Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan

Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan

Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

2011

217p.



 In 1919, independent-minded fifteen-year-old Rosalind lives in India with her English parents, and when they fear she has fallen in with some rebellious types who believe in Indian self-government, she is sent "home" to London, where she has never been before and where her older brother died, to stay with her two aunts.

Luck of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker

Luck of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker

Candlewick Press

2011

224 p.





In Iowa circa 1929, spunky twelve-year-old Tugs vows to turn her family's luck around with the help of a Brownie camera and a small-town mystery that only she can solve.

The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier

The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier



Alfred A. Knopf



2011



                     388p.



The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.

Adult Mock Newbery 2012 List #1

Here's our first list of the year!



Make sure you read at least these 10 titles because we will for sure discuss these at our Adult Mock Newbery meeting in January.  Click on each link to add your voice to the discussion!



The Adult Mock Newbery Club meeting will be held on January 21, 2012 from 10:00am - 5:00pm in the Children's Services Storytime Room at the Main Library.  Register HERE, if you haven't already done so!

• Amelia Lost by Candice Fleming


• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys


• Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney


• Divergent by Veronica Roth


• Hidden by Helen Frost


• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai


• Junonia by Kevin Henkes


• Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt


• Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall


• Sidekicks by Jack Ferraiolo

Can't wait to hear from you!

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Scholastic Press

2011

608p.



Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.

Water Balloons by Audrey Vernick

Water Balloon by Audrey Vernick

Clarion Books

2011

320p.



With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father's new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley's life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.

Floors by Patrick Carman

Floors by Patrick Carman

Scholastic Press

2011

261p.



A handyman's son explores the mysteries of a very odd, very colorful hotel in the newest adventure from bestselling author Patrick Carman. The Whippet Hotel is a strange place full of strange and mysterious people. Each floor has its own quirks and secrets. Leo should know most of them - he is the maintenance man's son, after all. But a whole lot more mystery gets thrown his way when a series of cryptic boxes are left for him... boxes that lead him to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances. Leo had better be quick on his feet, because the fate of the building he loves is at stake... and so is Leo's own future!