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This week was a bit of a hectic week for the CYL team; there was Inky and his shortlist announcement and there was MWF.
MWF was great fun for us all. We met some really great authors and had a lot of great panel conversations. Below is a recommended reading list from the panel ‘Read Any Good Books Lately’, with Adele Walsh, Lili Wilkinson and Melissa Traverso.
A Straight Line to my Heart by Bill Condon
A warm tale about Tiff and that in-between time of life where you’re no longer and teenager but not yet an adult. A fairly simple plot where the strength lies in it’s feelings and connections of family, friends and life.
Allen and Unwin
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield
Vikki Wakefield has such a unique voice and writing style that her stories leave you slightly off kilter. Like you’ve missed a step and had to skip to catch up. Friday Brown finds herself in the seething underground of Australian slums; homeless, afraid and trapped by a curse.
Text Publishing
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
A very very laugh out loud funny story of Greg, his best friend Earl and Rachel (recently diagnosed with leukaemia). Greg is a jokester; funny, self-deprecating and honest. It would be easy to dismiss this book as just another ‘cancer’ book, but instead it takes on the role of showing the lighter side of a serious subject. There is no miracle save or life lesson. Sometimes death is just death.
Allen and Unwin
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Much like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is not just a ‘cancer’ book, John Green’s Fault in Our Stars takes a walk on the humorous side of death. There are tears of laughter and despair throughout Hazel and Augustus’ tale. It was a glimpse at the sweetest of every emotion, because there was always the thought that this might be the last.
Penguin
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Another cusp of life story featuring Ed and Lucy. The adventure they take over one night, the hardships and prejudices they must face, and the decisions they must make to keep their lives moving forward and their futures bright with possibility.
Pan Macmillan
Other titles discussed as must reads-
Only Ever Always by Penni Russon
This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
The List by Siobhan Vivian
The Deep: Here be Dragons by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer
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To celebrate the end of book week I decided to take a leaf out of the CBCA’s shoes and go with their 2012 theme: Champions Read!
So here is a list of books with protagonists, or characters, who read.
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowlings
Hermoine is the unsung hero of all the Harry Potter books (personal opinion). Where does she get all her knowledge from? Books, books and more books.
Matilda by Roald Dahl
What made Matilda special was that books were given emotional currency. They were a lifeline, an imaginary escape, from her reality. Matilda found friends, adventure, acceptance and comfort in the world of books.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jo March; head in a book, clouds in her eyes and a determination to stand up and be heard. Her book reading inspired stories and play time with her siblings. Books inspire Jo to dream of changing the world to make it a better place.
Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald
What’s fresh about this protagonist and her reading is that she rediscovers the joy of reading. Sadie’s life for the last two years has been about Garrett. What Garrett does. What he likes. What he reads. Her crush has caused her to lose 
herself and become a Garret puppet. So instead of reading Garrett Delaney sanctioned pretentious literature, Sadie is reading romance and sci-fi and having a dandy time of it.
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
In-between falling in love with vampires, having werewolves fall in love with her and acing her history quiz, Bella always found a quite moment to sit in the sun and have a bit of a read with the classics. Say what you will about Twilight, but it made classics like Wuthering Heights in-vogue again.
The teen years are full of adventures that usually involve a friend that one might call ‘best’. The friend who gets in trouble, becomes a close confidant and trusty sidekick all on one package. Today’s book list looks at the best friend who turns to the dark side and does the unforgiveable ….dum….dum…..dahhhhhhh.
Some Girls Are
Courtney Summers
Regina is the henchwoman of the most powerful group of girls in school AND the best friend of quiet possibly one of the most evil girls in YA. When Anna (evil best friend) believes Regina’s made a move on her boyfriend, the world of Hallowell High dives into chaos as retribution is handed out. Except Regina’s not going to take it laying down….
PanMacmillan
Just Listen
Sarah Dessen
When Annabel is found in a compromising position with her best friend’s boyfriend, Sophie excommunicates her from their group. (Yes, this sounds familiar to the previous title but emotionally they are two very distinct stories.) Annabel retreats into herself and it is through her friendship with the rehabilitated Owen (anger issues) that she starts finding her voice at school and at home.
Penguin
The (Not Quite) Perfect Boyfriend
Lili Wilkinson
Spurred on by her best friend Tahni’s jibes that she’s without a love life, Midge creates a fictional boyfriend. When the boyfriend she invented turns up at school, Midge’s untruth has the potential to unravel but Ben saves the day. But he may not be as perfect as the boyfriend she created.
