This way. Just right here. All right. Good morning and welcome to this week's edition of Encompass Live. I am your host, Krista Porter, here at the Nebraska Library Commission. This is actually the first Encompass Live of 2019. Welcome to 2019. I hope we'll have a good year coming up. We'll have lots of good shows for you. We've got lots of things we're adding to the schedule, and we'll see. Encompass Live is the Nebraska Library Commission's weekly webinar series, where we cover any topics that may be of interest to libraries and anyone who is staff at libraries. We broadcast the show live every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Central Time, but if you're unable to join us on Wednesdays, that's fine. We do record the show every week and then post it to our website later so you can watch at your convenience. I will show you at the end of today's show where you can access this archives. We have the show recording is available, and if there are any presentations, slides as there are for today's show, those will be available for you as well. Both the live show and the archives are free and open to anyone to watch, so definitely share with your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, anybody who you think might be interested in any of the shows we have on. We do a mixture of things here on Encompass Live, book reviews, interviews, mini-training sessions, demos of services or products that we think may be of interest to you. Here in Nebraska, the Nebraska Library Commission is the state agency for libraries, for all libraries, all types of libraries in the state. So you will find shows that we do that will cover any type of library public, academic, K-12 schools, correction facilities, special, museums, anything that's library, we will have something to do with them. We do bring in guest speakers on Encompass Live, and we have the Nebraska Library Commission staff that do sessions, and today we have a mixture of that. With me today sitting with me here is Sally Snyder, who is from the Nebraska Library Commission from here. She is our coordinator of children and young adult library services. Good morning Sally, good morning. And remotely on the line with us is Jill Annes, who is a librarian at Elkhorn Grandview Middle School here. Good morning. Hello, morning. Good morning. All right. And they do an annual actually presentation of this, best new team books of whatever the previous year was. It's usually done somewhere near the end of whatever the year. So this is for 2018. This is a session that's done at our state library conference, and then we produce it here on the show to make sure that everyone can have access to this great info on all these good titles. I personally, Sally actually does this, she has two of these. There's one for teen books, one session, and then a previous one that's already been done for children's books. So if you're looking for something, and I'll show you where that is later, something for the younger kids, we have a previous session that was done on November, back in November 14th, yep. And it's in our archives, so you can watch that one if you're looking for one for the younger children, and this one for our teens. But I will hand it over to you guys to take it away and tell us all the best books that you guys read in 2018. Just a quick heads up for people who haven't listened to us before. These are titles that Jill and or I have run across. At the library commission, we receive review copies of some books from some publishers. So I see some, if you see the room where they're all laid out on the shelves, it's a lot of books, but it's not everything from anybody, and some people don't send us anything, so it may not be representative of your favorite publisher, in which case I'm very sorry. I also look for books at the public library, and sometimes I buy books because I can't help myself. And Jill runs across a different list of books. This year we read more of the same books than has happened before, but we still have plenty on our list, and we had to arm wrestle for who got which title, which was hard to do over the telephone, but Jill won most of those fights. Because Sally's too sweet.  And Chris will say, just put things away your own self, because I'm done here. So I try to stay on pace with things. And we should mention this handout that Sally's reading from, we do also have this posted to our website, right? We have the list of books right now posted to our website. Thank you. You can find it by searching our website for the word handouts, and that'll bring you to a link that'll take you to this whole page, and it'll say encompass live handouts. And the handout with all of your order information, the ISBN and publisher and everything, are all on that page. So if you're just jotting down notes, just give yourself some cryptic notes so you know which title you're looking for. And that list is in the order that we're presenting, yes. And when the archive is set, is ready for this, the recording, the link to the actual slides, but also link to the handouts will be available to you as well. So you'll be able to print that out and have all of the more specific information that you need to actually purchase and order the books. And a little while later, not today, but in the near future, if Jill sends me her blurbs, aha. Then we will have a list with our notes about what we said about each book. So if you can wait for that one too, if you want to, because I know Jill will send it right away. Yes, I will. So we'll get going. And if you have, like she said, if you have questions, as we go along, we're good to go. Now you should be fine. Now you should be able to use it. There we go. So we start with, we're very kind of general because I try to be careful about using grade levels or age ranges because everybody's an individual and we all know that some younger kids read longer titles and some older kids don't want to take that long. They want to read the quicker title. So there's no real line that we have on this just kind of who these might appeal to. And partly the age of the main characters, at least for me, that plays into which group I put it in. But for younger teens, we'll start with Jill. This is the long-awaited sequel to the crossover and it follows Josh and Jordan's father, Charlie Bell, as a teenager following his father's sudden death. Charlie has a difficult time dealing with the loss of his father and begins to isolate himself in his room reading comics.  There he learns about the hard work from his grandpa, good food from his grandma, and the love of basketball from his cousin Roxy. Will Charlie, a.k.a. Chuck, be able to rebound from the loss of his father or will trouble find him again? Excellent verse novel with basketball comics depicted throughout. The book is set in 1988, but the book crossover and rebound connect together at the end. Great book for reluctant readers, basketball fans, and for anyone who has lost an important family member as grandpa gives great life lessons for teenagers. Wonderful. Maddie, 16-year-old Maddie and Logan have been best friends since they were kids. Maddie's dad was a secret service agent for Logan's dad, the president of the United States. After Maddie's father is injured in the line of duty saving Logan's mother from being kidnapped by Russians, he decides to move the two of them to the remote wilderness of Alaska. Maddie writes to Logan every week, but Logan never responds to her letters. As a punishment, Logan's father sends him to Maddie's house in Alaska six years later.  