Teen Interviews:
Christene-Age 15: My friends read The Twilight Series and I got hooked on them. I enjoy reading the romance and also the powers that they have. Edward can read minds and Alice can see the future.
I would use a blog to find out more books on supernatural and other genres.
Monica-Age14: I like supernatural books and I tell my friends about them. I read "Wake" which is about a girl who can see people's dreams. She finds out about their secrets and learns how to cope with this power.
I would use a blog. I would want to read other people's comments and learn about the story of the book.
ODallaz-Age 15: I like reading crime, mystery, suspense stories.
Jasmine-Age 15: I also read "A Child Called IT" very emotional and who could do this to their children?
Friday, March 16, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
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Awards: Teen Top Ten List-#4--2008
Annotation: Rose and Lissa attend St. Vladimir's Vampire Academy. Rose and Lissa must fight to save themselves and St. Vladmir's.
Book Talk: I am Rose and I am a dhampir. I am a proctor of my best friend Lissa who is a Moroi-a living vampire and comes from a royal family. Two years ago, we escaped from St. Vladmir's Academy because we warned that that there were enemies coming after Lissa. I protected Lissa until we got caught by other St. Vladmir's dhampirs. We were brought back to the academy to continue our education and to be watched. St. Valdimir's Academy is for dhampir and living vampires only. Lissa could be our next Queen and the academy wants to protect her. Along with my kickbutt defense classes led by the jaw dropping-way too handsome for his own good Dimitri, royal intrigue and the usual gossip of who is dating who, Lissa and I discover there is someone after Lissa but we don't know who. Am I strong enough to protect Lissa and myself and also discover who is after Lissa? Can I trust Dimitri to help us? I will do anything to proctect Lissa.
Theme: Supernatural romance,vampires, mystery
Jessica-Age15-I have read Vampire Academy, Twilight, Morganville Vampires
Sunday, March 11, 2012
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Awards: Texas Tayshas List (Glass Houses)--2009
Annotation: Morganville, Texas is ruled by vampire but Claire Danvers does not know that until she meets Eve, Shane and Michael.
Book Talk: I am Claire Danvers and 16 years old and I am an intellectual mutant. Meaning I am called dork and nerd and I attend a local college which is where my problems begin. I am constantly bullied by Psycho Monica and the Monickettes. They love to humiliate and physically hurt me. I see an add for a housemate off campus and I go and see if the people will accept me. I meet Eve-Goth Queen, Shane-all muscle and Michael-handsome but something is different about him. They will let me live in their big house and they tell me the strangest story that Morganville is ruled by vampires and I have to be careful. I looked at them and laughed and I realized later I wished I hadn't.
Theme:Supernatural romance, vampires, ghosts, mystery
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Awards: None
Annotation: Elena is the popular girl at school. Stefan Salvatore is the new, dark and brooding guy that Elena vows to get. Damon is Stefan's brother who wants revenge on Damon.
Book Talk: Elena has no idea what she is getting herself into when she meets Stefan who is a vampire. Strange things start to occur and Stefan is being blamed for them because he is new in town. Enter Damon, Stefan's brother who hates Stefan and wants revenge on Damon from things done in the past. Elena is caught between them and it becomes difficult when she realizes she is falling for both brothers.
Theme: Supernatural romance,vampires, mystery, revenge, murder
Jasmine: Age 15: Growing up I like the scary stuff!
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Awards: North Carolina Young Adult Book Award
Nominee--2011-2012
RITA Award Finalist--2011
Teen Top Ten List-#1--2011
Annotation: The story is about Tessa Grey going to London to meet her brother Nate. In London she discovers she has powers and that a Supernatural world exists.
Book Talk: I am Tessa and I am going to London to meet my brother Nate. When I arrive I am kidnapped by the Dark Sisters who use magic on me that reveals my power. I am rescued by William and he takes me to the Shadow Hunters. I meet other Shadow Hunters and they say they will help me find Nate. I hope I can trust them.
Theme: Supernatural romance, steampunk, vampires, ghosts
Friday, March 9, 2012
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Awards: None
Annotation: Wendy Everly was six years old when her mother attacked her and said she is not her daughter. When she was 17 she finds out she is a changeling and was switched with a human baby.
