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1 Book Talks ~ Ms. Green’s Class ~ and your Klein Collins Librarians

2 Recently read books NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image.

3 Now what should I read? What Genre do you prefer? NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image.

4 FROM THE PUBLISHER: “FIGHTING TO SURVIVE IN A RAVAGED WORLD, A DWELLER AND A SAVAGE FORM AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE IN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR VERONICA ROSSI'S ‘UNFORGETTABLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE’ (EXAMINER.COM).” IF YOU LIKED DYSTOPIAN TITLES SUCH AS TAKEN AND INSURGENT, TRY: NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. “Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for her stepsister's illness while a deadly plague decimates the population of New Beijing, but when Cinder's life gets intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle.

5 “ Imagine yourself in a future where individuality has been eliminated. Every human being exists only to serve the greater collective of mankind: the "great WE." You have no say over how you live, who you spend time with, what you study, or what job you get. You can't smile or laugh without reason. Every hour of the day is scheduled, managed, and policed by society. You're never allowed to be alone. And you're never, ever allowed to use the word "I."

6 ANTHEM BY AYN RAND  A FUTURISTIC SOCIETY  FORBIDDEN TO USE WORDS LIKE “I,” “ME,”  TOO SMART, TOO TALL  CONFORM

7 THE GIVER BY LOIS LOWRY  EVERYONE IS ASSIGNED A CAREER  ESTABLISH SAMENESS  ELIMINATE FAMILY TIES AND EMOTIONAL CONNETIONS  JONAS, AGE 12, ASSIGNED “RECEIVER OF MEMORIES”

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9 TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGANF MAR NEVERWHEREF GAI THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPIONF FAR WITHERF DES *GONEF GRA THE COMPOUNDF BOD *WOODS RUNNERF PAU LITTLE BROTHER DOC NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOURF ORW *THE GIVERF LOW ASHESF BIC BREATHE F CRO LEGENDF LU FARENHEIT 451F BRA UGLIESF WES

10 PULSEF CAR VORTEXF KIN UNRAVELINGF NOR I AM # FOURF LOR THROUGH THE EVER NIGHTF ROS GRACELINGF CAS UNWINDF SHU ELEVENTH PLAGUEF HIR *BRAVE NEW WORLDF HUX CITY OF BONESF CLA ENDERS GAMEF CAR BRAIN JACK F FAL EPICF KOS

11 Or do you prefer other Genres like Romantic Fiction similar to “Where She Went” AMPLIFIED F KEL: “Jasmine defers Stanford to try to make it as a musician. She lucks out and is asked by an up-and- coming industrial band to be their guitarist/roommate. However, she might lose it all when her stage fright is revealed. Readers will enjoy watching Jasmine fumble her way through new friendships, a job with a psychic, and a burgeoning romance with a bandmate.” CUPCAKE JUMPING OFF SWINGS STAY WITH ME

12 Perhaps You’d Rather Read a book similar to “Kite Runner”  THIS GIRL IS DIFFERENTF JOH  THE WAR BETWEEN CLASSESF MIK  THE AMERICAN HEIRESSF GOO  A PAINTED HOUSEF GRI

13 WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, IT’S SURE TO BE A GOOD READ! YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK THE ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG FOR MORE TITLES


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