March News

Welcome to the new blog of the Young Adult Advisory Board (YAAB) at the Hudson Library in Hudson, Ohio! You will be able to check this blog for news about upcoming programs in the library Teen Room, as well as read great reviews of books, movies, TV, and music CD's, written by our teen advisors.

YAAB Recommended Books for Middle School students:

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - When Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt - Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin.

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor - Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.


YAAB Recommended Books for High School:

Sold by Patricia McCormick – A gritty and unforgettable fictional account of Nepalese teenagers sold into slavery by their desperately poor families.

Identical by Ellen Hopkins – Sixteen-year-old identical twin daughters of a district court judge and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella struggle with secrets that have already torn them and their family apart.

Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher – In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.

The Last Universe by William Sleator - When her desperately ill older brother insists that she take him into their mysterious backyard garden, designed by their quantum physicist great uncle, fourteen-year-old Susan discovers that things are not always what they seem.