Ship Breaker
Posted by Teen Librarian on Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:10 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Printz Award Winner, 2011
In Ship Breaker, near a drowned New Orleans ravaged by hurricanes and global warming, Nailer and his young crew eke out a meager existence by scavenging materials on the ship-littered coast.
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Stolen
Posted by Teen Librarian on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:34 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Printz Honor Books, 2011
The rugged Australian outback becomes Gemma’s prison after she is drugged and abducted by a handsome, obsessed stranger in a first novel filled with searing imagery and archetypal characters.
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Posted by Teen Librarian on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:42 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Printz Honor Books, 2011
Vera Dietz wants to be ignored, but the ghost of her ex-best friend won’t leave her alone in this dark comedy that examines relationships, identity, grief and flowcharts.
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Revolver
Posted by Teen Librarian on Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:47 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Printz Honor Books, 2011
In Sedgwick’s grim, chilling story set in the Arctic Circle, Sig finds his father’s frozen corpse as human predator Wolff arrives seeking retribution and a hidden Gold Rush treasure.
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Nothing
Posted by Teen Librarian on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:49 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Printz Honor Books, 2011
Pierre Anthon’s nihilism causes his classmates to begin a search for life’s meaning in this bold, unsettling parable translated from Danish.
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