Booktalk Titles - Summer 2011
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These titles were presented by JMRL staff at school visits in preparation for Summer 2011.
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Buford Middle School
Henley Middle School
Reckless by Cornelia Funke
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Absolute Value of Mike by Kathryn Erskine
Study in Scarlet: a Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel by Ian Edginton
Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson
Matched, playaway, by Ally Condie
Polymer Clay Cookbook: Tiny Food Jewelry to Whip Up and Wear by Jessica and Susan Partain
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (June, Crozet Teen Book Club)
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (July, Crozet Teen Book Club)
Jouett and Sutherland Middle Schools
6th Grade
- Dumped by Popular Demand by P.G. Kain
- Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson
- Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
- Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
- Pavement Chalk Artist by Julian Beever
- Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin
- Squeeze by Rachel Dunstan Muller
- The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders
7th Grade
- Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde
- Gateway by Sharon Shinn
- Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
- Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Junkyard Dog by Monique Polak
- Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Pavement Chalk Artist by Julian Beever
- Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
- Dumped by Popular Demand by P.G. Kain
8th Grade
- The Fight by L. Divine
- The Good, the Bad and the Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone
- Happyface by Stephen Emond
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
- Liar by Justine Larbalestier
- Orchards by Holly Thompson
- Pavement Chalk Artist by Julian Beever
- The Tiger by John Vaillant
- Vampire Knits by Genevieve Miller
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
- Dumped by Popular Demand by P.G. Kain
Various Middle Schools
These booktalks were presented by Tim between May 16 and June 7, 2011, to students at the Village School and Walton, Louisa County, Nelson County, and William Monroe Middle Schools. Not all titles were presented at every school.
- The Arrival, by Shaun Tan
- As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth, by Lynne Rae Perkins
- Close to Famous, by Joan Bauer
- Double Dutch, by Sharon Draper
- Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
- The Grimm Legacy, by Polly Shulman
- Kensuke's Kingdom, by Michael Morpurgo
- Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine
- The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld
