One of these days, I will make it to BEA. But, alas, this is not one of those days!Instead, I get to peruse PW's Big Children's Books of BEA and hope that some awesomely cool blogger/librarian/teacher/fill-in-blank who's going will take pity on me and bring me one (or all) of these back!
So, if you are going to BEA and want to spread kindness and love to me, here are the books I'm salivating for:
Darth Paper Strikes Back
: An Origami Yoda Book by Tom Angleberger - Darth Paper!! What's not to want?The Flint Heart
by Katherine Paterson - me loved Bridge to Terabithia and The Day of the Pelican. Look forward to this one.Eve
by Anna Carey - Dystopia!Liesl and Po
by Lauren Oliver - If you haven't read Oliver's Before I Fall
or Delirium
- get off the computer and hop to it! Her track record has made me a fan.Shatter Me
by Tahereh Mafi - killer touch? Awesome! Also, dystopia!Why We Broke Up
by Daniel Handler - love the title. That is really enough for me.All These Things I've Done
by Gabrielle Zevin - Elsewhere
is one of my favorite YA reads. Zevin's imagined world was so easily visualized, a testament to her writing. I also loved the idea of living your life backwards after you die. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
was also well written.Dead End in Norvel
t by Jack Gantos - haven't read any Gantos but this title looks like Okay for Now
which I loved so I want it. I know it's irrational.Crossed
by Ally Condie - the daughter and I had a heated discussion over Matched
. Looking forward to more.The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
by Meg Wolitzer - middle school scrabble players? You had me at fingertips!The Apothecary
by Meile Meloy - she used Apothecary in the title of a kid's book! Gimme it!The Death Cure
by James Dashner - We read Maze Runner
as an all school book and it was well received. I read Scorch Trials the day it was released. I would give my right sidebar to get this book before October!The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater -boy vs girl deadly horse race? Yes!!Wonder Struck
by Brian Selznick - I've always loved Selnick's illustration, especially the ones for Andrew Clement'
s books. At first I was sad when he stopped illustrating Clement's works to do his own book but was soon blown away by The Invention of Hugo Cabret
and this looks like a similar book. I'm preparing to be struck. By wonder.The Unwanteds
by Lisa McMann - dividing kids into Wanted, Necessaries and Unwanted? Twins separated into two camps? Shunning the emotional, creative child? Lisa, you are a genius. Consider this pre-ordered!
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Wow! That's a list! I haven't really looked at BEA galleys yet to see which ones I want to read later on. Of course the Selznick book is on my tbr list already.
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Well, goood NIGHT, that's a list. ;O) A good one, though and I hope you get some of them checked off!
ReplyDeleteI snagged Wonder Struck and All These Things I've Done!!! Keep 'em coming!
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