Read For A Lifetime 2010

Read for a Lifetime 2009-2010 Booklist Briar Rose 224 pages Jane Yolen The tale of Sleeping Beauty and the dark tale of the Holocaust twined together in a story of darkness and redemption. Chains 320 pages Laurie Halse Anderson After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War, who promise her freedom (and help finding her sister, who has been sent away) if she agrees to spy. The Bridge to Terabithia 208 pages Katherine Paterson The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. Coraline 192 pages Neil Gaiman Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others. Dairy Queen 288 pages Katherine Murdock After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her. Deadline 336 pages Chris Crutcher After being diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, 18-year-old Ben Wolf elects to forgo treatment and keep his illness secret from his family and friends in an attempt to have a "normal" senior year. Ben's illness slowly exacts its toll on him, realizing the consequences of keeping his condition hidden. Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 352 pages E. Lockhart Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the allmale secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks. The Graveyard Book 320 pages Neil Gaiman The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures. Hoops Of Steel 240 pages John Foley Love of basketball and Honors English, and the surrogate parenting of neighbor Granny Dwyer, help high school senior Jackson O'Connell deal with the breakup of his family, being ostracized at school, and having second-string status on his varsity team. How to Build a House 240 pages Dana Reinhardt Seventeen-year-old Harper Evans hopes to escape the effects of her father's divorce on her family and friendships by volunteering her summer to build a house in a small Tennessee town devastated by a tornado. The Hunger Games 384 pages Suzanne Collins Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death. I Am Scout: The Biography Of Harper Lee 256 pages Charles J. Shields An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.

Jellicoe Road 432 pages Melina Marchetta On the Jellicoe Road. Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia. The Last Lecture 224 pages Randy Pausch Computer science professor Randy Pausch, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, discusses how to overcome obstacles in one's life and achieve one's dreams. Life of Pi 420 pages Yann Martel Pi Patel, the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Lord of the Rings, The J.R.R Tolkien Contains the fiftieth anniversary edition of all three volumes of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "Lord of the Rings," Marley and Me 320 pages John Grogan The author presents a tender story of his family's love for their yellow Labrador retriever, Marley, and recalls how he grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly impossible adult that no amount of obedience school training could correct, and of the love they felt for him. The Memory Keeper's Daughter 432 pages Kim Edwards Dr. David Henry, forced to deliver his own twins during a snowstorm in 1964 with only a nurse to help him, makes a decision that has far-reaching effects on his life, and the lives of his wife and son, when his infant daughter is born with Down Syndrome, and in a vain attempt to protect his wife, he orders the nurse to take the baby to an institution. Perfect Chemistry 368 pages Simone Elkeles When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others. Playing for Pizza 320 pages John Grisham After losing an important game for his team, NFL backup quarterback Rick Dockery is fired, but his agent finds him an opportunity to play for the Panthers of Parma, and even though he has never been to Europe, he moves to Italy hoping for a second chance. Rose That Grew from Concrete 176 pages Tupac Shakur A collection of poems written by rap artist and actor Tupac Shakur at the age of nineteen. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal 432 pages Mal Peet In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family. Their Eyes Were Watching God 256 pages Zora Neale Hurston An African-American woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler. Thirteen Reasons Why 320 pages Jay Asher High school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death. Tough Boy Sonatas 88 pages Curtis Crisler A collection of nearly forty poems that explores the struggles and joys of poor African-American boys in Gary, Indiana, reflecting the difficult circumstances they face.