BEST BOOKS FOR BOYS Grades 5-8 Polly Gilbert Library Director & US Librarian Cinda Thoma MS Librarian St. Mark’s School of Texas September 2007 [email_address] [email_address]

“ A good book for a boy is one he wants to read.” - Moloney

“ A good book for a boy is

one he wants to read.”

- Moloney

Selection Criteria High Interest for Boys Notable Award Winners Student Choices Professional Colleague Recommendations Currency (post 2000 publication) Tried and True

High Interest for Boys

Notable Award Winners

Student Choices

Professional Colleague Recommendations

Currency (post 2000 publication)

Tried and True

Best Books for Young Adults 2006 and 2007 Booklist Young Adults 12-18

Booklist

Young Adults 12-18

2006 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow Bartoletti, Susan

2007 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Anderson, M. T.

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing

Anderson, M. T.

2007 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults The Book Thief Zusak, Markus

2007 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults The King of Attolia Turner, Megan Whalen

The King of

Attolia

Turner, Megan Whalen

2007 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults Samurai Shortstop Gratz, Alan

Samurai Shortstop

Gratz, Alan

2007 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults The Trap Smelcer, John

The Trap

Smelcer, John

2007 2006

2007 Alex Awards Books for Young Adults Black Swan Green Mitchell, David

Black Swan Green

Mitchell, David

2007 Alex Awards Books for Young Adults The Blind Side Lewis, Michael

The Blind Side

Lewis, Michael

2007 Alex Awards Books for Young Adults The Book of Lost Things Connolly, John

The Book of Lost Things

Connolly, John

2007 Alex Awards Books for Young Adults The Thirteenth Tale Setterfield, Diane

The Thirteenth Tale

Setterfield, Diane

2007 Alex Awards Books for Young Adults The Whistling Season Doig, Ivan

The Whistling Season

Doig, Ivan

2006 Booklist Editors’ Choice The Long Run Lee Furey

2006 Booklist Editors’ Choice Non-Fiction Miracle in the Andes Parrado, Nando

Michael L. Printz Award Excellence in Young Adult Literature Booklist Sponsored

2007 Michael L.Printz Award for Young Adults American Born Chinese Yang, Gene Luen

American

Born

Chinese

Yang, Gene Luen

2006 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book Black Juice Lanagan, Margo

Readers’ Choices Student Suggestions Faculty recommendations

Student Suggestions

Faculty recommendations

Readers’ Choices Across the Nightingale Floor Hearn, Lian

Across the

Nightingale Floor

Hearn, Lian

Readers’ Choices Bad Boy: A Memoir Myers, Walter Dean

Readers’ Choices Balzac And the Little Chinese Seamstress Sijie, Dai

Balzac

And the

Little Chinese

Seamstress

Sijie, Dai

Readers’ Choices Beatles Art Edited by Webb, Linda & Jeffrey

Beatles Art

Edited by

Webb, Linda & Jeffrey

Readers’ Choices The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky Dornstein, Ken

The Boy Who

Fell Out of

the Sky

Dornstein, Ken

Readers’ Choices The City of Ember DuPrau, Jeanne

The

City of Ember

DuPrau, Jeanne

Readers’ Choices Code Orange Cooney, Caroline B.

Code Orange

Cooney, Caroline B.