Girl of the Moment, Lizabeth Zindel
Fifteen-year-old Lily has a lot to learn when she spends the summer working as the intern of a spoiled and powerful Hollywood starlet. A fun insider's view of celebrity life!
Dare-devil mountain-climber, Peak Marcello (14), decides to scale the Woolworth Building and lands in jail. To save him, his long-lost Everest-trekking dad appears with a plan for the duo to make a life in Katmandu--and for Peak to become the youngest person in history to climb Mount Everest.
Feels Like Home, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Following the death of their father, seventeen-year-old Michelle's older brother--who had disappeared six years earlier--returns to their small Texas town where, with the help of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders," the two siblings try to find a way to move beyond a past tragedy.
Eagle Blue, Michael d'Orso
Did you love Friday Night Lights? Eagle Blue follows the Fort Yukon Eagles, winners of six regional championships in a row, through the course of an entire 28-game season, from their first day of practice in late November to the Alaska State Championship Tournament in March. D'Orso follows the players, their families, and their coach over the course of an Arctic winter of fifty-below-zero temperatures and near-round-the-clock darkness as the Eagles criss-cross Alaska in pursuit of their—and their village’s—dream.
- Which of these books would you most enjoy reading? Why?
- Based on the synopses above, to which genre does each book belong?