Monday, April 21, 2008

OLA/WLA Thanks

Thanks to everyone who attended our program. The energy was great, I had a lot of fun.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Conference Hand-Out

Reading B’Tween the Lines: Tween Literature

OLA/WLA Conference in Vancouver, WA
April 17, 2008

Presented by Jennifer Fenton and Sarah Evans

Recent Tween Books:
*Abbot, Tony. Firegirl.
Avi. Traitors’ Gate.
*Bagert, Brod. Hormone Jungle: Coming of Age in Middle School.
*Bateson, Catherine.The Boyfriend Rules of Good Behavior.
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks.
*Cohn, Rachel. Two Steps Forward.
*Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton.
Dunmore, Helen. Ingo.
Dunmore, Helen. Tide Knot.*Friesner, Esther. Nobody’s Princess.
*Gaiman, Neil. M is For Magic.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. A House of Tailors.
*Guzman, Michael. Finding Stinko.
Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days.
Harrington, Jane. Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend Must Do in Europe.
Hemphill, Helen. Runaround.
*Homes, Elizabeth. Pretty Is.
*Jones, Kimberly K. Sand Dollar Summer.
*Jocelyn, Marthe. How It Happened in Peach Hill.
*Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal.
*Korman, Gordon. Schooled.
Korman, Gordon. Swindle.
*Landy, Derek. Skullduggery Pleasant.
*Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky.
*Lasky, Kathryn. The Last Girls of Pompeii.
*Lord, Cynthia. Rules.
*O’Connor, Barbara. How to Steal a Dog.
*Paulson, Gary. Lawn Boy
Primavera, Elise. The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls.
*Schlitz, Laura Amy. Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama.
*Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village.
Schmidt, Gary. The Wednesday Wars.
*Schrag, Ariel (editor). Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age.Schrag
*Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
*Spinelli, Jerry. Love, Stargirl.
St. Anthony, Jane. The Summer Sherman Loved Me.
*Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Taylor, Laini. Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer.
Wilson, Jacqueline. Candyfloss. *booktalked title

Tween Series:
Allende, Isabel. City of the Beasts.
Alexander, Lloyd. The Chronicles of Prydain.
Anderson, Jodi Lynn. May Bird Trilogy.
Barry, Dave. Peter and the Starcatchers.Bryant, Annie. Beacon Street Girls.
*Buckley, Michael. Grimm Sisters.
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl.
Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander.
Cooper, Susan. The Dark is Rising Sequence.
Corder, Zizou. Lionboy.
D’Lacey, Chris. The Fire Within.
Duane, Diane. Young Wizards.DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember.
Flanagan, John. Ranger’s Apprentice.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.
Harrison, Lisi. The Clique.
Horowitz, Anthony. Alex Rider.
Hunter, Erin. Warriors.Jacques, Brian. Redwall.Jacques, Brian. Outcasts of the Flying Dutchman.Kerr, P.B. Children of the Lamp.Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia.Machale, D.J. Pendragon.Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone.
Nix, Garth. Keys to the Kingdom.Paolini, Christopher. Inheritance.
Pierce, Tamora. Song of the Lioness.
Pratchett, Terry. Johnny Maxwell Trilogy.Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials.
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter.
Snicket, Lemony. Series of Unfortunate Events.
*Stone, Jeff. The Five Ancestors.
Stroud, Jonathan. The Bartimaeus Trilogy.
Walden, Mark. H.I.V.E.: Higher-Institute-of-Villainous-Education.

Classic/Older Tween Titles:
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women.
Almond, David. Skellig.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever 1793.
Avi. Crispin: the Cross of Lead.
Bauer, Joan. Squashed.
Bloor, Edward. Tangerine.Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts.Clements, Andrew. Frindle.
Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy.
Fleischman, Sid. Seedfolks.
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot.
Holm, Jennifer. Boston Jane.
Kadahota, Cynthia. Kira-Kira.Konigsburg, E.L. The View From Saturday.
L’Engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.
McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard.
Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved.
Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie.
Patron, Susan. Higher Power of Lucky.Paulson, Gary. Hatchet.
Peck, Richard. A Year Down Yonder.
Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.Reiche, Dietlof. Ghost Ship.
Sachar, Louis. Holes.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl.
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind.Tolkien, J.R. Hobbit.
Voight, Cynthia. Homecoming.