100 Great Books presentation for 13 August 2018 Westerville Educators' Day

1. Waiver Day
100 Great New Books
August 2018

3. Value Added Topics:
Classroom Libraries
Accelerated Reader alternatives
Nerdy Camp
Dublin Literacy
#metoo
Author’s private actions vs. books

4. 1. Mystery

5. For Readers who like:
➢ #WNDB
➢ Ghosts
➢ Grandfathers
➢ Curses
Super Max

6. For Readers who like:
➢ Creepy phenomenon
➢ British style
➢ Twilight Zone episodes
➢ Scary Stories to Tell in
the Dark
The Wrong Train

7. For Readers who like:
➢ Moving into haunted
house
➢ Possessed ventriloquist
dummies
➢ Cemetaries
➢ Clues
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

8. For Readers who like:
➢ Haunted houses
➢ Clue oriented mystery
➢ Lost diamonds
➢ Quirky local characters
Who Killed Darius Drake

9. For Readers who like:
➢ Mystery series
➢ Spy stories
➢ Descriptions of cities
➢ Orchestra concerts
Vanished!

10. For Readers who like:
➢ Science related
mysteries
➢ Horses
➢ Friend stories
➢ Deceased mother
The Whole Sky

11. For Readers who like:
➢ Games and puzzles
➢ Unloved orphans
➢ Spectacular estates
➢ Mr. Lemoncello’s
Library
Winterhouse

12. For Readers who like:
➢ Rome!
➢ Children left to own
devices
➢ History lessons
➢ Villians in disguise
Midnight in the Piazza

13. For Readers who like:
➢ Newport, Rhodes Island
➢ Spectacular houses
➢ Time travel
➢ Art mysteries
The Art of the Swap

14. For Readers who like:
➢ Civil Rights
➢ Family stories
➢ Small towns
➢ Divorce stories
The Parker Inheritance

15. 2. History

16. For Readers who like:
➢ Science history
➢ Marie Curie
➢ Women’s history
➢ Art mysteries
Glow

17. For Readers who like:
➢ Ohio history
➢ Flood survival
➢ Family drama
➢ Daily life in 1930s
Not on Fifth Street

18. For Readers who like:
➢ Partition of India
➢ Social status (castes in
India)
➢ Textile production
➢ Political environments
Ahimsa

19. For Readers who like:
➢ Russian history
➢ World War II
➢ Women in combat
➢ Friendship
Among the Red Stars

20. For Readers who like:
➢ World War II
➢ Very young soldiers
➢ Stories based on real life
events
➢ Ernest Hemingway
Sink or Swim

21. For Readers who like:
➢ Germany, 1940s
➢ Cuba 1990s
➢ Syria today
➢ Survival
Refugee

22. For Readers who like:
➢ Civil Rights
➢ Biographies
➢ Details of life in 1940s
and 1950s
➢ Family drama
Betty Before X

23. For Readers who like:
➢ Communist Scare in
1950s
➢ Mix of Fiction and
Nonfiction
➢ Family drama
➢ Espionage
Suspect Red

24. For Readers who like:
➢ 1980s fashion
➢ Black experience
➢ Beauty pageants
➢ Incarcerated parent
Like Vanessa

25. 3. Adventure

26. For Readers who like:
➢ Dog training
➢ School projects
➢ Unlikely friendships
➢ Families living “off the
grid”
Sled Dog School

27. For Readers who like:
➢ Falconry
➢ Traveling through
wilderness
➢ Storms
➢ This author
Falcon Wild

28. For Readers who like:
➢ Talking animals
➢ Wild animals in the city
➢ Trying to get home
➢ Animal/human
interaction
➢ This author
Pup Called Trouble

29. For Readers who like:
➢ Prequels
➢ Charlie’s character
➢ Celebrity
➢ Stalkers
Target (Bodyguard #7)

30. For Readers who like:
➢ Appalachian Trail
➢ Friend issues
➢ Family problems
➢ Survival
➢ Dogs!
The Trail

31. For Readers who like:
➢ Alaskan wilderness
➢ Spies
➢ This author
➢ Ice Dogs
Not if I Save You First

32. For Readers who like:
➢ Sailing the high seas
➢ Trouble with the crew
➢ Zombie bugs
➢ Tropical fungus
Polaris

33. For Readers who like:
➢ Foster care
➢ Assumed identities
➢ Making friends
➢ Spy adventure
➢ Mafia
Greetings from the Witness Protection Program

