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Friday, October 28, 2011

MHS LMC Recommended Books

Award Winning Books

teens' top ten



The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books

     2011 Teens' Top Ten
     2010 Teens' Top Ten








Margaret A. Edwards Award
The Edwards Award honors an author and a specific work for significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens.
sir terry pratchett Sir Terry Prachett is the recipient of the 2011 Margaret A. Edwards Award,  honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens.


amazing maurice and his educated rodents          going postal         mort

2011 Printz Winner

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
                                                                                                                                                     

ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi Ship Breaker----In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life......
nothing


Nothing written by Janne Teller,

Pierre Anthon’s nihilism causes his classmates to begin a search for life’s meaning in this bold, unsettling parable translated from Danish.


Other Honor Printz Books



stolen


ByLucy Christopher, The rugged Australian outback becomes Gemma’s prison after she is drugged and abducted by a handsome, obsessed stranger in a first novel filled with searing imagery and archetypal characters.
































































































































By Lucy Christopher,
The rugged Australian outback becomes Gemma’s prison after she is drugged and abducted by a handsome, obsessed stranger in a first novel filled with searing imagery and archetypal characters.




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                

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