Is this kidnapping tied to his mother's years ago? Will the two teenagers make it out alive? Suspenseful middle grade book that teaches the reader about Alaska and their survival skills needed to live in the wilderness. And that's a golden sower for next year. Thank you. Oh, is it? Oh, nice. As is this book, and I absolutely adored this one, 12-year-old Mason Buttle is filled with kindness and compassion. Jill. Yes. This one's mine. Oh, I'm so sorry. Go for it. My bad. That's OK. I should have just let you go. But you get the next one. No, no, no. So actually, because we have people who are at the Center for this and that aren't from here. Oh, that's right. Explain about the golden sower quickly. The golden sower is our state children and teens. Kids Choice Award. Children's Choice Award. Yeah, the kids, they vote on it. And there's three levels. There's picture books, chapter books, and novels. And novels are aimed at this age group. Six through eight. Yep. Yeah. So sorry. Sorry, Sally. Go for it. I'll just, I'll just yell mine. OK, go for it. Mason is 12 and he calls himself the largest sweatiest kid in seventh grade. He does his best, but it never seems to be enough. His best friend, Benny, died after falling from a tree house and Lieutenant Baird keeps stopping by to ask Mason about it. Mason cannot talk to him. He is physically unable to. And so the Lieutenant, Lieutenant continues to believe he is hiding something and it might be Mason's fault. The neighbor boy is a bully and encourages his friends to bully Mason. A new friend, Calvin Chomsky, is small and bright and breathes Mason hope for a better life. When Calvin disappears, Mason is once again under suspicion, friendship, bullying, hardship, loss, and finally getting one say about a tragic event. Go Jill. All right. 10 year old Louie hasn't done a great job of taking care of pets in his lifetime. A few of his pets that have died or went missing were a snake, hamster, goldfish and lizard. One day Louie's dad brings home a weak orphaned mini donkey from his Uncle Pete's farm. He knows that his luck with animals is about to change. Louie wants to make a difference like his brother Gus, who is stationed out of state in the army. His new friend Nora has doubts that Louie can save Winslow. Can Louie nurse the donkey back to health or will he experience another loss? Themes of friendship, love, overcoming obstacles to reach a goal. Great for fans of Charlotte's Web, Love That Dog and Moo. My turn. Quinn is a high school freshman and her family, she and her family have moved from Colorado to Massachusetts for a new school for her younger brother Julius, who is on the autism spectrum. This is good for Quinn too. She has lost all of her hair to alopecia, alopecia, I always say that wrong. And a fresh start is great since Colorado was where her friends backed away from her. And then there was a sexual harassment episode that wouldn't go away. Now in Gulf Head, Massachusetts, she will wear a wig and no one will know about her alopecia. Instead, she worries the wig will fall off her move and it itches like crazy. At her new school, she makes friends and learns a bit about Nick, who was in a wheelchair and not friendly in study hall. He has his reasons for being rude. Good friends are worth gold and Quinn has found them at her new school, though she is afraid to trust them at first. Helping her brother can be tough, but he is only being himself. Nick is now another new friend for her. He has his own issues, but also begins to show a considerate side. As school library journal mentions, readers of The Running Dream or The Fault in Our Stars will likely pick this one up. And from Jill... Brody, an obedient and loyal dog, has just died and entered an area for dogs waiting to go to their forever place. Brody knows there is something pressing he must do before he enters. It takes time for Brody to remember his past and realize he must go back to Earth to save Brody's owner, Aiden, from his abusive father. With the assistance of a terrier named Tuck, the pair of dogs are challenged along their journey to learn how to keep their souls from being stolen piece by piece by a pack of angry and hungry dogs. Will Brody and Tuck find Aiden and rescue him from his father before their souls completely disappear? Action-packed fantasy for animal lovers and fans of a dog's purpose series. Ghost Dogs. And Between the Lines is a companion book, Bronx Masquerade, which was a 2001 title that won the Coretta Scott King author award. In this book, starting with Darian in eleventh grade, who eventually wants to write for the New York Times, we meet nine students in Mr. Ward's poetry class. Open my day is each Friday, and Mr. Ward gives writing prompts to help the students focus on memories and ideas that may make good poems. Each student has his or her own situation and issues realistically portrayed. A poetry slam will be putting the girls with a Z against the team and the boys with a Z team against each other. Lots of learning, bonding, and realization of other slides makes a terrific book. Now Jill gives the next four titles. Go Jill. Go Jill. All right. This is just a little scary. It looks scary. A ghost story. Twelve-year-old Jules is used to moving from town to town and into very old houses. Her dad's construction company specializes in historical restoration. However, this deteriorated Virginia mansion is different. Jules can feel it in her bones. It is haunted. She starts having visions of the past of a young girl who is trapped in a locked upstairs room with angry men on horses outside the house, told in dual perspectives of Jules and the girl in the locked room. Can Jules help to set the girl free or will she be trapped in the house forever? Another great ghost book told by master storyteller Mary Downing Hahn that will fly off the library shelves. The audio was extremely engaging for a long road trip. Twelve-year-old Jason just received the shock of his life. His mother has been in the U.S. illegally since the death of his father in Afghanistan. One day his fears come to life when his mother is escorted from her work by two uniformed officers. Jason panics and decides to take the train from New Jersey to New York City to find his auntie SEMA. During the chaos of the train station, Jason hits his head and lands himself in the hospital. There, he befriends a girl named Max. They come up with a plan to break out of the hospital. The only problem is that Max is really sick and Jason has no idea. Will the pair locate auntie SEMA or will Max have an episode during their adventure? Timely realistic fiction book that will have readers rooting for Jason and Max to succeed. Perfect for fans of Inside Out and Back Again. Is this me? Yes it is. Okay. Thirteen-year-old Emilia P. Body continues to grieve the loss of her sister Clara from three years ago. At the beginning of eighth grade, Emilia is expected to receive an inspirational letter she wrote in sixth grade. However, her English teacher accidentally gives Emilia Clara's letter. After sharing the letter with her best friend Taylor, they decide that Emilia should attempt to complete Clara's list of goals activities in her letter. So Emilia must complete the following tasks. Make the softball team. Throw a birthday party at the school. Make a dance. Have the best eighth grade prank the town has ever seen. Each activity is difficult for Emilia to complete and she must reach deep down inside herself and come out of her shell in order to be successful. Touching story that will help our students cope with grief when their worlds have been turned upside down. Great for fans of wonder and joy.  