Book Talk: Wendy Everly life is changed when she finds out she is a changeling and she is brought to the world of the Trylle, her people. She discovers she is a princess and her real mother is the Queen. She is torn between the new world and the human world where her aunt and brother live. She must make a decision to either stay and become Queen or leave everything behind and go back to the human world.
Theme: Supernatural, mystery
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Awards: Paranormal Pearl Ward (Author)-2006
Annotation: Mercy Thompson is a VW mechanic and her life turns upside down when Mac enters her life.
Book Talk: I am Mercy and I can turn into a coyote. All hell breaks lose in my life when Mac shows up at my car shop looking for work. I sensed he was a new werewolf so as to not anger him I hired him. Things go bad quick when some men enter my shop and try to take Mac away. I changed into a coyote and attack one of the men and kill him. I called Adam the local Alpha Werewolf and told him what happened. He takes Mac home and introduces him to his pack. Things don't go well when Adam's house is attacked, Mac is dead and Adam's daughter Jesse is kidnapped. This is just the beginning of my story wait until you read what happens next!
Theme: Supernatural romance, vampires, werewolves, mystery, Native American mythology
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Awards: Teen Top Ten List--#1--2007
South Carolina Young Adult
Award--2008-2009
Pacific Northwest Library Association
Young Reader's Choice--2009
Annotation: Bella's birthday party does not go well and this leads to Edward and his family leaving. How will Bella survive without him?
Book Talk: Bella's 17th birthday party is at the Cullen's house and while she is opening her presents she gets a paper cut. Jasper sees it and goes to attack her. Edward stops him. A few days after the attack, Edward tells Bella that he and his family are leaving and he does not love her. Bella is devestated. Life is empty without Edward and she turns to Jacob for support. Alice Cullen sees Bella do something dangerous and comes back to check on Bella. While she is with Bella, she sees a vision of Edward going to the Volturi and asking them to kill him since he can't live without Bella. Can Alice and Bella arrive in time to stop Edward and if they do, what will happen between Bella, Edward and Jacob?
Theme: Supernatural romance, vampires, wolves,
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Awards: ALA's Best Book for Young Adults-2006
School LibraryJournal Best Books-2005
Teen Top Ten List-#2--2006
South Carolina Young Adult
Award--2007-2008
Texas Lone Star Book Awards--2006-2007
Michigan Library's Association
Thumbs Up Award--(Honor-2006)
Annotation: This story is about Bella and Edward and how she finds out that he is a vampire.
Book Talk: I am Bella Swan and I moved to Forks, Washington from Phoenix to be with my dad. At school, I noticed a handsome boy named Edward Cullen. One day, Edward saves my life from an on coming van with his hands. I realized then that there is something unusual about him. I eventually learn that he is a vampire. I do not care about that, all I care about is Edward and our love.
Theme: Supernatural romance, vampires, wolves, Native American mythology
The Supernatural genre has been around for a long time dating back to Mary Shelly's Frankestein and Bram Stoker's Dracula. In the past few years Supernatural stories have become popular in Young Adult Literature expecially if romance is involved. The Twilight Series that came out five years ago became very popular in Young Adult literature and are now movies. There have many more supernatural stories that have become popular such as Morganville Vampires and the resurgence of Vampire Diaries which has become a television series. This is the genre that I picked for my eight books- Supernatural Romance. Each story has two characters-one human and one who is beyond human that fall in love and try to be together when the odds are not in their favour. I picked out some well known books and some that are new. Enjoy!
The books that I chose are listed below:
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Switched by Amanda Hocking
Clockwork Angel: The Infernal Devices-Book 1- by Cassandra Clare
Morganville Vampire Series: Book 1: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle by L.J. Smith
Vaimpire Academy by Richelle Mead
NOTE: The Twilight video was downloaded from YouTube. I have no legal rights to YouTube or the Twilight book series or movies. The movies are the legal property of Summit Entertainment and the books are the legal property of Stephenie Meyer.
The self-made videos were made at Extranormal.com.
ODallaz- Age 15- Twilight is about true love and life lessons but it is also a fantasy.
Jessica-Age 15-I would use a blog to read other people opinon's.
