YA Book Club

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YA Book Club

Below you will find a calendar of the meeting dates. We will meet on the first Wednesday of each month in room A136 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. All are welcome and we hope to see you there. Until then...happy reading!!!

Meeting Calendar (First Wednesday of each month) 2011-2012

Oct. 5
Nov. 2
Dec. 7
Jan. 4
Feb. 1
March 7
April 4
May 2
June 6

Book Summaries from Barnes and Noble

Author: Sarah Dessen

Book: What Happened to Goodbye

Genre: Realistic Teen Fiction

Mclean has moved so many times that she has re-invented herself at every school: perky rah-rah girl, drama queen, etc. Now she is living in Lakeview, and she is making real friends. She has also me Dave who is falling in love with her. He is the most real person Mclean has ever met. But, she is not even sure who she is anymore.

Author: Libba Bray

Book: Beauty Queen

Genre: Teen Realistic Fiction

Fifty girls are on their way to the Miss Teen Dream Pageant. They thought they were going to have fun, dress up, and compete for a beauty queen title. Instead, the plane crashes, and they find themselves stranded on a desert island. No food, very little water, no eyeliner. What are they going to do?

Author: Mary E. Pearson

Book: The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Genre: Teen Realistic fiction

She was not supposed to survive the accident. But she did.

Author: Melissa Wyatt

Book: Funny How Things Change

Genre: Teen Realistic Fiction

Remy has two loves. Lisa, who is the love of his life and his hometown, Dwyer, West Virginia. His family settled in the Appalachian Mountains one hundred and sixty years ago. Now he's seventeen, and he has to decide how much he is willing to give up for a girl.

Author: Sophie Kinsella

Book: Remember Me?

Genre: Teen Fiction (Humor)

Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital. She's three years older, she works for a corporate big shot, her teeth are perfect, her body is toned, and who is this gorgeous husband who also happens to be a millionaire?

Author: Maria V. Snyder

Book: Inside Out

Genre: Dystopian Fiction

"I am Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of the thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own...until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution."

Author: Peter Abrahams

Book: Down the Rabbit Hole

Genre: Mystery

Ingrid had just stopped at the house for directions. How could she know the woman would be murdered? What about her soccer cleats she left at the house?

Author: Gayle Forman

Book: If I Stay

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Author: Gayle Forman

Book: Where She Went

Genre: Realistic teen fiction

In one quick moment, everything Mia had is gone. Should she stay or go?

Author: Gayle Forman

Book: Where She Went

Genre: Realistic teen fiction

It's been three years since the accident. Adam saved her, but she walked out of his life. Just by chance they meet again.

Author: Jenny Han

Book: We'll Always Have Summer

Genre: Realistic teen fiction

Can you love two boys?

Author: Louis Sachar

Book: The Cardturner

Genre: Realistic Teen fiction

Things are not going well for Alton. His girlfriend left him, he has no money, and his parents insist that he drive his elderly great-uncle four times a week to his bridge club. Then a strange thing happens. His uncle is actually interesting and even bridge isn't what he thought it was.

Author: Gier, Kerstin

Book: Ruby Red

Genre: Science Fiction

Gwen is leading the life of a normal teenager. But, she is anything but normal. She possesses the time travel gene just like other members of her family. Is she prepared to travel to other times and places?