Allen and Unwin
Other titles to check out:
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (Text)
- Notes from a Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell (Macmillan)
- Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard (HarperCollins)
Technology changes our world and the way we live, so of course authors have long been taking great delight in speculating how else it might change us. This list focuses on one particular popular pastime – video games:
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Three hidden keys open three secret gates…
In the dystopian world of 2044 the online world of OASIS is the ultimate escapism. Its creator has died leaving no heir – whoever finds and solves the riddles hidden within OASIS will inherit control of it (and a massive fortune to boot).
MMORPG meets 80s arcade games in this nerdalicious read.
Random House
Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
Are you playing the game – or is the game playing you?
Erebos is a highly addictive but eerily sinister computer game (MMORPG). You cannot buy it, you cannot talk about it, and you don’t get second chances. When Nick finally gets his hands on a copy, he’s so immersed that – like so many players before him – he doesn’t think twice when the game starts giving him tasks to do in the real world.
Caution: the book is as addictive as the game it’s named for.
Allen & Unwin
For the Win by Cory Doctorow
In China and India the skills of teenage game-players are exploited by adults and companies for real-world profits and gains. These people are so ruthless that the teens will need real-world cooperation as well as the biggest online hack ever, in order to escape and survive.
Doctorow uses MMORPG to explore complicated real-world economics and social issues such as (un)fair working conditions and unionism.
HarperCollins
or free download from the author’s website
.hack manga series by Tatsuya Hamazaki
There are several series (and anime, and games) in the “dot-hack” franchise, all centering around a fictional online role-playing game (MMORPG) called The World.
.hack//Legend of the Twilight follows t
Our booktalker event on Tuesday (31st of July) concentrated on engaging reluctant readers through the middle years.
One of the avenues discussed was comics. The following is a suggested list to get you started in comics. There are a host of different ages and genres to engage any reader.
Australia’s only full-time comic book writer, Tom Taylor’s recommendations:
Super Dinosaur by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard
10+ is the perfect age group for this. Derek, our protagonist, and SD (super dinosaur), fight evil and save the world. You know how it is.
Image Comics
Buffy Comics by Joss Whedon
Follows a ’season 8′ storyline (season 7 was the last for the tv show). For all your students who love the Buffy tv series, it has the same sense of darkness with humour that Whedon is known for. Not to mention lots of fighting action scenes. Plus, who doesn’t love a strong female protagonist, ridding the world of evil?
Dark Horse Comics
X-Men by Joss Whedon
Much like the Buffy comics, Whedon’s X-Men series mixes dark issues, humour and action scenes to create a balanced reading experience.
Marvel
I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly
A girl protagonist who escapes the reality of her life into a fantasy world filled with giants. Convinced she is meant to kill the giants and save the world, reality and fantasy begins to merge into something new. While the protagonist, Barbara, is in fifth grade, this would be more suitable to a slightly older audience, grade 6 up.
Joe Kelly is the creator of the Ben 10 series, should you need to ’sell’ it a bit to your student.
Image Comics
Locke and Key by Joe Hill
Joe Hill is the son of the son of horror giant Stephen King. So he does suspense, horror and terror really well. Definitely for your older students, 15+.
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
A darkly gothic tale of Morpheus, the personification of Dreams. Captured and held prisoner for 70 years, Morpheus escapes. Left without his powers he goes on a quest to regain everything he lost during his years of imprisonment. There is violence, nudity and disturbing scenes, in The Sandman, so caution is
Heartbreak is an experience we all go through. It’s the universal heart crushing, tear inducing, stomach clenching ick fest that seems to dominate our teen existence. Enjoy!
Getting Over Garrett Delaney
Abby MacDonald
Sadie is deeply in love with Garrett, her best friend.
He’s going away and she finally realises they are never going to be a couple. Time for the twelve step detox program to get over him and find herself again.
McDonald has created a wealth of characters in this novel that I would like to adopt as my gang. Strong, vibrant, diverse women who help Sadie move on and out into the world. The dialogue is snappy and the detox involves Sadie wading into many of my favourite things in life (one of which is Veronica Mars).
Candlewick Press
Where She Went
Gayle Forman
Adam isn’t just heartbroken. His heart was ripped out, shredded, set alight and then stomped on when Mia left. It has been five years and he’s still angry, resentful and lost.
And then she’s back. One night. New York City. The lights, the music, the people. A chance for Adam to get over Mia, to understand why and where she went. A chance for a new start.
A great exploration of a ‘new adult’ character dealing with the rage of being left behind by the girl who meant everything.
Random House
Why We Broke Up
Daniel Handler
Mim and Ed are finished. Over. Dunzo.
In her last act of their history she is returning a box of items that act as signposts from their time together. Accompanying the box is a letter in which she provides the origin of each item and how they contributed to the end of their relationship.
Bitterness, humour and everything in between are portrayed in Handler’s words and Kalman’s whimsical illustrations.
