Summary: After her parents’ sudden death, sixteen-year-old Emily leaves Pennsylvania for her aunt’s New York City apartment, private school, and disconcerting new relationships, all the while puzzling over her mother’s mysterious apology to her.
Razorbill
Summary: When Michael, a deep sea diver whose parents have just died in a hurricane, arrives in town, Leesie, a devout Mormon, falls in love with him as she tries to help him overcome his grief, and then they must see if they can reconcile their very different beliefs.
Razorbill
Summary: Four high school students on a study abroad program in Paris hide secrets, party, and revel in the glamor of the city, until one of them disappears.
308 pages, Razorbill
Before we start discussing books published in 2008 for our 2009 Mock Printz Awards, we wanted to talk about our favorites from last year one more time. And here they are. (If you’re wondering why we’re reading 2008 books for a 2009 award, it’s because the ALA’s Printz Award is announced the January following the year the books considered are written. The award is named after the year it is announced, not the year the book is written. Tricky, huh.)
Our Mock Printz Winner
Unwind by Neal Shusterman. 335 p., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Find it at WCPL
Our Mock Printz Honor Books
Right Behind You by Gail Giles. 292 p., Little, Brown. Find it at WCPL
Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher. 288 p., Razorbill. Find it at WCPL
Zane’s Trace by Allan Wolf. 177 p., Candlewick Press. Find it at WCPL
