2008-2009 Virginia
Reader’s Choice for
Middle School
and new National Media Award
Books Overview
Virginia Reader’s
Choice
for 2008-2009
H A T T I E B I G S K Y by Kirby Larson
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2007 Children’s Book of the Year
2007 Newbery Honor
2007 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for
Young People
Montana Book Award
Homesteading Act of 1910
Orphans
Montana History
WWI
Journalism / Newspapers
Spanish Influenza
Anti-German bigotry & discrimination
Small Town USA
Genealogy / Ancestors
Missing Adult Household Head
Death
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
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2007 Children’s Book of the Year
Draydon, Virginia
Foster home care
Death
Extended Families
Traditional / Nontraditional Families
Small Town USA
Vietnam War
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Letter Writing
Genealogy / Ancestry
Missing Adult Household Head
BL UE by Joyce Hostetter
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Polio Epidemic
Racial Discrimination
North Carolina
Hickory’s Camp
WWII
Victory Gardens
Youth as household head
FDR
Death
The color / symbolism of
Blue
The Loud Silence of FRANCINE GREEN
by Karen Cushman
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Conformity
Catholic School Experience
Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Stars of Yesteryears:
Montgomery Clift, Hopalong
Cassidy,
Joseph McCarthy
The Red Scare / Blacklisting
Freedom of Speech
Five and Dime Stores
Malt Shops
The Cold War
SURVIVING ANTARCTICA by Andrea White
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2007 Young Adult Choices
Public School Systems / DOE
School Choice
School Funding Issues
Robert F. Scott’s Antarctica Exploration
Survival
21st Century Learner
Reality TV
New World Orders
Environmental Disasters
Overpopulation
Couch Potatoes / power of TV
Distant Learning
Ecology
Eskimo Tribal Groups
Wizard of Ozisms
ADAM CANFIELD of the SLASH
by Michael Winerip
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2008 Rebecca Caudill Young
Readers’ Book Award
Journalism
Public School Funding &
misuse
Freedom of Speech
Morality: Social/Ethical Qs
Rights/Responsibility Rules
Deception
Standardized Testing
Socio-Economic Groupings
Magnet Schools
HitleR’S CANAR
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Danish Resistance Movement
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by Sandi Toksvig
1943 Exodus
WWII
Concentration Camps
Racism
Nonviolent vs. Violent
Resistance
Jewish Holidays
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Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
BLACK DUCK by Janet Taylor Lisle
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2007 Best Book for Young Adults
2007 Notable Social Studies Trade
Books for Young People
2007 Rhode Island Children’s Book of
the Year
2007 Julie Ward Howe Young Readers
Award
America’s Privilege Class
Gangster
Prohibition
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Rumrunners
Journalism
Economics
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Overspending
Stock market Crash
AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel
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Canada’s Governor General Award
School Library Journal Best Book
ALA Notable Children's Book
NY Public Library Books for the Teen Age
2005 Michal L. Printz Honor Award
Bulletin Blue Ribbon
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Airships / Blimps
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Hot Air Balloons
Trade winds
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Altitude (600 feet / 75 miles per hour)
Pirates
Fairies
Darwinism
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The Hindenburg
The Goodyear Blimp
Theory of Evolution
Unknown Species
Geographic Regions
Victorian-like etiquette, mannerisms, and
references
Feature length film, under the direction of
Stephen Sommers, slated for 2008 release
(3/16/08)
LA LÍNEA by Ann Jaramillo
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2007 America’s Honor
Award for Children’s YA
Literature
2007 Children’s Books of
the Year
2007 Notable Social
Studies Trade Books for
Young People
Immigration
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Illegal Aliens
Mexican/American Border
Issues
North American Economics
2008-2009 ALA
National Media
Awards
John Newbery Award Medal
Most Distinguished Young Adult Book
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices
from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz
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Thirteenth-century England
21 dramatic individual narratives
that introduce young inhabitants of
medieval village and manor
Uses monologues and dialogues to
tell the story
Theatrical-like presentation
Newbery Honor Awards
Elijah of Buxton
by Paul Curtis
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1860
1st free-born
child in
Buxton,
Canada
Hero
The Wednesday
Wars
Feathers
by Jacqueline
Woodson
by Gary Schmidt
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7th Grader Hollin
Hoodhood
Thinks his
teachers hate him
Wednesday
Shakespeare
Sessions
– “To thine own self
be true.”
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6th Grade
Breaking down
the barriers
that separate
people
The Caldecott Award
Distinguished illustration in Children’s Fiction
The Invention of Hugo
Cabret
By Brian Selznick
 A story in words and
pictures
 Paris, 1931
 Orphan
 Paris Underground
 Secret Invention
for
The Batchelder Award
for outstanding foreign books translated to English
Brave Story
by Miyuki Miyabe
Graphic Novel format
 Main character falls
into electronic game
world
 Experiences causes
him to change his
real world
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Belpré Award
for outstanding Latino story by Latino writer /illustrator
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A
Biography of Juan
Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle,
illustrated by Sean Qualls
 a collection of haunting
poems
 illuminates the daily terror
and hypocrisy of the slave
system
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Punishment for reading and
writing
Schneider Family Award
for the most outstanding book that expresses the disability experience of a
child/adolescent
Reaching for Sun
by Tracie Vaughn
Zimmer
 Written in lyrical free
verse
 Josie’s thirteenth
year
 Cerebral palsy
 Interpersonal
relationships
Printz Award
for outstanding portrayal of diversity in race, culture, socio-economics, and religion
The White Darkness
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by
Geraldine McCaughrean
Shy fourteen-year-old Sym
misfit weirdo
Imaginary friend
Peer Bullying
Survival Thriller
a love story
unsentimental portrait of present
day Antarctica society
Orphan
Polar Exploration
Printz Honor Awards
Your
Own,Sylvia:
A Verse
Portrait of
Sylvia Plath
Repossessed
(HarperCollins)
by
A. M. Jenkins
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Fallen angel
leaves Hades
Possesses 17
year old
Dreamquake
One Whole and
Perfect Day
(Front Street)
by Judith Clarke
(Knopf)
by
Stephanie Hemphill
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Poetry based on
the life of the poet
Sylvia Plath
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Family relations
Prejudices
Aussie culture
(Frances Foster)
by Elizabeth Knox
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Government
involvement in
manipulation of
dreams for
control and/or
brainwashing
Coretta Scott King Award
for outstanding books by African American authors and illustrators
Elijah of Buxton
by Paul Curtis
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1860
Slavery
The Underground Railroad
Blacks in Canada
1st free-born child in
Buxton (Ontario), Canada
Hero
Genealogy
Coretta Scott King Honor Awards
November Blues
by Sharon M. Draper
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Twelve Rounds to Glory:
The Story of Muhammad Ali
written by Charles R. Smith Jr.
illustrated by Bryan Collier
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The life of Muhammad Ali told in
rhyme
Includes direct Ali quotes
Sequel to “The Battle of Jericho”
Teen Pregnancy
Hazing in fraternity and gang
initiation
High School graduation
Quest for college scholarships
These books are
not yet available for
use in the Marie
Holland Library…
but all titles have been ordered.