2009 YARP Middle School List Part 1

2009 YARP Middle School List: 

2009 YARP Middle School List Part 1 of the List

Shark Girl : 

Shark Girl After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future. By Kelly Bingham

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Beauty Shop for Rent…Inquire Within : 

Beauty Shop for Rent…Inquire Within Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who deserted her. By Laura Bowers

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Pieces of Georgia : 

Pieces of Georgia In journal entries to her mother, a gifted artist who died suddenly, thirteen-year-old Georgia McCoy reveals how her life changes after she receives an anonymous gift membership to a nearby art museum. By Jen Bryant

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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period : 

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves. By Gennifer Choldenko

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Gym Candy : 

Gym Candy Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life. By Carl Deuker

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Blue Lipstick : 

Blue Lipstick A 15-year-old girl named Jessie voices typical--and not so typical--teenage concerns in this unique, hilarious collection of poems. Her musings about trying out new makeup and hairstyles, playing volleyball and cello, and dealing with her annoying younger brother are never boring or predictable. Who else do you know who designs her own clothes and writes poetry to her cat? Jessie’s a girl with strong opinions, and she isn’t shy about sharing them. Her funny, sarcastic take on high school life is revealed through concrete poetry: words, ideas, type, and design that combine to make pictures and patterns. The poems are inventive, irreverent, irresistible, and full of surprises--just like Jessie--and the playful layout and ingenious graphics extend the wry humor. By John Grandits

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Skulduggery Pleasant : 

Skulduggery Pleasant When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle’s estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones. By Derek Landy

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YARP: 

YARP Each year the Young Adult Reading Program (YARP) Committee of the South Dakota Library Association publishes a list to promote quality literature and to help South Dakota teachers and librarians in selecting and promoting books for adolescents. The books are selected from among the many young adult and adult books that have received positive reviews by national reviewing periodicals.

Teen Choice Award: 

Teen Choice Award Teens can read from the current year's list at the Mitchell Public Library YARP 2009 Site (http://mitlib.sdln.net/YARP/YARP2009.html) or at the YARP State Library site, http://library.sd.gov/teencenter/yarp/index.htm, and then vote on any book they read. The Voting Online Form can be found on the Mitchell Teen Choice Site (http://mitlib.sdln.net/YARP/teenchoiceaward.html). Teens can rate the books. There will be two winners: one for high school age books and one for middle school age books, but teens can read and vote for any book they want. Voting will begin during Teen Read Week in October and the voting will end in March. The winners will be announced during National Library Week.

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