I haven't posted for awhile. One might think I haven't been reading. Not so! Last summer I read the ten YA books that have been nominated for the Nebraska Golden Sower award, young adult division. Personally, I am glad I am not eligible to vote, because we have another year of really great books to choose from. I'm not sure I could choose a favorite from this list!
Here are the books Nebraska youth will be voting on in the spring!
Here are the books Nebraska youth will be voting on in the spring!
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer. Cinder is a cyborg. Prince Kai hires her to fix a broken android. Eager to impress the prince, Cinder's intentions are derailed when her younger sister is infected with the plague that is devastating Earth. Her stepmother volunteers Cinder's body for plague research, but something unusual happens.
This title is followed by Scarlet, Cress, and Winter (not yet released).
This title is followed by Scarlet, Cress, and Winter (not yet released).
Curveball; the Year I Lost My Grip, by Jordan Sonnenblick. Peter, a fantastic baseball pitcher, injures his arm over the summer. His best friend AJ doesn't believe he can't pitch anymore! His grandfather suddenly gives him all his photography equipment. What's up with that? And he meets Angelika in a photography class.
A Long, Long Sleep, by Anna Sheehan. Rose Fitzry awakens after 62 years of being stassed. She awakens to a life without her parents, boyfriend, or anyone she knew. She is now the head of a multimillion dollar corporation, at age 16. She doesn't know hot to act or make friends in this new world. To top it off, she's being hunted by a Plastine!
The author says there will be a sequel, but no promises on when that will happen!
The author says there will be a sequel, but no promises on when that will happen!
Prisoner B-3087, by Alan Gratz. This book is based on the true story of a boy Yanek who survived ten concentration camps in World War II. It is the story of his survival from the occupation of Krakow, Poland when he was 11, until the liberation of Dachau.
The Raft, by S.A. Boden When Robie's aunt leaves her alone and the friend who is supposed to watch her can't, she makes a sudden decision to go home. She's an experienced traveler. But the small plane she's on crashes into the ocean, and no one knows she was on the plane! She's alone on a raft with Max, but copilot, with no water and barely any food. How will they survive? There is a twist in this book.
Boden also wrote "The Compound" which won the YA Golden Sower Award several years ago.
Boden also wrote "The Compound" which won the YA Golden Sower Award several years ago.
The Silence of Murder, by Dandi Daley Mackall. Hope's developmentally disabled brother Jeremy has been accused of murdering a beloved high school baseball coach. Several years earlier Jeremy suddenly stopped talking so can't/won't defend himself. Hope is out to prove that he didn't commit this murder.
Starters, by Lissa Price. Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars killed everyone between the ages of 20 and 60. Now she, her younger brother Tyler, and friend Michael are trying to survive. Her only hope is Prime Destinations, a business that hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders, seniors who want to be young again. But she discovers Prime Destinations' plans are more evil than she could have imagined!
A sequel "Enders"
A sequel "Enders"
Ungifted, by Gordon Korman. Donovan pulls a major prank at his middle school. Due to an administrative mixup he is sent to a school for gifted students, instead of being punished for his prank! It's the perfect hideout, that is, if he can fool the teachers and other students! In the end, Donovan learns from them, and they learn from
Variant, by Robison E. Wells. Benson, a foster child, applies to and is accepted at MaxField Academy, a private school in New Mexico. But there are no adults, cameras monitor his every move, and breaking the rules equals death. When he discovers the school's real secret, he realizes escape might be his only hope.