FlumeAward – Tilt Tilt by Ellen Hopkins As usual, Ellen Hopkins has written an amazing book exploring the various issues teens face as they grow up. In this one, a varied group of teens, whose connections are revealed throughout the book, deal with first love, sex, conformity, drugs, grief, rape, AIDS, pregnancy & sexual orientation …
FlumeAward – Throne of Glass Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas This was an Isinglass nom last year. That being said, it’s AWESOME. Lots of action, you can feel how it’s reaching out to a Hunger Games crowd, but the world is very different, since it’s a fantasy especially. It’s more Hunger Games Meets …
FlumeAward – This World We Live In Discussion page for This World We Live In by Susan Pfeffer Really need to read the first two to understand this book.Kelly BuddKeene High School The first book in this series is really the best one. I looked over my goodreads review of this and saw I gave …
FlumeAward – Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer Utterly heartwrenching.Lorca lives with her workaholic restaurateur mother and aunt in NYC, having left her father in NH after the divorce. In constant attempts to gain favor with her mother, she thinks in terms of food nearly constantly. She embarks …
FlumeAward – Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune by Craig R. Everett (not in NHU-PAC)