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Reading Log
Aimee Maranto
December 2013
LS 583
Books:
Title: A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return
Author: Zeina Abirached
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Graphic Novel
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis: Set during the time of the civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina waits with her brother and neighbors for her parents to come home. They must travel through an unsafe neighborhood.
Appeal Characteristics: civilian survival in war, history, serious, strong sense of place (Beirut), graphic, cartoony, black-and-white illustrations
Potential Audience: Teens who enjoy history and learning about Anne Frank, readers who enjoyed Persepolis
Title: Tiger Lily
Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Pub Date: 2012
Format: eBook
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: Set on the fictional island of Neverland, Tiger Lily has a difficult time fitting in with her tribe, even though she is the shaman’s daughter. She befriends and falls in love with Peter Pan, who is seen as an enemy by her tribe. Conflict arises when pirates come to the island and when other “Englanders” arrive.
Appeal Characteristics: fantasy, romantic, friendships, character-driven, bittersweet, moving, strong sense of place (Neverland)
Potential Audience: Teens who enjoyed Peter Pan stories as children, teens who enjoy stories about understanding their identities
Title: Speak
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Pub Date: 1999
Format: Book
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Synopsis: Melinda has become an outcast at her school because she called the cops at an end of summer party. Even her friends won’t talk to her, and Melinda herself doesn’t talk much anymore. Why did Melinda call the cops and how will she handle her loneliness?
Appeal Characteristics: high school setting, relationships, serious teen issues, character driven
Potential Audience: Older teens and young adults
Title: Weetzie Bat
Author: Francesca Lia Block
Pub Date: 1989
Format: Book
Genre: Magical Realism, Modern Fairy Tale
Synopsis: Weetzie Bat becomes good friends with Dirk, who is gay. She is given a lamp with a genie who will grant her three wishes.
Appeal Characteristics: friendship, elements of magic, LGBT
Potential Audience: Older teens who enjoyed fairy tales as children
Title: Forever
Author: Judy Blume
Pub Date: 1975
Format: Book
Genre: Romance, Realistic Fiction
Synopsis: Katherine and Michael start a new romance. They become intimate and promise that their love will be forever. What will happen when Katherine meets another boy?
Appeal Characteristics: realistic, first love, romance
Potential Audience: high school aged girls
Title: How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
Author: Georgia Bragg
Pub Date: 2011
Format: Nonfiction Audiobook
Subjects: Biography, Death
Synopsis: Details about the lives and deaths of 19 famous people are described in an interesting way. Facts about history and medicine are included in the accounts.
Appeal Characteristics: death, historical figures, amusing, witty
Potential Audience: teen reluctant readers
Title: Flyaway
Author: Lucy Christopher
Pub Date: 2011
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Isla and her father share an interest in watching swans migrate. When her father is taken to the hospital for an extended time, Isla befriends Henry, who is sick with cancer. They enjoy watching a lone swan from the hospital window and want to find a way to reunite the swan with her flock.
Appeal Characteristics: family relationships, England, birds, character-driven
Potential Audience: Young teen girls
Title: Matched
Author: Allyson Condie
Pub Date: 2010
Format: Book
Genre: Dystopian Fiction
Synopsis: Cassia lives in a society where everything is decided for her. She is “matched”, or arranged to be married, to her best friend. However, there is what appears to be a malfunction in the matching process, and her neighbor appears as her match as well.
Appeal Characteristics: science fiction, strong female character, relationships
Potential Audience: Fans of The Hunger Games and other dystopian fiction
Title: The Chocolate War
Author: Robert Cormier
Pub Date: 1974
Format: Book
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Synopsis: In a Catholic all-boys’ high school, the students are expected to sell chocolate bars to raise money for the school. One boy refuses and is intimidated by the interim headmaster and the Vitals, a group of boys who bully other students.
Appeal Characteristics: realistic, high-school setting, bullying, fitting in vs being an individual, questionable authority figures
Potential Audience: Older teen boys
Title: I Am the Cheese
Author: Robert Cormier
Pub Date: 1977
Format: Book
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Mystery
Synopsis: Adam tells the story of a bike ride to deliver a package to his father. Interspersed throughout the story are transcripts of conversations between Adam, and what he thinks is some kind of doctor. Adam learns more about himself, his family, and questions who the “doctor” really is.
