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YALSA Teen Read Week is coming up! Teen Read Week is October 12-18, 2008. The theme this year is Books with Bite.
There are a few ways to interpret this, and I’ll offer suggestions for each.
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Audience: Young Adult
Rating: A
Liesel is growing up in Nazi Germany. She craves words and finds herself stealing books to satisfy her hunger – at the same time Jews are being stolen from their homes. These two worlds collide when Max, a German Jew, comes to hide at Liesel’s house and creates a book just for her. Liesel’s world is full of secrets, silence, and sadness – and the narrator of this book has a stunning perspective on it all. Liesel’s story is told by Death as he circles around her, claiming the lives of those she loves.
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Audience: Young Adult
Rating: B+
Sadima has innate magical ability during a time where it is forbidden. Hahp lives in a time where magic is revered but the process of learning it can be deadly. This book tells the story of each of their lives and begins to explore how their stories overlap. This book is the beginning of what promises to be a magical, engaging series.
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