Friday, August 16, 2013
Perfect Chemistry By Simone Elkeles
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Fifteen Love by Robert Corbet
Jimena P.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
2014 Abraham Lincoln Award Nominees
Here is the whole list:
Across the universe by Beth Revis
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Daughter of smoke and bone by Lani Taylor
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Every day by David Levithan
Everybody sees the ants by A.S. King
The fault in our stars by John Green
Five flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Hate list by Jennifer Brown
How to save a life by Sara Zarr
I hunt killers by Barry Lyga
Legend by Marie Lu
Marcelo in the real world by Francisco Stork
The night circus: a novel by Erin Morgenstern
The Pregnancy project: a memoir by Gaby Rodriguez with Jenna Glatzer
Purple heart by Patricia McCormick
Ready player one by Ernest Cline
Room by Emma Donoghue
Shadow and bone by Leigh Bardugo
Stupid fast by Geoff Herbach
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
And here are some other ways of looking at the nominees:
If you liked The Hunger Games....
Across the universe by Beth Revis
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Legend by Marie Lu
Shadow and bone by Leigh Bardugo
If you like a little magic or little bit of the supernatural with your romance...
Daughter of smoke and bone by Lani Taylor
The night circus: a novel by Erin Morgenstern
How about an element of mystery?
Across the universe by Beth Revis
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
I hunt killers by Barry Lyga
It could happen to you (or someone you know)...
Everybody sees the ants by A.S. King
The fault in our stars by John Green
Five flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Hate list by Jennifer Brown
How to save a life by Sara Zarr
The pregnancy project: a memoir by Gaby Rodriguez with Jenna Glatzer
Purple heart by Patricia McCormick
Stupid fast by Geoff Herbach
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Happening now in an alternate universe or in the future...
Across the universe by Beth Revis
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Daughter of smoke and bone by Lani Taylor
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Legend by Marie Lu
The night circus: a novel by Erin Morgenstern
Ready player one by Ernest Cline
Shadow and bone by Leigh Bardugo
A dude's point of view...
Everybody sees the ants by A.S. King
I hunt killers by Barry Lyga
Purple heart by Patricia McCormick
Ready player one by Ernest Cline
Stupid fast by Geoff Herbach
A different point of view...
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Every day by David Levithan
Five flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Marcelo in the real world by Francisco Stork
Room by Emma Donoghue
Most likely to make you think of Dexter or Hannibal Lecter...
I hunt killers by Barry Lyga
Most likely to make you laugh....
Stupid fast by Geoff Herbach
If you liked Thirteen Reasons Why...
The fault in our stars by John Green
Hate list by Jennifer Brown
How to save a life by Sara Zarr
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Recommended Reading: We Shouldn't Feel This Way, Should We?
F Cohn,R
Cohn, Rachel and David Levithan. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.
Naomi and Ely are best friends who have been inseparable since childhood.. They decide to create a No Kiss List of people neither is allowed to kiss to make sure nothing will come between them. There are only two problems. Naomi is in love with Ely and Ely has just kissed Naomi's boyfriend, Bruce. Will their friendship survive?
F Elkeles,S
Elkeles, Simone. Perfect Chemistry.
Brittany Ellis is popular and wealthy with a seemingly perfect life. Alex Fuentes is a gang member from the other side of town. When they are forced to be lab partners, their contempt for each other is undeniable. When Alex makes a bet with his friends that he can win her over, both of their worlds are turned upside down.
F Korman,G
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob.
Vince Luca has a normal teenage life. He worries about high school, acne and getting a girlfriend. And of course run-ins with the police and FBI! His dad is a mob boss, and even though he tries to keep the family business out of his own, Vince sometimes has to deal with dead bodies in trunks and listening devices in the house. So it figures that when he finally finds a girl he really likes, she turns out to be the daughter of the FBI agent who is after his dad.
F Nelson,J
Nelson, Jandy. The Sky is Everywhere.
Lennie Walker, poet and band geek, has happily spent most of her life in her sister Bailey's shadow. But when Bailey dies suddenly, Lennie, her family and Bailey's boyfriend Toby are left to deal with their grief. Even though they feel guilty, Lennie and Toby find themselves powerfully attracted to each other. When a gorgeous new guitar player in town, Joe, starts to pursue her, she has to decide between a boy who understands her grief and one who understands her passion for music.
F Perkins,S
Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss.
Anna is not happy about shipped off to boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school. After all, her best friend and the cute guy she has been flirting with at her movie theater job are back in Atlanta. Then she meets Etienne St. Claire, a beautiful French speaking, English accented boy who is absolutely irresistible. They become fast friends, and potentially something more—if only he didn't have a girlfriend.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Recommended Reading: If you're done with the Twilight series...
