Sacred Leaf, Deborah Ellis: Sacred Leaf, which picks up Diego Juárez's story about a week after the conclusion of I Am A Taxi, sees the 12-year-old, having escaped the coca paste dealers, now temporarily staying with a cocalero family, the Ricardos. (link)
am a Taxi, Deborah Ellis: Grade 5-8–Ellis's novel attempts to expose the strains that cocaine production and trade and the U.S War on Drugs have placed on Bolivians. Diego's parents have been wrongfully incarcerated for drug smuggling. While they serve their 16-year sentences, the 12-year-old, who would otherwise be homeless, lives in the women's prison with his mother and younger sister. He earns money as a taxi, running errands in the city for the prisoners. (link)The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, is a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology. It is the first book in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series, which charts the adventures of modern twelve-year-old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the Greek god Poseidon. Percy and his friends go on a quest to prevent an apocalyptic war between the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. (link)
Uglies, Scot
t Westerfeld. This one is really popular, and until I read the following I was really scandalized by the concept: Set in a future post-scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16. It tells the story of teenager Tally Youngblood who rebels against society's enforced conformity, after her new found friends Shay and David show her the downsides to becoming a "pretty". Written for young adults, Uglies deals with adolescent themes of change, both emotional and physical, and dealing with the revelation that "some of what you’re taught isn’t true, your parents are flawed human beings and the world isn’t constructed for your benefit." The book is the first installment in what was originally a trilogy, The Uglies series which includes Pretties and Specials, which now has been extended with the publication of a fourth novel, Extras. (link)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney. This book is so popular with middle years kids! It looks completely accessible, and expecially popular with
boys: (also known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal) is a realistic fiction novel. It takes me back to the days of Harriet the Spy (a classic!). "Synopsis: Boys don't keep diaries-or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to. It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary." (link)
Stephan King (not sure which one...) " It. Also, Carrie and The Talisman. King has never forgotten what it is like to be picked on in school. He understands about bullies and victims. In these books, we are rooted inside the consciousness of young teenagers. Carrie, of course, has extraordinary powers, which she neither understands nor is able to control, and takes inadvertent but hideous revenge on the casually malicious popular kids who have caused her pain. In both It and The Talisman, adults are oblivious to a danger only the kids are able to see, and therefore, they have the burden of saving the world. They feel hopelessly inadequate, but they know they have no choice, so they do it. These are wonderfully realized characters, and again, we are fully immersed in their sense of righteous grievance with the world." (link)
City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias in Spanish) is the first young adult novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende, who's uncle is Salvador Allende, a former ruler of Chile. Published in 2002, the story is set in the Amazon
rainforest. The novel was translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from Spanish to English. Walden Media is said to be producing a movie. (link)
t Westerfeld. This one is really popular, and until I read the following I was really scandalized by the concept: Set in a future post-scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16. It tells the story of teenager Tally Youngblood who rebels against society's enforced conformity, after her new found friends Shay and David show her the downsides to becoming a "pretty". Written for young adults, Uglies deals with adolescent themes of change, both emotional and physical, and dealing with the revelation that "some of what you’re taught isn’t true, your parents are flawed human beings and the world isn’t constructed for your benefit." The book is the first installment in what was originally a trilogy, The Uglies series which includes Pretties and Specials, which now has been extended with the publication of a fourth novel, Extras. (link)Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney. This book is so popular with middle years kids! It looks completely accessible, and expecially popular with
boys: (also known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal) is a realistic fiction novel. It takes me back to the days of Harriet the Spy (a classic!). "Synopsis: Boys don't keep diaries-or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to. It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary." (link)Stephan King (not sure which one...) " It. Also, Carrie and The Talisman. King has never forgotten what it is like to be picked on in school. He understands about bullies and victims. In these books, we are rooted inside the consciousness of young teenagers. Carrie, of course, has extraordinary powers, which she neither understands nor is able to control, and takes inadvertent but hideous revenge on the casually malicious popular kids who have caused her pain. In both It and The Talisman, adults are oblivious to a danger only the kids are able to see, and therefore, they have the burden of saving the world. They feel hopelessly inadequate, but they know they have no choice, so they do it. These are wonderfully realized characters, and again, we are fully immersed in their sense of righteous grievance with the world." (link)
City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias in Spanish) is the first young adult novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende, who's uncle is Salvador Allende, a former ruler of Chile. Published in 2002, the story is set in the Amazon
rainforest. The novel was translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from Spanish to English. Walden Media is said to be producing a movie. (link)
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