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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults
& Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 241
PUBYAC Digest 241
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Statement of concern
by Tom Stuart <tstuart@wls.lib.ny.us>
2) Request for Read-Alouds
by "Elaine Moustakas" <elainem9@hotmail.com>
3) Re: Statement of concern
by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
4) Something About the Author
by "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
5) Thanks, and a YA question
by library@telpage.net (Richardson
Memorial Library)
6) Re: Statement of concern
by "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
7) Zero tolerance
by "Ginny McKee" <ginny1222@hotmail.com>
8) Poetry Slam
by "ysstaff" <ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us>
9) YA wish list
by Laura Gruninger <lgruning@mcl.org>
10) Re: [YALSA-BK:10856] BIB: Political Novels
by Caryn Sipos <carynsip@kcls.org>
11) STUMPER -- movies & dishware?
by Erin Helmrich <helmrich@tln.lib.mi.us>
12) Stumpers
by Kim Patton <kpatton@lawrence.lib.ks.us>
13) Stumper - Foolish Koala
by Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz>
14) Stumper Answer
by "Ashley Flaherty" <AFLAHERTY@cml.lib.oh.us>
15) STUMPER-"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
by "Medford Children's Department" <medchild@mail.mind.net>
16) Re: PUBYAC digest 240
by KlandBooks@aol.com
17) Stumper: Nonsense book
by "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com>
18) Mexican Hat Dance
by Corey Bennett <bennetc@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
19) BIB: Political Novels
by ILefkowitz@aol.com
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From: Tom Stuart <tstuart@wls.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Statement of concern
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:47:58 CDT
Linda Fields writes,
>We are a small, conservative (Utah) rural library. A patron recently
>complained about the bppk "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice
Sendak and
>filled out one of our statement of concerns. ... She wants it removed
from
> the library, ... Any thoughts I can share with my board about this,
...
I always find it difficult to respond to inquiries for thoughts about
challenges
or concerns which do not indicate what the patron is concerned about or
finds
objectionable. It seems to me that a response must be tailored to whatever
that is.
Thomas Stuart < tstuart@wls.lib.ny.us
>
Outreach Librarian,
Westchester Library System
410 Saw Mill River Road
Ardsley, NY 10502
914.674.3600 x 242
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From: "Elaine Moustakas" <elainem9@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Request for Read-Alouds
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:04:02 CDT
Dear PubYac-
In the community I work in, the schools have a program where volunteer
parents go into the schools to read once a month. This is done for
Kindergarteners through grade 3. I try to guide them towards the book,
"The
Read Aloud Handbook," by Jim Trealease, but most parents usually come
"rushing in" at the last minute for me to hand them a pile of great
read-aloud books. I want to have a better system of handling these requests,
epsecially those that are last minute.
I was thinking of making up a bibliography I could hand out of great
read-alouds.
My questions to you are:
What are your favorite readalouds and what grade levels are they appropriate
for?
Do any of you have this same problem...and how do you handle it?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'll post the list if there is
interest.
Note: Please send replies to elainem@worldnet.att.net
(not the address i'm
writing from). Thank you very much!
Elaine
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From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
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Subject: Re: Statement of concern
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Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but what are the concerns that the
patron has stated? It would be easier for me to react to a concern than to
defend without knowing the problem.
One immediate defense is that it is a Caldecott Honor Book...one immediate
concern is a little butt-ski and a little pee-pee...but doesn't Once Upon a
Potty and many anatomy books show similar diagrams?
Of course, we also recognize and respect that this patron is monitoring and
concerned with setting standards for their child's reading material.
Please
let us not get into discussion concerning our thoughts on censorship. We
all have our own wonderful ideas and fantastic standards on acceptable
material!
Andrea Terry
juvserv@customnet.com
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From: "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Something About the Author
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:27:21 CDT
Thank you very much for your responses. I have decided to keep Something
About the Author in storage in the back office, and I am going to order the
8 volume set of H.W. Wilson's Junior Book of Authors for our Reference
collection.
Thanks again for helping me come to this decision.
