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How to Be a Great Book Award Committee Member
Serving on a committee or thinking about it? Consider these eight best practices from a seasoned pro.
Homicidal Aliens & Other Disappointments
Gr 9 Up—In Yansky's sequel (2013), Jesse's world has changed a lot since the events in Alien Invasion and Other Inconveniences (2010, Candlewick)...
The Lives We Lost: Fallen World, Book 2
Gr 7 Up—In Crewe's sequel (2013) to The Way We Fall (2012, both Hyperion), Kaelyn is on the run with her friends and a new companion, Tobias, who comes to warn the islanders that they are about to be bombed by the military...
What the Spell: Life's a Witch
Gr 8 Up—Brooklyn Sparks is tired of being invisible to everyone in her high school except her guidance counselor...
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Gr 3 Up—The second book in Baum's Oz series and the sequel to The Wizard of Oz features many of the elements of the original story and introduces several new characters, including Tip, a young rascal, his guardian Mombi, a witch, and several sidekicks, including Jack Pumpkinhead, They journey to the Emerald City to escape Mombi's wrath and learn that the Scarecrow, the city ruler, has been displaced by General JinJin and her all-girl army, armed with knitting needles...
Gates of Paradise: A Blue Bloods Novel
Gr 7 Up—The conclusion (Hyperion, 2013) to de la Cruz's complex series has all that fans would expect—lots of intrigue, travel back to the time of Ancient Rome (to explain the mystery of Allegra's and Schuyler's past), and issues of trust and deception...
The Madness Underneath: Shades of London, Book 2
Gr 7 Up—In Johnson's sequel (2013) to The Name of the Star (2011, both Putnam), Rory is still recovering from an attack by the murderous Ripper and trying to reconnect with her friends and school life...
Freakling
Gr 5–8—Krumwiede's dystopian novel (Candlewick, 2012) is set in Deliverance, a city where everyone has the power of psi—the ability to move and manipulate objects with their minds...
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: The Wolves Chronicles
Gr 4–7—The release of this audiobook coincides with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Aiken's well-loved novel (Doubleday, 1962), and it couldn't be a more fitting tribute...
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