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Junya Inue. Btooom! [Manga] (Yen Press, 2013- )
Hunger Games a bit too tame for you? Waiting for the
next installment of Cage of Eden? Here is one intense
new manga about a video game wiz who finds himself
inside a real life version of his favorite game, and you
guessed it, it's not Donkey Kong! It is kill or be killed in a
battle where the only weapons are sophisticated
explosives. If you are squeemish, stick with the softer
stories where the most dangerous weapons are bows,
arrows, and poisonous berries.
Teen Comics
Leon Gray. Cane Toad: The World's Biggest Toad. [Even
More Super Sized!] (Bearport, 2013)
Bigger isn't always better, sometimes it's just... bigger.
Toads are cool, but when it is big enough to eat a
opossum? And how big does a toad have to be before it
can kill a dog. Holy poisonous warts, Batman!
Elementary Nonfiction - Science and Nature
Other books in the series:
English Mastiff:The World's Heaviest Dog.
Flemish Giant Rabbit: The World's Biggest Bunny.
Giant Pacific Octopus: The World's Largest Octopus.
Giant Wetas: The World's Biggest Grasshopper.
King Cobra: The World's Longest Venomous Snake.
Trumpeter Swan: The World's Largest Waterbird.
Walking Sticks: The World's Longest Insect.
Josh Beck. Strike Three, You're Dead. [Lenny & the
Mikes] (Knopf, 2013)
Lots of middle school guys think baseball is a life or death
matter. But when Lenny and the Mikes set off on their
greatest baseball summer ever, someone will actually
end up dead. The only question is, will it be one of them?
Middle Reader Mystery
Sharon Robinson. Promises to Keep: How Jackie
Robinson Changed America. (Sc holastic, 2004)
"Is there a medal anywhere which is worth a man's
dignity?" - Jackie Robinson
Everybody knows how great Jackie Robinson was on the
field, and people know that he broke the color barrier in
major league baseball. But he was about so much more,
and who better to tell that story than someone who grew
up in his home?
Elementary Biography
Shaun Tan. The Haunted Playground. (Stone Arch, 2008)
Come, come play with us... said the creepy girl in the park
who only comes out when the sun goes down and the
lights come on.
Middle Reader Gothic Horror
Tim Tharp. Mojo. (Knopf, 2013)
Who wouldn't want it all? The money, the friends, the
cars, the swagger? So when Dylan, the classic outsider,
gets a taste of the privileged life, it's easy to get lost. But
he got here for a reason, to find a missing girl who runs
with the rich and beautiful crowd, and the deeper he gets,
the uglier the whole scene becomes.
Teen Mystery
Michael Rex. Fangbone: Third Grade Barbarian. (Putnam,
2012)
He's a mighty warrior on a sacred quest... but first he has
to learn to read.
Elementary Comics
John Coy, illustrations by Joe Morse. Hoop Genius: How a
Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented
Basketball. (Carolrhoda, 2013)
And you thought YOUR class was bad! This one was
HISTORICALLY bad. But one great teacher turned one
tough class into one of the most popular games in the
world.
Picture Book
Wei Dong Chen and Xiao Long Liang. Heroes and Chaos.
[Legends from China: Three Kingdoms, Vol. 01] (Jr.
Comics, 2013)
Do you want classic epic adventure on a massive scale?
Forget Greece. Forget Rome. China was the Texas of the
classical world; everything was bigger there. When
200,000 rebel troops enter the capital and execute the
emperor, three cowboys, I mean peasants, defy the new
ruler and his vast army, complete with a man-to-man
showdown worthy of the OK Corral.
Middle Reader Comics
Sharn E. McKay and Daniel LaFrance. War Brothers: The
Graphic Novel. (Annick Press, 2013)
"Where does the victim end and the criminal begin?
Whom do we punish? Who is accountable?" There are a
quarter of a million child soldiers in the world, children
kidnapped and forced to fight. Are they killers or kids?
Walk a mile in their shoes through the jungles of Uganda
and see if you can answer.
Teen Comics
More Books For Boys
Junya Inue. Btooom! [Manga] (Yen Press, 2013- )
Hunger Games a bit too tame for you? Waiting for the
next installment of Cage of Eden? Here is one intense
new manga about a video game wiz who finds himself
inside a real life version of his favorite game, and you
guessed it, it's not Donkey Kong! It is kill or be killed in a
battle where the only weapons are sophisticated
explosives. If you are squeemish, stick with the softer
stories where the most dangerous weapons are bows,
arrows, and poisonous berries.
Teen Comics
Leon Gray. Cane Toad: The World's Biggest Toad. [Even
More Super Sized!] (Bearport, 2013)
Bigger isn't always better, sometimes it's just... bigger.
Toads are cool, but when it is big enough to eat a
opossum? And how big does a toad have to be before it
can kill a dog. Holy poisonous warts, Batman!
Elementary Nonfiction - Science and Nature
Other books in the series:
English Mastiff:The World's Heaviest Dog.
Flemish Giant Rabbit: The World's Biggest Bunny.
Giant Pacific Octopus: The World's Largest Octopus.
Giant Wetas: The World's Biggest Grasshopper.
King Cobra: The World's Longest Venomous Snake.