Rebecca
rebeccaswensen@yahoo.com
Boca Raton Public Library
Boca Raton, Florida
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From: library@telpage.net (Richardson
Memorial Library)
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Thanks, and a YA question
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:38:51 CDT
FIrst, thanks to all the great PUBYACers who responded to my summer reading
poll (reading logs vs. counting minutes vs. whatever)I had over 25
responses, which we will look at very carefully as we plan next summer's
program. Will be happy to send a digest or the whole file to anyone who's
interested.
Next question: I'm in charge of our brand-new YA section. What we've
done
so far is just recatalog a bunch of JF books to YA. As we buy new books,
I'm finding cataloging has a different perception of YA than I do. We seem
to need a collection development statement just for this area, so that
acquisitions, cataloging and desk staff all know the difference between JF
and YA. I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for on the YALSA pages.
If you have such a statement or policy, or know of some on the web, please
email me off-list or snail me a copy. Help me keep the Hardy Boys out of
YA!
Thanks,
Mary Geist
Richardson Library
One Spring Street
Emporia, VA 23847
library@telpage.net
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From: "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Statement of concern
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:50:42 CDT
Book challenges are so exhausting and upsetting. Hang in there!
I vaguely remember reading an article years ago in the New York Times about
various reactions to the book throughout the country. The article stuck in
my mind because I remember reading that one school censored the book by
using a black magic marker to cover up the boy's nakedness. I thought that
the altered illustration was much more offensive because it looked like the
kid was wearing black leather hot pants!
You should contact the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom. They are very
supportive.
Rebecca
rebeccaswensen@yahoo.com
Boca Raton Public Library
>From: Linda Fields <lfields@state.lib.ut.us>
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
>Subject: Statement of concern
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:43:27 CDT
>
>Hi,
>We are a small, conservative (Utah) rural library. A patron recently
>complained about the bppk "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice
Sendak and
>filled out one of our statement of concerns. This, of course, will be
>discussed at our next board meeting. The book has been checked out
many
>times with nor prior complaints. She wants it removed from the
library,
>which I, as the Librarian, am reluctant to do. Any thoughts I can
share
>with my board about this, other than the obvious ones about censorship?
>Thanks,
>Linda Fields
>
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From: "Ginny McKee" <ginny1222@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Zero tolerance
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I had a school librarian call. One of her teachers used the book Rosie and
Michael by Judith Viorst with her class as a read aloud. She is now asking
if the book should be on the shelves in light of the school's policy of zero
tolerance. I suggested that the book would provide the opportunity to
discuss the issue since knowledge breeds informed decisions.
I am interested in knowing if others have had questions about the
relationship between the zero tolerance and the content in the books.
Please respond to ginny1222@hotmail.com
Ginny McKee
Children's Services
South Brunswick [NJ] Public Library
gmckee@lmxac.org
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From: "ysstaff" <ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Poetry Slam
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For TRW I am going to hold an evening poetry/book slam. Has anyone done
this before? Did you actually make it like a contest? Who were your
judges? Any information on poetry slams will be greatly appreciated.
Please email me directly at katig@eauclaire.lib.wi.us
Thanks!
Kati Golden
Youth Services Associate II
*****************************************
Youth Services
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715)839-5007 - voice
(715)833-5310 - fax
www.eauclaire.lib.wi.us
ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us
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From: Laura Gruninger <lgruning@mcl.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: YA wish list
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:25:29 CDT
I may have some money coming my way after our Friends fall booksale.
I was wondering if you all wouldn't mind listing the things you
are really wishing for, if only you had the money.
I spend a lot of time on all of the YA web sites I can find to see
what services and programming you are all offering.
I know a wish list is relative to a library's size, present offerings
and budget.
I have asked for a YA workstation in our budget, and so would want
some software to go with it. Also, I have recently been refurbishing
our YA area, but am always on the lookout for cool furnishings.
I'll summarize for the list if you all would like!
