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You Media - Chicago Public Library - 1 views

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      Call and arrange for FC Book Club field trip to make movie trailers during October 2011.
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ALA | 2010 Best Books for Young Adults - 0 views

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      Make sure to take a look at the Top 10 list!  Select three books that you would like to read this year in the FC Book Club.
  • Top 10 list.
  • Barnes, John. Tales of the Madman Underground. Penguin/Viking Books. 2009. 9780670060818. $18.99. In an attempt to distance himself from the rest of the students in the school's therapy group known as the Madman Underground, Karl launches his senior year with “Operation Be Fucking Normal.”
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ALA | The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, given by YALSA - 0 views

  • Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group In Ship Breaker, near a drowned New Orleans ravaged by hurricanes and global warming, Nailer and his young crew eke out a meager existence by scavenging materials on the ship-littered coast.  “This taut, suspenseful novel is a relentless adventure story featuring nuanced characters in thought-provoking conflicts. Bacigalupi artfully intertwines themes of loyalty, family, friendship, trust and love,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Erin Downey Howerton.
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Teenreads.com - 0 views

  • The Help On August 10th, one of the most talked-about books in years will grace the big screen. THE HELP is a deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor and hope, and the film version will surely bring this widely-read tale to even more people. The story takes place at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, when three Mississippi women are about to take one extraordinary step. » Click here to read more about The Help.
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Heather Brewer, Young Adult Author - 0 views

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      Tell the FC Book Club kids that Heather Brewer is coming to school for an author visit on 9/21/11!
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