Latest and Greatest Titles for Children and Teens

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Latest and Greatest Titles for Children and Teens

• Laura Berube, Senior Librarian
• Stephanie Bertin, Senior Librarian
• Salt Lake County Library Services

ULA Fall Workshop Sept. 25, 2009
Fillmore, UT
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Childrens Books

• Best of the Beehive
• Great Books from 2009

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Beehive Books - Childrens Fiction

• The Big Field by Mike Lupica
• Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell out of a Tree by Lauren
  Tarshis
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee
  Stewart

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Beehive Books Picture Books

• The Chicken of the Family by Mary Amato
• The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill
• I Am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems

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Beehive Books - Poetry

• Imaginary Menagerie by Julie Larios
• Oops! by Alan Katz
• Pizza, Pigs and Poetry How to Write a Poem by
  Jack Prelutsky

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Beehive Books - Informational

• Boys of Steel The Creators of Superman by Marc
  Tyler Nobleman
• Sisters Brothers Sibling Relationships in the
  Animal World by Steve Jenkins Robin Page
• Two Bobbies A True Story of Hurricane Katrina,
  Friendship and Survival by Kirby Larson Mary
  Nethery

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11 Birthdaysby Wendy Mass
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Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, et al
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Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard
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Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black
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A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco
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Down, Down, Downby Steve Jenkins
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Flip, Flap, Flyby Phyllis Root
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Higher, Higherby Leslie Patricelli
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Love, Aubreyby Suzanne LaFleur
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Rhyming Dust Bunniesby Jan Thomas
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The Roarby Emma Clayton
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Shape by Shapeby Suse MacDonald
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There Was an Old Monsterby Rebecca, Adrian Ed
Emberley
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When You Reach Meby Rebecca Stead
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So Many Books, So Little Time

• The Doom Machine by Mark Teague
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline
  Kelly
• The Hollow Bettle by Susannah Applebaum
• The Locked Garden by Gloria Whelan
• The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge
• The Magicians Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

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So Many Books, So Little Time

• Murder at Midnight by Avi
• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
• Nerds National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense
  Society by Michael Buckley
• Nine Pound Hammer by John Claude Bemis
• The Stone Child by Dan Poblocki
• Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff

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Teen Books

• Best of the Beehive
• Great Books from 2009

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Beehive Books

• Evolution, Me Other Freaks of Nature by Robin
  Brande
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman
• Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
• Shift by Jennifer Bradbury

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Pop by Gordon Korman
Starred Reviews Kirkus VOYA (5Q 4P)
I love the pop! Sometimes you actually hear it
go POP!
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The Knife of Never Letting Goby Patrick Ness
Starred reviews Booklist PW
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Shiverby Maggie Stiefvater
Dramatic tension elegant writing - Booklist
Beautifully written and a perfect indulgence
- BookPage
Starred Review PW
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The Forest of Hands and Teethby Carrie Ryan
entices and tempts readers so that putting the
book down is not an option - SLJ fresh
and riveting - PW horror lightly seasoned with
romance - Bulletin of the Center for
Childrens Books
Starred Reviews SLJ PW
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Heroes of the Valleyby Jonathan Stroud
Starred Reviews Booklist Horn Book SLJ VOYA (5Q
5P) PW
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Project Sweet Lifeby Brent Hartinger
Project Sweet Life might just be more work than
working.

• amusing story with great teen appeal
• Booklist

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Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

• Starred Reviews
• Booklist
• Horn Book
• Kirkus
• SLJ
• VOYA (5Q 5P)
• PW

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The Chosen Oneby Carol Lynch Williams
Intensely gripping Kirkus Impossible to
put down tremendous teen appeal VOYA
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Lockdown Escape from Furnaceby Alexander Gordon
Smith
Beneath heaven is hell.Beneath hell is Furnace.
Out in November 2009. First in trilogy.
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For the Twilight crowd

• The Tear Collector by Patrick Jones
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Tenth Grade Bleeds (Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)
  by Heather Brewer
• Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
• Jessicas Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
  by Beth Fantaskey

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Teen Books - Online Resources

• www.TeenReads.com
• www.TeensReadToo.com
• www.ReadingRants.org
• YALSA
• Best Books for YA
• Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
• Popular Paperbacks
• Teens Top Teen
• YALSA-BK Discussion list about teen books
  (subscribe at http//lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-
  bk )
• SLJ Teen Free e-newsletter (https//www.schoolli
  braryjournal.com/subscribe.asp?screenpi8)