His older brother Timothy once stole a credit card to pay for his medicine. Timothy landed himself in juvie and the first book, House Arrest, was the journal of his one-year probation. Fast forward ten years and Timothy still watch over him like he is wounded but Levi decides to rebel this year. His dad enrolls him into boxing without his mom's knowledge and he fakes going to chess club for other fun events. Great verse novel depicting the importance of family and friends through Levi's rocky road of middle school and health scares. A must read for House Arrest fans. This is a three-verse and is based on a true story. Kenneth Sparks, 13 and his family are beginning to experience the blitz of London during World War II. Ken has been accepted to travel to Canada as part of the Children's Overseas Reception Board to send British children to safer shores. His trip with 89 other children and paying travelers aboard the city of Bonaire's at first is luxury, all the food they want, new toys to play a torpedo. Ken ends up in lifeboat 12 with five other boys, some ship staff, a priest and a lady teacher. They have limited supplies and must decide whether to try to stay near the sinking area or to Ken Sparks and there are photos and other details at the back of the book. The treatment of the last scars as lesser people is noted as well. Quite a powerful book. I'm noticing that this is when you did the screen shot of the cover. It's an advanced reader copy or advanced reviewer copy but it has been published, yes. It actually did come out in September. This is the copy I received from the publisher. Several advanced reviewer copies and so, yeah, that's good. Thanks for pointing that out. Jill has the next two types. Twelve year old Charlotte Lockard from Pennsylvania and twelve year old Ben Boxer from Louisiana live over a thousand miles apart but they are both experiencing stressful life events. Connected as online friends playing Scrabble, the two reach out to each other to help cope with family and middle school issues. Charlotte is beginning to lose her closest childhood friend and Ben's parents are planning to divorce. Told in alternating chapters of Charlotte and Ben, this heartwarming novel explains that every child needs a friend and it brings two students together who didn't fit in with the crowd and figure out how to overcome that challenge together. Great book for fans of wonder and perfect for the hashtag be kind movement. Thirteen year old Donovan Curtis is back at his regular middle school this year but his super gifted friends, Noah I can't pronounce his last name Eucillus has joined him after being kicked out of the academy for this four scholastic distinction. Noah's goal is to become ordinary as possible or to finally be challenged. Noah's first step is joining the cheerleading squad which upsets star athlete hashtag and cheerleader Captain Megan. Donovan finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up becoming a hero but he must keep it secret as hashtag has leverage against him. This is where Noah steps up to the plate. Will Noah help Donovan's predicament or end up making the situation even worse. Funny page turning second installment in the ungifted series will leave readers highly satisfied. And Gordon Corman has been busy this year because another book that stands on its own as of now anyway Cooper Vega is 12 and he's in seventh grade and he has a brand new top of the line cell phone as compensation for his family having to move again. His dad is in the military and they have moved a lot so he is used to being referred to as what's his face this time they have landed in Stratford a town that willingly changed its name when billionaire and Shakespeare fan Mr. Wolfson chose to move to that town this year as tradition dictates from a Shakespeare play this time as Romeo and Juliet Cooper's cell phone has a glitch and he soon discovers it is a ghost in the machine. Roderick Northrop 13 was a printer's apprentice during Shakespeare's time and he claims that Shakespeare stole his play changing the names of the main characters from Barnabas and Ursula to Romeo and Juliet. Roddy wants Cooper to help him prove the truth but it seems impossible as one expects from Corman this has plenty of humor as well as heart the next book is another middle school story told from two girls points of view using a format similar to her previous title Invisible Emmy Breanna's story is told all in graphic novel format and Izzy's story is told in text with illustrations Breanna Brie gets all A's and C is seen as a brain she does not want to be in the talent show but she agrees in order to help her mom who is in charge of it Brie has major stage Izzy loves to perform and prefers that overdoing her homework as Amazon says the girls' lives converge in unexpected ways on the day of the school talent show which turns out to be even more dramatic than either Brie or Izzy could have imagined a third book from me well just talking about it this is part of the series that the publisher is doing of the different major superheroes Batman is one of the first ones that came out and this Bruce Wayne has just celebrated his 18th birthday and he was driving his new car a little faster than he should have and he got in trouble and now he has to do what's the compensation that's not the price community service and he has to go to the Arkham and there he ends up encountering the Madeleine Wallace a brilliant killer she has ties to the Night Walkers who are some kind of nefarious group that he's not quite sure what they're up to either and she has insisted she will only speak to Bruce and he doesn't know if it's because she thinks she can manipulate him or if there's something that she wants to convey to him that she can't to other people but something is up and he's not sure what it is he's not Batman yet I was going to say if he's only 18 has he even done that whole Batman is he Batman yet? he's really discovering all of their businesses various amazing tools and equipment so it's kind of a pre-Batman awareness interesting oh look I get to go some more one more and he loves being a wide receiver for his top-wonor team he and quarterback David Gauero have a connection that is sometimes uncanny then one day Clay is hit hard and has some trouble recovering while hiding his hurt on the field he slows down to miss another pass and then feels guilty for it because he did that on purpose Clay works through his issue but he also begins to worry about their coach his coach played for the Dallas Cowboys and with a mother who was concerned about the effects of his concussions Clay has begun to notice some slippage some confusions and some forgetfulness by his coach and he isn't sure quite what he should do back to Jill 10-year-old Livy lives in Massachusetts and hasn't been to visit her grand in Australia for five years when Livy arrives for a trip she is overwhelmed by the feeling that she has forgotten something very important she goes upstairs to her room and opens the closet and finds Bob a small zombie-like creature dressed in a chicken suit Bob has been eagerly and loyally waiting Livy's return down under Livy and Bob rekindle their friendship but they also remember Livy's promise to help find Bob's true home Could the answer Bob seeks be found inside the pages of a children's book This book portrays themes of friendship love magic and never giving up great shorter fantasy book for the middle grade audience 12-year-old Lucy has the nickname Lightning Girl because she was struck by lightning Lucy recovered quickly but she was left with a couple of side effects she is now a math genius with some OCD tendencies her grandma has been homeschooling and letting Lucy take online classes Lucy's grandma and uncle decide that Lucy needs to start attending school with other students her age so she is off to middle school with her hand sanitizer wipes and odd sitting routine Will Lucy make a friend or will she become a target of a bully Definitely for fans of fish in a tree wonder and out of my mind she is a great audio read Twinkle Mara is working toward becoming a filmmaker she is just really quiet about it she is also crushing on the school's favorite guy Neil Roy but he doesn't know she exists then Neil's twin brother Sahil identical but different in so many ways asks her to direct a movie for the summer festival and offers to help as producer she goes for it directing does potential closeness to her yes please she gets a bit carried away with seeking the truth to show to the world as a good documentary filmmaker would but her friends are able to bring her back to reality and help her realize that that direction she was going wasn't the right one for her Jill told in dual perspectives of 16 year old Kestra daughter of the cruel king's right hand man and 16 year old Simon one of the