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Monday, June 10, 2013

Garden State Book Awards

The winners of the 2013 Garden State Book Awards were recently announced.  Check them out this summer!


For Grades 6-8

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan:  In book one of the exciting Heroes of Olympus series, Jason, Piper, and Leo--three students from a school for "bad kids"--find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.  Teen Fiction Riordan




For Grades 9-12

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver:  After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.  Teen Fiction Oliver 







Teen Non-Fiction

Smile by Raina Telgemeier:  From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.  A funny and heartfelt graphic novel/memoir.  Available through interlibraryloan

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