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Recommended Reading

Check It Out!--Recommended Reading

The links provided on this page will take visitors to a variety of recommended reading lists.

The 2008 Teens’ Top Ten is:

Students around the nation have voted and this year’s Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults includes:

*The Abosoutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

*A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishamael Beah

*Before I Die by Jenny Downham

*Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

*Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

*Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

*Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal by Mal Peet

*American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An *Odyssey in the New China
by Matthew Polly

*The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

*The Arrival by Shaun Tan
 

Find something that looks interesting? 
Write down the name of the author along with the title of the book and stop by our library to see if we have it on our shelves. 
Be sure to also check the availability at the public library.
 

stack of books

 
 
"I cannot live without books."
-Thomas Jefferson
in a letter to John Adams
on June 10, 1815

 

 

The Alex Award Winners

Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners
The Best Books for Young Adults Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Caldecott Award Winners Michael L. Printz Award Winners
Margaret A. Edwards Award Winners Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
Newberry Award Winners Audio Books for Young Adults
Notable Books for Adults What's Next- Series Database

                   Reading Rants                                         Graphic Novel Reviews for Teens
         Guys Read                                         Teen Reads   

Online Manga Reader       

Need to check on books in a young adult series - Check out this incredible database
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