Thanks,
Laura Gruninger, Young Adult Librarian
Mercer County Library, Lawrence HQ
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
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From: Caryn Sipos <carynsip@kcls.org>
To: yalsa-bk@ala.org
Subject: Re: [YALSA-BK:10856] BIB: Political Novels
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:36:43 CDT
Well, this isn't really aobut novels...it's one last plea for library
cards! The count is up to 91 cards from the US and one from
Canada! However, we are missing some states. Does no one read in
these? Please, if you know anyone in any of these states, ask them to send
me a card! I want a complete set before I start the collection on the
rounds of all of you who have asked to borrow it!
address to send cards:
Caryn Sipos, 115 E. 4th, North Bend, WA 98045
states needed:
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Wyoming,
Nebraska, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Vermont, Maine, Hawaii, Rhode
Island...Puerto Rico would be nice...
Thanks!
Caryn
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From: Erin Helmrich <helmrich@tln.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER -- movies & dishware?
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:48:20 CDT
Hello!
My patron has a very vivid memory of this book and I'm hoping someone out
there can help!
Patron is 42 years old and remembers reading this book as a child - BUT
remembers that the book was OLD at the time - think written in the 20s or
30s. This was a DIARY format written by a young boy - somewhere in the
8-12 year old range. His mother would go to the movies and would go on
DISH NIGHT - would bring home dishware from the movies. SHe remembers
that it was a pocket sized red/maroon book.
I know that's not much to go on, but we're all fascinated so I hope it
rings a bell with someone.
TIA
Erin
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Erin V. Helmrich, M.L.S.
Youth Services/Young Adult Librarian
Royal Oak Public Library
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222 E. 11 Mile Rd.
Royal Oak MI 48067
P - 248.541.1470
F - 248.545.6220
helmrich@tln.lib.mi.us
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From: Kim Patton <kpatton@lawrence.lib.ks.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumpers
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:59:44 CDT
Hi All,
Well, I have two stumpers in one day. Both have been checked and re-checked
in all the obvious places with no luck. I am now appealing to the great
collective brain...
Stumper #1
Folktale about a little girl named Eliza or Liza who takes on a swamp
monster. It's Lizer Lou by Mercer Mayer, we have determined that. Most of
us on the staff THINK we remember Bobby Norfolk telling a version when he
came to visit us last year, but we just can't put our fingers on it....
Stumper #2
a book about the mailing of a letter between a girl and her friend. The
story focuses on all of the events that occur along the trip of the letter.
Several different monsters (letter-eating swampus or grumpus,
typhoonigator) try to impede the delivery of the letter. It is full of
illustrations and the style is similar to Where the Wild Things Are.
All help is appreciated. Thanks,
Kim Patton
Young Adult Specialist
Lawrence Public Library
707 Vermont St
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-843-0230 785-843-3368 Fax
kpatton@lawrence.lib.ks.us
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From: Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz>
To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Foolish Koala
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My apologies if PUBYAC received this one last week -- but it hasn't appeared
and I think I may have mucked up!
Foolish koala (has a race with the moon and loses - loses her voice)
Dreamtime tales?
Interested in locating a recording or a book if the story appears in a
collection.
We have checked various sources but had no luck. We would be grateful for
any assistance, please reply to the email address below. Thanks.
Cheers
Zak
Zaklina M. Gallagher
Young Adult Librarian
Dunedin Public Libraries
PO Box 5542, Dunedin
Ph: +64-3-4743626
Email: zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz
WWW: http://www.CityofDunedin.com
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From: "Ashley Flaherty" <AFLAHERTY@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper Answer
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:26:18 CDT
A million thanks to everyone who tried to help with the Beauty/Ella fairy
tale question.
The book that my patron is looking for is Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper.
Thanks again.
Ashley
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From: "Medford Children's Department" <medchild@mail.mind.net>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER-"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
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PUBYACERS:
Here's a whopper of a stumper. Kudos to whoever remembers this one!
Our
patron remembers a chapter book she read in the 1970's, but thinks it was
probably published 10 to 20 years earlier. The main character is a girl,
perhaps 9 or 10 years old. She lives in the turret of her house/castle.
