Author: amilton

White Cat: Curse Workers Book 1 by Holly Black. All the members of Cassel’s family are curse workers, they have the power to affect people with just a touch. Cassel feels like an outcast because he doesn’t seem to have a magic touch and he lives with a horrible secret: he killed his best friend Lila, but doesn’t remember doing it. As Cassel struggles to fit in, he uncovers more family secrets that may help him discover the person he really is. (Supernatural, fantasy, mystery, adventure)
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri. Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. Yummy named after his love of candy is hiding out from the police. This book, based on a true account, tells the story of a gang member Robert “Yummy” Sandifer. Everyone knows Yummy killed Shavon, a teen from the neighborhood when he was aiming at a rival gang member. Yummy’s days are numbered now that the police and his own gang members are looking for him. (Graphic Novel, gangs, biography) Coretta Scott Honor

WEB PAGE
Details about the program, print materials and additional resources for the titles are available at www.state.lib.la.us/ltrc.
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
Promotional materials will be available in August 2012 through an online order form on the resources page at http://www.state.lib.la.us/ltrc/resources.php.

VOTING MACHINES
To request a voting machine from the Secretary of State’s office, contact Naomi Clarke at 225-362-5230 or outreach@sos.louisiana.gov.
VOTING PROCEDURES
Votes must be submitted by February 1, 2013
Students may vote in their participating school, home computer or public library.
Each student may vote only once and vote only for one book.
To be qualified to vote, each student:
Must read two or more titles on the list.
Must live in Louisiana.
Must be in grades 9-12 (or equivalent).
Complete the vote Tally Form directly on the State Library of Louisiana web site. Fill out the form, then click ‘submit’.
The tally form may also be faxed to 225-342-3547.
Some titles on the list are available for the blind and physically handicapped through the State Library. Contact Talking Books and Braille Library at 1-800-543-4702 or e-mail at tbblkids@state.lib.la.us

For Questions Contact
Angela Germany
agermany@slol.lib.la.us
P: 225-342-4931 / F: 225-342-3547
Library Development
State Library of Louisiana
PO Box 131
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
www.state.lib.la.us

Louisiana
TEEN
Readers’ Choice
Award Program
2013

A reading enrichment program of the Louisiana Center for the Book in the
State Library of Louisiana.
Grades 9-12

LOUISIANA TEEN
READERS’ CHOICE
AWARD PROGRAM
The Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice Award is a reading enrichment program of the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana. The purpose of the program is to foster a love of reading in the teenagers of Louisiana by motivating them to participate in the recognition of outstanding books.
A committee of Louisiana public and school librarians and teachers compile the 9th-12th grade nominated list of 10 titles for the Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice (LTRC) . Suggestions for titles to be considered may be submitted on the website www.state.lib.la.us/ltrc. The final title list is a well-balanced collection of high quality fiction and nonfiction.
High school students may read or listen to the books and vote for their favorite one. Students only need to read two titles to vote. Votes are due by February 1st of the award year. For example, votes for the 2013 LTRC list must be submitted to the State Library of Louisiana by February 1st 2013.
TIMELINE
2012: Students read books on the 2013 list.
August 2012: Promotional materials for 2013 will be available from the State Library of Louisiana.
February 1, 2013: Deadline for submitting votes to the State Library of Louisiana for the 2013 list.
Spring 2013: Announcement of 2013 award winners.

2013 TEEN List
(10 Titles)
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. Mean girl Samantha dies in a car crash but she is given chances to rewrite history and save herself. What she discovers about her life and who she is forever alters reality. (Friendship, choices, some mature content)
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. Tessa Gray, a 16-year-old orphan, travels from America to London to meet her brother. She gets wrapped up in a Steampunk adventure involving vampires, werewolves, clockwork people and other supernatural beings. This exciting first book in a new series is being marketed as a prequel to Clare’s “Mortal Instruments” series. (Steampunk, vampires, werewolves, adventure)
Coming Back Stronger : Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity by Drew Brees. This is a behind the scenes look at the 2010 NFL Super Bowl champions and the New Orleans Saints’ quarterback. At one point in his professional football career, Drew Brees, wondered if he would ever be able to play again due to a severe shoulder injury which caused him to have to relearn how to throw a ball. After Hurricane Katrina, the Saints had to play every game on the road until the Superdome was repaired. This is Drew’s encouraging and inspirational story of how each challenge has made him stronger. (Biography, Football, inspirational)
Matched by Ally Condie. The Society has always been responsible for matching their citizens at a matching ceremony. When Cassia sees her best friend Xander on screen as her ideal mate, she’s thrilled until Ky Markham’s face flashes for an instant and the screen turns black. The Society claims it’s a glitch, but now that the seed of doubt has been planted, Cassia can’t stop thinking about Ky. As Cassia begins to fall for Ky and doubt the Society, she must decide between Xander and the life she knows or Ky and the mysteries of the unknown. (Dystopian future, fantasy, girl interest)

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. Nailer, a teenager living on the Louisiana gulf coast in the distant future, lives in poverty and works as a ship breaker, a person who scavenges wrecked ships. He finds an abandoned ship filled with valuables, including a potentially valuable girl who may or may not be who she says she is. Will Nailer sell the girl for some quick cash or risk trying to help her get home? (Dystopian adventure) Printz Award
Somebody Everybody Listens To by Suzanne Supplee. After graduation, 18 year-old Rhetta Lee Jones says farewell to her job at the local Starling, Tennessee diner and heads for Nashville with her guitar, an old car, $500 and a plan to succeed. After she is mugged, Rhetta is reduced to sleeping in her car until she finds a job as a secretary for a local tow-truck owner. Staying true to her dreams, she continues to write music, sing at a local hotel, and find her own voice while trying to earn herself a big break. (Realistic fiction, girl interest, following your dreams)
Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick. Having been kicked out of their apartment by her mother’s latest boyfriend, Amber, her doggie Bobby Big Boy and her mother are currently living in her mother’s school bus, a.k.a. Hello Yello. No matter what Amber is going through, she finds time to help others in her community with humor, an optimistic attitude and great friends. (Depression, homelessness, special needs, animals,)
Split by Swati Avasthi. After being beaten up by his father and kicked out of his home, 16-year-old Jace drives cross country to find his estranged brother and a tries to start a new life. All the while Jace deals with guilt over leaving his mother behind and not being there to protect her. Together the brothers must overcome emotional scars in order not to become their father. (family physical and emotional abuse, family relations)