2010 Popular Paperbacks
Updated April 2, 2009
Bodies | Change Your World | Hard Knock Life | Twists on the Tale
Bodies
Melanie Wachsmann, Subcommittee Chair
Kay Bowes
Franklin Escobedo
Megan Honig
Renee McGrath
Morgan McMillian
Elizabeth Saxton
Ann Sloan
Bennett, Cherie. Life in the Fat Lane. 1999. Laurel-Leaf. 978-0-440-22029-9 $6.50
Going from the perfect prom queen to an overweight joke is just as hard, whether you
have a disease or just overeat.
Chambers, Veronica. Plus. 2009. Razorbill. 978-1-59514-165-1. $8.99.
She's going to be a famous model! A plus-size model . . . .
Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. 2003. HarperTeen. 978-0-06-009489-8
$8.99
Eric and Sarah are school friends with a lot in common: both are misfits - Eric because
he's grossly fat, Sarah because of hideous scars from a childhood accident. But then Eric
joins the swim team and starts losing weight, and then things start to change.
Deuker, Carl. Gym Candy. 2008. Graphia. 978-0-547-07631-7 $8.99
Sometimes the glare of the Friday night lights is blinding.
Franklin, Emily. At Face Value. 2008. Flux. 978-0-7387-1307-6 $9.99
Girl with enormous nose has a crush on her popular best friend
Friend, Natasha. Perfect. 2004. Milkweed. 978-1-57131-651-6 $6.95
The discovery of her bulimia lands her in group therapy with the most popular girl in
school.
Going, K.L. Fat Kid Rules the World. 2004. Puffin. 978-0-14-240208-5 $6.99
Troy Billings, a 296-pound 17-year-old, and Curt, with help from Troy's father, manage
to put a punk rock band together.
Kaslik, Ibi. Skinny.2004. Walker & Company. 978-0-8027-9738-4 $7.95
Giselle is battling anorexia. Her sister Holly is watching her fade away. But can Holly
and her Mother convince Giselle that life is worth living.
Mackler, Carolyn. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. 2006. Walker
Books. 978-1-84428-293-7 $8.67
Her family's perfection is only skin deep.
Orr, Wendy. Peeling the Onion. 1999. Laurel Leaf. 978-0-440-22773-1 $5.99
A horrific car accident changes Anna's life forever.
Redd, Nancy Amanda. Body Drama. 2007. Gotham. 978-1-59240-326-4 $20.00
Real bodies, real dramas, real photos.
Salter, Sydney. My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters. 2009. Graphia. 978-0-15206643-7 $7.99
Big noses don't run in the family and that is why Jory wants nothing more than to join
the "Nice Nose Club" before the start of her senior year.
Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral. 2001. HarperTeen. 978-0-06-447213-5 $8.99
He's imprisoned in a body by cerebral palsy and thinks his dad wants to kill him.
Voigt, Cynthia. Izzy Willy-Nilly. 2005. Simon Pulse. 978-1-4169-0339-0 $6.99
Izzy learns to accept the changes in her life after she loses her leg in a car accident.
Change Your World
Dawn McMillan - Subcommittee Chair
Valerie Davis
Renee McGrath
Morgan McMillian
Ann Sloan
Melanie Wachsmann
Shauna Yusko
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. 2005. Puffin. 978-0-14-240424-9 $7.99
Crackerjack waitress Hope and her aunt Addie, diner cook extraordinaire, organize the
school and the town to campaign for their boss G. T. Stoop who runs for mayor against
wicked and corrupt Eli Millstone.
Castellucci, Cecil. The Plain Janes. 2007. DC Comics. 978-1-4012-1115-8 $9.99
Can PLAIN (People Loving Art in Neighborhoods) and their acts of art terrorism
change suburbia?
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. 2006. Yearling. 978-0-440-42170-2 $6.99
Roy and two friends try to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a
colony of burrowing owls who live on the site.
Levithan, David. Wide Awake. 2008. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 978-0-37583467-7 $8.99
Teens take charge when the first Gay, Jewish President Elect's election is called into
question.
McKibben, Bill. Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your
Community. 200. Henry Holt. 978-0-8050-8704-8. $13.00
A guide to stopping climate change from the team behind Step It Up, the national day of
action.