The books that I chose are listed below:
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Switched by Amanda Hocking
Clockwork Angel: The Infernal Devices-Book 1- by Cassandra Clare
Morganville Vampire Series: Book 1: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle by L.J. Smith
Vaimpire Academy by Richelle Mead
NOTE: The Twilight video was downloaded from YouTube. I have no legal rights to YouTube or the Twilight book series or movies. The movies are the legal property of Summit Entertainment and the books are the legal property of Stephenie Meyer.
The self-made videos were made at Extranormal.com.
ODallaz- Age 15- Twilight is about true love and life lessons but it is also a fantasy.
Jessica-Age 15-I would use a blog to read other people opinon's.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
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Awards: Newberry Award-1963
School Library Journal Best Book of the
Year Award--1962
Annotation: Margaret and Charles learn about time traveling from three unique women. Will they help Margaret and Charles find their father?
Book Talk: Margaret Murray is the oldest of four siblings. There are the twins Sandy and Denny and the youngest Charles Wallace who is considered "Dumb" because he does not talk much. Their mother is a scientist and so is their father. Their father was working on a science project for the government until he mysteriously disappeared. They wonder what has happened to him. Charles Wallace has a friend named Mrs. Whatsit. He introduces Margaret and their friend Calvin to her. She tells them about The Wrinkle in Time which allows you to travel through space in the shortest amount of time. This makes them curious and they wonder if their father used this for his science experiment. Will they use the Wrinkle to find their father? If they do find him, will they be able to come back home.
Theme: Science Fiction
Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Awards: Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award-1985
Annotation: Ezperanza lives on Mango Street and through her eyes we see her family life and the lives of the people that live here.
Book Talk: Mango Street, just another street in Chicago. A street full of life, life that is happy, sad, bittersweet and lost. Through Ezperanza's eyes, we learn about all these different lives that live here and also of Esperanza's. She tells herself that when she gets older she will leave Mango Street and start a better life, but she does not realize is that she will come back for the "Ones that I left behind. For the ones who cannot out." Read and find out what happens to Esperanza, her family and friends on Mango Street.
Theme: Multicultural Literature, Hispanic Literature
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Awards: ALA Notable Children's Award-2009
Annotation: Rapunzel is held by Mother Gothel and she finds out that she is not her real mother. Mother Gothel locks Rapunzel in a tree but in time Rapunzel escapes and seeks revenge!
Book Talk: Rapunzel's Revenge is not your ordinary fairy tale. When Rapunzel was 12 she found out that Mother Gothel is not her real mother and asks Mother Gothel where is her mother? To keep Rapunzel from looking for her mother, Gothel locks Rapunzel in a magical tree. Over a few years, her hair grew long and she used it to escape and look for her real mother. Along the way she meets Jack. Not exactly your Prince Charming but she lets him tag along to help her get revenge on Mother Gothel. Rapunzel is one tough girl who can use her hair like a lasso or whip and no one gets in her way while she is seeking revenge!
Theme: Graphic Novel
Saturday, February 25, 2012
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Awards: ALA Alex Awards-2006
Best Books for Young Adults-2006
Annotation: Antonio is sent to prison and his girlfriend says she will love and support him while he is in prison.
Book Talk: One action can set in motion many things. Antonio, 17 years old, turns himself in for murdering his father. He receives a 10 year sentence for the crime. His girlfriend Natasha supports him by writing letters to him. She claims she loves him and will wait for him when he gets out. Through their correspondence with each other, the story unfolds, their hopes, dreams and growth as individuals is revealed every year. Does Natasha stay with Antonio or does she move on to a better life?
Theme: Street Literature, Urban Literature
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Awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults--2005
Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading
List--2005
Kentucky Bluegrass Master List--2006
Annotation: Francesca's life is turned upside down when she goes to a former all-boys school that is now co-ed and her mother becomes sick.
Book Talk: My life sucks! I used to go to St. Stella's All-Girl Catholic school 5th-10th grade, now I have to go to St. Sebastian's an All-Guy Catholic school that decided to go co-ed. Some co-ed, 30 girls to 700 guys who are obnoxious, rude, loud and they look upon us girls as stupid or easy. I hang out with girls I would never do at my old school, one of them plays piano-accordian-augh! I have a younger brother and a father who sees life as fun. My mother, right now I can't fully describe my mother. She used to have an opinion on everything, including me, she usually found causes to support and she loved to sing. Now, I don't know her, she is either sleeping all day and when she is awake she is silent. I hate the silence.