rebels who kidnapped Kestra and tried to blackmail her into helping them find the lost Oldenblade whoever possesses the Oldenblade will be able to kill the immortal king and name the predecessor Kestra reluctantly agrees to Simon's plans because she doesn't want to see her killed will Kestra and Simon be able to locate the lost Oldenblade in the palace before Kestra has to be married off suspenseful middle grade fantasy novel that will keep you guessing until the very end looking forward to the second installment and this was also a great audio read Jeannie has been staying in the shadows trying to be invisible in middle school particularly because she does not want to draw the attention of Dagmar Hagen the bully of the school but one day a girl shows up well she thinks it's a girl shows up in this outfit and says have no fear citizens Captain superlative is here to make all troubles disappear and she runs down the hall hoping people doing things like holding the door open for someone stopping a bully being positive she's also kind to Dagmar the school bully well Jeannie is completely enthralled in who is this and why are they doing this and so she ends up being the new sidekick but superheroes hold secrets and Captain superlative is no exception when Jeannie finds out what's truly going on she's forced to face her own dark secrets and discover what it means to be a friend and that's a very important thing this is a debut novel and I think it's really strong and I think the idea of anyone showing up in middle school in an outfit with a cape and blue hair that's just a strong person very brave go Jill 12 year old Jerome is another african-american who is a victim of a fatal gunshot wound by the hands of a white police officer a concerned citizen calls 911 saying a man has a gun in the park Jerome's toy gun is mistaken for a real one which costs him his life he returns to Chicago as a ghost and ironically the only other living person who can see him is Sarah the police officer's daughter Jerome tries to explain to Sarah that her father's reaction to him in the park was a result of deep ingrained racism Jerome is visited by the ghost of Emmett Till and he learns how Emmett was also murdered in 1955 history continues to repeat itself Sarah and Jerome must find a way to work together in order for their families to heal from this tragedy Rhodes portrays the real pain of racial injustice in a way that's appropriate for middle school students who want to read their stories 12 year old Amal lives in a small village in Pakistan where she loves attending school and wants to become a teacher in the future her dreams must go on hold after the birth of her youngest sister Amal is the oldest daughter so she must stop attending school and stay home to run the household while her mother is recovering from postpartum depression Amal becomes so frustrated with her situation at home she lashes out at the market when she is almost ran over by a fancy car the man doesn't ask if she's okay but he demands that she hand over her right pomegranate Amal refuses his request and her family pays the ultimate price when they find out that Amal spoke back to the son of the wealthiest man in the village as a punishment Amal must go and become a servant to his family and pay off the growing debt of Amal's family sad look at corrupt leaders and how an entire village can pay the price will Amal be released from her servant duties or will she remain working for the Khan family the rest of her life will Amal ever reach her dreams Wavy is 11 and right before her mother died her mother gave Wavy a list of instructions to help her find her way in life Wavy B, you've got as much of a right to a good life as anybody so find it but little did Wavy's mom know that events were conspired to bring Wavy back to Conley Hollow, the Appalachian hometown her mother tried to leave behind now Wavy's back in the hauler and in the clutches of her aunt Samantha Rose Samantha Rose is not interested in Wavy's welfare only in the money that she collects for having taken her on with the help of some new friends to prevent her aunt from becoming her legal guardian and also find her place in the world this is a full color graphic novel Prince Sebastian's parents are ready for him to marry and keep presenting fine young princesses to him he is not interested when night falls he becomes the talk of the city Paris by wearing amazing and daring dresses as the incredible Lady Christalia and the people love it sometimes in the morning he feels impassioned and sometimes he wakes up feeling he is Lady Christalia his best and only friend is Francis an amazing dressmaker who must keep her role in Lady Christalia's life a secret that is a problem Francis is poor and wants to become a great dress designer but how long can she wait for this to come true as it says on Amazon Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love art and family that is a great tale for any age and now we will go on to some non-fiction for teens this is a full color graphic non-fiction short biographies if that is a category it is now 29 women 30 if you count the author's story at the back are highlighted in this graphic novel style non-fiction title the book's time frame jumps around and is not in chronological order from Wu Zetian born in 624 AD up to women who are still living today each entry is about 5 to 7 pages long you might think there is an issue with the many cultures being represented by one person but my take on it and this is just me and I could be completely wrong and I'm sorry if I am because it is so brief about each person the author was trying to present the impact that the women had in the world I think an in-depth biography of any of these women should be done by someone of that culture I agree with that it is fascinating I meant to read about a few women and then stop but I read the whole book it was really wonderful sometimes it's easy to get to Elizabeth quick snippets I never heard of this person this is from Canada it's writings from numerous Native American women and so of course that mostly focuses on Canada but each entry is usually complete in one two page spread and you'll have some text and some artwork that represents that person's voice so this is told by the Native American people who are telling their story and so it is very representative of again particularly Canada the variety of artwork, poetry and narrative is amazing next is Jill Hey Kiddo is a graphic novel memoir of author and illustrated Jarrett Cressa how do you pronounce that Sally his last name Krusheka Jarrett's graphic novel series that most students know is Lunch Lady this memoir depicts Jarrett's childhood of living with his grandparents and his mother was in and out of jail for a drug addiction Jarrett didn't know his father until later in high school and his grandparents frequently argue and use very colorful language no matter what Jarrett was dealt with in life he didn't give up on his dream of being a comic book artist please read the author notes at the back because it really describes how he how his childhood and this is just an amazing graphic novel that I highly recommend Jessica Long now 26 was born in Siberia with Phi Bueller Himalaya I'm totally mispronouncing that and adopted by an American couple from a Russian orphanage when she was 13 months old this photographic photos throughout Jessica's life her favorite quotes and stories of her journey of 10 years of competitive swimming in the Paralympic world Jessica vividly describes her workouts, training and each Olympic game that she participated in inspiring biography that will teach students to set goals and work hard to achieve them scientists like Roland Kamp's research is the longest continuously running field study of any mammal in the world she has been watching spotted hyenas for over 30 years and this is a wonderful book with incredible photographs of course because I have not encountered a scientist in the field title that has been less than wonderful as