All Blog Posts Tagged 'realistic ya' (6)

the outcast crowd - the new girl, the smart girl, the jock girl, and the wannabe actress. in this graphic novel by cecil castellucci and jim rugg, all of these high school "rejects" are named jane. when main jane, who the story follows, lived in the city, a bomb went off where she was hanging out… Continue

i think jane yolen is one of the truly great ya authors. this "sleeping beauty" story is truly a tale of victims of the holocaust - specifically victims not usually mentioned in general holocaust literature. rebecca's grandmother, gemma, is constantly telling her the story of sleeping beauty...but… Continue

i chose this book because i really liked elsewhere by gabriel zevin and i was not dissapointed in memoirs. after naomi falls down the steps of her school and bangs her head, she has lost all memory of the past four years. naomi has forgotten her boyfriend, her best friend, her parents divorce, the… Continue

jacob is seventeen and having typical nineteen year old issues. he feels awkward, worries about what he says and does...basically an insecure boy who is visiting amsterdam at the request of his grandmother (who is english) so he can visit geertrui, his grandmother's old friend. the story alternat… Continue

i picked up this book by markus zusak because i loved the book thief so much. it's a michael l. printz award winner which is a plus as i am trying to read some of those, but really, i wanted to read this book because of association. ed kennedy's life is pretty lame - he drives a cab, plays cards,… Continue

i started this book on the elliptical at the gym and by about 1am i had finished it...along with all the other stuff i have to do during the day. catherine murdock did a fantastic job in making d.j. a likable protagonist and making red bend, wisconsin a memorable setting. as d.j. works her father's dairy farm (he's injured) and navigates through her feelings about her family, football, and brian (the quarter back of the rival high school's football team). d.j. had the tone, the awkwardness, the… Continue