F Clare,C
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones.
New Yorker Clary Fray just wanted to go have a good time at the Pandemonium club. She never expected to witness a murder committed by three other teenagers with strange tattoos and unusual weapons. Also, the three teenagers were invisible to everyone else and there was no body or even blood to report to the police. Clary later learns that the other teens were called Shadowhunters, a secret society dedicated to killing demons. In the next twenty-four hours, she is attacked by a demon herself and mother ends up missing. With the help of the gorgeous Shadowhunter Jace and his friends, she learns of a whole new world that has always co-existed with ours.
F Marr,M
Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely.
Rules #1-3. Do not stare at invisible faeries, do not speak to them, and definitely don't draw their attention to you. Aislinn has always been able to see faeries, but these rules have always kept her safe, until now. Everything changes when Keenan, the Summer King, chooses her as his mate. She is now involved in the 900 year old struggle between Keenan and his mother, the Winter Queen. If Aislinn refuses him, summer will cease to exist and mortals and faeries will all die. If she accepts, she will lose her own humanity.
F Noel,A
Noël, Alyson. Evermore.
Since the car accident that killed her family but spared her, sixteen year old Ever can see other people's auras, hear their thoughts and know their life story by touching them. She goes out of her way to avoid contact with other people until she meets the mysterious. Damen Auguste. She feels an instant connection with him. When she is with him, the noise and chaos in her head subsides. He doesn't have an aura and he always seems to know what she is thinking. But she doesn't really know who, or what, he really is.
F Stiefvater,M
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.
Grace has watched the wolves outside of her window every winter for years, but she had always been drawn to the mysterious yellow eyed one who seemed to take an interest in here too. What she doesn't know is that these wolves turn into their human form during the summer months. When she meets a boy with the same yellow eyes, she knows somehow that it is him, her wolf. As they start fall for each other, she learns when winter comes again, and with it the change, this could be last year as a human. He will lose Grace and himself forever.
F Taylor,L
Taylor, Laini. Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Karou is a beautiful young art student in a Prague boarding school. Her natural bright blue hair and her sketchbook is filled with pictures of horrible monsters, drawings of the only family she has ever known, the Chimaera, She speaks many languages, not all of them human. She occasionally runs errands for the devil Brimstone, a wishmonger and father figure who has her collect teeth from around the world, especially human ones. You can understand why she doesn't know who she really is or where she came from. One fateful day she meets the seraphim Akiva with whom she feels an instant connection, she finally starts to get the answers she seeks, even if it means the end of her life as she knows it.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Abraham Lincoln Nominees: 5 Book Trailers
1. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
2.Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
3. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
4. Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
5. Matched by Ally Condie
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Love Stories
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver is on the 2011-2012 Abraham Lincoln Nominees list and is a New York Best Seller. It's also the first book in the series called Wolves of Mercy Falls. This Short Video captures some of this fascinating and unique romance.
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
Dreamland deals with a very tough but real problem for some teenagers. Sarah Dessen delves into teenage love and abuse with compassion and insight. On Caitlin’s 16th birthday her older sister Cass ran away from home with her boyfriend to see the world.
Cass’ behavior allows Caitlin to feel she could reinvent herself now that she has a runaway teen for a sister and in walks Rogerson. Caitlin meets Rogerson at a nursing home where she volunteers. Rogerson is serving community time where Caitlin watches as he sells drugs to one of the nursing home staff members. Rogerson is handsome, rich and no doubt about it the man about town. He sweeps Caitlin off her feet but it doesn’t last long. One day Caitlin witnesses the abuse Rogerson deals with from his father. Rogerson’s confides in Caitlin and once she is in his inner circle of trust he begins to abuse her. This is a story about tainted love and how dreamland is Caitlin's safe place.
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Another great hit this year on the Abraham Lincoln Nominee Award list. This story is based on the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast". How many of you have seen Beastly the movie? If you liked the movie you will love the book. Beastly won WEGO's heart and was selected as the Abraham Lincoln Award Winner for 2011-2012.
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
This is a riveting story that will make you think about your life and your relationships. Tessa is just 16 and dying of cancer but in a typical teen fashion she decides to make a bucket list on all the things she wants to do before she dies. She wants to have sex, try drugs, fall in love, and say yes to everyone for a day. After completing the first two things on her bucket list she feels empty and unfulfilled until she meets Adam, the boy next door. Their love unfolds at the same time her life is coming to an end. Jenna Downham writes Tessa’s death in a way that you will remember. This book is sad no doubt but it is also filled with hope for the living. Read this with a box of tissues near!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Bad Romance: Stories about Guys Trying to Find Love and Failing Hilariously
F Crawford,B
Crawford, Brent. Carter Finally Gets It Will Carter is obsessed with only two things during his freshman year—looking cool and getting a girlfriend. Unfortunately, neither comes easy as he hilariously screws up one chance after another to have either one.
