Category Archives: Mature Readers

Adult books for teens: “When She Woke”

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Adult books for teens: When She Woke by Hillary Jordan In a future United States, a scourge has caused pandemic infertility. Abortion is against the law, and when Hannah Payne is caught, she is imprisoned in the “Chrome Ward” where … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Faith-Based/Religious Element, Family Problems, Fiction, Human Rights Issues, Literary Read Alike, Mature Readers | Tagged Adult books for teens, future dystopia, Scarlet Letter readalike, The Scarlet Letter | Leave a comment

Adult books for teens: “War”

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Adult Books for Teens: War by Sebastian Junger In the year between June 2007 and June 2008, the Korengal Valley was the most dangerous place for a soldier to be at war. The daily temperatures of one hundred degrees, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Controversial Issue/Debate, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Mature Readers, Movie Tie-In, Non-fiction, Over 375 pages | Tagged Afghanistan, Second Platoon Battle Company, soldiers, war, war stories | Leave a comment

“Delta Girls” and Wednesday’s student writers’ conference

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Delta Girls by Gayle Brandeis Novelist Gayle Brandeis and poet Bob Covington will be at COHS on Wednesday after school for our student writers’ conference. The conference is open to anyone between the ages of 13 and 18. We’ll start … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Mature Readers, Romance | Tagged Adult books for teens, ice skating, migrant farm workers, pears, Sacramento, whales | Leave a comment

More in the Orca Soundings series 4

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

High interest books for a quick read; good for Read 180 students and English Learners Big Guy by Robin Stevenson Derek thinks he might be falling in love for the first time ever. The problem is, he hasn’t been entirely … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Mature Readers, Read 180, Romance, Young Adult Literature | Tagged English Learners, GLBTQ, musicians in literature, Orca Sounding series, Read 180 | Leave a comment

“Divergent”

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Divergent by Veronica Roth “Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Controversial Issue/Debate, Family Problems, Fiction, Human Rights Issues, Literary Read Alike, Mature Readers, Over 375 pages, Sci-Fi/Futuristic, Young Adult Literature | Tagged Hunger Games readalike | 2 Comments

For Read 180 and English Learner students

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

High Interest Series Check for these books in our new library section: 372.41 Choices series: The Choices series is for teens who are emerging readers. They are not complete stories. They set up situations that require teens to make a … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Family Problems, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Mature Readers, Read 180, Young Adult Literature | Tagged Bluford series, Charmed, Chill, Choices Series, Comeback, EL, English Learners, Orca Soundings Series, Pretty Ugly | Leave a comment

Tough Teen Topics: An Occasional Series Post 1–Violence

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

What about mature teens who are asking for books that delve deeply into the difficult subjects they are grappling with? Do we sanitize reading too much for your age group? You are, after all, sprinting on the heels of adulthood. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure Stories, Controversial Issue/Debate, Family Problems, Fiction, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Mature Readers, Movie Tie-In, Multicultural, Romance, Sci-Fi/Futuristic | Tagged Cormac McCarthy, drug dealers in literature, horses, Mexico, Texas | Leave a comment

“The Art of Fielding”

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach All right—this really is a book for mature readers, but it’s such wonderful storytelling on so many levels that I want to include a review of it. Add to that the fact that … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Literary Read Alike, Mature Readers, Sports | Tagged baseball, college life in literature, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

“Story of a Girl”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

When Deanna was only thirteen years old, her father caught her having sex in the back of a car with Tommy, a seventeen-year-old friend of Deanna’s brother. Bad, yes. Embarrassing, yes. But what ruins Deanna’s reputation is that Tommy—who, after … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Family Problems, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Mature Readers, Young Adult Literature | Tagged National Book Award Finalist, Pacifica, reputation | Leave a comment

“After the Moment”

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Victoria Waddle

After the Moment by Garret Freymann-Weyr I want to give After the Moment its own space and its own quick review because when I discussed it in the review of Uglies, I only commented that it wasn’t a book I’d … Continue reading →

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