Hardie Grant Egmont
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green & David Levithan
Two perspectives from two different Will Graysons, as written by two different authors. It sounds chaotic enough to work and it does, exceedingly well.
If there’s ever a character to remember it is that of Ti
The relationship between siblings is often removed to a tertiary plot point position in young adult literature. If it is the main focus quite often one of the siblings is a) missing, 2) run away, or 3) dead. In this book list I shall endeavour to give you a mix of the above with some exploration into less dramatic sister relationships.
Little Women by L.M. Alcott
You cannot talk about sisters and not mention the March family.
Four sisters as different from one another as girls can be with the familiar push/pull of familial relations. Whether it be the closeness of Jo and Beth, or the antagonism between Jo and Amy – the reader knows these sisters are tight.
Penguin
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
This is a novel in which the older sister has just died but it is the consequential fall out that captures the imagination. Lennie’s grief is intertwined with that of her sister’s boyfriend, her family as well as coping with the new guy in her life. All is depicted with a beautiful emotion balance that is at time filtered through Lennie’s poetical writing.
Walker
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway
Upon their parent’s divorce sisters April, May and June recover their childhood powers. The oldest sister is a worrier and has the power of precognition, the second feels invisible and can become so when she wills it and the youngest can read minds. Benway’s witty and fluid dialogue allows the sister’s love and loathing for one another to play authentically. Family upheaval, high school and the onset of magical powers make this a fun read.
Razorbill
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
A challenging exploration of two sisters dealing with the need to assert independence whilst also competing for the attentions of others. Lanagan has created a complex world that allows the sisters to self actualise despite the challenges and threats of an uncertain world. For sophisticated readers.
Allen and Unwin
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Frankie’s new boyfriend is part of a secret society. A secret society that not only takes her boyfriend away from her, but is also behind the feminist times. It’s all male. Happily male. There’s prestige, social politics, pranks and intrigue. What is so compelling about Frankie is that she’s not perfect. She’s just as flawed as the characters around her, occasionally more so.
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Alex was date raped. Her school, Themis Academy, trust their students to, in essence, police themselves. When the student body turns a blind eye, Alex takes matters into her own hands. A secret society called The Mockingbirds are dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow classmates. What unfolds questions the ideas of justice, and right and wrong.
Hachette US
Secret History by Donna Tartt
Our protagonist, Richard, begins this tale by looking back to his college days and the murder in the woods that changed everything. He and his friends are snobs. Ancient Greece reading, cravat wearing, scotch drinking snobs. The circle of friends are integral to each other, and when the harmony is threatened by one of their own there isn’t anything they wouldn’t do to save it. Including murder.
Penguin
An Ivy League Novel by Diana Peterfreund
Before Peterfreund was writing about murderous unicorns and virgin hunters, she was writing about deception and secret societies. Invited into Rose & Grave, Amy never expected the dazzling life she entered was based on deceit and crime. What was interesting about Secret Society Girl is that female members, like Amy, had only recently been allowed into the society. Before this it was a haven for men. The atagonism and dynamics with the now co-ed society is what makes this book stand out.
More in the list:
The Reluctant Hallelujah by Gabrielle Williams
The Billionaire Series by Richard Newsome
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
The Giver by Lois Lowry
This book list is dedicated to our hard working, adorable and friendly Inky of insideadog.com.au. He’s not just a 9 to 5 dog, he’s on the book hunt all day every day.
So here’s to Inky, the best friend a book lover can have.
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
Possibly the most vocal in our best animal companions, Manchee is ever adventurous and always excitable dog companion to Todd Hewitt (our protagonist). For those of who haven’t yet gotten around to the KoNLG, be warned: Manchee induced tears are probable. He’s such a joyous character you will instantly fall in love with him.
Walker Books
Wood Angel by Erin Bow.
Broken hearted and lonely after her father’s death Plain Kate agrees to give up her shadow to have her deepest wish realised. Her heart’s wish is to make the loneliness go away, so she is gifted with being able to understand her cat, Taggle. Taggle, in his own cat-like way, loves Plain Kate and knows that she’s in deep danger. He is the means by which she navigates as she journeys into the unknown.
Chicken House
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier.
Rather an unusual journey companion is Gogu, a telepathic frog, to our protagonist Jena. Wildwood dancing is the retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses and The Frog Princess (with a little vampirism thrown in for fun!). As with anything Marillier touches it is steeped in history, lore and beautiful writing.
Pan Macmillan
Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
It doesn’t get any better than a pet dragon. There’s the flying and the fire breathing, and the emotional connection between Eragon and Saphira, as you journey in this fantasy world of Dragon Riders.
