READING CHALLENGE

YALSA's 2013 Hub Reading Challenge is underway!  Read or listen to 25 of the 83 selected titles in order to participate.  The challenge runs through June 22.


For more information go to http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/02/03/yalsas-2013-hub-reading-challenge-begins/


Don't want to sign up?  Use the list as a starting point for your own reading enjoyment.  Here are some of the titles that can be found at EFPL.


The Diviners by Libba Bray tells the story of Evie O'Neill.  After being exiled from her home town in Ohio, Evie moves to New York City where she lives with her uncle, owner of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition and the Occult.  When a series of occult-based murders occur, Evie and her uncle are on the case.  Will she be able to catch the killer before he can catch her?

Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer is the last installment of the Artemis Fowl series.  Artemis must confront his arch rival, Opal Koboi who has reanimated dead fairy warriors.  The spirits have taken over Artemis's little brothers.  Artemis has until morning to get the spirits out of his brothers and back into the earth where they belong.

The Round House by Louise Erdrich: Joe Coutz, along with three friends, sets out to find the person responsible for attacking his mother.

Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama tells the story of Syrenka, a mermaid, who falls in love with Ezra, a human.  When she leaves her life underwater behind in order to be with Ezra, horrific and deadly consequences unfold.  Over 100 years later, Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra.  With his help, Hester begins to investigate her family's strange and sad history, but powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka.

In The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, we meet Hazel, a 16 year old girl with stage IV thyroid cancer.  She has accepted her diagnosis until she meets a young boy at her cancer support group.  This causes her to reexamine her thoughts on life and love.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman takes place in a world in which humans and dragons coexist and where dragons can assume human form.  Seraphina struggles with her own identity among magical secrets and royal scandals.

The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser is a work of nonfiction.  Hauser chronicles a year in the life of a group of teenage immigrants as they find there place in America.

Other titles include:

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Every Day by David Levithan
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stievater
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright

The complete reading list can be found at http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-hub-reading-challenge-list-by-author.pdf

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