Adult books recommended for Grades 9-12 including mystery, biography, sci-fi, romance, sports, poetry and literature from School Library Journal
Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 12/01/2008
Fiction BUCKHANON, Kalisha . Conception 277p. St. Martin’s 2008. Tr $21.95. ISBN 978-0-312-33270-9 . LC 2007040441. Adult/High School–Buckhanon’s second novel firmly establishes her as a timeless voice for a new generation. The point of view alternates between 15-year-old Shivana Montgomery and that of her unborn baby.
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 11/01/2008
Fiction BEAL, Daphne . In the Land of No Right Angles . 288p. Anchor . 2008. pap. $13.95. ISBN 978-0-307-38806-3 . LC 2008014281. Adult/High School—While spending a year in Nepal, Alex, an American college student, meets Maya, who is from the hill country. She helps Maya leave her home and begin a new life in Kathmandu, and both young women feel that there is something strong that binds ...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 10/01/2008
Fiction AKPAN, Uwem . Say You're One of Them . 368p. Little, Brown . 2008. Tr $23.99. ISBN 978-0-316-11378-6 . LC 2007041350. Adult/High School—With the intensity of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Say You're One of Them tells of the horrors faced by young people throughout Africa. Akpan uses five short stories (though at well over 100 pages, both "Luxurious Hearses" and "Fattening fo...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 09/01/2008
Fiction BLOCK, Stefan Merrill . The Story of Forgetting: A Novel . 313p. notes. Random . 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4000-6679-7 . LC 2007012062. Adult/High School—This riveting novel features well-drawn characters engaged in the epic struggle of finding purpose and meaning in life. Early-onset/familial Alzheimer's disease (EOA) is the launching point for an exploration of memory and the...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 08/01/2008
Fiction BAULENAS, Lluís-Anton . For a Sack of Bones . tr. from Catalan by Cheryl Morgan. 368p. Harcourt . 2008. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-15-101255-8 . LC 2007037893. Adult/High School—This compelling story, set during both the Spanish Civil War and the Franco regime, is told from alternating perspectives by the narrator as a boy and as a soldier.
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Reviews: Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 07/01/2008
Fiction BOBIS, Merlinda . Banana Heart Summer . 257p. illus. maps. Delta . 2008. pap. $12. ISBN 978-0-385-34112-7 . LC 2008000708. Adult/High School—At the age of 12, Nenita decides that the best move she can make for both herself and her family is to leave their impoverished home in her tiny Phillipine village and become the maid to a middle-class family with a sympathetic teenage daugh...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 06/01/2008
Fiction BARLOW, Toby . Sharp Teeth . 312p. HarperCollins . 2008. Tr $22.95. ISBN 978-0-06-143022-0 . LC number unavailable. Adult/High School—Barlow's debut novel innovatively mixes horror, noir, and epic poetry, creating a uniquely thrilling read. Ruled by competing packs of werewolves, the seedy underside of LA is far stranger than anyone ever imagined.
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PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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