Tag Archives: Gateway Award nominee

2013 Gateway & Truman Award Winners Announced

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Brandy

It turns out that our predictions for the 2013 Gateway and Truman award winners were pretty accurate. Jonathan Maberry is the recipient of this year’s Gateway Readers Award for his book “Rot and Ruin.” The main character, Benny, has never known a world without zombies, … Continue reading →

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2013 Gateway and Truman Award Predictions

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Brandy

The Gateway Readers Award honors a young adult book as selected by high school students, while the Truman Readers Award is chosen by junior high students. Even though these awards are administered by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL), it is the responsibility of … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Tricia

Why I liked it: I actually didn’t like it at first; it paints a miserable picture of a dog-eat-dog society that develops after our world runs out of oil and global warming swallows our coastal cities. Nailer is a likeable … Continue reading →

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What We’re Reading: August 2012

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Brandy

Our patrons frequently ask us what books we’re currently enjoying. As library staff members, we’re a happy to recommend many adventurous tales that will take readers across the Mountains of Rain and Night in the “Ruins of Gorlan,” through the … Continue reading →

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Teen Review: Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder

Posted on June 19, 2012 by DBRLTeen

Reviewer: Kelly T. Why you liked this book: It was written mostly in poem-style writing, but I feel that the way it was written got the point across much clearer than if it had been written the “normal” way. The … Continue reading →

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Teen Review: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Posted on June 8, 2012 by DBRLTeen

Reviewer: Kacey Why you liked this book: This book is about a teenager, Frankie, who is attending a college preparatory school. It’s a residency, so she lives there in a dorm. She meets a senior boy and they start dating. One … Continue reading →

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Gateway Mondays: Double Whammy Closer

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Book Dude

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser When DeShawn and his friends talk about the future they don’t say, “when  I grow up,” they say, “if  I grow up.”  For them, the possibility of prison or an early death is very … Continue reading →

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Gateway Mondays: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jerilyn

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Life or Death?  These are Mia’s choices.  She is outside her body watching what goes on around her. Her parents have been killed in a car accident and she is in a coma.  Should … Continue reading →

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Gateway Mondays: Don’t Hate the Playa

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Book Dude

Flash Burnout by L. K. Madigan Blake is your average teenager.  He has a girlfriend named Shannon who he hangs out with after school, he takes photography,  and he bums rides off his older brother and parents.  As his relationship … Continue reading →

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Gateway Mondays: The Chosen One

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dana

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Why I Checked It Out:  Because I am trying to read something other than dystopian fiction. Why I Liked It:  You are engulfed from the first page in deft storytelling.  I read this … Continue reading →

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