She has a brother who is mean to her. She wears her father's old sailor
middy. Somewhere in the book she recites the entire "Rime of the
Ancient
Mariner". She has twin shcoolmates she nicknames "The Pug
Sisters". If
you know this one, please reply directly. Thank you!!!!!
Patt Colwell
<medchild@jcls.org>
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, Oregon 97501
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From: KlandBooks@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: PUBYAC digest 240
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Fellow Librarians
I am looking for a list of picture books that have been challenged or banned
for my sixth graders to examine and discuss during library class
time...Anyone out there with a list of at least 15 I know The Stupids,
Halloween ABC and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble have been banned...Thanks
Karen Land
Greenport School Librarian
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From: "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: Nonsense book
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I received this stumper from a staff member. The patron remembers the book
from the mid-80's. Here's what she remembers: the pages are numered
out of
order, it has a long title, the text was nonsense. One example:
Invited
rice over to use the hot tub, gave them bathing suits, then when they
weren't looking, turned up the heat.
This one rings no bells with any of us. We've checked all our usual
resources but it's hard to identify the right search terms.
If anyone has any ideas, please respond directly to me. Thanks,
Fredda
Fredda Williams
Children's Services Manager
Knox County Public Library System
freddawilliams@hotmail.com
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From: Corey Bennett <bennetc@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Mexican Hat Dance
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:09:32 CDT
Help! We are doing a Hispanic Heritage theme for one of our
Toddler/Story Time days in October. I've combed our system for a sound
recording of the tune people dance the Mexican Hat Dance to. I *know*
everyone can hum it (Da da da da da da...da-da-da-da-da-da-da...), but our
preschoolers will need something more convincing than a bunch of us
grownups humming! The dance/tune is also known as "La Raspa," but I
haven't had any luck searching by that name either. If you know of a tape,
CD or website I could search, I would be eternally grateful!
Muchisimas gracias!
Corey
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Kids, fiction is the truth
New Tampa Regional Library
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10001 Cross Creek Blvd.
of this fiction is simple
Tampa, FL 33647
enough: *the magic exists.*
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From: ILefkowitz@aol.com
To: <yalsa-bk@ala.org>, <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: BIB: Political Novels
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I just wanted to thank everyone on PUBYAC and YALSA-BK for all their
suggestions and help. My booklist of political novels is done and
photocopied onto red, white and blue paper. Below are all the books that
were suggested. Some are more appropriate than others but I figured I
would
let everyone see what the group generated. Thank you for all your help
again!
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Political novels
Archer, Jeffrey. Shall We Tell the President? Someone is out to kill
the
president in this exciting adventure story. (ADULT FIC)
Avi. Nothing But the Truth. When a ninth grader is suspended for
humming
the national anthem in homeroom he sets off a national debate. (YAFIC),
(YAPAP)
Bauer, Joan. Hope was here. When 16-year-old Hope, waitress
extraordinaire,
moves cross-country to Wisconsin with her aunt Addie to run the Welcome
Stairways Diner, Hope isn't sure she'll fit in. But she quickly finds
herself involved in the small town's mayoral race, as G. T., owner of the
diner, surprises everyone with his entry into the race. After all, G. T. has
leukemia. And his opponent is the previously undefeated longtime mayor. Some
think G. T. is crazy, but Hope sees the goodness and power in him. Will
everyone else see it too? (Not yet published)
Bell, William. Forbidden City.
Jenkins, Lyll Becerra de. Honorable Prison. Because of the moral stand
taken by her father, a newspaper editor who has persistently attacked the
military dictator ruling their Latin American country, Marta and her family
find themselves prisoners of the government.
Buss, Fran Leeper. Journey of the Sparrows. Food and jobs are scarce
for
Maria as she avoids immigration and tries to make a new life in the United
States. (YAFIC)
Cage, Elizabeth. Spy Girls: License to Thrill. Three young women are
recruited by the Tower, a part of the CIA, to find a document in the US
Embassy in London that lists the location of leftover Soviet nuclear
warheads. (YAPAP)
Clements, Andrew. The Landry News. A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with
an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin
teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a
result. (JUV FIC)
Cohen, Miriam. Laura Leonora's First Ammendment.
