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Reader-selectors have one month to finish the preliminary Truman Award list.  All scores are due on December 1st!

Which titles have been your favorite?  Which ones have you hated?

Virals by Kathy Reichs

Tory and her friends, Ben, Hiram and Shelton contract a strain of canine parvovirus that gives them special powers which they use to try to solve a murder.

Do you watch Bones on TV?  Did you catch the connection between Bones and Virals?

Soccerland by Beth Choat

Flora Dupre has a chance to fulfill a life-long dream and keep the promise she made to her mother before losing her to cancer.  Flora receives an invitation to tryout for the Under-15 US Girls’ National Soccer Team at the International Sports Academy.  Then a family tragedy forces Flora to reexamine her priorities and determine what soccer means to her.

This is a great sports book for girls and guys.  Many guys have mentioned that they wouldn’t have picked this Truman nominee up on their own but they have really enjoyed it.  Do you agree?

Scrawl by Mark Shulman

Tod, an eighth-grade school bully and his friends get caught committing a crime on school property.  His penalty–staying after school and writing in a journal under the eye of the school guidance counselor–reveals aspects of himself that he prefers to keep hidden.

Could you relate with Tod and his situation?

Paranormalcy by Keirsten White

Evie’s always thought of herself as a normal teenager  even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency.  Her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormal’s glamours   But Evie’s about to realize that she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

How does this book compare to the other books you have read about paranormals?

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for “bad kids”, find themselves at Camp Half-Blood.  Learning they are demigods, they begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.

 

How does this compare to Rick Riordan’s other books?  Which one is your favorite?

Heist Society by Ally Carter

Fifteen-year-old Kat schemes her way into the best boarding school, hoping to leave the thieving antics of her family behind her.  Hale, a former co-conspirator, appears on campus to tell Kat that a powerful mobster believes her father stole art from a priceless collection.  In order to save him, Kat will have to recover the paintings.

This cover doesn’t make this book a very boy-friendly book but I’m getting rave reviews from boys.  What do you think?