2009 DPLS Teen Summer Reading School Visit Booklist

THE DECLARATION by Gemma Malley
Science Fiction 2007

In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, has her world view challenged when she meets Peter and discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.

THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X by James Patterson
Science Fiction 2008

In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, has her world view challenged when she meets Peter and discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.

THE DRAGONFLY POOL by Eva Ibbotson
Historical Fiction 2008

Tally and her friends at Dalderton Boarding School form a dance troupe and travel to Bergania, where she befriends Karil, the crown prince, and helps him flee the Nazis after his father is assassinated.

HERE'S HOW I SEE IT, HERE'S HOW IT IS by Heather Henson
Fiction 2009

At almost-thirteen, Junebug has never felt right except as stagehand at her father's summer theater, but after her parents separate and an irritating intern takes over her responsibilities, she discovers how hard life can be without a script to follow.

INDIE GIRL by Arne Johnson
Non Fiction 2008

Highlights nine ways creative young women can start independent creative ventures, including dance companies, rock bands, art galleries, and fashion companies, with expert advice from professional artists and detailed instructions for each venture.

LOVE THAT DOG by Sharon Creech
Poetry Fiction 2001

A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.

PAY THE PIPER by Jane Yolen
Fiction 2005

"A Tom Doherty Associates book." When Callie interviews the band, Brass Rat, for her school newspaper, her feelings are ambivalent, but when all the children of Northampton begin to disappear on Halloween, she knows where the dangerous search must begin.

PEACE JAM by Ivan Suvanjieff
Non Fiction 2008

DVD.;Includes bibliographical references and filmographies. Discusses the creation of PeaceJam, a group that pairs Nobel Peace Laureates with young people around the world to address some of the most pressing problems of the twenty-first century, and shares the stories of eleven young men and women, each of whom is being mentored by a Nobel Peace Laureate as they work to develop projects to spread peace in innovative ways. Includes a DVD.

PLASTIC FANTASTIC by Simon Cheshire
Fiction 2008

Originally published: Great Britain : Piccadilly Press, 2004. When fifteen-year-old Dominic, pop music fan, and Lisa Voyd, singer and icon with the band Plastic, are stuck together in an elevator, the encounter results in drastic changes of attitude for both of them.

THE REFORMED VAMPIRE SUPPORT GROUP by Catherine Jinks
Humorous Fiction 2009

Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampires, and nothing exciting has ever happened to them--until one of them is murdered and the others must try to solve the crime.

THE SCHOOL FOR DANGEROUS GIRLS by Eliot Schrefer
Fiction 2009

Sent to a remote, run-down reform school in Colorado, fifteen-year-old Angela is placed with the better girls, but upon learning that her "dangerous" friends are being isolated and left to live as animals, she takes radical steps to join them and help them escape.

TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER by Ian Harrison
Non Fiction 2007

Includes index. Presents random, bizarre facts about a wide range of topics, including strange laws, odd foods, weird habits, and other arcane information.

THE WAR AT ELLSMERE by Faith Erin Hicks
Graphic Novel 2008

Jun embarks on her first year of school at the prestigious Ellsmere Academy and tries to handle the rich girls who look down on her for being on scholarship as well as her friend Cassie's stories about mythical beasts.