the 2000’sauthor kiera cass has won awards as an author. she has won awards such as good reads...
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Teen fiction books of
the 2000’s
Published at Petitcodiac Regional School
May 2016
Contents
Introduction:
#5 – the selection
35 girls. One crown the competition of a lifetime.
#4 – twilight
A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love
with a vampire.
#3 – divergent
In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris
learns she’s divergent and won’t fit in.
#2 – the hunger games
2 teens from each district in panem are chosen for a
televised fight till the death.
#1 – the fault in our stars
Hazel and Gus two teens with cancer fall in love and
both deal with difficult times.
I Thought…
What do you think?
When someone mentions the 80’s, many images run
through your mind…
Leg warmers, neon, hair bands, fast and futuristic Trans
Ams, just to name a few.
But you can’t forget the movies!
Kick back, throw on your favourite 80’s cassette tape
and find out which movies made the list of the top 5
most iconic teen movies of the 80’s and ask yourself…
The Selection
AUTHOR: kiera cass YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2012 AMOUNT SOLD: 3.5 million copies
The selection is an award winning teen fiction
novel written by a female author named kiera cass.
The selection is only the first book in the selection
series. There are three other books in the series,
and another one coming! The second book is called
‘The Elite’, the third book is called ‘The One’, the
fourth book is called ‘The Heir’ and the fifth book
will be called ‘The Crown’.
The selection is about 35 girls competing to
marry prince maxon. The book is from america’s
who is in the competitions perspective. While most
girls want to win the competition, America doesn’t
she is different. America is already in love with a
boy back home. But will that change when she
starts to fall for the prince?
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On ama zon.cothe exa ct publis Quick Fact
The Selection
America Singer, the main character is a 17 year old redhead. She is the middle child of 5 children. She grew up with the fifth caste and she is from Carolina. America is a talented singer, pianist, violinist and many other instruments player.
Take Note
BEST SELLING AWARDS
The selection made it into the New York Times
bestselling list not long after it’s publish date.
The book itself did not win many awards even
though it’s an amazing book. Although the
author Kiera Cass has won awards as an
author. She has won awards such as good
reads choice awards best young adult fantasy
and science fiction.
BOOK POPULARITY
The selection is a pretty popular book. The
book has a star rating of 4.2/5. There are
no movies or TV shows based on the
selection. Although Kiera Cass has been
trying to convince different film making
companies to base a TV show on the
selection. Unfortunately she has been
denied by three different companies. The
book is so popular that 3.5 million copies
were sold and that’s just the first book!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kiera Cass is an American author of young
adult fiction. Kiera is best known for the
selection. She has written six books in total,
such as the selection, the elite, the one, the
crown which isn’t published yet, happily
ever after and the siren which also isn’t
published yet. Kiera is 34 years old born
may 19th, 1981. Kiera is from South Carolina
and spent high school at socastee high
school in South Carolina. She also attended
coastal Carolina University. Kiera is married
and has two children. Her spouse’s name is
Callaway Cass.
BIANCA’S OPINION
Personally I love the selection. The selection is
by far my favorite book. When I started
reading the selection I got hooked right away.
All I wanted to do was read. I love America’s
personality in the book. I love how she stands
up for what she believes in and doesn’t care
what others think. America is different from
the other characters. When I read the book I
laughed at parts and I cried at parts. The
selection is filled with many great love stories. I
would recommend this book to anyone.
# 5 4 3 2 1
On amazon.com for a hardcover copy of the
selection costs $19.79 and for a paperback copy it
costs $11.12.
Twilight
AUTHOR: stephenie meyer YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2005 AMOUNT SOLD: 26.5 million copies
Twilight is a book but also a series. In the series
there are 4 books the books are called, twilight,
new moon, the eclipse and breaking dawn. Twilight
is about a 17 year old girl named Bella swan who
moves from phoenix, Arizona to forks Washington.
Bella becomes endangered after falling in love with
Edward Cullen who is a vampire. The twilight saga
is not Stephanie Meyer’s only novels. She has also
written the host, midnight sun, the short second
life of Bree tanner, twilight the graphic novel,
twilight life and death, prom nights from hell and
new moon the graphic novel. When twilight was
published it become extremely popular, everyone
was reading it.
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Twilight
On amazon.com for a hardcover copie of the book costs $19.79 and a paperback copie costs $10.79.
Quick Fact
Bella is 18 years old in the novel, born September 13th 1987. Bella was born in forks Washington. Bella has brown hair and black eyes. Her mothers name is renee and her fathers name is Charlie. Bella marrys Edward Cullen.