Theme: Chick Literature
Friday, February 17, 2012
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Awards:
John Newberry Medal-1994
ALA Notable Children's Books
ALA Best Reads for Young Adults
Margaret A. Edwards Award (Author)--2007
The Regina Medal--1994
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book--1994
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award-1996
: Garden State Book Award for Teen Fiction (1996)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award-1993
Annotation: Jonas is told at the age of 12 that he will have to retain his community's memories. The Giver will guide him into this unusual task.
Book Talk: What would you do if you were told you had to retain generations of memories? Memories of love, hate, anger and pain. Jonas is told this when he is 12 years old when he receives his assignment as the Receiver of Memories. Jonas lives in an Utopian community where "Sameness" is maintained. Everything looks alike and people are assigned their jobs, and emotions are repressed. Jonas meets the Giver who gives him the memories of times past and emotions. As the year progresses, Jonas realizes he cannot be the Receiver, it is too difficult. Jonas and the Giver devise a plot for Jonas to runaway and if he does what will happen to the community and to Jonas?
Theme: Fantasy
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Awards: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award--1992
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult
Award--1992
Oklahoma Sequeyah Young Adult
Award--1993
South Carolina Children's Book Award--1993
California Young Reader Medal--1993
Young Hoosier Book Award-1993-1994
Michigan Library's Association Thumbs
Up Award--1991
Annotation: Zoe's mother is dying of cancer and she meets an unsual boy.
Book Talk: Zoe writes in her personal journal "Spells Against Death" hoping it will save her mother who is dying of cancer. Zoe's life is upside down, her best friend Lorraine is moving away, her mother is always in the hospital and she met an unusal boy named Simon. Simon is not an ordinary boy, he is a vampire and he is out to get revenge on his maker. Zoe helps Simon confront his maker and she wonders if she and Simon will get out alive?
Theme: Horror, Supernatural romance, vampires
Saturday, January 28, 2012
YA Literature
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Awards: Margaret A. Edwards Award-1996
Annotation: Katherine and Michael are dating and they are discovering what relationships and forever mean.
Book Review: What does love and forever mean? These are concepts that Katherine and Michael are trying to understand. The main protagonists, Katherine and Michael, become inseperatable and tell each other that they will love each other forever. By summer, their love is tested when both take summer jobs that their parents have arranged for them. After the summer, Katherine must make a difficult decision regarding her relationship with Michael and she learns that love and forever have different levels of meaning.
Judy Blume wrote an insiteful story about first love and sexual experiences. She brings in the reality that love, forever, friendship and sex are not easy to understand and that growing up means letting go of someone that you love. The story is well thought out and written and there are serious situations and messages but it is not preachy which can alienate a young audience. This is a very good young adult book for teenagers who are beginning to enter the difficult world of love and sex. o
Theme: Classic, Coming of Age, Young Adult Romance
Schmidt, Gary, D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. c.2004. Print.Awards: Newberry Honor Book--2005 Award
Best Books for Young Adults--2005
Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young
Adult Literature Young Adult Award--2005
Michigan Library's Association Thumbs Up Award
(Honor--2005)
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Annotation: This is a story about Turner Buckminster and Lizzie Bright's friendship and their fight against prejudice.
Book Review: In 1912, twelve year old Turner Buckminster and his parents move from Boston, Massachusetts to Phippsburg, Maine, where his father becomes the pastor at the First Congregational church. Turner does not like Phippsburg at first. They play a strange version of baseball, everyone acts the same, thinks the same and even the houses look the same. He keeps thinking of heading out to the Territories for adventure. His perspective changes when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin a girl from Malaga Island which is off the coast of Phippsburg. She takes him to the island and he meets her grandfather and the other island inhabitants. Turner sees the island as a paradise and the people interesting. Turner eventually begins to see that the Phippsburg residents do not like Malaga nor its inhabitants and they want them out. Turner experiences the results of racism, hypocrisy and tragic events that changes his life and Lizzie's.