Random House
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver.
Is the story of a young boy named Torak who is fo
One world.
New characters.
Twice the adventure.
Bloodlines Series by Richelle Mead.
A spin off from her YA Urban Fantasy series; Vampire Academy, the Bloodlines series follows the characters Sydney (from book 4 onwards of the Vampire Academy) and Adrian (the spurned love interest of Rose from Vampire Academy). Mead has created a new dynamic with her Bloodlines series; Sydney is a human Alchemist who has been indoctrinated to find vampires abhorrent. This POV lends a new vision and a different tone to her Vampire Academy series. The Golden Lily (book 2) was released this week.
Penguin Australia
Darkness Rising Series by Kelley Armstrong
In her Darkest Powers series we were introduced to the Edison Group, a sinister group of paranormals who experimented on their own to find ways to enhance their powers. The Gathering (book 1) introduces us to our new protagonist: Maya. This go round we get an intimate look into the werewolf persona, the usual secrecy, adventure and mystery, and a side of romance. For all your urban fantasy/ paranormal romance readers.
Hachette
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
Set five years after Saving Francesca, The Piper’s Son follows Thomas Mackee. Thomas is lost. Stuck between his teenage and adult life, he exists in the status quo. He’s lost his momentum forward. As with everything Marchetta writes this has a strong sense of family, teal life problems and incredible writing. Piper’s Son is for your older and mature readers (the protagonist is in his early 20s).
Penguin Australia
The Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare
Technically a prequel, Infernal Devices is set a 150 years in the past. It’s the same Mortal Instruments world, with all your favourite creepy crawly creatures, but it has the added benefit of English accents and London architecture.
Walker Books
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman
If you guessed 
Both books come from a well-populated area of Australian fiction where the beach and surfing culture play as big a part in the story as the characters themselves. Everyone knows about books such as Kathy Lette’s 
A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
In this book, seen by many as a step towards a more adult world than the popular Looking for Alibrandi and Saving Francesca, Melina Marchetta explores the world of Taylor Markham, who, at 17 has little memory of either parent since she was dumped by the side of the road, and has been raised to be a responsible school captain. But Taylor’s real preoccupation is with a phony war game played against local ‘townies’ and cadets. This time, the war is about to get emotionally messy, and Taylor must also come to terms with her past, told in a series of flashbacks by her guardian, Hannah.
Forget Me Not by Sue Lawson
Originally in German, this book was translated by Anthea Bell, who is probably more famous as one of the translating duo who took on the Asterix books. It’s the story of Meggie, whose father, a bookbinder named Mo, has an unusual ability; when he reads aloud, he can bring characters and items from books into the real world. When Meggie was three years old, Mo read a book called Inkheart aloud to her mother, who promptly vanished into the Inkworld, replaced by three villains from the novel. Nine years later, these men have come back into their lives and Meggie’s and Mo’s lives will never be the same.
from the war. Max’s new house was formerly owned by Richard Fleischman, his wife and son, Jacob, whose drowning remains an unsolved mystery. Over time, Max discovers a sculpture garden near his house, where strange things happen. Max finally makes a friend, Roland. But it is Roland’s grandfather, Victor, who has the answers to Max’s questions.
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1. Maurice Sendak. His Where the Wild Things Are is one of the all-time greats of children’s literature. Everyone knows the story of naughty Max, who heads into a fantastical land chock full of monsters, has many adventures, and still gets home to a warm supper.
his home country. He has written over thirty books, many of which deal with social justice issues. The best known is The Book of Everything, which is set in 1950s Holland and tells the story of Thomas and his abusive father.
With the Hunger Games movie on the cusp of release and every child between here and timbuktu with their nose in the books, the question I’m sure you’re all pulling your hair out over is: what next?
Song of the Sparrow – Lisa Ann Sandell
A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl – Tanya Lee Stone
Star Jumps – Lorraine Marwood
It’s that time of the year again – that time when teddy bears show up with red pillowy hearts clasped to their chests and red roses triple in price. Valentine’s Day.
Anna and the French Kiss – Stephanie Perkins (2011)
Mandragora – David McRobbie (1994)
Going Too Far – Jennifer Echols (2009)
Sisters Red – Jackson Pearce
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Good to see illustrated books for younger readers getting a run.
For middle grade/middle years readers who don’t necessarily go down the super-hero highway, Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic) is brilliant.
Getting braces is such a commonplace thing these days. Raina’s story is dramatic, funny and tender, with a nice rite-of-passage dimension, set in a recognisable world.
Hi Mike,
Thanks for your comment! Smile is brilliant, isn’t it? Definitely worth a recomendation! I’ve now updated the post to include a link to our original graphic novels book list (which has Smile on it).