Last week we had a meeting of the secondary media secretaries and media clerks in which we shared book talks and discussed the latest in children’s/young adult literature. The following were books brought up during the meeting. This list has a combination of books that are the most popular at individual schools, as well as personal favorites and recommendations of media staff. There are a lot of great titles here, so, enjoy!
(In addition to these titles, other of the titles discussed in the meeting can be found under Cindy Moyle’s Favorites for 2011 and Josh’s Mock Newbery 2011.)
They Called Themselves the K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Girl Parts by John M. Cusick
Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
A Day No Pigs Would Die and A Part of the Sky by Robert Newton Peck
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby
I Am Number Four by Pitticus Lore
Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by by Jeff Kinney
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Incarceron and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
Within the Flame by LeeAnne Hanks
Evermore by Alyson Noel
TrueColors Series by Melody Carlson
Flygirl by by Sherri L. Smith
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan
Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
GoldStrike: A Thriller by Matt Whyman
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
Reckless by Cornelis Funke
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
The Dead Boys by Royce Buckingham
The Nighmarys by Dan Poblocki
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
The Returners by Gemma Malley
The Twin’s Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
White Cat by Holly Black
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Naiton: The Pox Party (Vol. 1) and The Kingdom on the Waves (Vol. 2) by M.T. Anderson
