Will Hobbs
Go Big or Go Home
Action/adventure
Having gotten out of bed to watch the Perseid meteor showers, Brady narrowly escapes death as a meteor crashes through his bedroom roof and through his bed. Fascinated by the rock from outer space, he and his cousin take it to a professor who discovers that it is filled with a dormant bacteria. As the boys bike, play basketball, and hang out together, they begin to notice that Brady has gained some extraordianary powers. Is the meteor responsible? Set in the Black Hills, this story is full of adventure. You'll want to keep reading to see what happens next.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Life As We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life As We Knew It
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Miranda records moments of her life as her family faces difficult times. An asteroid hit the moon causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes. With no electricity and limited food will her family survive the winter?
Miranda and her family are realistic characters that you will like. This story will make you think about how you might face difficult situations.
Life As We Knew It
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Miranda records moments of her life as her family faces difficult times. An asteroid hit the moon causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes. With no electricity and limited food will her family survive the winter?
Miranda and her family are realistic characters that you will like. This story will make you think about how you might face difficult situations.
Heat
Mike Lupica
Heat
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Michael dreams of playing in the Little League World Series, and his team might be good enough. When another coach accuses Michael of being too old, he has to sit out until a birth certificate can be found. To add to his worries, Michael is afraid that child services will find out he and his brother are living alone.
A great sport stories.
Heat
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Michael dreams of playing in the Little League World Series, and his team might be good enough. When another coach accuses Michael of being too old, he has to sit out until a birth certificate can be found. To add to his worries, Michael is afraid that child services will find out he and his brother are living alone.
A great sport stories.
Blood Red Horse
K. M. Grant
Blood Red Horse
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Anxious to pick his first war horse, Will de Granville picks a red horse called Hosanna. Though not a big horse, it is fast and graceful. When Will, his father, and his brother go off to the Crusades, Hosanna proves his worth as the men fight for the Holy Land.
Filled with action, this book will give you a great look into a what the crusades may have been like.
Blood Red Horse
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Anxious to pick his first war horse, Will de Granville picks a red horse called Hosanna. Though not a big horse, it is fast and graceful. When Will, his father, and his brother go off to the Crusades, Hosanna proves his worth as the men fight for the Holy Land.
Filled with action, this book will give you a great look into a what the crusades may have been like.
Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs
Crossing the Wire
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Victor is determined to help his family in Mexico so he undertakes a dangerous journey to cross the border into the United States.
Will Hobbs does a great job of making you feel you are right there living through the journey with Victor.
Crossing the Wire
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Victor is determined to help his family in Mexico so he undertakes a dangerous journey to cross the border into the United States.
Will Hobbs does a great job of making you feel you are right there living through the journey with Victor.
Red Kayak
Priscilla Cummings
Red Kayak
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Brady and his friends see a rich neighbor out in a kayak on their way to school. Brady is later part of a search team when the mother and child are missing. Brady finds the child but the little boy dies. Brady's sadness turns to guilt as he finds out he may have contributed to Ben's death.
You'll feel Brady's pride and guilt as you follow him through the events surrounding the accident and its aftermath.
Red Kayak
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Brady and his friends see a rich neighbor out in a kayak on their way to school. Brady is later part of a search team when the mother and child are missing. Brady finds the child but the little boy dies. Brady's sadness turns to guilt as he finds out he may have contributed to Ben's death.
You'll feel Brady's pride and guilt as you follow him through the events surrounding the accident and its aftermath.
Firestorm
David Klass
Firestorm
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
A prophecy has told that Jack will save the world by finding Firestorm, but there are those who want Jack to fail. He fights to save his own life in one desperate situation after another as he tries to save the world.
This fantasy and first of a series is nonstop action.
Firestorm
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
A prophecy has told that Jack will save the world by finding Firestorm, but there are those who want Jack to fail. He fights to save his own life in one desperate situation after another as he tries to save the world.
This fantasy and first of a series is nonstop action.
Yellow Star
Jennifer Rozines Roy
Yellow Star
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
The story of one of only twelve children to survive the Loaz Ghetto during WWII. Jennifer Roy tells the story of her aunt Sylvia Perlmutter-the hardships and fears of being a Jew in Poland during the time of concentration camps.
It is hard not to be affected by the events and treatment suffered by the Jewish that are written about in this book.
Yellow Star
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
The story of one of only twelve children to survive the Loaz Ghetto during WWII. Jennifer Roy tells the story of her aunt Sylvia Perlmutter-the hardships and fears of being a Jew in Poland during the time of concentration camps.
It is hard not to be affected by the events and treatment suffered by the Jewish that are written about in this book.
Listen!
Stephanie S. Tolan
Listen!
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Charley has made a connection to a wild dog and is determined to make it her own. As she works to make the dog trust her, she begins to heal from a car accident and come to grips with the death of her mother.
You'll be pulling for Charley as she tries to make friends with the dog.