Gary Schmidt wrote a book based on a true story of Phippsburg and Malaga Island. In 1912, the Phippsburg residents forcefully removed the Malaga inhabitants and some were put in a mental institution and others settled in different communities. This was done so that the Phippsburg could put a hotel on the island to bring in tourists and improve its economy. Turner and Lizzie represent the affects of this event and how their lives change from this experience. This is a good story to introduce to young adults the concept of racism and how it affects people and communites. I think the author was true to the concept of racism and to what happened to the Malaga residents.
Theme: Historical Fiction
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Bantam Books. c1993. Print.
Awards: YALSA Best Books for Young Adults--1997
Annotation: Anne Frank wrote a diary when her and her family were being hidden from the Nazi's.
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Book Review: Anne Frank a 13 year old jewish girl living in Amsterdam writes in her personal journal about her family, the family Van Daan and Mr. Dussel who are living in a secret area of a warehouse. They are hiding from the Nazis so that they won''t be sent to a concentration camp. For two years they lived like this and Anne writes down her thoughts about being a young girl hidden away, her hopes and dreams, and the discord between herself and her parents and sister and between the adults. The diary ends just days before they are discovered and sent to the camps.
Reading this diary is heartbreaking because this is a story of a young a girl whose life is cut short not only being imprisoned in a warehouse but by the brutal laws and camps that Hitler created for all Jewish people under Germany's control. She receives her diary before her and her family go into hiding so at first she writes about being with friends, getting ice cream, and worries about school, which is common for all young adults. Then it is about living and hoping to have a future after hiding, which does not happen. We learn from Anne about how strong the human spirit can be and that hope is important to have when life has become unbearable.
This is an important book to read because Anne writes about living in a world at war and we learn from her what war does to people, a society and countries. This book is a historical and human record of how bad and good people can be.
Theme: Biography
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Awards: School Library Journal Best Book of
the Year--1974
ALA Best Books for Young Adults--1974
ALA The Best of the Best Books for
Young Adults--1974
New York Times Notable Book
of the Year--1974
Annotation: Jerry tries to make a point and fails.
Book Review: Ahh Chocolate, a wonderful delight, a symbol of love and affection and makes people feel good. But if chocolate is so wonderful, why did it start a war-a chocolate war? It all started with Jerry Renault, freshman at Trinity School, a private, all boys Catholic school. He won a spot on the football team and was considered a good student until Brother Leon, the chocolate and Archie came along. Archie is the "Assigner" for the Vigil Gang. He tells kids to do silly things in the classroom to annoy the teachers. Brother Leon is the acting principal for the school and he develops a fundraiser of selling chocolates to get money for the school. Archie tells Jerry to say no when Brother Leon asks how many boxes he will accept to sell. Jerry is supposed to say no for a few days and then say yes. Jerry realizes he does not have to do what Brother Leon and Archie say and by continually saying no he angers Brother Leon and Archie. Is Jerry being stubborn, does he dare to "Disturb the Universe" and create chaos or will he submit? Only a war can answer this question.
Theme: Realistic, Coming of Age
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Awards : (Author)
Lambda Book Award
Robert Davis Intellectual Freedom Award
Margaret A. Edwards Award--2003
Annotation: Liza and Annie are friends but they slowly discover that their is more to their friendship and they are not sure what will happen if they pursue their intimate feelings with each other.
Book Review: It all began at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Eliza "Liza" Winthrop heard Annie Kenyon singing in one of the galleries. Liza thought she sang beautifully. They introduced each other and walked and talked throughout the musueum. They exchanged telephone numbers and a friendship grew from that. Liza goes to Foster Academy a private school in Brooklyn Heights and wants to attend MIT to be an architect. Annie is at one of the public schools in Brooklyn so they call each other or meet on the weekends. As the fall progress into winter, Liza and Annie realize they have feelings of more than friendship with one another. Annie tells Liza that she is gay but does not want to force her into a relationship that Liza may want. Liza admits she wants to be with Annie and she wants more than a friendship with her. As their love grows for each other, an unforseen event occurs that knocks their world apart. Liza must face her parents, her brother and the Foster Academy schoolboard for being considered "immoral" and "unnatural" with Annie. Will these events tear Liza and her family apart and will Liza and Annie see each other again?
Theme: GLBTQ, Lesbian Literature
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