Adult books recommended for Grades 9-12 including mystery, biography, sci-fi, romance, sports, poetry and literature from School Library Journal
Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 10/01/2008
Fiction AKPAN, Uwem . Say You're One of Them . 368p. Little, Brown . 2008. Tr $23.99. ISBN 978-0-316-11378-6 . LC 2007041350. Adult/High School—With the intensity of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Say You're One of Them tells of the horrors faced by young people throughout Africa. Akpan uses five short stories (though at well over 100 pages, both "Luxurious Hearses" and "Fattening fo...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 09/01/2008
Fiction BLOCK, Stefan Merrill . The Story of Forgetting: A Novel . 313p. notes. Random . 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4000-6679-7 . LC 2007012062. Adult/High School—This riveting novel features well-drawn characters engaged in the epic struggle of finding purpose and meaning in life. Early-onset/familial Alzheimer's disease (EOA) is the launching point for an exploration of memory and the...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 08/01/2008
Fiction BAULENAS, Lluís-Anton . For a Sack of Bones . tr. from Catalan by Cheryl Morgan. 368p. Harcourt . 2008. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-15-101255-8 . LC 2007037893. Adult/High School—This compelling story, set during both the Spanish Civil War and the Franco regime, is told from alternating perspectives by the narrator as a boy and as a soldier.
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Reviews: Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 07/01/2008
Fiction BOBIS, Merlinda . Banana Heart Summer . 257p. illus. maps. Delta . 2008. pap. $12. ISBN 978-0-385-34112-7 . LC 2008000708. Adult/High School—At the age of 12, Nenita decides that the best move she can make for both herself and her family is to leave their impoverished home in her tiny Phillipine village and become the maid to a middle-class family with a sympathetic teenage daugh...
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Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 06/01/2008
Fiction BARLOW, Toby . Sharp Teeth . 312p. HarperCollins . 2008. Tr $22.95. ISBN 978-0-06-143022-0 . LC number unavailable. Adult/High School—Barlow's debut novel innovatively mixes horror, noir, and epic poetry, creating a uniquely thrilling read. Ruled by competing packs of werewolves, the seedy underside of LA is far stranger than anyone ever imagined.
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Adult/High School 05/01/2008
Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia Fiction BRIGHTWELL, Gerri . The Dark Lantern . 321p. Crown . 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-307-39534-4 . LC 2007020759. Adult/High School—This novel transports readers to dark, damp, gritty Victorian London as surely (but less bloodily) as Johnny Depp's movie Sweeney Todd.
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Adult/High School 05/01/2008
Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia Fiction BRIGHTWELL, Gerri . The Dark Lantern . 321p. Crown . 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-307-39534-4 . LC 2007020759. Adult/High School—This novel transports readers to dark, damp, gritty Victorian London as surely (but less bloodily) as Johnny Depp's movie Sweeney Todd.
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Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
Gr 4-7–When their beloved Aunt Grace dies, Dan, 11, and Amy, 14–along with other Cahill descendants–are faced with an unusual choice: inherit one million dollars or participate in a perilous treasure hunt.
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