Appeal Characteristics: suspense, psychology, variety of narration styles, questionable authority figures
Potential Audience: older teens who like mysteries
Title: Ghoulfriends Forever
Author: Gitty Daneshvari
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Book
Genre: Supernatural, Humor
Synopsis: Monster High now accepts boarding students. Rochelle Goyle, Venus McFlytrap, and Robecca Steam are roommates. Other students and teachers start acting strangely, kind of like robots. The roommates and Cyclops, another student, try to figure out the mystery. See also Lisi Harrison’s Monster High series to high school teens.
Appeal Characteristics: monsters, humorous tone, word play
Potential Audience: young teen girls
Title: The Poisoned House
Author: Michael Ford
Pub Date: 2010
Format: Book
Genre: Scary, Supernatural, Mystery
Synopsis: Abi is a fifteen-year-old maid in an estate in London in the 1850s. Her mother died almost a year ago from cholera. Strange things start happening…handprints in unexpected places, candles lighting themselves, and more. What is this strange presence and why does it want to contact Abi?
Appeal Characteristics: ghosts, spooky, estate setting
Potential Audience: Teen girls of any age who enjoy scary stories and/or stories like Downton Abbey
Title: Annie on my Mind
Author: Nancy Garden
Pub Date: 1982
Format: Book
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Romance, LGBT
Synopsis: Liza and Annie develop a friendship which blossoms into a romance. They spend time alone together when Liza pet sits for her teachers. They are discovered.
Appeal Characteristics: romance, finding identity
Potential Audience: teens who enjoy romantic stories, older teens
Title: A Tale Dark and Grimm
Author: Adam Gidwitz
Pub Date: 2010 (sound recording 2011)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: The classic story of Hansel and Gretel is adapted and expanded to include stories about their parents, their adventures, and their battle with a dragon. Other classic Grimm tales are interwoven into the story.
Appeal Characteristics: fairy tale, light-hearted tone, funny, gross
Potential Audience: young teens, boy or girl as long as they are not too squeamish
Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Book
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Romance
Synopsis: Hazel is a terminal cancer patient. She meets Augustus Waters at a Cancer Kid Support Group. Her relationship with Augustus teaches her a lot.
Appeal Characteristics: dying, love, relationships, serious, reflective, character-driven
Potential Audience: Teen girls
Title: Burn for Burn
Authors: Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Magical Realism
Synopsis: On an island community called Jar Island, Lillia, Kat, and Mary secretly meet to plan revenge on classmates who have wronged them. Mary notices that strange things happen when she feels strong emotions. What will happen when their plans for revenge unfold at the homecoming dance?
Appeal Characteristics: island setting, high school drama, revenge
Potential Audience: older teen girls, fans of the Pretty Little Liars series, and fans of Stephen King’s Carrie
Title: Monster High
Author: Lisi Harrison
Pub Date: 2010
Format: Book
Genre: Supernatural, Humor
Synopsis: Melody and her family move from Beverly Hills to a small town in Oregon. She starts attending Merston High. Many of the other students are monsters in disguise. One such monster, Frankie Stein, doesn’t want to cover up her monster beauty. This is the first in a series. See also Gitty Daneshvari’s Monster High series for middle school aged children.
Appeal Characteristics: monsters, humorous tone, self acceptance, friendship
Potential Audience: older teen girls
Title: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Author: Lucy Knisley
Pub Date: 2013
Format: Graphic Nonfiction Book
Subject: Autobiography
Synopsis: Lucy describes her life in terms of food. She remembers events in her life based on what she was eating or cooking at the time. Lucy uses both text and comic-style illustrations to humorously relate her story. Recipes are included at the end of each chapter.
Appeal Characteristics: graphic novel format, food, travel to a different country, cartoony illustrations, witty, funny
Potential Audience: Teens (boys and girls)
Title: A Wrinkle in Time
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Pub Date: 1962 (sound recording 2005)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: Meg meets some unusual neighbors who take her, her brother, and a friend on a quest to find her father, who is on another planet. They see different worlds along the way and observe a black menace threatening Earth.
