Iowa Teen Award Book Talks, 2012-13

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
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The Truth about Truman School by Dori Hillestad Butler

Maze Runner by James Dashner

Payback Time by Carl Dueker

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

The Big Field by Mike Lupica

Ruined by Paula Morris

Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers

Virals by Kathy Reichs
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Lost in a River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
A science-class field trip to the Everglades is supposed to be fun, but Sarah’s new 
at Glades Academy, and her fellow freshmen aren’t exactly making her feel 
welcome. When an opportunity for an unauthorized side trip on an airboat presents 
itself, it seems like a perfect escape—an afternoon without feeling like a sore thumb.  
But one simple oversight turns a joyride into a race for survival across the river of 
grass. Sarah will have to count on her instincts—and a guy she barely knows—if they 
have any hope of making it back alive.

Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld