Cafe Book Walker Grant: Top Teen Picks 2010
The votes are in! Cafe Book teens at Walker Grant Middle School have picked their favorites books from a list of 20 books.
The Top Pick: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control
through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people
from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old
Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her
younger sister's place.
Other Favorites:
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Messed Up by Janet Nichols Lynch
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Somebody by Nancy Springer
The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner
Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen
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