Posted on February 27, 2009 by agirlnamedsara
An Abundance of Katherines is a creative and humourous story that centers on a 17 year old boy and his history of dating girls named Katherine. A child prodigy, Colin tries to use his brain smarts to create a formula for predicting the outcome of a relationship. While there is a bit of math-speak [...]
Filed under: ALA Awards, Individual Read, John Green, Printz Award, Realistic Fiction, Religion, Teen Boys, Teen Girls | Tagged: YA Literature, John Green, ALA Awards, Young Adult. Printz Award | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 17, 2009 by agirlnamedsara
James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series is directed towards a young adult audience, and is quite different than the majority of his other books. These books center on the character of Max who is a strong-willed 14 year old girl who is an avian-human hybrid-i.e. a bird-kid. She, along with 5 others, can fly. This series [...]
Filed under: ALA Awards, Classroom Read, Fitting In, Individual Read, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Teen Boys, Teen Girls, Uncategorized | Tagged: James Patterson, YA Literature, Young Adult, Maximum Ride | 1 Comment »