Take Note
BESTSELLING AWARDS
In 2005 and 2006 and even 2007 twilight
was very popular. Twilight reached #5 in the
New York Times bestseller list within a
month of its release date. That is very
uncommon. Twilight was also nominated
amazons best book of the decade. The book
also made it into the teen peoples hot list
pick. In fact twilight was the publisher’s
weekly best book of the year in 2005.
BOOK POPULARITY
Twilight was translated into 2 different languages.
Just for the first book, twilight there was 26.5
million copies sold. The book itself was rated 3/5
stars. The book was so popular that there was an
award winning movie made based on the book.
The movie won awards such as… -mtv movie
award for best kiss. –mtv movie award for best
movie. –mtv movie award for best fight. – Mtv
movie award for best female performance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephanie Meyer is 42 years old, born
December 24th 1973. Her maiden name is
Stephanie Morgan. She is from Hartford
Connecticut U.S.A. and she attended
Brigham youth university. Stephanie’s
spouses name is Christian Meyer. She has
three children named Gabe, Seth and Eli.
Other than her career as an author
Stephanie is a stay at home mom.
BIANCAS OPINION
In my opinion the book twilight is a pretty
good book althoughits not one of my
favourites. If your not interested in
vampire wearwolf romance and drama
then don’t read twilight. If you like books
about vampire and wearwolf romance and
drama then you will love twilight. I would
recommend this book to anyone who is
interested in vampires and wearwolves.
# 5 4 3 2 1
Divergent
AUTHOR: veronica roth YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2011 AMOUNT SOLD: 6.7 million copies
Divergent is a book but also a series. In the series
there are three books and a companion book. The
first book is what this is all about. It is divergent. The
second book in the series is my personal favorite, it
is called insurgent. The third book and saddest is
called allegiant. Last but not least the companion to
the divergent series is called four. Four is the same
story as divergent just from a different perspective.
Divergent is about a girl named Beatrice. Beatrice
lives in Chicago and in Chicago they have these
things called factions. The factions are called
erudite, dauntless, abnegation, amity and candor.
The factions are different groups of people
separated by aptitudes and value. Dauntless is the
brave, amity is the peaceful, erudite is the
inteligiant, abnegation is the selfless and candor is
the honest.
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Divergent
On amazon.com a paperback copy of divergent costs $11.99 and a hardcover copy costs $19.99
Quick Fact
Beatirice prior is a 16 year old girl from abnegation but chose to become dauntless. Beatrice also goes by tris.
Take Note
BESTSELLING AWARDS
Divergent has won many
bestselling awards such as… good
reads choice awards for best
young adult fantasy and science
fiction and kids choice awards
USA favorite book.
BOOK POPULARITY
Divergent is a very popular book. It
is so popular that it has an award
winning movie based on it. The
movie has won awards such as…
MTV movie awards favorite
character, people’s choice awards
for favorite action movie.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Veronica Roth is 27 years old born
august 19th 1988. She is from New
York USA. Veronica attended
northwestern university and is
married to nelson Fitch. Veronica
has no children and she writes
young adult and dystopian novels.
BIANCA’S OPINION
In my opinion divergent is an amazing book.
Although sometimes is hard to understand
and you may have to reread certain parts. I
honestly don’t know how the author,
veronica Roth came up with such a great
story. Divergent is one of my favorite books
and I would recommend it to anyone
interested in reading action and drama
novels.
# 5 4 3 2 1
The Hunger Games
AUTHOR: Suzanne collins YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2008 AMOUNT SOLD: 26.5 million copies
The hunger games is a book and a series. In the series
there are three books. The first book is obviously the
hunger games, the second book is called catching fire
and last but not least the third book is called mocking
jay. In the hunger games two teens from ages 12 to 18
are randomly chosen one boy and one girl from each
district in panem to be a part of the hunger games. The
hunger games is a televised competition where all the
chosen teens are put in an arena to fight to the death.
The last one standing wins the games and becomes rich
and famous. Katniss everdeen attends the hunger
games after her sister was chosen for the games and
she volunteers to take her sisters place. Pita is the boy
from district 12 that was chosen. And katniss and peeta
both from district 12 fight in the hunger games with 22
other teens. Who will win? Who will make it home?
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The Hunger Games
On amazon.com a paperback copy of the hunger games costs $10.79 and a hardcover copy costs $15.45
Quick Fact
Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl from district 12. Katniss fights with a bow and arrow.
Take Note
BESTSELLING AWARDS
The hunger games has won many
awards such as… good reads choice
awards favorite hero, good reads choice
awards favorite heroine, good reads
choice awards favorite book and good
reads choice awards best young adult
fantasy and science fiction.
BOOK POPULARITY
The hunger games is a very popular book. It
has a 4.4/5 star rating and an award winning
movie based on it. The movie has won
awards such as… mtv movie award for best
fight, kids choice awards for favorite movie,
mtv movie awards for best male
performance and best female performance,
etc…..
