1. NEED A GOOD READ?
NOVEMBER 2010
Kelly Jensen, Youth Services Librarian @
APL
2. Mostly Good Girls by Leila Sales
•Violet and Katie are BFFs, good girls,
and high achievers
•…but something is going on with Katie
•Laugh out loud funny
•Told through vignettes
•For fans of Sarah Dessen
3. You by Charles Benoit
•You are Kyle Chase: tough guy
•Do you have a weak spot?
•Second person narration, fast paced
•For fans of Chris Crutcher, Ellen
Hopkins, Gail Giles
5. Love Drugged by James Klise
•If you could change who you are, would
you?
•Jamie is gay but no one knows. He might
have his hands on the cure to this thanks to
his friend’s dad.
•Fans of realistic stories that make you think
6. Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
•Ben’s dad is relocating for work: teaching
a chimp to learn sign language
•What happens when the ape becomes
much more than an experiment?
7. Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
•Natalie: strong, independent, self-
confident, feminist
•Enter Conner
•Has Natalie been a tyrant or has she
finally realized there is more to herself
than she once believed?
•Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen,
Melissa Walker, Kody Keplinger’s The
DUFF
8. The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
•An eerie tale pulling from many legends
•Mackie doesn’t fit in our world . . . Will he
fit in his own?
•“Edward Scissorhands meets Catcher in
the Rye”
•For fans of horror, the creepy, and
Edgar Allan Poe
9. Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Nat
Standiford
•A twist on several classic stories
•The Almighty decreed that someone did
something horrible, and she will not
include her family in her will if the
perpetrator doesn’t confess
•Three separate stories woven together
•Funny, ridiculous, and absurd
10. Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
•Historical: Set during 1876 Centennial
World’s Fair in Philadelphia
•Katherine is mourning the loss of her twin
sister, Anna
•Secrets!
•Fast paced, laced with excellent historical
details and poetic language
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