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From: Bloom, Sam <Sam.Bloom_at_cincinnatilibrary.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:39:45 -0500
Three of the Newbery books from this past year - medalist Moon Over Manifes t and honors One Crazy Summer and Turtle in Paradise - feature strong femal e protagonists. In Manifest, Abilene Tucker is a fabulous main character, w orking to solve the mystery of the "Rattler" with her friends Lettie and Ru thanne while dealing with her father being so far away. In OCS oldest siste r Delphine carries the weight of the world on her soldiers - thousands of m iles away from her father and home, dealing with her crazy mother, primary caregiver to her two younger (and energetic) sisters, thrown into the midst of the Civil Rights Movement with the Black Panthers in Oakland. In Turtle , you've got the brilliantly and hilariously drawn juxtaposition of tough g irl Turtle, who hasn't cried in years, with the ragtag Diaper Gang, a group of boys who babysit in return for candy. All are well worth checking out, although I'll bet most of you already have! Also, let's not forget Isabel i n Laurie Halse Anderson's NBA Finalist from a few years back, Chains (and w ho played a supporting role in last year's excellent Forge).
In terms of YA titles, I was quite impressed with Hanna's character in Dia Reeves's Bleeding Violet. A sexually agressive monster slayer, Hanna isn't exactly your standard pretty-in-pink girly girl! Although the sexuality in this book makes it very much an older YA novel, it also made Hanna a very b elievable and unique (hormonally charged teen) character.
One last series: Megan Whalen Turner's amazing Queen's Thief, with two intr iguing female characters. The Queen of Attolia reveals more emotional and i ntellectual depth with each novel in the series, and the Queen of Eddis is a wonderfully empathetic and likable character who embodies the strong char acteristics of her people: fair, practical, and willing to fight for their country.
Well, I could keep going, but I don't want everyone falling asleep on their keyboards!
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Sam Bloom Children's Librarian, Groesbeck Branch Library Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 2994 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45239 (513) 369-4454 / (513) 665-2819 (voicemail) Sam.Bloom_at_cincinnatilibrary.org
Received on Fri 11 Mar 2011 11:39:45 AM CST
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:39:45 -0500
Three of the Newbery books from this past year - medalist Moon Over Manifes t and honors One Crazy Summer and Turtle in Paradise - feature strong femal e protagonists. In Manifest, Abilene Tucker is a fabulous main character, w orking to solve the mystery of the "Rattler" with her friends Lettie and Ru thanne while dealing with her father being so far away. In OCS oldest siste r Delphine carries the weight of the world on her soldiers - thousands of m iles away from her father and home, dealing with her crazy mother, primary caregiver to her two younger (and energetic) sisters, thrown into the midst of the Civil Rights Movement with the Black Panthers in Oakland. In Turtle , you've got the brilliantly and hilariously drawn juxtaposition of tough g irl Turtle, who hasn't cried in years, with the ragtag Diaper Gang, a group of boys who babysit in return for candy. All are well worth checking out, although I'll bet most of you already have! Also, let's not forget Isabel i n Laurie Halse Anderson's NBA Finalist from a few years back, Chains (and w ho played a supporting role in last year's excellent Forge).
In terms of YA titles, I was quite impressed with Hanna's character in Dia Reeves's Bleeding Violet. A sexually agressive monster slayer, Hanna isn't exactly your standard pretty-in-pink girly girl! Although the sexuality in this book makes it very much an older YA novel, it also made Hanna a very b elievable and unique (hormonally charged teen) character.
One last series: Megan Whalen Turner's amazing Queen's Thief, with two intr iguing female characters. The Queen of Attolia reveals more emotional and i ntellectual depth with each novel in the series, and the Queen of Eddis is a wonderfully empathetic and likable character who embodies the strong char acteristics of her people: fair, practical, and willing to fight for their country.
Well, I could keep going, but I don't want everyone falling asleep on their keyboards!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sam Bloom Children's Librarian, Groesbeck Branch Library Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 2994 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45239 (513) 369-4454 / (513) 665-2819 (voicemail) Sam.Bloom_at_cincinnatilibrary.org
Received on Fri 11 Mar 2011 11:39:45 AM CST
