book club fall 2011. boot camp by todd strasser boot camp in the middle of the night, 15-year-old...
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Book Club
Fall 2011
Boot
Cam
p b
y To
dd S
trass
er
Boot
Cam
p
In the middle of the night, 15-year-
old Garrett is “kidnapped” and
transported to a boot camp where
he is subjected to physical and
psychological abuse. The aim? To
get him to conform to the camp’s
standards. But how can he change
if he shouldn’t have been sent
there in the first place?
"A vivid and realistic novel... Teens
will be outraged by the
manipulation, torture, and
hopelessness experienced by the
residents of Lake Harmony... They
will be engrossed by this fast-
paced and revealing story about
the hidden side of teenage
incarceration." School Library
Journal "Teens, especially boys, will be
rivetted by Garrett's appalling
experiences and by his suspenseful
escape...The novel is a real eye-
opener." KLIATT
Deadlin
e b
y C
hri
s C
rutc
her
Deadlin
e
Ben Wolf has big things planned for his
senior year. Had big things planned. Now
what he has is some very bad news and
only one year left to make his mark on the
world. How can a pint-sized, smart-ass
seventeen-year-old do anything significant
in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho?
First, Ben makes sure that no one else
knows what is going on—not his superstar
quarterback brother, Cody, not his
parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he
decides to become the best 127-pound
football player Trout High has ever seen;
to give his close-minded civics teacher a
daily migraine; and to help the local drunk
clean up his act. And then there's Dallas Suzuki. Amazingly
perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who
may or may not give Ben the time of day.
Really, she's first on the list.
Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and
Ben's resolve begins to crumble . . .
especially when he realizes that he isn't
the only person in Trout with secrets.
Aft
er
by
Am
y Efa
w
Aft
er
Who would leave her own baby in the
trash to die?Certainly not someone like Devon—
straight-A student, soccer player with
Olympic dreams, more mature than
her own mother. But desperation and
panic drove her to do what most
people can’t even imagine. Now
Devon’s in a juvenile detention center
charged with attempted murder. If
she’s tried as an adult, she faces life in
prison.
Does Devon deserve that punishment?
Your answer depends on whether you
believe her story—that she didn’t even
know she was pregnant. Was she
buried in a denial so deep that she
was unable to register the seemingly
obvious signs of pregnancy? Or were
her actions the result of a more
devious, premeditated plan?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m145VLF54ZL0WF/ref=ent_fb_link
Befo
re I F
all
by
Laure
n O
liver
Befo
re I F
all
What if you only had one day
to live? What would you do?
Who would you kiss? And how
far would you go to save your
own life?Samantha Kingston has it all: the
world’s most crush-worthy
boyfriend, three amazing best
friends, and first pick of everything
at Thomas Jefferson High—from
the best table in the cafeteria to
the choicest parking spot. Friday,
February 12, should be just
another day in her charmed life.
Instead, it turns out to be her last.
Then she gets a second chance.
Seven chances, in fact. Reliving
her last day during one miraculous
week, she will untangle the
mystery surrounding her death—
and discover the true value of
everything she is in danger of
losing.
Acr
oss
the U
niv
ers
e
by
Beth
Revi
s
Acr
oss
the
Univ
ers
e
A love out of time. A
spaceship built of secrets and murder.
When Amy is frozen aboard
the interstellar spaceship
Godspeed, she expects to
be woken in 300 years on a
new planet. Instead,
someone wakes her up
early…and if Amy doesn’t
figure out soon, the next
people woken up might not
survive–including her
parents.
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The B
oy
in t
he
Str
ipped
Paja
mas
by
John B
oyn
e
The B
oy
in t
he
Str
ipped
Paja
ma’s
Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from
school one day, he discovers that his
belongings are being packed in
crates. His father has received a
promotion and the family must move
from their home to a new house far
far away, where there is no one to
play with and nothing to do. A tall
fence running alongside stretches as
far as the eye can see and cuts him
off from the strange people he can
see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer
and decides that there must be more
to this desolate new place than
meets the eye. While exploring his
new environment, he meets another
boy whose life and circumstances are
very different to his own, and their
meeting results in a friendship that
has devastating consequences.
An A
bundance
of
Kath
eri
nes
by
John
Gre
en
An A
bundance
of
Kath
eri
nes
When it comes to relationships,
everyone has a type. Colin
Singleton’s type is girls named
Katherine. He has dated–and been
dumped by–19 Katherines. In the
wake of The K-19 Debacle, Colin–an
anagram-obsessed washed-up child
prodigy–heads out on a road trip
with his overweight, Judge Judy-
loving friend Hassan. With 10,000
dollars in his pocket and a feral hog
on his trail, Colin is on a mission to
prove a mathematical theorem he
hopes will predict the future of any
relationship (and conceivably win
the girl).An Abundance of Katherines
was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor
book and a finalist for the Los
Angeles Times Book Prize. It was
also named one of the books of the
year by Booklist, Horn Book, and
Kirkus.