Teen Reads

Table of Contents

• Featured Book
• Staff Picks
• BookNews Newsletter
• TAG Suggestions

Featured Book

A Perfect Night to Go to China by David Gilmour

At first glance the novle "A Perfect Night to Go to China" may seem like the typical personal tragedy: son gets kidnapped, father grieves, police find son and kidnapper is sent to jail; though this novel doesn't follow that traditional form, almost to a fault. The novel has a professional tone to it though it isn't pretentious. An abstract of the first quarter follow along the lines of: a father son duo carry throug their dayt to day activities. Night falls and as the son falls asleep, the father Roman whips out across the street for a quick late night drink. Though during those 15 minutes his somehow kidnapped, killed or walks away and Roman is left in a bind. Those first few pages are quite climactic and then become quite subdued as the search for the little ladcontinues. The novel propels forward with a twist as the father begins to dream about a Caribbean island on which his son and his dead mother are living upon - perhaps visions of heaven? For that answer you will need to read David Gilmour's "A Perfect Nigt to Go to China".

Reviewed by: Cera teen Librarian, Markham Village Branch

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Staff Picks

Girl Stories by Lauren Weinstein

This is a colourful, frantic, and scribbley collection of comics detailing the everyday life of a girl struggling through both 8th and 9th grade. lauren is unpopular and artsy, obsessed with Morrissey, and surrounded by cruewl classmates. Luckily, her imagination, sense of humour, and talent prove to be great escape routes.

Selected by Amy, teen Librarian, Markham Village

Slam! by Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby is the author of many bestselling adult noels, including "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy," who has turned his hand to writing teen fiction. This novel is about Sam, a 15 year-old skateboarder who finds out his girlfriend is pregnant and has too, on top of everything else, deal with his mother (who had Sam when she herself was 16).

Selected by Amy, Teen Librarian, Markahm Village

TAG Suggestions

• Less is More
• Red Rage
• Life of Pi
• The Sound of Munich
• Why I let my Hair grow Out

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