http://www.multcolib.org/talk/yrca.html These guides will help you begin the discussion. If you're hungry, they also provide snack suggestions! Warning! Some guides contain key elements of the plot. Do not read if you don't want to know what happens! Check out the official YRCA website for more details. Junior Division
Listen to booktalks of the Junior Division Nominees (mp3).
* Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo
* Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
* Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
* Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
* Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan
* Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay
* Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
* The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
Intermediate Division
Listen to booktalks of the Intermediate Division Nominees (mp3).
* Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
* Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
* Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
* The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg
* Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
* The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
* Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
* The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck
Senior Division
Listen to booktalks of the Senior Division Nominees (mp3).
* Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
* A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
* How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
* Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
* My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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