Cooney, Caroline. The Terrorist. Sixteen-year-old Laura, an American
living in London, tries to find the person responsible for the death of her
younger brother Billy, who has been killed by a terrorist bomb. (YAPAP)
Cormier, Robert. After the First Death. Events of the hijacking of a bus
of
children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described
from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in
the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between. (YAFIC)
Davis, Ossie. Just Like Martin. Following the deaths of two classmates in
a
bomb explosion at his
Alabama church, fourteen-year-old Stone organizes a children's march for
civil rights in the autumn of 1963.
Dickinson, Peter. Shadow of a Hero. In 1989, Letta, an English teenager,
learns of her heritage from her grandfather, great-grandson of the legendary
hero of Varina, as he be-comes involved in the nationalistic political
struggles in Eastern Europe.
Drury, Allen. Advise and Consent.
Facklan, Margery. The Trouble with Mothers. What is a boy to do when his
teacher-mother's historical novel is given as an example of the kind of
"pornography" that should be banned
from schools and libraries?
Feinstein, John. Running Mates.
First, Julia. The Absolute Ultimate End. Eighth-grader Maggie's new
friendship with a blind girl leads her to fear for the continuation of her
school's programs for the handicapped when the school board threatens major
cutbacks
Garden, Nancy. The Year They Burned the Books. While trying to come
to
terms with her own lesbian feelings, Jamie, a high-school senior and editor
of the school newspaper, finds herself in the middle of a battle with a
group of townspeople over the new health education curriculum. (YAFIC)
Gould, Steven. Jumper.
Hentoff, Nate. The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Students and faculty
at a high school become embroiled in a censorship case over "Huckleberry
Finn."
Klass, David. California Blue. When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers
discovers a new sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the
mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of
the environmental conflict.
Laird, Elizabeth. Kiss the Dust. Tara and her middle class Kurdish
family
must flee their home in Iraq when her father's involvement with the
resistance movement becomes too dangerous. (YAPAP)
Langton, June. The Fragile Flag. A nine-year-old girl leads a march of
children from Mass. to Washington, in protest against the President's new
missile which is capable of destroying the earth.
Lehrer, Jim. Short List.
Levitin, Sonia. The Return. Desta and the other members of her
Falasha
family, Jews suffering
from discrimination in Ethiopia, finally
flee the country and attempt the dangerous journey to Israel. (YAPAP)
Lipsyte, Robert. Jock and Jill.
Lynch, Chris. Political Timber. Mayor Foley now in prison on several
counts of racketeering, coaches his eighteen-year-old grandson to win the
mayoral election and become his successor. (YAFIC)
Malmgren, Dallin. The Ninth Issue. Reporting on several controversial
topics, Mr. Choate and the
students on the Town Crier newspaper staff find themselves in trouble with
the school administration.
Martini, Steve. Critical Mass. Jocelyn Cole, an attorney living on a
remote island in Puget Sound, is taken prisoner by an arms smuggling militia
group that her client is involved with and which is assembling a nuclear
device to destroy Washington DC. (ADULT FIC)
McCants, William. Much Ado About Prom Night. Becca's ordeals form
the
basis for this sly novel joining the angst of high school with points about
love, sex, politics and peer pressure. (YAFIC)
Mead, Alice. Adem's Cross. Fourteen-year old Adem, an Albanian boy, lives
in Serb-occupied Kosovo. Adem hates existing in a constant state of terror.
Every week, friends and family are beaten, teargassed, and killed. The
Albanians are helpless, and even passive resistance can get you killed--as
is Adem's sister Fatmira, gunned down while reading a protest poem. Now Adem
must decide how to survive this never-ending nightmare--with or without his
family. (YAPAP)
Meltzer, Brad. The Tenth Justice. Ben, a clerk for a Supreme Court
Justice
is being blackmailed and he thinks one of his friends I supplying
information to the blackmailer in this thriller. (ADULT FIC)
Meyer, Carolyn. Drummers of Jericho. A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl goes
to live with her father and stepmother in a small town and soon finds
herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high
school band marching in the formation of a cross. (YAPAP)
Meyer, Walter Dean. Darnell Rock Reporting. Thirteen-year-old
Darnell's
twin sister and the other members of the Corner Crew have doubts about his
work on the school newspaper, but the article he writes about a homeless man
changes his attitude about school.
