Uglies

Name of Book:  Uglies Author:  Scott Westerfeld Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Simon Pulse ISBN:  978-1442419810 Audience:  Ages 12 and up. Summary:  Westerfeld’s page-turning novel opens just weeks before Tally Youngblood’s 16th birthday. In a near-future utopian society, Tally is an “ugly” – a young person who has not yet been surgically transformed into a “pretty.” As [...]

Inkheart

Name of Book: Inkheart Author:  Cornelia Funke Publisher:  Scholastic Inc. ISBN:  0439709105 Audience:  Ages 9 and up Summary:  Twelve-year-old Meggie and her father Mo, a bookbinder, live a quiet life together until a stranger appears one rainy night, and Meggie learns of a complicated past which quickly envelops her family again.  Nine years before, Mo had [...]

Ender’s Game

Name of Book:  Ender’s Game Author: Orson Scott Card Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates ISBN: 9780812550702 Audience:  Ages 12+ Summary:  Aliens, known as the buggers, have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species.  Although it has been years since the last attack, the world wants to make sure humans win the next encounter, so [...]

Mockingjay

Name of Book:  Mockingjay Author:  Suzanne Collins Book Design:  Elizabeth Parisi Publisher:  Scholastic Press Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  The third in a trilogy of science fiction stories, Mockingjay is written for adolescent youth and older due to graphic and violent content. Katniss Everdeen has survived two rounds of competition in the Hunger Games [...]

Catching Fire

Name of Book:  Catching Fire Author:  Suzanne Collins Book Design:  Elizabeth Parisi Publisher:  Scholastic Press Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  The second in a trilogy of science fiction stories, Catching Fire is written for adolescent youth and older due to graphic and violent content. Katniss and Peeta were victors of the 74th Hunger Games. [...]

The Hunger Games

Name of Book:  The Hunger Games Author:  Suzanne Collins Book Design:  Phil Falco Publisher:  Scholastic Press Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  The first in a trilogy of science fiction stories, The Hunger Games is written for adolescent youth and older due to graphic and violent content. Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl [...]

Whittington

Name of Book:   Whittington Author:  Alan Armstrong Illustrator:  S. D. Schindler Publisher:  Random House Children’s Books Audience:   Ages 8 and up Summary: This is a story of the animals that live in Bernie’s barn.  Bernie takes in the animals that no one else has any use for – two retired sulky horses, an overly enthusiastic [...]

The Giver

Name of Book :  The Giver Author:  Lois Lowry Publisher:  Laurel-Leaf Books Audience:  Ages 11 and up Summary:  Jonas and his family live in a perfect society where no one feels emotions or has to think for themselves. Each member of the community has a role which is assigned to him or her when he [...]

A Wrinkle in Time

Name of Book:   A Wrinkle in Time Author :  Madeleine L’Engle Illustrator:  Taeeum Yoo (cover art) Publisher:   Farrar, Straus and Giroux Audience:   Ages 8 and up Summary:     This is a story about three children who fight an evil force threatening their planet.  In an attempt to save Meg and Charles Wallace’s father, the two [...]

New Moon (part of Twilight series)

Name of Book:  New Moon Author:   Stephanie Meyer Publisher:   Little, Brown and Company Audience:   High school girls Summary:  This would be a fabulous book for literary circles, especially the response logs. The response logs would allow the youth to connect their own personal lives with the story, allowing them to express their connections and questions [...]