Trumpeter Swan: The World's Largest Waterbird.
Walking Sticks: The World's Longest Insect.
Josh Beck. Strike Three, You're Dead. [Lenny & the
Mikes] (Knopf, 2013)
Lots of middle school guys think baseball is a life or death
matter. But when Lenny and the Mikes set off on their
greatest baseball summer ever, someone will actually
end up dead. The only question is, will it be one of them?
Middle Reader Mystery
Sharon Robinson. Promises to Keep: How Jackie
Robinson Changed America. (Sc holastic, 2004)
"Is there a medal anywhere which is worth a man's
dignity?" - Jackie Robinson
Everybody knows how great Jackie Robinson was on the
field, and people know that he broke the color barrier in
major league baseball. But he was about so much more,
and who better to tell that story than someone who grew
up in his home?
Elementary Biography
Shaun Tan. The Haunted Playground. (Stone Arch, 2008)
Come, come play with us... said the creepy girl in the park
who only comes out when the sun goes down and the
lights come on.
Middle Reader Gothic Horror
Tim Tharp. Mojo. (Knopf, 2013)
Who wouldn't want it all? The money, the friends, the
cars, the swagger? So when Dylan, the classic outsider,
gets a taste of the privileged life, it's easy to get lost. But
he got here for a reason, to find a missing girl who runs
with the rich and beautiful crowd, and the deeper he gets,
the uglier the whole scene becomes.
Teen Mystery
Michael Rex. Fangbone: Third Grade Barbarian. (Putnam,
2012)
He's a mighty warrior on a sacred quest... but first he has
to learn to read.
Elementary Comics
John Coy, illustrations by Joe Morse. Hoop Genius: How a
Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented
Basketball. (Carolrhoda, 2013)
And you thought YOUR class was bad! This one was
HISTORICALLY bad. But one great teacher turned one
tough class into one of the most popular games in the
world.
Picture Book
Wei Dong Chen and Xiao Long Liang. Heroes and Chaos.
[Legends from China: Three Kingdoms, Vol. 01] (Jr.
Comics, 2013)
Do you want classic epic adventure on a massive scale?
Forget Greece. Forget Rome. China was the Texas of the
classical world; everything was bigger there. When
200,000 rebel troops enter the capital and execute the
emperor, three cowboys, I mean peasants, defy the new
ruler and his vast army, complete with a man-to-man
showdown worthy of the OK Corral.
Middle Reader Comics
Sharn E. McKay and Daniel LaFrance. War Brothers: The
Graphic Novel. (Annick Press, 2013)
"Where does the victim end and the criminal begin?
Whom do we punish? Who is accountable?" There are a
quarter of a million child soldiers in the world, children
kidnapped and forced to fight. Are they killers or kids?
Walk a mile in their shoes through the jungles of Uganda
and see if you can answer.
Teen Comics
More Books For Boys
Resurces:
He Said/She Said: Best Books for
Teen Boys, 2013
Presented at the New Hampshire School
Library Media Association, May 16, 2013
Past lists: 2009 2010 2011 2012
Listen to The Sapphire Knight on
YouTube!
Public Libraries: Enduring History
Presentation from the Seacoast Library Cooperative,
June 24, 2011
Mike in the News:
Raising Boy Readers: Video of a parent
program in Chelmsford, MA, March 26, 2013
Boys and Books: Wisdom from Michael
Sullivan, Jenny's Book Review, March 14, 2012
Never A Dull Moment: Body piercing? Extreme
sports? Teen pregnancy? Welcome to the
action-packed world of hi/lo books, School
Library Journal, February 2012
New and Forthcoming Nonfiction, School
Library Journal Webcast, Mopderator,
September 29, 2011
Boys Will Be Boys, Citizen Reader, August 29,
2011
Want To Meet a Published Author?, Ms.
Woulfe's Classroom Blog!, August 10, 2011
Breaking All the Rules, Eastern Express
[Eastern (NE) Library System], May/June 2011
Another Expert on Boys and Reading, Okie
Reads, June 14, 2011
More News Stories
He Said/She Said: Best Books for
Teen Boys, 2013
Presented at the New Hampshire School
Library Media Association, May 16, 2013
Past lists: 2009 2010 2011 2012
Listen to The Sapphire Knight on
YouTube!
Public Libraries: Enduring History
Presentation from the Seacoast Library Cooperative,
June 24, 2011
Mike in the News:
Raising Boy Readers: Video of a parent
program in Chelmsford, MA, March 26, 2013
Boys and Books: Wisdom from Michael
Sullivan, Jenny's Book Review, March 14, 2012
Never A Dull Moment: Body piercing? Extreme
sports? Teen pregnancy? Welcome to the
action-packed world of hi/lo books, School
Library Journal, February 2012
New and Forthcoming Nonfiction, School
Library Journal Webcast, Mopderator,
September 29, 2011
Boys Will Be Boys, Citizen Reader, August 29,
2011
Want To Meet a Published Author?, Ms.
Woulfe's Classroom Blog!, August 10, 2011
Breaking All the Rules, Eastern Express
[Eastern (NE) Library System], May/June 2011
Another Expert on Boys and Reading, Okie
Reads, June 14, 2011
More News Stories
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