Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent by
                      Veronica Roth
     In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is
      divided into five factions, each dedicated to the
         cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the
   honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the
        brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the
  intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all
   sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which
 they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice,
 the decision is between staying with her family and
    being who she really is—she can't have both. So
         she makes a choice that surprises everyone,
                                         including herself.

  During the highly competitive initiation that follows,
       Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to
   determine who her friends really are—and where,
    exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating,
      sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's
   chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept
hidden from everyone because she's been warned it
   can mean death. And as she discovers a growing
      conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly
perfect society, she also learns that her secret might
 help her save those she loves . . .or it might destroy
                                                     her.

Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the
  first installment in the Divergent series—dystopian
               thrillers filled with electrifying decisions,
   heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences,
                                and unexpected romance.
                                                           	
  

Looking for Alaska
       John Green

1. Black	
  Hawk	
  Down	
  –	
  Mark	
  Bowden	
  (BB	
  s tudent)	
  

Already	
  a	
  classic	
  of	
  war	
  reporting	
  and	
  now	
  reissued	
  as	
  a	
  Grove	
  Press	
  paperback,	
  Black	
  Hawk	
  Down	
  i s	
  Mark	
  Bowden’s	
  
brilliant	
  account	
  of	
  the	
  l ongest	
  sustained	
  firefight	
  i nvolving	
  American	
  troops	
  since	
  the	
  Vietnam	
  War.	
  On	
  October	
  3,	
  1993,	
  
about	
  a	
   hundred	
  e lite	
  U.S.	
  soldiers	
  were	
  dropped	
  by	
  helicopter	
  i nto	
  the	
  teeming	
  market	
  i n	
  the	
  heart	
  of	
  Mogadishu,	
  
Somalia.	
  Their	
  mission	
  was	
  to	
  abduct	
  two	
  top	
  l ieutenants	
  of	
  a	
  Somali	
  warlord	
  and	
  return	
  to	
  base.	
  It	
  was	
  supposed	
  to	
  
take	
  an	
  hour.	
  Instead,	
  they	
  found	
  themselves	
  pinned	
  down	
  through	
  a	
  l ong	
  and	
  terrible	
  night	
  fighting	
  against	
  thousands	
  
of	
  heavily	
  armed	
  Somalis.	
  The	
  following	
  morning,	
  e ighteen	
  Americans	
  were	
  dead	
  and	
  more	
  than	
  seventy	
  had	
  been	
  badly	
  
wounded.	
  
Drawing	
  on	
  i nterviews	
  from	
  both	
  sides,	
  army	
  records,	
  audiotapes,	
  and	
  videos	
  (some	
  of	
  the	
  material	
  i s	
  still	
  classified),	
  
Bowden’s	
  minute-­‐by-­‐minute	
  narrative	
  i s	
  one	
  of	
  the	
  most	
  e xciting	
  accounts	
  of	
  modern	
  combat	
  e ver	
  written—a	
  riveting	
  
story	
  that	
  captures	
  the	
  heroism,	
  courage,	
  and	
  brutality	
  of	
  battle.	
  

Seth	
  Grahame-­‐Smith

I	
  Know	
  Why	
  the	
  Caged	
  Bird	
  Sings	
  
–	
  Maya	
  Angelou	
  (nominated	
  for	
  a	
  
       Na>onal	
  Book	
  Award	
  in	
  1970)	
  
                                                 	
  
           Sent	
  by	
  their	
  mother	
  to	
  live	
  with	
  their	
  
         devout,	
  self-­‐sufficient	
  grandmother	
  in	
  a	
  
                 small	
  Southern	
  town,	
  Maya	
  and	
  her	
  
                  brother,	
  Bailey,	
  endure	
  the	
  ache	
  of	
  
          abandonment	
  and	
  the	
  prejudice	
  of	
  the	
  
local	
  “powhitetrash.”	
  At	
  eight	
  years	
  old	
  and	
  
 back	
  at	
  her	
  mother’s	
  side	
  in	
  St.	
  Louis,	
  Maya	
  
   is	
  aRacked	
  by	
  a	
  man	
  many	
  >mes	
  her	
  age–
 and	
  has	
  to	
  live	
  with	
  the	
  consequences	
  for	
  a	
  