Appeal Characteristics: world-building, fantasy, family relationships, learning about differences, inspirational
Potential Audience: Young teens, upper elementary children
Title: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Pub Date: 1993
Format: Book
Genre: Science Fiction
Synopsis: Jonas lives in a society where his life is controlled. He is anxious about receiving his life assignment at the Ceremony, where he will turn 12. His assignment will give him a new perspective on the society in which he lives.
Appeal Characteristics: developing self-identity, government controlled-society, simplistic style, character-driven
Title: The Apothecary
Author: Maile Meloy
Pub Date: 2011
Format: Book
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Synopsis: Set in the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Janie and her family move from Los Angeles to London because her parents are suspected of being communists. She befriends the son of an apothecary and becomes involved in saving the world from a nuclear bomb. In the book, characters use recipes to transform into birds and become invisible.
Appeal Characteristics: fantasy, travel to a different country, action-packed, suspenseful
Potential Audience: Teens who enjoyed the Magic Tree House series as children, fans of Harry Potter
Title: Genesis Alpha
Author: Rune Michaels
Pub Date: 2007
Format: Book
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Science Fiction
Synopsis: Josh and his older brother Max get along great and love playing a video game called Genesis Alpha. Josh knows that he was created from Max’s cells to help save Max from dying from cancer. When Max is accused of murder and the victim’s sister shows up in Josh’s garage, Josh questions whether he is just an extension of Max or his own person.
Appeal Characteristics: science fiction, developing self-identity, psychological themes
Potential Audience: Teens of any age, boys or girls.
Title: Pandemonium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Pub Date: 2012
Format: eBook
Genre: Dystopian Fiction
Synopsis: Lena has escaped the boundaries of an oppressive society. The society “cures” people with the delirium disease (love). She joins a group of other “invalids” and struggles to survive.
Appeal Characteristics: future setting, survival, resistance to government, serious, romantic
Potential Audience: Teens who enjoyed Uglies and The Hunger Games
Title: Anna and the French Kiss
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Pub Date: 2010
Format: Book
Genre: Romance
Synopsis: Anna is sent to an American boarding school in Paris, against her will. She knows nothing about French culture and the language, but learns with the help of her new friends. She falls in love with one of her new friends, but he already has a girlfriend.
Appeal Characteristics: love story, travel to a different country, French culture, relationships, strong sense of place (Paris), character-driven, amusing, moving
Potential Audience: Teen girls
Title: Between the Lines
Authors: Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Book
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Delilah enjoys reading the same fairy tale book over and over again. One day, she notices something different in the book. She becomes friends with one of the characters, Prince Oliver. They attempt to bring Prince Oliver out of the book.
Appeal Characteristics: fantasy, romantic, travel to a different place, character-driven, thoughtful, inventive illustrations
Potential Audience: Older teen girls who enjoyed fairy tales as children
Title: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Author: Annabel Pitcher
Pub Date: 2011
Format: Book
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Jamie and his family move from London to the suburbs as a reaction to the bombing death of his sister. He must deal with his mother’s abandonment, his father’s drinking, and his father’s hatred of Muslims.
Appeal Characteristics: friendships, family relationships, character-driven, moving, serious, thought-provoking, candid
Potential Audience: Young teens
Title: The Body of Christopher Creed
Author: Carol Plum-Ucci
Pub Date: 2000
Format: Book
Genre: Mystery
Synopsis: High-school senior Torey reflects on the events of the previous year. One of the unpopular boys, Christopher Creed, went missing and people in the community wondered if he was murdered, ran away, or committed suicide. The disappearance of Chris created waves in the clicks at Torey’s school and in Torey’s relationship with his girlfriend.
Appeal Characteristics: mystery, high school setting, clicks, friendship, introspective
Potential Audience: high school teens, some scenes may be too intense for middle school teens
Title: Persepolis
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Pub Date: 2003
Format: Graphic Novel
Genre: Autobiography
Synopsis: The author recounts her life in Iran during the turbulent 1970s-1980s through the use of drawings and text. Her coming of age story occurred during a time of great political unrest.
