[CASL-L] Reading list help needed from YA and high school librarians!

[Dawn Zillich]

Highly support Casey’s recommendation for “Out of Nowhere” by Maria Padian.
Very timely for the atmosphere toward immigrants.



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Casey
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librarians!



Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian

The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsburg

Eden West by Pete Hautman

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness



Casey LaPlante

Library Media Specialist

Granby Memorial High School

Granby, CT



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*On Behalf Of *Williams, Linda
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:21 PM
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librarians!



Almost finished with my annual summer reading lists but AS ALWAYS, the high
school lists stump me. I have lots of “Build a Better World” nonfiction.
But fiction? Not so much.



Here’s the very female-protagonist-heavy list that I have so far. Please
help/comment if you can!. And THANKS!



*Audacity **by Melanie Crowder*

A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and
her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New
York. | *ALA, ILA, NCSS *| Lexile: 1120

*Starbird Murphy and the World Outside **by Karen Finneyfrock*

Starbird has spent the first sixteen years of her life on a commune in the
woods of Washington State. When she gets her Calling to become a waitress
at the farm's satellite restaurant in Seattle, it means leaving behind the
only place she's ever known and entering the World Outside. | x | Lexile: 820


*Pay It Forward **by Catherine Ryan Hyde*

A young boy who believes in the goodness of human nature sets out to change
the world with his seemingly simple plan, but he soon learns that some
people are not willing to help him. | ALA | Lexile: 630

*Flight Behavior **by Barbara Kingsolver *

Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored
housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is
detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites
a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.

*Station Eleven **by Emily St. John Mandel*

The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of "King Lear"
marks the beginning of the world's dissolution in a story told at various
past and future. | x | x

*A Step Toward Falling **by Cammie McGovern*

After failing to come to Belinda's aid while she was being attacked, Emily
and another classmate are punished by being forced to work at a community
center for people with disabilities, but they are put the ultimate test
when Belinda finally returns to school and they must find a way to make
amends to her. | x | Lexile: 730

*Eight Girls Taking Pictures **by Whitney Otto*

A tale inspired by the lives of famous twentieth-century female
photographers traces the progression of feminism and photography in various
world regions as each woman explores private and public goals while
balancing the demands of family and creativity. | *ALA *|

*The Lucy Variations **by Sara Zarr *

With her chance at a career as a concert pianist passed, Lucy Beck-Moreau
decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his
own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.
| *ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound *| Lexile: 610

*I am the Messenger **by Marcus Zusak*

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy
begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where
people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of
worthlessness. | *ALA *| Lexile:



Linda



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