life>me.	
  Years	
  later,	
  in	
  San	
  Francisco,	
  Maya	
  
                learns	
  about	
  love	
  for	
  herself	
  and	
  the	
  
    kindness	
  of	
  others,	
  her	
  own	
  strong	
  spirit,	
  
   and	
  the	
  ideas	
  of	
  great	
  authors	
  (“I	
  met	
  and	
  
  fell	
  in	
  love	
  with	
  William	
  Shakespeare”)	
  will	
  
  allow	
  her	
  to	
  be	
  free	
  instead	
  of	
  imprisoned.	
  
                                                                       	
  

Feed	
  by	
  MT	
  Anderson	
  (Art)	
  	
  
           (several	
  literary	
  awards)	
  

    Identity  crises,  consumerism,  and  star-­‐crossed  
  teenage  love  in  a  futuristic  society  where  people  
connect  to  the  Internet  via  feeds  implanted  in  their  
                                                    brains.

     For  Titus  and  his  friends,  it  started  out  like  any  
        ordinary  trip  to  the  moon  -­‐  a  chance  to  party  
     during  spring  break  and  play  with  some  stupid  
      low-­‐grav  at  the  Ricochet  Lounge.  But  that  was  
   before  the  crazy  hacker  caused  all  their  feeds  to  
    malfunction,  sending  them  to  the  hospital  to  lie  
   around  with  nothing  inside  their  heads  for  days.  
      And  it  was  before  Titus  met  Violet,  a  beautiful,  
   brainy  teenage  girl  who  has  decided  to  Eight  the  
       feed  and  its  omnipresent  ability  to  categorize  
      human  thoughts  and  desires.  Following  in  the  
 footsteps  of  George  Orwell,  Anthony  Burgess,  and  
    Kurt  Vonnegut  Jr.,  M.  T.  Anderson  has  created  a  
    not-­‐so-­‐brave  new  world  —  and  a  smart,  savage  
 satire  that  has  captivated  readers  with  its  view  of  
an  imagined  future  that  veers  unnervingly  close  to  
                                          the  here  and  now.

Fly Boys – James Brady	
  
      This	
  acclaimed	
  bestseller	
  
         brilliantly	
  illuminates	
  a	
  
 hidden	
  piece	
  of	
  World	
  War	
  
          II	
  history	
  as	
  it	
  tells	
  the	
  
harrowing	
  true	
  story	
  of	
  nine	
  
American	
  airmen	
  shot	
  down	
  
 in	
  the	
  Pacific.	
  One	
  of	
  them,	
  
        George	
  H.	
  W.	
  Bush,	
  was	
  
  miraculously	
  rescued.	
  The	
  
              fate	
  of	
  the	
  others-­‐an	
  
           explosive	
  60-­‐year-­‐old	
  
     secret-­‐is	
  revealed	
  for	
  the	
  
           first	
  >me	
  in	
  FLYBOYS.	
  
                                                   	
  

For	
  readers	
  of	
  Laura	
  Hillenbrand's	
  Seabiscuit	
  and	
  Unbroken,	
  the	
  dramatic	
  story	
  of	
  the	
  American	
  rowing	
  team	
  that	
  
stunned	
  the	
  world	
  at	
  Hitler's	
  1936	
   Berlin	
  Olympics	
  
	
  
Daniel	
  James	
  Brown’s	
  robust	
  book	
  tells	
  the	
  story	
  of	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Washington’s	
  1936	
  eight-­‐oar	
  crew	
  and	
  their	
  epic	
  
quest	
  for	
  an	
  Olympic	
  gold	
  medal,	
  a	
  team	
  that	
  transformed	
  the	
  sport	
  and	
  grabbed	
  the	
  attention	
  of	
  millions	
  of	
  Americans.	
  
