In this edition of Books on My Desk:
Boys, Bears, Brain Camp,
and "Gross Stuff" -
Oh My!
Boys, Bears, Brain Camp,
and "Gross Stuff" -
Oh My!
Take a sneak peek at the books making their way from my desk to the Young Adult room and hopefully into your hands.
Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings
Call #: Y CUMMING
"After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie reluctantly enters a school for the blind, where in spite of her initial resistance she learns the skills that will help her survive in the sighted world."
note: The dust jacket for this book has the title raised in braille. a copy of the braille alphabet is also included.
Party by Tom Leveen
Call #: Y LEVEEN
"As eleven different high school students recount, in their own voices, events before, during, and after the same end-of-year party, the stories intersect and combine in unexpected ways."
The Big Book of Gross Stuff by Bart King
Call #: Y 818.607 KING
Well, this is just what it sounds like - a big book of gross stuff. The author's dedication reads "...to your digestive mucus. (after all, no one ever gives it a proper 'Thank-You'!)" Includes chapters on 'What is gross?", sewers, gross anatomy, breaking the wind, and a gross-quiz among other things! Check this baby out if you think you can stomach it.
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
by Lynne Rae Perkins
Call #: Y PERKINS
"A teenaged boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck."
note: This title made the Junior Library Guild selection list
The Not-So-Great Depression: in which the economy crashes, my mom goes broke, my sister's plans are ruined, my dad grows vegatables, and I do not get a hamster
by Amy Goldman Koss
Call #: Y KOSS
"Jackie, a ninth-grader, does not understand when her teacher talks about unemployment and recession, until her mother loses her job and Jackie cannot buy the things she wants."
Brain Camp by Susan Kim, artwork by Faith Erin Hicks
Call #: YC KIM
A summer at Camp Fielding will really change you.
"Lucas and Jenna are chosen to attend a camp that promises to turn delinquents into high achieving students, but when they arrive, they realize that the camp is not what it seems." note: Look for this graphic novel in the YA comics section.
Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots
by Abby McDonald
Call #: Y MCDONAL
"Seventeen-year-old Jenna, an ardent vegetarian and environmentalist, is thrilled to be spending the summer communing with nature in rural Canada, until she discovers that not all of the rugged residents there share her beliefs."
If you decide to try-out any of these titles, be sure to post a comment and tell us what you thought of the book(s). -Happy Reading!
Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings
Call #: Y CUMMING
"After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie reluctantly enters a school for the blind, where in spite of her initial resistance she learns the skills that will help her survive in the sighted world."
note: The dust jacket for this book has the title raised in braille. a copy of the braille alphabet is also included.
Party by Tom Leveen
Call #: Y LEVEEN
"As eleven different high school students recount, in their own voices, events before, during, and after the same end-of-year party, the stories intersect and combine in unexpected ways."
The Big Book of Gross Stuff by Bart King
Call #: Y 818.607 KING
Well, this is just what it sounds like - a big book of gross stuff. The author's dedication reads "...to your digestive mucus. (after all, no one ever gives it a proper 'Thank-You'!)" Includes chapters on 'What is gross?", sewers, gross anatomy, breaking the wind, and a gross-quiz among other things! Check this baby out if you think you can stomach it.
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
by Lynne Rae Perkins
Call #: Y PERKINS
"A teenaged boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck."
note: This title made the Junior Library Guild selection list
The Not-So-Great Depression: in which the economy crashes, my mom goes broke, my sister's plans are ruined, my dad grows vegatables, and I do not get a hamster
by Amy Goldman Koss
Call #: Y KOSS
"Jackie, a ninth-grader, does not understand when her teacher talks about unemployment and recession, until her mother loses her job and Jackie cannot buy the things she wants."
Brain Camp by Susan Kim, artwork by Faith Erin Hicks
Call #: YC KIM
A summer at Camp Fielding will really change you.
"Lucas and Jenna are chosen to attend a camp that promises to turn delinquents into high achieving students, but when they arrive, they realize that the camp is not what it seems." note: Look for this graphic novel in the YA comics section.
Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots
by Abby McDonald
Call #: Y MCDONAL
"Seventeen-year-old Jenna, an ardent vegetarian and environmentalist, is thrilled to be spending the summer communing with nature in rural Canada, until she discovers that not all of the rugged residents there share her beliefs."
If you decide to try-out any of these titles, be sure to post a comment and tell us what you thought of the book(s). -Happy Reading!
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