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2014 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Awards books!. Read 3 to vote!. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. Hilarious, gross, & perfect for history mystery lovers Sequel, From Norvelt to Nowhere , coming at the end of this month ! Interview with Jack Gantos.
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2014 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Awards books! Read 3 to vote!
Dead End in Norveltby Jack Gantos Hilarious, gross, & perfect for history mystery lovers Sequel, From Norvelt to Nowhere, coming at the end of this month! Interview with Jack Gantos
Titanic: Voices from the Disasterby Deborah Hopkinson Exciting, real-life drama Book trailer
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen Do you love animals, especially dangerous (see video) ones (and humor, of course!)?
Hidden by Helen Frost Novel in verse Suspenseful Secret code Book trailer
Real Hoops by Fred Bowen Great for sports fans! The story behind the book: Some famous players started playing ball at playgrounds and rec centers. One of the most famous basketball playgrounds is “The Rucker” in New York City, where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the leading scorer in the history of NBA, started out. Some other guys at the playground looked pretty good too. But playground ball is not ”real hoops.” Playing for a team – like a school team or a professional team – is where players are really tested.
The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr., AKA Houdini by Peter Johnson From the publisher: Houdini chronicles his life as he and his friends start a leaf-raking business, befriend Old Man Jackson, a Vietnam War veteran with a seriously intimidating dog, and get even with the neighborhood bully, Angel. But it’s hard to find a way to write about his dad losing his job or his brother, Franklin, who is first reported missing in action in Iraq and then still seems to be missing when he comes home.
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai “I was the first real-life Asian my classmates had ever seen.” - the author Based on the author’s own life when her family had to quickly leave Vietnam! Novel in verse For anyone who might some- times feel lonely
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine Historical fiction Life-changing friendship What do you know about this time period? http://www.marquette.edu/magazine/images/winter2010/bnr-little-rock-nine.jpg
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann Book #3 just released! Perfect for Hunger Games and dystopian novel fans!
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner - Silver Jaguar Society series (3 books so far) - Suspenseful mystery - Have you ever been snowed in somewhere unexpected?
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen - First in a trilogy - Movie coming soon
Buried Alive! by Elaine Scott How 33 Miners Survived 69 Days Deep Under the Chilean Desert - Nonfiction - Suspenseful - Plenty of photos Moment-by-moment reporting of what happened
Nerd Girls: The Rise of the Dorkasaurus by Alan Lawrence Sitomer Meet the Author - Funny & relatable - First in a series
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel - A graphic novel - Fantasy about…… a cardboard box!