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TEEN SUMMER READING TITLES
Needs some summer reading titles to recommend to your teenager this summer? Okay, maybe they don’t want to hear about books from you, but they’ll want to hear (and read) about these suggestions from Treasure Valley librarians.
And remind your teen to make waves this summer! We don’t mean to “make waves” as in trouble, but “Make Waves at Your Library” this summer and sign up for the 2010 teen summer reading program. There’s still plenty of time to read—sign up this month—program ends July 31. For details go to, www.boisepubliclibrary.org.
The Song of the Whales by Uri Orlev
Winner of the Hans Christian Anderson Medal and translated from Hebrew Uri Orlev writes in a style so sure and yet so unassuming that the story is certain to linger in reader’s minds. Michael inherits from his grandfather the gift of moving between dreams and reality.
Kathryn Foley Youth Services Librarian Meridian Library District
Raiders’ Ransom by Emily Diamand
Set in the 23rd century, much of what once was England is now underwater. Lilly, a poor fishing girl teams up with the chief raider’s son to solve a kidnapping and the possibility of war. Pirates, fishing, and life on the seas give this novel a historical bent, while talking computers disguised inside jewels show readers a future world where technology and infrastructure have collapsed.
Kathryn Foley Youth Services Librarian Meridian Library District
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
A love-struck mermaid named Aquamarine supplies adventure and insights to two twelve-year-old girls, life-long friends who are spending their last summer together before one of them moves away.
Linda Brilz, Youth Services Librarian, Boise Public Library
Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley
Six short stories about the mythical creatures associated with the element of water.
Linda Brilz, Youth Services Librarian, Boise Public Library
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin by Carolyn Meyer
In nineteenth-century England, young Charles Darwin rejects the more traditional careers of physician and clergyman, choosing instead to embark on a dangerous five-year journey by ship to explore the natural world.
Linda Brilz, Youth Services Librarian, Boise Public Library
Peter Raven Under Fire by Michael Molloy
Peter Raven is a midshipman in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and must help Commodore Beaumont, a spy, foil a French plot to take over the Americas.
Linda Brilz, Youth Services Librarian, Boise Public Library
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