Kay says on page 5 hyenas are incredible they're the coolest animals out there because they are so weird it's another winner in this series and it did get a start review in Kirkus without those who are looking at that. Speaking of inspirational this is a poetry novella size inspirational writing that Jason Reynolds started for himself before he became successful in a note at the beginning he says a letter to myself to keep from quitting it was written when I was afraid I was unsure doubtful and at first I wasn't sure what it was he put this out there to encourage teens to keep trying and to keep working toward a dream even if you don't ever make it the process is worth it if 16 year old Richard could turn back time to the day he was on the 57 bus with 17 year old Sasha and his two buddies I'm positive he would this novel is not a work of fantasy but a nonfiction book that describes two teenagers one white and a gender who is Sasha and the other African American Richard and the events that led to Sasha being hospitalized and Richard locked up heartbreaking look at a hate crime and how the juvenile justice system works eye-opening novel and the best nonfiction book I've read in a long time now we go on to the non-specific fiction for older teens and starting with Jill Xiamara 15 year old has been a fighter her entire life her name even means one who is ready for war Xiamara is a first generation Dominican American and has recently matured in height and stature which has caused harassment by boys, men and other girls her age in order to cope with her anger she finds moments of peace by writing in her poetry journal Xiamara's twin brother is perfect in her parents eyes and is a model student and Catholic can the poetry slam her English teacher introduced in class help Xiamara express herself and help her heal from the thoughts of not being good enough will her mother ever accept her for who she is themes of family, puberty race, religion and sexuality or portrayed in this powerful and heartwarming verse novel Maya Aziz is 17 and she dreams of attending film school at NYU but has not yet told her parents they want her nearby at the school and for her to marry a good Muslim young man her aunt is supportive of her dream and just after Maya gets permission to go to NYU and live with her aunt a terrorist attack initially blamed on a man whose last name was also Aziz a common name everything falls apart her parents business is attacked they're living in a little bit of the fear is everywhere actually it's a great examination of how hatred and fear affects both communities and individual lives and this is very well done and I was going to mention that I put this in the older group because of her age and her look toward college but the things that are in this book you could put it in a middle school collection as well and that will give you a chance to share some of these actions and feelings with the younger crowd and I think that would be fun this is again as Batman was this is an origin story of Wonder Woman who in this beginning of the book is 17 and is hoping to establish her right to live on as she is not a battle proven warrior like everyone else on the island instead she breaks an important rule by rescuing a human girl who turns out to be a war bringer like Helen of Troy one thing can erase Alia's war bringer status and Diana is determined to help her accomplish it which means going with her into the world of men a quest to save the world discovering many things about the human world that she believes doesn't understand and finding people she can trust and some she cannot Alia is biracial and considers herself black strong writing, humor and Diana's lack of knowledge of American culture and the overall focus of girls caring for each other makes this a good choice for collections and with the popularity of the superhero stories right now this is Wonder Woman movies which the next one I believe comes out next year yeah so this is for Jill 17 year old Jude watched her mortal parents be brutally murdered when she was 7 years old by the top soldier of fairy taken to live in the high courts of fairy with her older sister and twin sister Jude must adapt to the fairy way of life and she begins to long to become a knight and fully belong to this world many fey despise humans and go out of their way to punish them especially the youngest prince of the high court Prince Cardin the new king is about to be crowned and Jude must aid the right prince in order to save fairy from a massive civil war is a human capable of such a feat brilliant written fantasy that depicts many problems conflicts between family members and twins fitting in fairy and Jude's many internal struggles highly recommend this one and the audio was amazing and the second one is going to be coming out here I believe in January and I think it's called evil king I haven't read the first one yet I've got to get busy 15 year old Kiva has spent her entire life believing she is living in ancient Alexandria all of her school classmates have been led to believe the same thing the reality of earth no longer existing hits one day when her best friend Seth dies but Kiva later finds him alive on a spaceship after she awoke from a deep sleep Kiva also isn't happy that Seth has been awake for three years and he let her continue to live a lie the home shuttle is in desperate need of a new part to function so Kiva and Seth must put aside their differences to locate another ship but not all ships are friendly fast paced science fiction thriller where the teens must work together to fight to save civilization the pressure is slowly getting to my she's 17 and she's in her first year of college because she skipped a grade her Taiwanese parents expect her to become a doctor and to marry a good successful Taiwanese gentleman too she overreacts to germs using hand cleaner at every opportunity and cannot imagine what she would face as a doctor she loves dance and loves teaching it to all ages but that is not an acceptable career for her parents to consider also she is interested in a fellow student who is Japanese American and her parents will not tolerate that either and so she is struggling with what she wants what her parents want for her and also her older brother who has already stepped outside the family expectations by marrying or wanting to marry another person so all of this is coming to a head and she's starting to feel stomach issues etc from all of this happening this is book one of a series I'm not sure how many there'll be all six of this year's bells are ready for their debut at the bow carnival where they will display their skills at beautifying the people of Orléans who have chosen as the favorite of the queen but when they are assigned their stations and begin to work in earnest Camelia who wanted to be the favorite but didn't get that begins to see the ugly side of things can she and her sisters make things better or is everything already under the cruel younger princesses control slow to start but the royal intrigue a touch of romance and the fascination with beauty treatments how they can change a person will capture readers attention 16 year old Olivia Blakely is constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father her junior year of high school is stressful enough but now her father decides to run for governor of California her goal is to be accepted at art school so she can pursue her dream of becoming a painter the pressure to portray a perfect life begins taking a toll on live she's used to being able to turn to her artwork as an outlet when that doesn't help live begins drinking heavily binging and purging food and cutting herself to take away the pain she tries hard to hide all of these issues from her two best friends and her family her problems begin to escalate which could leave Olivia without her best friends or in the emergency room will live find someone to love and accept her will she find help before it's too late heartbreaking look at bulimia and cutting