2014-2015 High School KBA Nominees

Why you didn’t hear about KBA last year….

The 5th Wave

By Rick Yancy

Aliens sent waves of destructive forces to eradicate the humans. Cassie Sullivan, a survivor of the invasion, must

rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a

boy who may be one of them. The 5th Wave /Rick Yancy. Putnam Juvenile. 2013.

The Beginning of Everything

By Robyn Schneider

The way Ezra Faulkner sees it, everyone gets one great tragedy, after which life

should roll on predictably. Star athlete and prom king, his life is irreparably transformed by

a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl

Cassidy Thorpe.The Beginning of Everything / Robyn Schneider. Katherine Tegan Books. 2013.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

By April Genevieve Tucholke

Violet is in love with River, a mysterious seventeen-year-old

stranger renting the guest house behind the rotting seaside mansion

where Violet lives. When eerie, grim events begin to happen, Violet recalls her grandmother's frequent

warnings about the devil and wonders if River is evil.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea/ April Genevieve Tucholke. Dial. 2013.

I am the Weapon

By Allen Zadoff

Boy Nobody is a coldly dispassionate teenage assassin

working for a mysterious organization called the Program.

When it assigns him his next mission—to assassinate the mayor of New York—it seems at first like

business as usual. But then he meets Sam, the mayor’s beautiful

daughter.I am the Weapon/ Allen Zadoff. Little Brown. 2013.

If You Find MeBy Emily Murdoch

Carey’s little sister, Jenessa, has not spoken since the white starry night and

now depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other as

their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency until that one

fateful day she disappears for good. Two strangers arrive and suddenly the girls are

taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world where

they must face the truth of why their mother abducted them and kept them

hidden for ten years.If You Find Me/ Emily Murdoch. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2013.

The Impossible Knife of Memory

By Laurie Halse Anderson

For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have

been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have

tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the

town where he grew up so Hayley can attend high school.The Impossible Knife of

Memory/ Laurie Halse Anderson. 2014. Viking Juvenile, 2014.

How to Love

By Katie Cotugno

Sawyer LaGrande's unexplained disappearance rocked Serena

Montero's world; it had been love at first sight, and then he ran away and left her pregnant. Now he's back in town and ready to pick up where

they left off. Serena, however, has a steady boyfriend and is now the

mother of a two-year-old. Will she make the same mistake twice?How to Love/ Katie Cotugno.

Balzer & Bray. 2013.

The Rithmatist

By Brandon Sanderson

Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists

are humanity’s only defense. Joel longs to be a Rithmatist with the magical power to bring the two-

dimensional Chalklings to life. But he is 16, and Rithmatists are

chosen at age 8. Surely he has missed his chance, or has he?

The Rithmatist / Brandon Sanderson. Tor Teen. 2013.

Thousand WordsBy Jennifer Brown

Ashleigh feels madly in love with her boyfriend, Kaleb, even though he has

barely paid attention to her all summer. To make sure Kaleb remembers her when he leaves for college, Ashleigh

snaps a photo of herself posing naked and sends it to him. That gets his

attention. However, they soon break up and Kaleb sends the photo to a friend, who shares it with the world. Ashleigh

is arrested for distributing child pornography and Kaleb, at 18, may go

to prison.

Thousand Words / Jennifer Brown. Little Brown. 2013.

The Tragedy Paper

By Elizabeth Laban

While preparing for the most dreaded assignment at the

prestigious Irving School, the Tragedy Paper, Duncan gets

wrapped up in the tragic tale of Tim Macbeth, a former student

who had a clandestine relationship with the wrong girl,

and his own ill-fated romance with Daisy.

The Tragedy Paper / Elizabeth Laban. Knopf Books. 2013.

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