Adult books recommended for Grades 9-12 including mystery, biography, sci-fi, romance, sports, poetry and literature from School Library Journal
Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 11/01/2009
Fiction ADAMS, John Joseph , ed. The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . 350p. Night Shade . 2009. pap. $15.95. ISBN 978-1-59780-160-7 . LC number unavailable. Adult/High School—These 28 short stories are impressive in their variety and quality, as well as in the inclusion of authors with established young adult appeal such as Stephen King, Tanith Lee, and Neil Gaiman.
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Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 09/01/2009
Fiction FUERST, James W. Huge: A Novel 320p. Crown 2009. pap. $14. ISBN 978-0-307-45249-8 . LC 2008051190. Adult/High School–Eugene “Huge” Smalls is a short, smart, blond going-on-13 outcast with anger-management issues, a stuffed-frog alter ego, a homemade tricked-out ride called the Cruiser, and a Philip Marlowe attitude.
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Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 08/01/2009
Fiction BANDELE, Biyi . The King's Rifle . 224p. HarperCollins/Amistad . 2009. pap. $13.99. ISBN 978-0-06-158266-0 . LC number unavailable. Adult/High School—For advanced teen readers with an appreciation of history, The King's Rifle pulls back the curtain on a theater of World War II long neglected by historians and writers alike, Burma (now called Myanmar).
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Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 07/01/2009
Fiction BAKKER, Gerbrand . The Twin . tr. from Dutch by David Colmer. 250p. Archipelago . 2009. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-9800330-2-1 . LC 2008045725. Adult/High School—Henk was more popular and athletic than Helmer, his identical twin, while growing up on a small rural Netherlands farm. Henk was their father's favorite son.
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Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 06/01/2009
Fiction APPANAH, Nathacha . Blue Bay Palace . tr. from French by Alexandra Stanton. 164p. Aflame , dist. by IPG. June 2009. pap. $15.95. ISBN 978-1-906300-07-4 . LC 2004392784. Adult/High School—Maya lives in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Blue Bay on the shores of Mauritius. It is populated by a blend of traditional Indians who follow the caste system, Caucasian tourists, and wealth...
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Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 05/01/2009
Fiction BLUNT, Giles . No Such Creature: A Novel . 304p. Holt . 2009. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-8050-8062-9 . LC 2008033526. Adult/High School—Max and Owen have just pulled off another "show" at an upscale dinner party, one of many they stage each summer, fencing the jewels and banking the cash they receive as "payment" to live on the rest of the year.
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Adult Books for High School Students 04/01/2009
Fiction BAVARO, Mark . Rough and Tumble . 320p. St. Martin's . 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-312-37574-4 . LC 2008020440. Adult/High School—This debut novel by a former NFL tight end is, unsurprisingly, about an NFL tight end. Dominic Fucillo is totally focused on football. He continues to play, even though he has a knee that could disintegrate at any moment.
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2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (unabr.). 9 cassettes or 9 CDs. 11 hrs. Recorded Books (recordedbooks.com). 2009. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4407-3888-3: $67.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4407-3892-0: $97.75. Gr 7 Up–Seventeen-year-old Jessica Packwood was adopted as an infant and raised in rural Lebanon County, PA, by a socially conscious vegan couple.
Celebrity decorator Evette Rios reads to enthusiastic second graders at the Brooklyn Brownstone School library as part of a First Book donation event. The Eight O' Clock Coffee brand and Candlewick Press are teaming up to contribute 20,000 books to children across the country through their partnership with First Book, an organization that provides new books to children in need.
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Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (unabr.). 9 cassettes or 9 CDs. 11 hrs. Recorded Books (recordedbooks.com). 2009. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4407-3888-3: $67.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4407-3892-0: $97.75. 