from a teenager's point of view highly recommend to readers who want to understand these issues very difficult to read at time but a necessity to teach our students empathy 16 year old Gabe and Elise have both fallen for the wrong person Sasha Gabe's girlfriend is is a controlling and deceiving person and he is finding the right time to end the relationship when Gabe is the victim of a hit and run he falls for Catherine the girl who called 911 to report the accident when Gabe breaks up with Sasha she becomes extremely jealous and very dangerous Elise is thrilled when she earns the star role in Romeo and Juliet and her handsome drama teacher begins spending extra practice sessions with her Elise's home life is troubled and Mr. Hunter takes advantage of that situation Gabe and Elise's storyline seem unconnected until the reader discovers they are both in obsessive, abusive and even illegal relationships told in alternating perspectives the suspenseful high school read is a misery meets a true crime episode for teenagers have you ever felt that you were destined to come into contact with someone teenagers Freya, Haroon and Nathaniel have a chance meeting in a park in New York City where a freak accident occurs Freya is a musician who has lost her voice Haroon has just lost the love of his life and Nathaniel is trying to find his father all three teens are lost in their own way but they need each other to put the pieces back together again heartbreaking look at three different losses and how complete strangers become each other's rock I highly recommend the audio book as the voices are perfect for each character this is the long awaited new book by John Green 16 year old Aza or Aza has some issues that she's dealing with but her very best and most fearless friend Daisy is eager for them to investigate the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett who has disappeared there's $100,000 rewarded stake and Daisy's quite interested in that plus Aza used to be best friends with Pickett's son Davis so that's been a few years since they've seen each other but Daisy is sure that that can be the thing that gets them the answer before anybody else while this is a mystery about the disappearance of the father it is more about Aza reconnecting with Davis and also her dealing with her obsessive compulsive disorders and how that affects her life she's trying very hard to control herself but it is basically impossible so it's a more slow moving and thought provoking definitely a character study written of course John Green and also as people may know John Green has an issue himself with I think he has obsessive compulsive disorder himself I remember right and so this is a very honest look at that situation 16 year old Holly Chase has turned into a Scrooge she is greedy self-absorbed and only thinks about designer clothes she has lost her best friend and barely sees her father who's a movie director one night she is visited by the ghost of Christmas past present and future in hopes of getting Holly to repent she doesn't buy the act dies and then becomes part of the top secret project Scrooge organization in order to help reform others at the age of 16 Holly becomes the ghost of Christmas past and keeps the position for the past six years something is quite different this year Ethan the new Scrooge is 17 and Holly begins to see herself in him how is this year going to play out filled with voice suspense and humor I love this book and the audio was very engaging Daisy is 16 and she is out of her element when she and her parents joined her older sister Eleanor in Scotland to meet her fiance's parents the king and queen of Scotland you just have to remember that this is a book it's fiction Daisy tries but occasionally she speaks her mind she is too much like her father and she ends up insulting the king's sister but the common people love it because the king's sister is kind of a snob still when she is photographed with the prince's younger brother they must stifle the idea that they are a couple this was completely accident they are not interested in each other so she must fake date a friend of the family Miles a fun royal romance with a sense of the life famous people live constantly being conscious of how things might look to others and how being yourself can cause problems for your family for people looking for a sweet romantic romp with royal family members this is a great choice and I think they will be happy they took it off the shelf 16 year old Adam Reed has a ticket to a better life for himself and it is basketball in the short couple of years since arriving from Poland Adam continues to improve his game on a daily basis because of his drive to get better because of this Adam gets selected to play on one of the top Minnesota 17 under AAU basketball teams after a few glitches at the beginning Adam begins to fit in and the team begins to mesh well together and a rest of one Adam's teammates turns the team upside down will the team get over this difficulty themes of bullying racism, teamwork and overcoming obstacles are portrayed Adam's character is developed so well that readers will be thinking about him long after they finish the novel it was one of my favorite sports books that I've read so far and this is also a golden silver nominee for is it not for 2019 I believe you're right Sally yes you can't see this cover very well maybe is that okay on the screen? our wall here is not this is the first of a two book series a duology in an alternate history the civil war ended because the dead began to rise from the battlefield a new law the Native and Negro reeducation act which forced all their children to learn how to fight the shamblers as they call them and hope for a job as an attendant to a wealthy family Jane McKean is attending a well-known school but she is railroaded into being sent west to a newly formed town that is the hope of the wealthy east all is not well and it doesn't take Jane long to realize that everyone needs to leave town but if they do, where will they go with the shamblers seemingly everywhere and that's pretty much where this first book ends is they're leaving town so I have to wait for book two I'll leave you hanging and this is a thicker book but things move right along and the main character Jane is very talented very skilled and you appreciate her abilities because some other people are more tend more towards shock and being stunned you can't, you don't have time for that sorry I'm talking too much oh here we go, Claudia this book just broke my heart Claudia can't wait to see her best friend again on the first day of eighth grade said she just returned to her grandma's house where she spent the summer but Monday her friend does not come to school all through the book Claudia tries to find Monday and asks for help from many people many times the story jumps around with chapter headings of the before, the after and one year before the before hints are dropped about Monday's life and Claudia is struggling in her schoolwork and her social life or the lack of it it is heartbreaking while Claudia is in eighth grade for a lot of this novel this might be best for high school leaders who language and activities are presented and what has happened to Monday is as I said heart speaking this is a wonderful author I think this is her second book she wrote allegedly that I talked about last year which was also incredible 16 year old Stevie Bell is obsessed with true crime and her deepest wish is to see a dead body there's no better school for her to attend than the prestigious Ellingham Academy where in 1936 one of the nation's notorious crimes occurred the wife and daughter of millionaire and school founder Albert Ellingham went missing only one clue was left a rhyming note signed truly devious Stevie's goal is to solve the cold case of 1936 in her first year at school when truly devious returns and a classmate is murdered the past has come back to haunt Stevie and the other students at Ellingham Academy two mysteries