Appeal Characteristics: Iranian history, black and white illustrations, cartoony, some humor
Potential Audience: high school teens due to mature themes, adults, readers who enjoyed Barefoot Gen and A Game for Swallows
Title: Misfit
Author: Jon Skovron
Pub Date: 2011
Format: Book
Genre: Supernatural
Synopsis: Jael discovers the reason why she and her father have had to move around so much. She is half-demon. Her mother was a demon, and Belial, a Grand Duke of Hell who ate her mother, wants to consume Jael. Jael can use elements such as air and fire to her advantage if she can convince them to do what she wants.
Appeal Characteristics: supernatural characters, developing self-identity, family relationships
Potential Audience: older teens
Title: The Book of Blood and Shadow
Author: Robin Wasserman
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Book
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Synopsis: Nora, a high school student, works with two other students on a project translating letters from 16th century Prague. Her friend is murdered. What she discovers in the letters leads her on the trail to find an ancient device believed to be used to communicate directly with God.
Appeal Characteristics: intrigue, travel to a different country, secret societies, relationships, strong sense of place (Prague), intricately plotted, suspenseful
Potential Audience: Teens interested in secret societies, mysteries, conspiracies
Title: Code Name Verity
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Pub Date: 2012
Format: Book
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Synopsis: In the first half of the book, “Verity” is being interrogated by the Nazis. She is gaining time by writing her confession, complete with codes. Her confession describes her work for the British and her friendship with Maddie, the pilot who was flying the plane “Verity” was on when it crashed in Nazi-occupied France. The second half of the book is told by the viewpoint of Maddie.
Appeal Characteristics: historical, friendship, World War II, Nazi fiction, intricately plotted, bleak
Potential Audience: Older teens, adults
Title: Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Author: Rosemary Wells
Pub Date: 2007 (sound recording 2008)
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Historical Fiction
Synopsis: India, a young girl who lives in Virginia, witnesses the effects of the U.S. Civil War on her home and family. She learns about the attitudes and beliefs of Southerners and Quakers, and experiences the limitations women encountered in the 1860s.
Appeal Characteristics: Civil War history, history of medicine, 19th century gender roles, character-driven, atmospheric, and reflective
Potential Audience: Young teen girls
Title: Absent
Author: Katie Williams
Pub Date: 2013
Format: Book
Genre: Supernatural
Synopsis: Paige discovers that she is a ghost in her high school after she dies from falling of the school roof. A rumor that Paige jumped on purpose is started by Kelsey, the most popular girl in the school. Paige discovers the ability to inhabit the bodies of her classmates when they think of her. She uses this ability to attempt to prove the rumor is false.
Appeal Characteristics: ghosts, high school setting, character-driven, atmospheric, high-drama
Potential Audience: Teens in early high school
Title: Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves & Other Female Villains
Authors: Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Pub Date: 2013
Format: Nonfiction Book
Subject: Female Offenders
Synopsis: The biographies of 26 notorious women from history are presented. The biographies are written in a light-hearted tone. At the end of each biography is a graphic-novel style discussion between the two authors.
Appeal Characteristics: murderers, villains, history, amusing, witty, thought-provoking, browsable, cartoony illustrations
Potential Audience: Teen girls, teen boys, reluctant readers
Magazines:
Title: Game Informer #246 Call of Duty: Ghosts
Pub Date: October 2013
Format: Magazine
Content: Articles about games, game characters, gaming hardware (ex. laptops), calendar of game releases, game reviews
Potential Audience: teens interested in video games, more geared toward males (ex. call of duty, assasin's creed, sports games)
Appeal Characteristics: Screenshots from games, reviews, games index for easy searching
Title: Cicada Vol 16 No. 1
Pub Date: Sept/Oct 2013
Format: Magazine
Content: A Week in the Life (of an artist), poetry, short stories, comics, personal narrative, art, photographs submitted by readers (if included, receive two free copies of magazine), digital edition links to Cicada's online writing community, each edition has a theme
Potential Audience: Teens interested in creative writing, photography, art; Magazine includes recommended age of 14+
Appeal Characteristics: Color cover, black and white illustrations and photos, ability to submit own work
Title: Teen Vogue
Pub Date: September 2013
Format: Magazine
Content: Fashion, make up, beauty, health and living articles, celebrity articles (this issue featured One Direction)
Potential Audience: Teen girls who are interested in fashion and beauty
Appeal Characteristics: High interest articles, photographs, ads
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