Miles, Betty. Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book. Eleven-year-old
Kate's
ordinary life in a small Massachusetts town becomes quite extraordinary when
she becomes involved with Maudie Schmidt and
an inter-school reading
project.
Moore, Yvette. Freedom Songs. In the sixties, when Sheryl's Uncle Pete joins
the Freedom Riders down South,
she organizes a gospel concert in
Brooklyn to help him.
Nixon, Joan Lowery. A Candidate for Murder. Cary finds her life in danger
when she uncovers a plot to sabotage her father's political campaign for
governor of Texas.
O'Connor, Edwin. The Last Hurrah.
Perrotta, Tom. Election. Who really cares who gets elected President of
Winwood High School? Nobody--except Tracy Flick. Tracy's one of those
students of boundless energy and ambition who somehow finds the time to do
everything--edit the school paper, star in the musical, sleep with her
favorite teacher. Her heart is set on becoming President of Winwood, and
what Tracy wants, Tracy gets. With weeks to go before election day, her
victory is nearly a foregone conclusion. And that's just the beginning of
her problems. (YAPAP)
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. A matter of principle. A group of high school
students
are suspended from school for publishing an underground newspaper that the
principal finds objectionable
Rand, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged.
Robert, Les. Lake Effect. Private eye Milan Jacovich returns a favor
for a
mobster and helps run Barbara Corn's mayoral campaign. When the competing
candidate's wife is murdered, Jacovich investigates. (ADULT MYS)
Ross, Rhea Beth. The Bet's On, Lizzie Bingham. Fourteen-year-old Lizzie's
bet with her oldest brother about women's deserving equal rights kicks off a
summer of unprecedented adventure for her as she experiences things a young
lady of 1914 rarely does.
Slaughter, Charles. The Dirty War. After a military takeover of the
Argentinean government, fourteen-year-old Atre's father disappears. Atre's
search for the truth about his father and other vanished citizens puts him
in danger, but he finally discovers the horrible fate of many victims of the
Dirty War. (YA FIC)
Temple, Frances. Grab Hands and Run. Jacinto opposes the oppressive
government of El Salvador. When he disappears, his wife, Paloma, and their
twelve-year-old son Felipe and his sister try to escape to freedom in
Canada. (YAPAP)
Temple, Frances. Taste of Salt. In the hospital after being beaten by
Macoutes, seventeen-year-old
Djo tells the story of his impoverished life to a young woman who, like him,
has been working with the social reformer Father Aristide to fight the
repression in Haiti. (YAFIC)
Thompson, Julian. The Trials of Molly Sheldon. When sixteen-year-old Molly
Sheldon of Saphouse Junction, Vermont, discovers she has psychic healing
powers and befriends newcomer Eben Wheeler, she finds her father's general
store being picketed and herself suspected of witchcraft.
Truman, Margaret. Murder at the Kennedy Center.
VanOosting, James. Electing JJ.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Jailbird: A Novel.
Walker, Alice. Meridian.
Warren, Robert Penn. All the King's Men.
White, Ellen Emerson. White House Autumn.
Williams, Michael. Crocodile Burning. All through his life, Seraki,
a
South African teenager, has witnessed hatred and violence. Seraki joins the
cast of a locally produced musical that exposes the plight of black South
Africans. When the play travels to the U.S., Seraki discovers that even in
America, the land of opportunity, he cannot escape corruption and
oppression. (YAPAP)
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Wittlinger, Ellen. What's in a Name? Told by ten different teen
narrators,
the story revolves around a campaign to get the name of the town changed.
Though it's the adults that are voting, the high school teens are deeply
affected by the local politicing.
Ilene Lefkowitz
Youth Services Librarian
Mount Olive Public Library (NJ)
ILefkowitz@aol.com
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