Florida Teens Read 07-08

It's time again to read the Florida Teens Read list. This list of 15 books has a variety of genres, authors, themes etc. to appeal to everyone. The deal is, once you read a minimum of 3 books, you get to vote for your favorite in April. The winning author gets receives his/her award at the annual FAME conference for media specialists in October.

You can find more information at http://www.floridamedia.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=12

This year the fifteen titles are:

Hit the Road by Caroline Cooney, The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, Runner by Carl Deuker, Copper Sun by Sharon Draper, Rash by Pete Hautman, Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs, 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson, If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor, Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar, Sold by Patricia McKormick, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Becoming Chloe (mature reader) by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Black and White (mature reader) by Paul Volponi, and Glass Castle (mature reader) by Jeannette Walls.

As for my predictions, sci fi/fantasy has always been popular and therefore I vote for Uglies. Just Listen is also extremely popular, and Sarah Dessen's books never remain on the shelf for long. We'll see if I'm right in May. Remember, my favorite usually never wins!