Cafe Book Freedom Middle School: Top Teen Picks 2012
On a cold day in January, the 8th graders at Freedom Middle School heard the voting results . . . their 2012 Cafe Book Top Teen Picks! After reading and discussing a selection of 20 of the best teen books published in 2011, they picked their favorites plus two stand-outs that topped them all. Here they are!
Top Teen Picks (a tie!):
Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter.
and ....
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
When two Florida teenagers become stranded on a tiny island in the Everglades, they attempt to walk ten miles through swampland to reach civilization.
Favorites:
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Brain Jack by Brian Falkner
Girl, Stolen by April Henry
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Trapped by Michael Northrop
