I'm flying high today after hearing the news that Bamboo People is a top ten book on the Best
Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list from the American Library Association. Here are the top ten
titles with annotations(注解) by YALSA librarians:
Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker Little, Brown, and Co. Nailer is a light crew cleaner tearing up old
hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run ashore in a storm on the beach
and his life gets more dangerous.
Donnelley, Jennifer. Revolution Random House Children's Books/Delacorte. Haunted by the death
of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her separated father where an encounter with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge.
Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the RockCandlewick. Finnikin and his fellow exiles from (使流亡)
Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic journey with a dumb
beginner named Evanjalin to return home.
Matson, Morgan. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour. Simon & Schuster. Amy and Roger must both
learn to deal with loss while on a road trip across the country which doesn't go as expected.
McBride, Lish. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. Macmillan Children's Book Group/Henry Holt.
When Sam discovers he is a necromancer (巫師) he must learn to control his power in order to defeat a
powerful and corrupt opponent and save his friends.
Mulligan, Andy. TrashDavid Fickling Books. Three garbage-picker boys find an item of great value
to a corrupt politician on their rounds, setting off a tense hunt to see who will win.
Perkins, Mitali. Bamboo People Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee meet on
opposite sides of war and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people.
?Reinhardt, Dana. The Things a Brother Knows Random House Children's Books/Wendy Lamb.
Boaz is back and cheered as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can his younger brother
Levi help him truly make his way home?
Saenz, Benjamin. Last Night I Sang to the Monster. Cinco Puntos Press, 2009. Weeks in therapy
go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that left him alone and
haunted by nightmares.
Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver Roaring Brook Press. Sig is alone with his father's body when the
lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness
1. Which of the following books may not be classified as a thriller one?
A. Revolver
B. Last Night I Sang to the Monster
C. Revolution
D. Bamboo People
2. Which two books are published by the same publisher?
A. Ship Breaker and Finnikin of the Rock
B. Revolution and Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
C. The Things a Brother Knows and Last Night I Sang to the Monster
D. Revolution and The Things a Brother Knows
3. From above, we can learn_______.
A. The plot Hold me closer, Necromance is similar to Superman and Spiderman
B. Bamboo people deals with two soldiers share joys and sorrows in the war
C. The main themes of Revolution and Revolver are both about father and son
D. Trash is a book about a fierce conflict which occurs between police and gangs (黑幫)
4. These books are all intended for_______.
A. adults
B. school age kids
C. teens
D. seniors