The	
  sons	
  of	
  loggers,	
  shipyard	
  workers,	
  and	
  farmers,	
  the	
  boys	
  defeated	
  elite	
  rivals	
  first	
  from	
  eastern	
  and	
  British	
  
universities	
  and	
  finally	
  the	
  German	
  crew	
  rowing	
  for	
  Adolf	
  Hitler	
  in	
  the	
  Olympic	
  games	
  in	
  Berlin,	
  1936.	
  
	
  
The	
  emotional	
  heart	
  of	
  the	
  story	
  lies	
  with	
  one	
  rower,	
  Joe	
  Rantz,	
  a	
  teenager	
  without	
  family	
  or	
  prospects,	
  who	
  rows	
  not	
  
for	
  glory,	
  but	
  to	
  regain	
  his	
  shattered	
  self-­‐regard	
  and	
  to	
  find	
  a	
  place	
  he	
  can	
  call	
  home.	
  The	
  crew	
  is	
  assembled	
  	
  by	
  an	
  
enigmatic	
  coach	
  and	
  mentored	
  by	
  a	
  visionary,	
  eccentric	
  British	
  boat	
  builder,	
  but	
  it	
  is	
  their	
  trust	
  in	
  each	
  other	
  that	
  makes	
  
them	
  a	
  victorious	
  team.	
  They	
  remind	
  the	
  country	
  of	
  what	
  can	
  be	
  done	
  when	
  everyone	
  quite	
  literally	
  pulls	
  together—a	
  
perfect	
  melding	
  of	
  commitment,	
  determination,	
  and	
  optimism.	
  
	
  
Drawing	
  on	
  the	
  boys’	
  own	
  diaries	
  and	
  journals,	
  their	
  photos	
  and	
  memories	
  of	
  a	
  once-­‐in-­‐a-­‐lifetime	
  shared	
  dream,	
  The	
  
Boys	
  in	
  the	
  Boat	
  is	
  an	
  irresistible	
  story	
  about	
  beating	
  the	
  odds	
  and	
  finding	
  hope	
  in	
  the	
  most	
  desperate	
  of	
  times—the	
  
improbable,	
  intimate	
  story	
  of	
  nine	
  working-­‐class	
  boys	
  from	
  the	
  American	
  west	
  who,	
  in	
  the	
  depths	
  of	
  the	
  Great	
  
Depression,	
  showed	
  the	
  world	
  what	
  true	
  grit	
  really	
  meant.	
  It	
  will	
  appeal	
  to	
  readers	
  of	
  Erik	
  Larson,	
  Timothy	
  Egan,	
  James	
  
Bradley,	
  and	
  David	
  Halberstam's	
  The	
  Amateurs.	
  

Who	
  i s	
  Jenna	
  Fox?	
  Seventeen-­‐year-­‐old	
  Jenna	
  has	
  been	
  told	
  that	
  i s	
  her	
  name.	
  She	
  has	
  just	
  awoken	
  from	
  a	
  coma,	
  they	
  tell	
  
her,	
  and	
  she	
  i s	
  still	
  recovering	
  from	
  a	
  terrible	
  accident	
  i n	
  which	
  she	
  was	
  i nvolved	
  a	
  year	
  ago.	
  But	
  what	
  happened	
  before	
  
that?	
  Jenna	
  doesn't	
  remember	
  her	
  l ife.	
  Or	
  does	
  she?	
  And	
  are	
  the	
  memories	
  really	
  hers?	
  
	
  
This	
  fascinating	
  novel	
  represents	
  a	
  stunning	
  new	
  direction	
  for	
  acclaimed	
  author	
  Mary	
  Pearson.	
  Set	
  i n	
  a	
   near	
  future	
  
America,	
  i t	
  takes	
  readers	
  on	
  an	
  unforgettable	
  journey	
  through	
  questions	
  of	
  bio-­‐medical	
  e thics	
  and	
  the	
  nature	
  of	
  
humanity.	
  Mary	
  Pearson's	
  vividly	
  drawn	
  characters	
  and	
  masterful	
  writing	
  soar	
  to	
  a	
  new	
  l evel	
  of	
  sophisticat ion.