Listen!
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Charley has made a connection to a wild dog and is determined to make it her own. As she works to make the dog trust her, she begins to heal from a car accident and come to grips with the death of her mother.
You'll be pulling for Charley as she tries to make friends with the dog.
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Percy is a half-blood. His father is one of the ancient Greek gods but he doesn't know which one. With monsters trying to kill him, Percy is sent on a quest that will stop a war between the gods and save his mother.
Fantasy fans will love this story that is the first in a series. I think Harry Potter fans will especially enjoy it.
The Lightning Thief
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Percy is a half-blood. His father is one of the ancient Greek gods but he doesn't know which one. With monsters trying to kill him, Percy is sent on a quest that will stop a war between the gods and save his mother.
Fantasy fans will love this story that is the first in a series. I think Harry Potter fans will especially enjoy it.
Can't Get There From Here
Todd Strasser
Can't Get There From Here
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Maybe, 2moro, Maggot, Rainbow, Tears and Jewel are living on the streets of New York City. As part of the "tribe", Maybe suffers through the cold, hunger and danger of living on the streets. Is this the best way to live?
A sobering look at a different kind of life. It is hard to imagine that kids really do live like the characters in this book.
Can't Get There From Here
2008-08 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Maybe, 2moro, Maggot, Rainbow, Tears and Jewel are living on the streets of New York City. As part of the "tribe", Maybe suffers through the cold, hunger and danger of living on the streets. Is this the best way to live?
A sobering look at a different kind of life. It is hard to imagine that kids really do live like the characters in this book.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Amazing Grace
Megan Shull
Amazing Grace
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Grace has it all-she's the #1 tennis player in the world and she's beautiful. However, she grows unhappy with this life and gives it all up. To disappear from the press, she goes to live in Medicine Hat, Alaska where she lives the life of a normal teen.
Readers will like Grace in this story that flows along nicely.
Amazing Grace
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Grace has it all-she's the #1 tennis player in the world and she's beautiful. However, she grows unhappy with this life and gives it all up. To disappear from the press, she goes to live in Medicine Hat, Alaska where she lives the life of a normal teen.
Readers will like Grace in this story that flows along nicely.
Crackback
John Coy
Crackback
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Miles loves football and has set his goals for the season high. His dreams for the season start to fall apart when events conspire against a winning season and Miles loses his starting position.
Sports lovers will really enjoy this story. There will be characters you love and hate as Miles deals with the disappointments the football season brings.
Crackback
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Miles loves football and has set his goals for the season high. His dreams for the season start to fall apart when events conspire against a winning season and Miles loses his starting position.
Sports lovers will really enjoy this story. There will be characters you love and hate as Miles deals with the disappointments the football season brings.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Peter Abrahams
Down the Rabbit Hole
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Ingrid left her soccer shoes in the home of a woman who was murdered. She breaks into the crime scene to get them back and later realizes the men arrested did not commit the murder. Ingrid is determined to solve the case without implicating herself.
Mystery lovers will enjoy this story.
Down the Rabbit Hole
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Ingrid left her soccer shoes in the home of a woman who was murdered. She breaks into the crime scene to get them back and later realizes the men arrested did not commit the murder. Ingrid is determined to solve the case without implicating herself.
Mystery lovers will enjoy this story.
Dairy Queen
Catherine GIlbert Nurdock
Dairy Queen
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
D.J. has a lot of responsibility as she is in charge of milking their dairy herd and getting the hay baled because her father is hurt. Her father's friend sends a rival football player to help at the farm. The two clash but D.J. becomes his trainer to help him get ready for the football season. Now D.J. wants to make her own school's team.
Readers will enjoy the sports story within this book and the way D.J. goes for what she really wants.
Dairy Queen
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
D.J. has a lot of responsibility as she is in charge of milking their dairy herd and getting the hay baled because her father is hurt. Her father's friend sends a rival football player to help at the farm. The two clash but D.J. becomes his trainer to help him get ready for the football season. Now D.J. wants to make her own school's team.
Readers will enjoy the sports story within this book and the way D.J. goes for what she really wants.
The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen
The Truth About Forever
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Macy is trying to be what her mom and her boyfriend expect her to be. Everybody thinks that she is perfect, but she knows otherwise. Her life changed when her dad died. By keeping everything under control, she tries to contain her grief. When she starts working for a caterer, she make new friends and starts to find herself.
Filled with quirky characters, this story is funny and heart warming. Another great book by Sarah Dessen.
The Truth About Forever
2008-09 Iowa Teen Award Nominee
Macy is trying to be what her mom and her boyfriend expect her to be. Everybody thinks that she is perfect, but she knows otherwise. Her life changed when her dad died. By keeping everything under control, she tries to contain her grief. When she starts working for a caterer, she make new friends and starts to find herself.
Filled with quirky characters, this story is funny and heart warming. Another great book by Sarah Dessen.
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