MySpace Community, Jeca Taudte. MySpace/OurPlanet: Change Is Possible. 2008.
HarperTeen. 978-0-06-156204-4. $12.99.
Don't know how to go green? MySpace will tell you how.
Obama, Barack. The Audacity of Hope. 2008. Vintage. 978-0-307-45587-1 $7.99
Our new president discusses in great detail virtually every major political issue facing
the American electorate today, offering his opinion and possible strategies for reform.
Thomas, Garen. Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama.2008. Feiwel and
Friends.978-0-312-537098 $6.99
Direct quotations, photographs, maps, and provocative prose capture the amazing story
of our determined, inspirational president.
Westerfeld, Scott. Pretties. 2005. Simon Pulse. 978-0-689-86539-8 $8.99
In a world where everyone is pretty and vain, Tally realizes she wants more.
Hard Knock Life
Megan Honig - Subcommittee Chair
Teresa Allen
Karen Brooks-Reese
Franklin Escobedo
Jennifer Korn
Elizabeth Schneider
Shauna Yusko
Anonymous. Go Ask Alice. 2005. Simon Pulse. 978-1-4169-1463-1 $9.99
Fictional diary of a teen girl destroyed by drugs.
Baca, Jimmy Santiago. A Place to Stand. 2001. Grove Press. 978-0-8021-3908-5
$15.00
One man's path from illiterate inmate to acclaimed poet
Beah, Ishmael. Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. 2007. Farrar, Strauss, and
Giroux. 978-0-374-53126-3 $12.00
Orphaned, addicted to cocaine, and experienced with an AK-47, all by the age of
thirteen.
Booth, Coe. Tyrell. 2007. Push. 978-0-439-83880-1 $7.99
All Tyrell wants is a better life for his family, but achieving that is harder than it seems.
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate. 2005. St.Martin's Press. 978-0-312-33269-3 $12.95
Growing up in prison is hard to do.
Jaramillo, Ann. La Linea. 2008. Square Fish. 978-0-312-37354-2 $7.99
Brother and sister, crossing to the U.S., no matter what it takes
Jordan, Dream. Hot Girl.2008. St. Martin's Griffin. 978-0-312-38284-1 $9.95
Kate has grown up in the foster care system. She's just starting to get her life in order
when she meets Naleejah who begins to take her down a path that will lead to trouble.
Lowell, Pamela. Returnable Girl.2009. Marshall Cavendish. 978-0-7614-5592-9 $6.99
She wishes there was a "No Returns" policy on kids.
McCall, Nathan. Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America. 1995.
Vintage. 978-0-679-74070-4 $14.95
From the streets, to the cell block, to the Washington Post.
Pelzer, Dave. A Child Called "It". 1995. Health Communications. 978-1-55874-366-3
$11.95
Young Dave experiences literal hard knocks — from his mother.
Sanchez, Reymundo. Once a King, Always A King. 2004. Chicago Review Press. 9781-55652-553-7 $16.95
Sanchez's transformation from violent gang member to responsible citizen.
Sapphire. Push. 1997. Vintage. 978-0-679-76675-9. $12.95
A teenager in Harlem, fighting to be heard.
Sister Souljah. The Coldest Winter Ever. 2006. PocketStar. 978-1-4165-2169-3 $7.99
The streets are cold when you hit bottom
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Runaway. 2008. Laurel Leaf. 978-0-440-42109-2. $6.50
Nowhere's safe for a runaway.
Werlin, Nancy. The Rules of Survival. 2008. Puffin. 978-0-14-241071-4. $7.99
Matt must find a way to protect his kid sisters from the rages of their mother.
Williams, Stanley Tookie. Blue Rage, Black Redemption. 2004. Simon & Schuster.
978-1-4165-4449-4 $16.00
How one man went from Crips gang founder to death row inmate to Nobel Peace Prize
nominee.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade. 1993. Henry Holt. 978-0-8050-8070-4. $7.95
She's determined to keep her employer from becoming her future.
Twists on the Tale
Elizabeth Schneider - Subcommittee Chair
Teresa Allen
Kay Bowes
Karen Brooks-Reese
Valerie Davis
Jennifer Korn
Dawn McMillan
Elizabeth Saxton
Beddor, Frank. The Looking Glass Wars. 2007. Puffin. 978-0-14-240941-1 $8.99
Alyss must battle her aunt Redd for the throne of Wonderland.
