Best Books of 2013
McClain Library
Countdown to the "Best Book" Awards
Just like the award season for movies -- the book world takes time in January to reflect on the Best Books of the Year. 2013 was a banner year for Young Adult literature - with lots of great additions to well-loved series as well as new voices to enjoy. Here's a peak at some of the best from 2013 that you can check out at the library! Happy Reading!
One of the best books - AND a Graphic Novel
In 1898 during the Boxer Rebellion a boy named Little Bao recruits an army of Boxers to rid China of foreign missionaries and soldiers who bully and rob Chinese peasants.
One of Mrs. Efkeman's favorites from 2013!
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.
Another great read from award winning author - Nancy Farmer
In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El PatrĂ³n, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.
Star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner's life is irreparably transformed by a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl Cassidy Thorpe.
When Jeremy Johnson Johnson's strange ability to speak to the ghost of Jacob Grimm draws the interest of his classmate Ginger Boltinghouse, the two find themselves at the center of a series of disappearances in their hometown
Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
New Additions to Favorite Series
Book #2 in the Selection Series
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies
Book # 2 in the Lunar Chronicles
Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
Book # 2 in Shadow and Bone series
Hunted across the True Sea and haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret.
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Mrs. Efkeman - Assistant Librarian
Mrs. Allison - Library Director
Mrs. Allison - Library Director
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