The Virginia
Readers Choice is sponsored by the
Virginia State Reading Association.
Al
Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
JFIC CHO
A 12-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz
Island in 1935 when guards' families were still
housed there. He has to contend with this extraordinary
new environment in addition to life with his autistic
sister.
Becoming
Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan JFIC RYA
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim
her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother
and younger brother to search for her father.
Blue
Fingers: A Ninja's Tale by Cheryl Whitesel
YFIC WHI
After failing an apprenticeship as a dye maker,
Koji is captured and forced to train as a ninja.
He remains disloyal, until he discovers samurai
have burned his former village.
Chasing
Vermeer by Blue Balliett JMYS BAL
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start
to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears,
11-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents
to solve an international art scandal.
Last
Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
YMYS FEI
After winning a basketball reporting contest,
eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent
to cover the Final Four tournament. While there,
they discover that a talented player is being
blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg
JFIC KOE
After leaving an oppressive summer camp, 12-year-old
Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve
three unique towers her grand uncles have been
building in their back yard for more than 40 years.
Sea
of Trolls by Nancy Farmer YFIC FAR
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard,
he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking
Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the
Boneless and his half-troll queen.
Teacher's
Funeral by Richard Peck JFIC PEC
In rural Indiana in 1904, 15-year-old Russell's
dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing
crew are disrupted. His older sister takes over
the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean
old Myrt Arbuckle “hauls off and dies.”
Trial
by Jennifer Bryant YFIC BRY
A resident of Flemington, New Jersey in 1935,
12-year-old Katie Leigh Flynn describes how the
ongoing trial of Bruno Hauptmann for the kidnapping
and murder of Charles Lindbergh's son affects
her small town.
Worth
by A. LaFaye JFIC LAF
In 19th-century Nebraska, 11-year-old Nate feels
useless after breaking his leg because he can’t
work on the family farm. When his father brings
home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate
feels even worse.
Annie
Between the States by Laura Elliott YFIC
ELL
Instead of spending her teen years at parties
and balls, Annie, an idealistic, poetry-loving
patriot, finds herself nursing soldiers, hiding
valuables and running the household as the Civil
War rages around her family's Virginia home.
Hitler
Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan
Campbell Bartoletti Y943.086 B
This author of Kids
on Strike focuses on the young people who
followed Hitler from 1933-1945, as well as some
of the Hitler Youth’s dissidents and the group’s
Jewish targets.
Jake,
Reinvented by Gordon Korman YFIC KOR
Rick becomes friends with the popular new boy, Jake,
a football player and party host. In the process,
Rick discovers the true nature of his schoolmates
and uncovers the mystery of Jake's past.
Looking
for Alaska by John Green YFIC GRE
In a stunning debut novel, Miles "Pudge"
Halter befriends fellow boarding school students
whose lives are everything but boring. Pudge falls
in love with Alaska, the razor-sharp and self-destructive
nucleus. When tragedy strikes, Pudge discovers the
value of loving unconditionally.
My
Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult FIC PIC
Kate has a vicious form of leukemia and needs the
cord blood of a genetically perfect donor. Her sister
Anna is conceived and donates platelets, bone marrow
and cells to Kate for 13 years. Then Anna refuses
to donate a kidney and sues for medical emancipation.
Sandpiper
by Ellen Wittlinger YFIC WIT
When the Walker, a mysterious boy who walks constantly,
intervenes in an argument between Sandpiper and
a boy she used to see, their lives become entwined
in ways that change them both.
Shattering
Glass by Gail Giles YFIC GIL
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class,
turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his
actions lead to unexpected violence.
Trickster's
Choice by Tamora Pearce YFIC PIE
Alianne must call forth her mother's courage
and her father's wit in order to survive on the
Copper Isles in a royal court rife with political
intrigue and a murderous conspiracy.
Vampire
High by Douglas Rees YFIC REE
After his family moves from California to Massachusetts
and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many
things seem strange. There are the dark-haired,
pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students and
Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on
the first day.
Wreath
for Emmet Till by Marilyn Nelson Y811 N
The Newbery-Honor-winning author offers an evocative
tribute to a 14-year-old boy whose lynching in 1955
helped spark the civil rights movement.
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