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Kira-Kira
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.7. Mature Content. Author: Cynthia Kadohata. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.
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Giver, The
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Interest: Grades 6-9. Reading Level: 5.7. Mature Content. Author: Lois Lowry. Key Award: Newbery Award. Many Awards.
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. The book includes a reader's guide with discussion questions and an interview with the author.
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Twisted
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 4.3. Mature Content. Author: Laurie Halse Anderson. New York Times Bestseller.
High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn’t believe.
His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father’s boss’s daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy— and Tyler’s secret crush.
And that sets off a string of events and changes that have Tyler questioning his place in school, in his family, and in the world.
Fans and new readers alike will be captured by the main character's (Tyler) pitchperfect, funny voice, the surprising narrative arc, and the thoughtful moral dilemmas that are at the heart of all of the author’s award-winning, widely read work.
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Of Mice and Men
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 4.5. Mature Content. Author: John Steinbeck. Key Award: Nobel Prize for author.
The tragic story of the complex bond between two migrant laborers in Central California. They are George Milton and Lennie Small, itinerant ranch hands who dream of one day owning a small farm. George acts as a father figure to Lennie, who is a very large, simpleminded man, calming him and helping to reign in his immense physical strength.
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Peter Cameron. Mature Content.
It’s time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. In the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Peter Cameron paints an indelible portrait of a teenage hero holding out for a better grownup world.
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Coram Boy
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 6.3. Mature Content. Author: Jamila Gavin. Key Award: Whitbread Award.
Published to acclaim in the United Kingdom, this stunning historical novel delves into a hidden side of eighteenth-century England: the world of infanticide and child slavery. A host of characters swirls Jamila Gavin's carefully orchestrated plot, in this disturbing, ultimately uplifting novel about sons and fathers, abuse and abandonment, treachery and devotion.
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Separate Peace, A
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Interest: Grades: 9-12. Reading Level: 6.9. Mature Content. Author: John Knowles.
Knowles' classic story of two friends at boarding school during World War II--one of the most starkly moving parables ever written about the dark forces that brood over the tortured world of adolescence--has been a consistent seller for more than 30 years.
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Fahrenheit 451
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 7.0. Author: Ray Bradbury. Classic.
"The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden." Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. And he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then Guy met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do...
Fahrenheit 451, first published in 1953, is a classic science fiction book about dystopia (where the conditions of life in a society are miserable, and characterized by human misery, poverty, oppression, violence, disease, and/or pollution). This is one of three books considered to be the greatest books written about dystopia (the other two books are "1984" by George Orwell, and "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley).
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Death Be Not Proud
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Interest: Grades: 9-12. Reading Level: 8.0. Mature Content. Author: John J. Gunther.
Johnny Gunther was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy.
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