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2010-2011 ARKANSAS TEEN BOOK AWARD READING LIST LEVEL II
Qty. Catalog#
Title
Author
Dewey
Date
RL
IL
Price
1
37843
After
Efaw, Amy
F
2009
4.7
9-12
$18.79
Annotation: In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in
the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.
1
36594
Demon’s Lexicon
Brennan, Sarah Rees
F
2009
5.9
9-12
$13.80
Annotation: Sixteen-year-old Nick and his family have battled magicians and demons for most of his life, but when his
brother, Alan, is marked for death while helping new friends Jamie and Mae, Nick’s determination to save Alan leads him to
uncover a devastating secret.
1
3998473 Dream Hunters
Annotation: GRAPHIC NOVEL
1
41789
Fallen
Kate, Lauren
F
2009
5.7
7-12
$18.79
Annotation: Suspected in the death of her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Luce is sent to a Savannah, Georgia, reform school
where she meets two intriguing boys and learns the truth about the strange shadows that have always haunted her.
1
37531
Fire
Cashore, Kristin
F
2009
6.2
7-12
$18.79
Annotation: In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to
control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.
1
41464
Flash Burnout
Madigan, L.K.
F
2009
5
9-12
$17.24
Annotation: When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the
woman in the photo was his friend Marissa’s long-lost meth addicted mom.
1
33246
Forest Of Hands And Teeth Ryan, Carrie
F
2009
5.8
9-12
$13.80
Annotation: Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond
her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once
dead.
Gaiman, Neil
F
1999
5
9+
$16.99
1
36508
Ghosts of War: True Story Smithson, Ryan
921
2009
5.2
9-12
$13.01
Of A 19-Year-Old G.I.
Annotation: Harrowing memoir of combat, friendship, fear, and a soldier’s commitment to his country, a debut author and
true patriot brings teen readers inside his tour in Iraq—a war that has little impact on the everyday lives of Americans, but one
that has a life-changing impact on those who are a part of it.
1
38077
Hate List
Brown, Jennifer
F
2009
4.9
9-12
$18.01
Annotation: Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year,
struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
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Qty. Catalog#
Title
Author
Dewey
Date
RL
IL
Price
1
48561
Hold Still
LaCour, Nina
F
2009
4.8
9-12
$13.01
Annotation: Caitlin wrestles with her feelings of devastation and helpless ness after her friend commits suicide and turns to
her family and friends for help while using Ingrid’s journal to heal.
1
4183074 Human Brain Book: An
Carter, Rita
611.8
2009
7
9+
$34.00
Illustrated Guide To Its
Structure, Function and
Disorders
Annotation: Complete guide to the one organ in the body that makes each of us what we are unique individuals.
1
43762
I’m Down: A Memoir
Wolff, Mishna
921
2009
5.1
9+
$23.45
Annotation: Traces the author’s experiences of growing up with a white father who believed himself to be African-American,
describing how his efforts to indoctrinate his daughter into black culture caused her to be rejected by her black and white
peers.
1
40110
Lady Macbeth’s Daughter Klein, Lisa M.
F
2009
4.9
7-12
$18.01
Annotation: In alternating chapters, ambitious Lady Macbeth strives to bear a son and win the throne of Scotland for her
husband, and their daughter Albia, banished due to a deformity, tries to deny her supernatural abilities as she is raised in the
woods by three weird sisters, in this tale based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
1
33804
Marcelo In The Real World Stork, Francisco X.
F
2009
4.6
7-12
$18.79
Annotation: Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new
challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
1
43714
Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka, Urasawa, Naoki
F
2004
6
9-12
$16.14
Vol. I
Annotation: Mont-Blanc, one of the most famous and loved robots in the world has been killed and his friend Gesicht is
tasked to find his killer.
1
33375
Say The Word
Garsee, Jeannine
F
2009
3.7
9-12
$18.01
Annotation: After the death of her estranged mother, who left Ohio years ago to live with her lesbian partner in New York
City, seventeen-year-old Shawna Gallagher’s life is transformed by revelations about her family, her best friend, and herself.
1
39334
Shiver
Stiefvater, Maggie
F
2009
4.9
9-12
$13.01
Annotation: In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to
an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
1
36458
Skunk Girl
Karim, Sheba
F
2009
5.2
7-12
$17.98
Annotation: Nina Khan is not just the only Asian or Muslim student in her small-town high school in upstate New York, she
is also facing the legacy of her “Supernerd” older sister, body hair, and the pain of having a crush when her parents forbid her
to date.
1
41596
Stitches: A Memoir
Small, David
921
2009
3.2
9+
Annotation: Graphic novel format portrays the complexities of the authors dysfunctional childhood.
1
37994
We Were Here
Pena, Matt de la
F
2009
5
9-12
$13.01
Annotation: Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely
companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.
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$24.23