told in alternating chapters and plot twists will keep readers attention and they will long to read the sequel the vanishing stare to hit bookstores January 22nd in this fantasy novel and is the daughter of a human and of the lady of the lake Lake Superior she feeds from the lake and causes ships to sink and people to drown mostly in November Hector has come to Isle Royale to hide over the winter while it is closed until his 18th birthday in May he has a good reason but it turns out he is not as prepared as he thought because of course he encounters and they have a relationship but he begins to discover what she is really about and what he doesn't know if he can handle that or not there's wonderful writing a blending of reality and fantasy it was an interesting combination and you're left with the idea that they're to keep looking because there is always another way this is the young adult not the winner of the 2018 Nebraska Center for the Children and Teen Book Award and the author lives in Omaha 17 year old Hendricks and come from different worlds when they meet they are instantly attracted to each other the only problem is Dricks is a convicted criminal and Ellie is the daughter of the governor who enrolled Dricks into the second chance program they decide to remain friends but the more time they spend together the harder it gets when Ellie finds out that Dricks didn't commit the crime she will risk everything to clear his name told in alternating perspectives this novel is perfect for Sarah Desson fans Will 16 has to walk page 5 he says sometimes you got to walk the day out of you you know walk it right out through the soles of your feet his father committed suicide when Will was 13 and now his best friend Plale was raped at a party he attended but left early too early to help her he works at dollar only tries to recreate his father's cornbread recipe and he begins to leave small gifts for a young boy he calls little butterfly dude just because he thought the kid was great Bureau for the center of children's books I can remember what the beast did they say the book unfolds in a series of 100 vignettes each 100 words long each marked by a Chinese number from 1 to 100 which I really wondered what those were I was so happy to read this and find this out and publishers weekly says ultimately the piercing narrative offers an affirmation of remaining connected to others through loss as Will embraces his relationships and begins to heal and they both said that so well I just let them say the review 17 year old Kay Donovan is in the popular crowd and in the center of a group of girls who rule the school at Bates Academy and all girls boarding school Kay is the captain of the soccer team and well on her way to achieving her dreams until one night when she and her friends go to the lake after a dance and they find a dead girl with her arms slashed in the water when Kay receives an email the next day she is blackmailed into ruining the lives of her friends in a digital scavenger hunt Kay is determined to clear her name but there is still a killer on the loose will Kay be able to clear her name before she loses all of her friends or die trying mystery betrayal intrigue bullying suspense and revenge will keep readers hooked in this chilling tale 17 year old Cory and Kyra have been best friends since they were kids in Lost Creek, Alaska Cory must move away from the small town and start over when her mom gets a job out of state Kyra tried writing to Cory several times but her letters went unanswered just days before Cory is set to visit Lost Creek she finds out that Kyra has died now she must go back and mourn her best friend instead of reconnecting when she arrives back home Cory suspects that the town is hiding something from her Kyra was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the town has never accepted Kyra until the last few months something doesn't feel right to Cory and she is set out to find the answers of Kyra's death except the town's folk who are working and are treating Cory as an outsider will Cory find her answers or die trying interesting look at mental illness and the small town's reactions Theo Foster wonders who posted that photo on his twitter account he was expelled for it but he didn't do it he is working at the mini-mart when Sasha Ellis walks up to him she was also expelled for something she didn't do now they both want to learn and why high school basketball players and once best friends Bunny and Nazir grew up in the same neighborhood their entire life then without telling Nazir Bunny transfers to an elite high school where he has a better shot at a college scholarship Bunny not only switches schools but he's also going out with Kiona the girl Nazir has dreamed of dating he doesn't want to ask all at his new school but he is struggling with being one of the few black students at St. Sebastian so he decides to reach out to his best friend Nazir is hurt by Bunny's actions and is more concerned about his cousin Wallace's gambling debt to make money fast Wallace decides to bet against Bunny's team and wants Nazir to have Bunny throw the game did Bunny make the right decision transferring will Nazir help Wallace told in alternating chapters of Nazir and Bunny themes of friendship, loyalty, integrity and dedication will keep the readers intrigued until the explosive conclusion 16 year old Thea Dosa was only 6 years old when her beloved country was invaded and her fire queen mother was murdered right in front of her Thea has spent 10 long years as a prisoner of the Calyvaxians and their evil king the people of her country are now slaves of the empire and their magical gems are being mined to extinction Thea was stripped of her real name tortured, ridiculed and nicknamed the ash princess one night Thea was forced to kill one of her own people that is the moment she decides to fight back who can she trust in this cruel kingdom will Thea be able to win her country back or will she die trying this novel was my favorite read this summer and a blend of the winner's curse mixed with red queen 17 year old Eldon lives in a mysterious small town of Madison the town has a secret outside her can find out every resident is able to make a wish on his or her 18th birthday in a private cave most teenagers long for their wish day that Eldon has seen the devastation that wishes have caused his younger sister was in a terrible accident and it is against the rules to wish her well again unfortunately that is all Eldon can think about well wish after interviewing most of the town about their very own wishes what could possibly go wrong 17 year old Simon has always been a gamer who loves virtual reality he believed the only way to get his friend cat back from the grips of her stepfather was to purchase the latest gaming system so they could meet in other world together when Simon's parents find out and destroy his headset they must find a different way Simon rushes to the party cat is attending in a terrible accident lands cat and the others in the hospital cat is diagnosed with locked in syndrome and the only way to heal her is by playing other world with a new technology that attaches to her scalp cat stepdad kicks Simon out of the hospital and he has suspicions of cats therapy mysteriously Simon received his own scalp headset and is told to find cat in the game and help her to the exit these new headsets allow the gamer to feel taste and experience other world like never before the only problem is that cat and Simon plus all the others with this technology could also die in the game good science fiction book for high school on up a cliffhanger ending will make the reader want the second installment and it was a great audio read and the author actually read it these darn cliffhanger and these this is the second installment in the site series sitra continues her role as junior site under site carry and making quite the impression and Rowan has gone rogue and is picking off the corrupt size one by one as site Lucifer at the end of each