Criss Cross by Caroline B. Cooney
Posted at 8:47 pm | Filed Under Criss Cross
Want to know what teenagers did before the Internet and video games? Take a cruise back to a small town in the the early 1960s. Be ready for two narrators and multiple forms (prose, haiku, poems, question-and-answer).
There’s a mismatch in this criss-cross. The narrators, Debbie and Hector, are 14 and each in their […]
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Posted at 8:42 pm | Filed Under Code Talker
Interested in the Navajo culture? The battles of WWII (Pacific)? The use of the Navajo language for the codes in the war? You will find this book riveting.
Bruchac uses a Navajo grandfather as his narrator very effectively. The grandfather, Ned Begay, begins the story with his experiences growing up in an Indian boarding school where […]
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
Posted at 8:37 pm | Filed Under Code Orange
What if a seemingly simple biology assignment could end up bringing the world to its knees?
Mitty is a 17-year-old slacker whose only motivation comes from his interest in Olivia, a studious and beautiful young woman. When they receive a research assignment on infectious diseases in their advanced biology class, Mitty gets a very slow start […]
Cages by Peg Kehret
Posted at 10:43 pm | Filed Under Cages
If you do something wrong that you don’t feel good about, should you keep it a secret or come clean about it? Read this book if that questions resonates with you. It’s also for teen girls who have concerns about difficult family situations, loss of a parent, and problems with friends.
Kit Hathaway is 14 and […]
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Posted at 10:40 pm | Filed Under Among the Hidden
What if the government had enough power to force families to have no more than two children? What if you were the third child in a family?
Luke has lived in the protected environment of his family farm for 12 years when a new housing development forces his parents to conceal him in the attic. Being […]
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Posted at 10:35 pm | Filed Under Airborn
Do you like fantasy that is laced with historical fiction and swash-buckling adventure? If you like flight and can imagine a dirigible-like, high-class cruise ship that flies over the Pacificus, don’t miss this tale. If you like mythological animals, that’s another reason to read it. Ditto if you’re into pirates.
Oppel writes from the point of […]
Welcome to the Battle of the Books Blog!
Posted at 9:09 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
You’ve found the forum in which Cal Young Battle of the Books particpants can share information and hold online discussions about the books.
The official site of the Oregon Battle of the Books is at http://www.oema.net/OBOB/Booklists.html.
At Cal Young, we’ll be meeting every other Wednesday at lunch to discuss the books and hold practice battles. […]