie Sunde, Nimitz High School, Librarian What’s New In Adolescent Literature

2. All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school and life in general with a minimum of effort. It s not a lot to ask. But that s before he s given some bad news: he s sick and he s going to die. Going Bovineby Libba Bray Pair withMad CowDisease

3. Into the Beautiful Northby Luis Urrea Pair with Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the dark side of American Immigration Abandoned by her father who headed north for work years before, Nayeli is hit with the realization that her hometown is all but abandoned by men, leaving it at the mercy of drug gangsters.

4. These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for nearly ninety years. The Monstrumologistby Rick Yancey Pair with Survive: Stories of Castaways and Cannibals Additionally with Cannibal Animals

5. Northrop's debut is one dark ride, as events spin out of control for three friends who haven't had many lucky breaks. High school sophomores Micheal (the narrator), Tommy, Mixer and Bones are a pretty tight crew. Gentlemen byMichael Northrop Pair withCrime & Punishment

6. Callie is equally aware of her growing desire to become a scientist and of societal expectations that make her dream seem nearly impossible. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Pair with Forbidden Archeology and Charles Darwin: The Theory of Evolution

7. The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski This startling novel, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic, political intrigue, and heroism. Pair with any travel guide for Prague

8. The truth is closing in. Life's not easy for Sami Sabiri since his dad stuck him at a private school where he's the only Muslim kid. But it's about to get a lot worse. Borderline by Allan Stratton Pair with Being Muslim

9. Ron Koertge's spot-on repartee highlights the wry, poignant tale of a teen who is numbed by loss but finds an unusual route to reclaiming his life. Deadvilleby Ronald Koertge Pair with Part of Me Died Too

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15. Stuck On Earthby David Klass On a secret mission to evaluate whether the human race should be annihilated, a space alien inhabits the body of a bullied fourteen-year-old boy. Pair with Cars on Mars

16. Amber Appleton lives in a bus. Ever since her mom's boyfriend kicked them out, Amber, her mom, and her totally loyal dog, Bobby Big Boy have been camped out in the back of Hello Yellow (the school bus her mom drives). Sorta Like a Rock Starby Matthew Quick Pair with Born to Rock and thebiography U2

17. Chicago sophomore Luisa Perez generally avoids school activities. Then she is asked to anonymously cover the school’s efforts in the citywide literacy fund-raising challenge for the school paper Girl v Boyby Collins and Rideout Pair with Letters to a Young Journalist

18. Four tech-savvy kids armed with high-tech video cameras and esoteric coding skills, the Trackers can find almost anyone, anywhere. Told through a collage of videos, text, and websites. We are Not eaten by Yaks Pair with Explore-A-Mazeby RobertSnedden

19. Drawn mysteriously into a land where Mayans, Vikings, Romans, Neanderthals, and dinosaurs coexist, Jake and his clueless, Cheerleader type sister struggle both to make friends and to return home. Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow by James Rollins Pair with Mayan and Aztec Mythology

20. Walker follows a forensic anthropologist and his team of scientists, historians, and archaeologists as they uncover human remains and other artifacts in Jamestown and colonial Maryland. Written in Bone by Sally Walker Pair with The Huntfor Atlantis and Fort Mose

21. Banning Books? What a dilemma. Who should decide if a book gets banned?

22. Lady Katsa was born with a hyper-developed talent for killing. She rebels against her thuggish uncle, the king, by forming the Council, a sort of social justice league, and is drawn into a mystery involving secrets, greed, and kidnapping. Pair with Himeji Castle Gracelingby Kristin Cashore

23. Dark Songby Gail Giles Ames is not the person she was a few months ago. Her father lost his job, and her family is crumbling apart. Now, all she has is Marc. Pair with Gunstories: Life Changing Experiences with Guns

24. When Delilah must spend the summer helping to settle her estranged grandmother's estate, she's suddenly confronted by her family's painful past. Faced with questions that cannot be ignored and secrets that threaten to burst free, Delilah begins to doubt all that she's ever known to be true. Fixing Delilah Hannafordby Sarah Ockler Pair withTeens & Suicide

25. The Red Blazer Girlsby Michael Beil Pair with Dickens:His work and His World It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery!

26. Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton Shaw After their father takes a new job as head gardener at England’s Minerva Hall, Jim and his sister, Sal, find themselves in the perfect setting for a ghost story. Pair with Haunted Houses: Chilling Tales from 24 American Homes

27. In America, he sees the snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He’s never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter—cold and unkind. Home of the Braveby Katherine Applegate

28. When Eli was nine, his autocratic billionaire father led his family into the Compound, an extravagant underground bunker built to protect them against nuclear war. After receiving word that a strike had been launched, they had forty minutes to get inside and lock the door behind them (a door only Eli's father can open again) Pair withHiroshima: TheStory of the FirstAtom Bomb Compound by S. A. Bodeen

29. At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual “gold,” jewels, and precious artifacts. For The Winby Cory Doctorow Pair with Alter Ego: Avatars and their creators

30. A collection of environmental paintings and poems taken from the River of Words (ROW) annual poetry and art contest for students K-12. River of Wordsby Pamela Michael

31. When Kids Can’t Read By Kylene Beers

32. Four tech-savvy kids armed with high-tech video cameras and esoteric coding skills, the Trackers can find almost anyone, anywhere. Told through a collage of videos, text, and websites. Trackers byPatrick Carman Pair withThe Dark Side of the Internet

33. Pair with Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin That Book Womanby Heather Henson A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman"--a librarian who rides a pack horse through the mountains, lending books to the isolated residents.

34. Martin lives in the suburb with his mom, dad, and little sister. But this is where normality ends. The Sky Insideby Clare B. Dunkle Pair with Genetic Engineering (sequel:  The Walls Have Eyes)

35. An exchange student who's really an alien, a secret room that becomes the perfect place for a quick escape, a typical tale of grandfatherly exaggeration that is actually even more bizarre than he says... Pair with Teens in Australia Tales from Outer Suburbiaby Shaun Tan

36. Readicide by Kelly Gallagher

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