chapter the reader will learn more about the thoughts and feelings about humanity overpopulation and the side hood amazing sequel which leaves the reader longing for the next book and I believe the third installment comes out in September oh so long from now yeah I know well Neil Schusterman has also been busy he and his son Jared have all have written together it's been there's been a drought for I think three years and people have been told don't feel your swimming pools don't water your lawn and then one day on the news they find out that this is in southern I think well in California they found out that the two states that used to allow their water to flow into California have turned off turned it off and all of a sudden they have nothing their taps are dry it's called the tap out and they have to figure out what they're going to do of course their swimming pools have not been filled so there's no water there for them the government says oh yes we're going to have these machines out by the beach that will turn the salt water into drinking water but there are not enough machine machines there are way too many people Alyssa's parents go to get some of that water for their family and they don't come back so she and her younger brother have to decide what they're going to do the neighbor family have been prepared for years for any kind of situation like this and they have water and they have food and they are under suspicion by other people in the community but the son is likes Alyssa and he helps her and then they have to run because the neighbor's house gets broken into bad things are happening and so she and her brother and the neighbor all take off and try to go find somewhere else where they can get water for themselves and maybe bring back for their families this is a look at humanity at its worst and how people can get that way very quickly the neighbor boy has been his father has been training him this is what's going to happen first this is how people are going to react this is what their mindset will be and he kind of shares that with Alyssa until she's just had that up you're rooting for them you're rooting for the most of the people they run into are trying to help themselves and others they run into a few bad people and you just don't know if they're going to make it or not before we go on I just want to say we are going a little past our official 11 o'clock ending of the show where we usually attend 11 but that's okay this always happens with these ones there's just too many good books to talk about but we'll keep going, there's a few more titles left on the list that they have and we'll go to the end if you need to leave because you only a lot of this much time to watch the live show that's fine, it's all being recorded and you'll be able to watch anything you missed later on when you get the archive just want to let people know we're going to go into where that was good Justice McAllister is 17 he's a good student never in trouble and he was merely helping his former girlfriend he was trying to stop her from driving when she was drunk but the police officer thought he was trying to kidnap her he was arrested, put in handcuffs and hauled to the police station finally he's released to his family when they come to pick him up he begins to write letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr while trying to understand how this could happen and why he was in that situation then he is in the car when his best friend is shot and killed by police and now there is even more that Justice McAllister can understand as he works to come to grips with it all completely different story Amelia 17 is one of the mead creamery girls and that means a good job and plenty of camaraderie with the other girls working in the ice cream stand this place has history and they all respect it and each other but this year two days before opening Amelia the new head girl finds Molly Mead the founder of the stand dead on the floor finding one's strengths at this point of view and a bit of romance combined for a satisfying story of woman power and independence 16 year old Autumn Shay and Logan all have one thing in common they have each lost someone they love Autumn's best friend Tavia died in a car accident Shay's twin sister died of leukemia and Logan's boyfriend died by suicide Autumn must come out of her shell of silence to live in a world without her best friend Shay is a strong student and runner who is having panic attacks since her sister's death Logan begins to drink heavily and cannot concentrate on writing his new music all three teens share a love of music and a separated band named Unraveling Lovely can music bring these three teens together to cope and heal from their losses amazing realistic fiction book for fans of the Serpent King King and Love Letters to the Dead and that is our list if you when you get the print out of the list you'll notice that after this part there's a list of new titles in popular series and we're not going to talk about those today but we just put them in there so that if you're they're on the here they're out for you students or readers are following a series that you know about the most recent ones in there I think, yeah, well let's get the website up so we can share this with you before see where the handouts are there we go, so on the handouts as you go to the Nebraska Library Commission's website nlc.nebraska.gov and just go over here and search for handouts and comes up with the only thing there and this is the page where Sally posts all of her all the list she's done over the years so here's the one that's for today's that she was reading off of and you can see here this is what we're talking about this is just the basic info for you but there will be one with the blurbs that will be posted. and if you're interested the previous one you can see here are here as well so the one that was Universal Stories which was for some reading program the children's book one that I mentioned that she did previously is here as well and any of the previous years going back to the beginning of when she started doing this which was pretty far back 2008 they just left them up there because I don't I suppose eventually we should just keep it to within 10 years or something these are good to you know good list if you want to go back and see what were some titles maybe they might have missed over the years that you guys talked about but they are all here and this will all be linked to from the archive as I said so any so thank you guys very much this is I say every time I get lots of good ideas for books to buy for kids and deans that I need for gifts and what not sometimes for myself at the library or buy your own copy any last words from you or Jill that you want to share before we wrap up for this morning did anybody leave us any questions no there was anything that you can hear in the show anybody have anything you want to say 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for that no I wasn't there for that so I might have to join this I think you should he was excellent and he didn't have so much a list of titles that you had to have but connections to titles that are already out on the internet so sure you will find lots of tips on how to collect these kind of things things you might not be if you don't know a lot about comics or manga he talks about to here in the description so if you're interested in that or just want to see what it's all about join us next week Russ will be here with us and for any I sign up for that any of our other upcoming shows nobody typed anything in all that we've been chatting here so I think that's it we'll wrap it up thank you so much for being here with us this morning Jill thank you Jill happy new year to everyone happy new year to everyone thank you for this was a show that was rescheduled to today it was originally just being beginning December we usually do do them in the end of the year but due to the commission 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