Block, Francesca Lia. The Rose and the Beast : Fairytales Retold.2000. Harper
Collins.978-0-06-440745-8 $6.99
Nine fairy tales retold in edgy, poetic prose.
Cabot, Meg. Avalon High. 2007. Harperteen. 978-0-06-075588-1 $8.99
Camelot goes to high school.
Cooney, Caroline. Enter Three Witches. 2008. Scholastic. 978-0-439-71157-9 $5.99
Double, double, toil, and trouble. The Macbeths will do anything for power, including
kill for it.
Draper, Sharon. Romiette and Julio. 2001. Simon Pulse. 978-0-689-84209-2 $6.99
Love will keep them together when everyone wants them apart.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild. 2008. Razorbill. 978-1-59514-185-9 $7.99
Fairy tales escape their stories — and will do anything to stay free.
Flinn, Alex. Beastly. 2008. Harperteen. 978-0-06-087418-6 $6.99
He was a bully — until he became a Beast.
Fforde, Jasper. The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime. 2005. Penguin. 978-0-14303723-1 $14.00
Nursery Crime inspectors Jack Spratt and Mary Mary investigate the mysterious
shattering of Humpty Dumpty.
Gaiman, Neil. Anansi Boys. 2006. HarperTorch. 978-0-06-051519-5 $7.99
Son of the god Anansi, his brother has a few tricks of his own.
Gehrman, Jody. Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty. 2008. Puffin. 978-0-14-241268-8
$7.99
The virgin, the whore and the tomboy, looking for love and finding trouble.
Gratz, Alan. Something Rotten: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery. 2009. Puffin. 978-0-14241297-8 $6.99
Something stinks in Denmark, Tennessee, and it's not just the water.
Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale. Rapunzel's Revenge. 2008. Bloomsbury. 978-1-59990288-3. $14.99
Revenge is sweet when you are an angry fairy tale heroine.
King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper's Apprentice. 2007. Picador. 978-0-312-42736-8.
$14.00
Fifteen-year-old American Mary Russell helps Sherlock Holmes investigate the
kidnapping of a senator's daughter.
Klein, Lisa. Ophelia. 2006. Bloomsbury. 978-1-59990-228-9 $7.95
When her prince charming goes mad, she takes matters into her own hands.
Korman, Gordon. Jake, Reinvented. 2005. Hyperion. 978-0-7868-5697-8 $5.99
Jake's parties hide his true motives.
Levine, Gail Carson. Fairest. 2008.Harper Collins. 978-0-06-073410-7 $6.99
With a song in her heart, this heroine shows it's not all about a pretty face
Maeda, Mahiro. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. 2008. Del Rey. 978-0-34550520-0 $10.95
An edgy, sci-fi version of The Count of Monte Cristo.
McKinley, Robin. Beauty. 2005. Eos. 978-0-06-075310-8 $6.99
All she wanted was a rose. All she found was love.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Bound. 2006. Simon Pulse. 978-0-689-86178-9 $6.99
Even a servant girl's dreams can come true.
Palmer, Robin. Cindy Ella. 2008. Speak. 978-0-14-240392-1 $7.99
All she needs is a prince and the right pair of shoes.
Pratchett, Terry. Wyrd Sisters. 2001. Harper Torch. 978-0-06-102066-7 $7.99
Granny Weatherwax and her coven of non-social witches become involved in royal
intrigue.
Shusterman, Neal. Dread Locks. 2006. Puffin. 978-0-14-240599-4 $6.99
Somone's been sitting in my chair. Someone's been eating my cereal. Someone IS
sleeping in my bed!
Shusterman, Neal. Duckling Ugly. 2007. Puffin. 978-0-14-240684-7 $6.99
Very ugly girl finds beauty and then takes revenge on classmates who tormented her.
Shusterman, Neal. Red Rider's Hood. 2006. Puffin. 978-0-142-40678-6 $6.99
A blood red mustang and a werewolf hunting Grandma help Red battle a supernatural
street gang.
Stiefvater, Maggie. The Faerie Queen's Deception. 2008. Flux. 978-0-7387-1370-0
$9.95
The Faerie World comes much closer to Deidre than she desires, although Luke makes
it almost palatable.
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