Shelf Life

The CYRM committee has announced the nominees for next year and they have picked some great books.

In the Young Adult Category:
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles is about high school social experiment that ends in violence. You will be hooked from the first paragraph. We already own a couple of copies of this book.
F Gil

Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard is about a high school boy who refuses to let his girlfriend give up their baby for adoption. Can Sam raise Max on his own? And is that what is best for the baby? We already have copies of this one too.
F Bec

Emako Blue by Brenda Woods is about the effects that a young girl’s life and death have on her fellow students. Four friends who were brought together by the beautiful and talented Emako grieve her tragic death and tell how she changed their lives.
Coming soon.

In the Middle School/Jr. High Category:

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan is about a young girl, her brother, and their grandmother running to Mexico to find the kids’ missing father and to escape from her abusive mother. We already own this title.
F Rya

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko tells the story of Moose and his family. It is 1935 and Moose’s dad has gotten a job as a guard at Alcatraz. Can Moose adjust to life on “The Rock” and the difficulty of living with an autistic sister?
Coming soon.

Letters From Wolfie by Patti Sherlock is about a boy named Mark who volunteers his beloved dog to serve as a guard animal in Vietnam in hopes of helping soldiers like his brother. But when the army refuses to tell him when he will get his dog back he begins to worry.
Coming Soon