Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

No one from the Outside enters and no one from the Inside escapes. Incarceron is a living prison that controls the fate of its prisoners and, for the past three years, it is the only world Finn has known. With no recollection of his life before prison, Finn must rely on Claudia, a girl from the outside, to help him escape and discover his past, but Claudia has perils of her own to face, namely her father, the Warden of Incarceron, and an arranged marriage to the future king of the realms. Will Incarceron allow them to escape their destinies or will the mysteries of Incarceron destroy them both?

Kimberly

Printz Award Winners for 2010

2010 Printz Award winners 2010

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.

Going Bovine

by Libba Bray

YA BRAY

2010 Printz Honor Books
The committee also named four Printz Honor Books:

Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith
by Deborah Heiligman
Biog. DARWIN
Once Charles Darwin sets his rational mind to marry the religious Emma Wedgeworth, they both must take a leap of faith in order to build a life together.

The Monstrumologist
by Rick Yancey

YA YANCEY
Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a monstrumologist, races against time to save his town (and himself) from the anthropophagi, a pod of monstrous creatures who prey on humans.

Punkzilla
by Adam Rapp

YA RAPP
Fourteen-year-old runaway Jamie, homeless and strung out, embarks on a harrowing journey to reach his dying brother.

Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973
by John Barnes
Karl Shoemaker wants to begin his senior year with a new identity separate from his counseling group, his alcoholic mother and the legacy of his dead father.

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Sometimes the truth is a long way down.

As the book jacket states, "What really happened on the cliff that night? Three students went up to the cliff -- but only two came back alive." Find out what really happened to Russell and why Luke and Hayden have to come to terms with the decisions they made and the following consequences.
Freefall by Ariella Anhalt. 9th-12th grades. YA ANHALT

Most Popular Reads for Teens from 2009

The following is a list of the most popular teen reads in Bartlett.

• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
  Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
  Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
  The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
  Crank by Ellen Hopkins
  Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher

Good-by 2009. Hello 2010! Happy Reading

I am a GENIUS!

Do you know someone just like this character? Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid and lazy, but he is actually a very wealthy, evil genius. When he decides to run for seventh-grade class president, nothing will stand in his way.

Jon Stewart from the Daily Show on television describes the story of Oliver this way: "If War and Peace had a baby with the Breakfast Club an then left the baby to be raised by wolves, this book would be the result. I loved it."

I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I want to be your Class President by Josh Lieb

Angry Management by Chris Crutcher

Mr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits and their stories. Three characters from Crutcher’s novels tell their stories with raw emotion as they face insecurity, anger, and prejudice as well as love, freedom, power and surviving. Fans of edgy realistic fiction will want to read this Angry Management!

Leona

If you liked Hunger Games . . .

You're going to love Catching Fire,the second in the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

We all have a pretty good idea that the title, Catching Fire, has to do with radical ideas that ignite into revolution in this futuristic dystopia, but without spoiling the story, wait till you see what the title also means! The pin Katniss wears to her first hunger game symbolizes many things as well. Adventure, survival, political suspense, and conflicted romance are what binds this story to our hearts. There are many rewards for the reader in this sequel that imaginatively recaps the first book without weighing down the sequel. Be sure to put your name on the reserve list for this popular book. Now we can't wait for the third and final page-turner in this series.
Leona

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins