Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award - PowerPoint Presentation

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Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award

Grades 6 - 8Slide2

Athlete vs.

Mathlete

By

W.C. Mack

Twin brothers Owen and Russell may share the same genes, but that’s where their similarities end. Owen loves sports and is a star of the school basketball

team,

while Russell is the academically-minded captain of the math team. The two have always gotten along together without overlapping interests, but when their father and a new coach encourage Russell to join the basketball team, tension arises. Slide3

The Boy On The Wooden Box

By

Leon

Leyson

Holocaust survivor Leon

Leyson

was only ten-years-old when World War II reached his home in Poland. In this

memoir,

he straightforwardly recounts his memories of his life before, during, and after the war. He attributes his survival to the brave efforts of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi who recognized the value of his life and the lives of other Jews working in his factory. Slide4

Counting by 7s

By

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Willow Chance is a twelve-year old genius who has always known she doesn’t quite fit in with others her age, but she has always had an accepting and loving home to support her. Suddenly her world is tragically changed

when both of

her parents die in a car crash. The triumph of this book is that it is

not

a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily

endearing little

girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read

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The Darkest Path

By

Jeff Hirsch

In this futuristic dystopia, a militant cult called the Glorious Path has begun a rebellion in the southern states that is threatening to overthrow the US government completely.

Callum

and his brother James have survived for years in this environment, but Cal finally seizes an opportunity to escape, attempting a dangerous mission to return home with a stray dog as a companion. Slide6

Dogs of War

BySheila Keenan and Nathan Fox

This graphic novel tells the stories of the canine military heroes of World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War.

Each

story tells the remarkable adventures of a soldier and his service

dog. Based

on the real-life roles of military dogs that served as Red Cross rescuers, messengers, scouts, search-and-rescue teams, sentries, and mascots,

it captures

both the adventure and the devastation brought on by war, as well as the celebrations of life and friendship between

the soldiers and

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The Heartbreak Messenger

By

Alexander Vance

Twelve-year-old Quentin never asked to be the Heartbreak Messenger. It just kind of happened, and he can’t let a golden opportunity pass him by. The valuable service he offers is simple:

he

delivers breakup messages. For a small fee, he will deliver that message to

your

soon-to-be ex. If you order the deluxe package, he’ll even throw in some flowers and a box of chocolates. He encounters tears, anger, and even some good advice in a series of hilarious break-ups for hire. Slide8

Jack Strong Takes A Stand

By

Tommy Greenwald

Jack

just wants to be a regular kid. But his parents have overscheduled his week with every

extra

activity under the sun: tennis, baseball, cello, karate, tutoring, and Chinese language lessons—all on top of regular homework.

He's

just about had

enough, so

he stages a sit-in on his couch and refuses to get up until his parents let him quit some of the

extra activities. His protest attracts

a local television host who is interested in doing a segment about him.

Jack's

enjoying this newfound attention, but he's worried that this sit-in may have gone too far. Slide9

One Came Home

By

Amy Timberlake

Georgie

Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.

When

Georgie blurts out

something that

she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "

pigeoners

."

T

hen

the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable

body wearing

Agatha's blue-green ball

gown, and everyone

assumes the

worst,

except

Georgie.

Georgie

sets out

to

find her

sister and bring her

home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.Slide10

QB1

ByMike Lupica

Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in

Texas. He

is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen, who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season--not to mention the son of former NFL quarterback and local legend, Troy Cullen. To be a Cullen in Texas is to be football royalty . . . which leaves 14-year-old Jake in a Texas-sized shadow. Being a good teammate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and a celebrity does not. He feels that he must fight the extra pressure of living up to his family’s reputation in order to be himself and make his own name. Slide11

SYLO

By

D.J.

MacHale

They came from the

sky,

parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce’s idyllic hometown on

Pemberwick

Island, Maine. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO’s commander, Captain Granger, informs residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now

Pemberwick

is cut off from the outside

world. Tucker

believes there’s more to SYLO’s

story,

and only he holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery

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Wake Up Missing

By

Kate

Messner

The

greatest minds in science are about to be illegally recreated—and Cat Grayson must stop it. After suffering a concussion, Cat is attending I-CAN, a groundbreaking facility that promises to cure her of constant headaches and lost memory. But I-CAN is state-of-the-art in its technology and its secrets, with a plan to implant DNA from great scientists into modern kids and use them to create a super-weapon. When Cat and her fellow patients discover the truth, they’re in serious danger and must make a daring escape through the Everglades to expose the secrets of I-CAN and save its subjects from losing themselves forever. Slide13

Zero Tolerance

By

Claudia Mills

Seventh-grader Sierra Shepard has always been the perfect student, so when she sees that she accidentally brought her mother’s lunch bag to school, including a paring knife, she immediately turns in the knife at the school office. Much to her surprise she is placed in in-school suspension and a hearing is set for her possible expulsion because of the school’s zero tolerance rule. While there, Sierra spends time with Luke, a boy who’s known as a troublemaker, and discovers that he’s not the person she assumed he would be—and that the lines between good and bad aren’t as clear as she once thought

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