2013 Intermediate Not-Quite-Sequoyah

2013 Intermediate Not-Quite-Sequoyah Annotations

Cantor, Jillian. LIFE OF GLASS. New York: HarperTeen, 2010. Melissa enters high school with her life-long friend, Ryan, just a little over a year after her father passed away and gains a greater sense of self dealing with the changes that come naturally to adolescents and other changes that occur when a parent dies. Chandler, Kristen. WOLVES, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT KILL ME. New York: Viking, 2010. KJ's attraction to Virgil, the new boy in town, gets her involved in the fight over the wolves that have been introduced into the Yellowstone area near town.

Cooney, Caroline B. THEY NEVER CAME BACK. New York: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, 2010. Cathy thought that the fact of her parents embezzling millions of dollars was behind her and she now had a normal life, but when she attends a summer language class at a different school, the past returns to haunt her. Corrigan, Eireann. ACCOMPLICE. New York: Scholastic, 2010. Finn and Chloe decide to stage a kidnapping and daring rescue to gain fame to use on their college applications, only things go terribly wrong.

Hobbs, Valerie. THE LAST BEST DAYS OF SUMMER. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. The last week of August means time with Grams at the lake house before twelve-year-old Lucy starts back to school, but this summer Grams doesn’t seem herself and Lucy learns, firsthand, what happens when a loved one has Alzheimer’s Disease.

Hughes, Dean. MISSING IN ACTION. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010. Jay is no stranger to racism since he is half-Navajo, but working with a “Jap” when his father was shot down at Pearl Harbor forces Jay to confront his own issues with hate and stereotyping.

Klass, David. STUCK ON EARTH. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010. Inhabiting the body of teenage “alien” Tom Filber is actual alien, Ketchvar III, and his mission is to investigate and analyze the human race to decide if it is worth saving, or if it would be better annihilated.

Law, Ingrid. SCUMBLE. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010. Ledge Kale can hardly wait for his talent or savvy to appear on his thirteenth birthday, but instead of being able to run like the wind like he had hoped, he makes things fall apart: motorcycles, toasters, watches, even buildings. Littman, Sarah. LIFE, AFTER. New York: Scholastic Press, 2010. When sixteen-year- old Dani and her family leave Buenos Aires amid the economic crash and terrorists’ antics of 2003, she experiences an immense loss of friends, loved ones, and country, but with the help of newly formed relationships in Twin Lakes, NY, Dani adjusts and thrives in her new life.

Maberry, Jonathan Des. ROT & RUIN. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. The Zombie Apocalypse started around the time of Benny’s birth and he knows of no other world: inside the gates are considered safe while the monsters roam outside; however, as Benny turns 15 and must choose a job or give up food rations, he is forced to reconsider who the real monsters are.

Smith, Sarah. THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK. New York: Atheneum Books, 2010. Katy sees and often sketched the dead so it is no surprise that she befriends a young ghost attached to a great mystery regarding the complicated days of slavery, plantation owners, and a horrible part of American history.

Wiles, Deborah. COUNTDOWN. New York: Scholastic, 2010. This story about twelve- year old Franny dealing with best friend drama and tension at home is set against the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes black and white photos, and snippets of songs and speeches from the 1960s.