Wagener-Salley High - Library Media Center
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WSHS Top 10
The top 10 most checked out books for 2008-09 are:
Number 10. The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
“Bobby’s carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.”
Number 9. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
“Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.”
Number 8. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
“A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in high school.”
“Simon Glass was easy to hate. I never knew exactly why, there was too much to pick from. I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn’t realize it until the day we killed him.” opening paragraph from Shattering Glass.
Number 6. Payback by Paul Langan
“Originally published as The Gun. Bluford freshman Tyray Hobbs, the class bully and tormentor of Darrell Mercer, is determined to get revenge on Darrell, the only boy who ever stood up to Tyray.”
“After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle’s dangerous work for Britain’s intelligence agency, MI6.”
“Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.” Book 3 in the Twilight saga.
“When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a “cult” and changes in terrible ways.” Book 2 in the Twilight saga.
“Continues the story of the human Bella and the vampire Edward whose love is threatened by their difference, a werewolf named Jacob, and other outside influences.” Book 4 in the Twilight saga.
“When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.”
Have a wonderful summer - take some time to read a book or two!
Heather Loy, Media Specialist Last updated: 9 June 2009
272 Main Street South email: hloy at aiken.k12.sc.us
Wagener, SC 29164 803.564.1102