F Doyle,L
Doyle, Larry. I love you, Beth Cooper. Denis Cooverman, graduating senior and captain of the debate team, declares his love for gorgeous head cheerleader Beth Cooper (who doesn't even know he exists) right in the middle of giving a graduation speech in front of the whole school. The craziest night of his life soon follows.
F Koertge,R
Koertge, Ronald. Where the Kissing Never StopsLife is already hard for 16 year old Walker. His dad has died and his girlfriend has moved away. To make matters worse, his mother decides to take a job as a stripper to support the family. There goes his social life—especially if the cute new girl in school who he has a crush on finds out..
F Korman,G
Korman, Gordon. Son of the MobViice Luca has the hardest time finding and keeping a girlfriend. What's the deal? He is a nice, good looking 17 year old guy, but he also the son of a powerful Mafia boss. After finally finding a girl with potential, it turns out she is the daughter of an FBI agent investigating his family.
F Wizner,J
Wizner, Jake. Spanking Shakespeare. Shakespeare Shapiro's parents cursed him with a name that has caused him humiliation all through school. At least he's a good writer like his namesake. It is senior year and all students at his school have to write a memoir of their life so far as a final project. He hopes that his will win the prize for best memoir, and possibly get him a girlfriend (or at least a prom date).
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
See Laini Taylor Speak on Wednesday September 28th
National Book Award Finalist Laini Taylor will be at WEGO on September 28th during periods 7 and 8 to talk about her newest book Daughter of Smoke and Bone.Check with your English teacher to see if your class will be attending or feel free to sign up here. A field trip form will be required for attendance. Copies are available in the LRC.
Student Sign Up Form: Sign Up
A description from the publisher:
"Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.More Resources
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.
When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?" -Hachette Book Group
Laini Taylor's Blog
Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Official Website
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Arely R.
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Mary R.
Friday, December 10, 2010
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Stefanie T.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Molly C.
A Promise for Ellie by Lauraine Snelling
Based on reality in the 1900s, A Promise for Ellie is an inspiration for any young couple ready for marriage who are going through hardships with either bills, wedding plans or other marital problems.
Ellie Wold, the main character, along with Andrew Bjorklund, have been planning ever since grade school to get married after harvest season. When the time finally comes, they announce their engagement. Andrew promises Ellie the life she’s always wanted but with his stubbornness, he always ends up angry with another character named Toby, who has always been on Andrew’s tail.
This story takes you to another level. Throughout the story, both of them are tested for their love for one another, for their faith and for their hardships. To keep their love alive and strong, they write letters to each other. While Andrew is building their new home in Blessing, North Dakota, Ellie is at home preparing for her new life as being the new Mrs. Bjorklund. When tragedy strikes, it’s up to the two of them to work together to keep their love strong and alive.
Alina K.
Perfect Chemistry- Simone Elkeles
Brittany is a rich girl from the north side of Chicago who goes to school with Alex; her family is kind of neglectful. Well, Alex and Brittany end up having Chemistry class together and have to be partners. They didn’t know they would actually start liking each other. This book is a page turner. Do you think Brittany and Alex will end up in a relationship together or not? This book is full of surprises and twists, so read it to find out.
Cearia P.
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
I saw the movie when I was half way through reading the book and that ruined the ending for me. However, it also helped me understand the beginning of the story a little better. I would recommend reading the book first since reading gives you a different view of the story because you're using your imagination and not as much of the movie director’s imagination. It's much different seeing the story happen within your head.
The book has an astonishing story line and it knows how to keep your attention all throughout the story. There is always something happening so you never want to put down the book. The end of every chapter is a cliff hanger until you read the next one. Reading this book opened my eyes to realize books don't always have to have a happy ending.
Koressa F.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Useful Fools by C.A. Schmidt
"Useful Fools" is a cute story about one young couple. You will enjoy this book if romantic type stories are your thing because this young couple is inseparable. Alonso and Rosa helped out at their parent’s health clinic but are forced to be on the run. Alonso's mother was killed by a terrorist group and he was forced to leave the area. Yet he was able to keep his relationship with Rosa, who left her wealthy family to be with Alonso. He ended up joining the terrorist group which killed his mom.
Uriel F.
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Teresa B.

