Friday, July 31, 2015

SD YARP Book Nominees

         

         


Our YARP (Young Adult Reading Program) or South Dakota Teen Choice Award Nominee books are finally arriving.  Which means a ton of reading and cataloging for me to have them ready by the start of school. YARP committee members met this summer to finalize our lists for the high school and middle school levels.  Summaries for the books are found at the South Dakota State Library Site.

 High School List:
  • Caged Warrior by Alan Lawrence Sitom
  • Call Me by My Name by John Ed Bradley
  • Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy
  • Find Me by Romily Bernard
  • Grace and the Guiltless by Erin Johnson
  • Half Bad by Sally Green
  • I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
  • Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac
  • Phoenix Island by John Dixon
  • Red Rising by Pierce Brown
  • Tease by Amanda Maciel
  • What I Thought Was Trueby Huntley Fitzpatrick


Middle School List:

  • The Ability by M. M. Vaughan
  • The Blood Guard by Carter Roy
  • The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
  • El Deafo by Cece Bell
  • A Matter of Days by Amber Kizer
  • No Summit Out of Sightby Jordan Romero
  • Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen
  • The Rule of Three by Eric Walters
  • The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainaini
  • Soldier Dog by Sam Angus
  • Tandem by Anna Jarzab
  • There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart

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