Far from the Tree by Robin Benway Teenager Grace Feels Incomplete As an Adopted Child After Placing Her Own Baby up for Adoption

www.slolibrary.org Teen FWIW Newsletter Issue #94 Dec 2017 WINNER! 2017 National Book Awards—Young People’s Literature Far From the Tree by Robin Benway Teenager Grace feels incomplete as an adopted child after placing her own baby up for adoption. After tracking down her biological siblings, she finds herself struggling as an adopted only child, with the new dynamics of being a middle child between an embittered older brother and an outspoken younger sister. 2017 NBA FINALISTS: What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia American Street by Ibi Zoboi Get Your Game On! Many SLO Libraries have games for Wii, Wii U, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. SOME OF THE NEWEST TITLES INCLUDE: Cars 3: Driven to Win Dirt 4 Destiny 2 Just Dance 2018 Destiny 2 Horizon: Zero Dawn World of Final Fantasy LEGO: Worlds Injustice 2 Steamworld Collection Lock’s Quest LEGO City Undercover The Legend of Zelda: The Elder Scrolls V: Little Nightmares Breath of the Wild Skyrim Super Dungeon Brothers Cars 3: Driven to Win COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO Facebook: Instagram: Pinterest: PUBLIC LIBRARIES @SLOCountyLibraries @SLOCountyLibraries SLOCoLibrary BEST TEEN BOOKS OF 2017 These titles were selected from YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Top 10 selections for 2017. The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy. Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches. When Botille finds the hunted Dolssa dying on a hillside, she feels compelled to protect her, a decision that may cost Botille everything. The Reader by Traci Chee Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped none of Sefia’s survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is a book her father left behind—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish the people responsible. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, fourteen-year-old Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal, and discovers a tree that feeds upon lies and gives those who eat its fruit visions of truth. Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora's family life isn't going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only on holidays. All Nora wants is to turn eighteen and be on her own. Scythe by Neal Shusterman Forced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student, living up to his parents’ high expectations. The two cross paths, unexpectedly falling in love, and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back. But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core. COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO Facebook: Instagram: Pinterest: PUBLIC LIBRARIES @SLOCountyLibraries @SLOCountyLibraries SLOCoLibrary .

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