Book Club

Fall 2011

Boot

Cam

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Boot

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In the middle of the night, 15-year-

old Garrett is “kidnapped” and

transported to a boot camp where

he is subjected to physical and

psychological abuse. The aim? To

get him to conform to the camp’s

standards. But how can he change

if he shouldn’t have been sent

there in the first place?  

"A vivid and realistic novel... Teens

will be outraged by the

manipulation, torture, and

hopelessness experienced by the

residents of Lake Harmony... They

will be engrossed by this fast-

paced and revealing story about

the hidden side of teenage

incarceration." School Library

Journal  "Teens, especially boys, will be

rivetted by Garrett's appalling

experiences and by his suspenseful

escape...The novel is a real eye-

opener." KLIATT

Deadlin

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y C

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Deadlin

e

Ben Wolf has big things planned for his

senior year. Had big things planned. Now

what he has is some very bad news and

only one year left to make his mark on the

world. How can a pint-sized, smart-ass

seventeen-year-old do anything significant

in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho?

First, Ben makes sure that no one else

knows what is going on—not his superstar

quarterback brother, Cody, not his

parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he

decides to become the best 127-pound

football player Trout High has ever seen;

to give his close-minded civics teacher a

daily migraine; and to help the local drunk

clean up his act. And then there's Dallas Suzuki. Amazingly

perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who

may or may not give Ben the time of day.

Really, she's first on the list.

Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and

Ben's resolve begins to crumble . . .

especially when he realizes that he isn't

the only person in Trout with secrets.

Aft

er

by

Am

y Efa

w

Aft

er

Who would leave her own baby in the

trash to die?Certainly not someone like Devon—

straight-A student, soccer player with

Olympic dreams, more mature than

her own mother. But desperation and

panic drove her to do what most

people can’t even imagine. Now

Devon’s in a juvenile detention center

charged with attempted murder. If

she’s tried as an adult, she faces life in

prison.

Does Devon deserve that punishment?

Your answer depends on whether you

believe her story—that she didn’t even

know she was pregnant. Was she

buried in a denial so deep that she

was unable to register the seemingly

obvious signs of pregnancy? Or were

her actions the result of a more

devious, premeditated plan?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m145VLF54ZL0WF/ref=ent_fb_link

Befo

re I F

all

by

Laure

n O

liver

Befo

re I F

all

What if you only had one day

to live? What would you do?

Who would you kiss? And how

far would you go to save your

own life?Samantha Kingston has it all: the

world’s most crush-worthy

boyfriend, three amazing best

friends, and first pick of everything

at Thomas Jefferson High—from

the best table in the cafeteria to

the choicest parking spot. Friday,

February 12, should be just

another day in her charmed life.

Instead, it turns out to be her last.

Then she gets a second chance.

Seven chances, in fact. Reliving

her last day during one miraculous

week, she will untangle the

mystery surrounding her death—

and discover the true value of

everything she is in danger of

losing.

Acr

oss

the U

niv

ers

e

by

Beth

Revi

s

Acr

oss

the

Univ

ers

e

A love out of time. A

spaceship built of secrets and murder.

When Amy is frozen aboard

the interstellar spaceship

Godspeed, she expects to

be woken in 300 years on a

new planet. Instead,

someone wakes her up

early…and if Amy doesn’t

figure out soon, the next

people woken up might not

survive–including her

parents.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m25K1SYSONO0AO/ref=ent_fb_link

The B

oy

in t

he

Str

ipped

Paja

mas

by

John B

oyn

e

The B

oy

in t

he

Str

ipped

Paja

ma’s

Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from

school one day, he discovers that his

belongings are being packed in

crates. His father has received a

promotion and the family must move

from their home to a new house far

far away, where there is no one to

play with and nothing to do. A tall

fence running alongside stretches as

far as the eye can see and cuts him

off from the strange people he can

see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer

and decides that there must be more

to this desolate new place than

meets the eye. While exploring his

new environment, he meets another

boy whose life and circumstances are

very different to his own, and their

meeting results in a friendship that

has devastating consequences.

An A

bundance

of

Kath

eri

nes

by

John

Gre

en

An A

bundance

of

Kath

eri

nes

When it comes to relationships,

everyone has a type. Colin

Singleton’s type is girls named

Katherine. He has dated–and been

dumped by–19 Katherines. In the

wake of The K-19 Debacle, Colin–an

anagram-obsessed washed-up child

prodigy–heads out on a road trip

with his overweight, Judge Judy-

loving friend Hassan. With 10,000

dollars in his pocket and a feral hog

on his trail, Colin is on a mission to

prove a mathematical theorem he

hopes will predict the future of any

relationship (and conceivably win

the girl).An Abundance of Katherines

was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor

book and a finalist for the Los

Angeles Times Book Prize. It was

also named one of the books of the

year by Booklist, Horn Book, and

Kirkus.