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Suzanne Collins is a 53 year old
author, born august 10th, 1962. She is
from Hartford, Connecticut USA and
attended Indiana University and New
York University.
BIANCAS OPINION
In my opinion the hunger games is a great
book. I love the hunger games its
definitely one of my favorites. I love how
much detail the book contains and how
its full of surprises. I would most
definitely recommend this book and
series to anyone.
# 5 4 3 2 1
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
AUTHOR: john green YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2012 AMOUNT SOLD: 10.7 million copies
The fault in ours stars is a novel about two
teenagers fighting their own battles of cancer.
Hazel grace is a female teenager fighting thyroid
cancer. Augustus is a male teenager fighting
osteosarcoma cancer. The two teenagers fall in love
after meeting each other at a support group. Both
being through a lot hunt down the author of a book
they both love because they have some questions
for him. Unfortunately the fault in our stars is not a
series it is just one book.
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The fault in our stars
On amazon.com a hardcover copy of the book costs $17.10 and a paperback copy costs $11.75
Quick Fact
Hazel grace Lancaster is a 17 year old girl fighting stage 4 thyroid cancer.
Take Note
BESTSELLING AWARDS
The fault in our stars is such a good
book that it reached #1 in the New
York Times bestselling list. The book
also won an award for good reads
choice awards for best young adult
fiction.
BOOK POPULARITY
The fault in our stars is a very popular book
so popular that it has a 4.3/5 star rating.
There was also an award winning movie
made based on the book. The movie has
won awards such as mtv movie award for
best kiss, mtv movie award forbest female
performance, mtv movie award for best
movie etc…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John green is an American author
from Indianapolis. He is 38 years old
born august 24th 1977. John is married
to Sarah urist green. John’s children’s
names are henry green and Alice
green. As an author he has a 4.2/5
star rating.
BIANCAS OPINION
In my opinion the fault in our stars is a
really sad novel but it is full of some of
the best quotes I’ve ever heard.
Personally my favorite character is
Augustus. I like Augustus because he is
positive and he just has a fun personality.
I would recommend this book to anyone.
# 5 4 3 2 1
Here are the criteria I used in ranking the teen fiction books of the 2000’s.
My opinion
Amount sold
Best reviews
Star rating
Author popularity
Bestselling awards
price
I thought…
1. Do you agree with my ranking? If you don’t, try ranking them yourself. Justify your ranking with data. You may use my criteria or you may use your own. 2. here are three other books that I considered but did not include in my top 5 list: the mortal instruments of the city of bones, the maze runner and delirium.
Find out more about these books. Do you think they should have made the top 5? Give reasons for your response.
Are there other books that your think should have made my list? Explain your choices.
What do you think?
The
Selec
tion
BOOK
POPUL
ARITY
The
selection
is a pretty
popular
book. The
book has a
star rating
of 4.2/5.
There are
no movies
or TV
shows
based on
the
selection.
Although
Kiera Cass
has been
trying to
convince
different
film
making
companie
s to base a
TV show
on the
selection.
Unfortuna
tely she
has been
denied by
three
different
companie
s. The
book is so
popular
that 3.5
BEST
SELLIN
G
AWAR
DS
The
selection
made it
into the
New York
Times
bestselling
list not
long after
it’s publish
date. The
book itself
did not win
many
awards
even
though it’s
an amazing
book.
Although
the author
Kiera Cass
has won
awards as
an author.
She has
won
awards
such as
good reads
choice
awards
best young
adult
fantasy and
science
fiction.
America Singer, the main character is a 17 year old redhead. She is the middle child of 5 children. She grew up with the fifth caste and she is from Carolina. America is a talented singer, pianist, violinist and many other instruments player.
Take
Note
ABOUT
THE
AUTHO
R
Kiera Cass
is an
American
author of
young
adult
fiction.
Kiera is
best
known for
the
selection.
She has
written six
books in
total, such
as the
selection,
the elite,
the one,
the crown
which
isn’t
published
yet,
happily
ever after
and the
siren
which also
isn’t
published
yet. Kiera
is 34 years
old born
may 19th,
1981.
Kiera is
BIANC
A’S
OPINIO
N
Personally
I love the
selection.
The
selection
is by far
my
favorite
book.
When I
started
reading
the
selection I
got
hooked
right
away. All I
wanted to
do was
read. I
love
America’s
personalit
y in the
book. I
love how
she stands
up for
what she
believes in
and
doesn’t
care what
others
think.
America is
different
On ama zon.cothe exa ct publis Quic
k
Fact
On
amazon.c
om for a
hardcover
copy of
the
selection
costs
$19.79
and for a
paperbac
k copy it
costs
$11.12.
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