34. For Readers who like:
➢ Goofy aliens
➢ Dirt biking
➢ Plot twists
➢ After a series of adventures that include
snakes with clown wigs that get set on fire,
murderous room service chicken dinners,
tin foil underpants, a giant toilet at Niagra
Falls and a clone of Sven with a face on its
butt,
Sven Carter and the Trashmouth Effect

35. For Readers who like:
➢ Realistic dystopia
➢ Children on their own
➢ Hackers
➢ Hispanic characters
Zap

36. 4. Speculative Fiction

37. For Readers who like:
➢ Quirky, Southern tales
➢ Inherited magic
➢ Every day super heroes
➢ Moving to a new place
Tumble and Blue

38. For Readers who like:
➢ Grandparents
➢ Veterinarians
➢ Magical creatures
➢ New friends
➢ Unicorns!
The Unicorn in the Barn

39. For Readers who like:
➢ Magical schools
➢ Alternate dimensions
➢ Horrible parents
➢ Series (The Calling of
Morrigan Crow, October
2018)
The Trials of Morrigan Crow

40. For Readers who like:
➢ 3-D Printing
➢ Group adventures
➢ Illustrated novels
➢ Schools being destroyed
Monsters Unleashed

41. For Readers who like:
➢ Goofy adventures
➢ Wish making
➢ Funny turns of phrase
➢ Genies
➢ This author (Janitors)
The Wishmakers

42. For Readers who like:
➢ Characters on the
autism spectrum
➢ Jules Verne
➢ Children on their own
➢ Series, 80 Days or Die,
May 2018
Fire in the Depths

43. For Readers who like:
➢ Characters on the
autism spectrum
➢ Dystopia
➢ Technology/hacking
➢ Robodogs!
Watchdog

44. For Readers who like:
➢ British villages
➢ Witch training
➢ Apprenticeships
➢ Magical pets
The Apprentice Witch

45. For Readers who like:
➢ Space adventure
➢ Multicultural characters
➢ Team building activities
➢ Science
The Countdown Conspiracy

46. For Readers who like:
➢ Space colonization
➢ Aliens as friends
➢ Epic adventures
➢ Series all in one book
Redworld

47. 5. Sports

48. For Readers who like:
➢ Alternating viewpoints
➢ Family drama
➢ Romantic relationships
➢ Football
➢ Girl Power!
Sound Gardens Podcast
Interview
The Football Girl

50. For Readers who like:
➢ Racial issues
➢ Boarding school
➢ Coach issues
➢ Friendships
Backfield Boys

51. For Readers who like:
➢ Concussion issues
➢ Kids helping out
➢ Coach issues
➢ Alzheimers
Lone Stars

52. For Readers who like:
➢ Pranks
➢ Short books
➢ Team building
➢ Conduct of Life (what
kind of person do I want
to be?)
Gridiron Showdown

53. For Readers who like:
➢ Private schools
➢ Football injuries
➢ Internal conflict
➢ This author
Touchdown Kid

54. For Readers who like:
➢ Novels in verse
➢ Back stories (prequel to
The Crossover)
➢ Parental relationships
➢ Inner city tales
Rebound

55. For Readers who like:
➢ Celebrity authors
➢ Mandatory cotillions
➢ Family negotiations
Elle of the Ball

56. For Readers who like:
➢ Baking
➢ Dog sledding
➢ Guinea Pigs
➢ OCD
Cookie Cutters and Sled Runners

57. For Readers who like:
➢ Cross Country
➢ Sibling problems
➢ Autism spectrum
characters
➢ Humor
➢ Friends
Running Full Tilt
YA

58. For Readers who like:
➢ Ghost, Patina
➢ Track
➢ Grieving, dysfunctional
fathers.
Sunny

59. Humorous Novels

60. For Readers who like:
➢ Robots
➢ Schemes gone awry
➢ Friends
➢ Humor
Enginerds

61. For Readers who like:
➢ Competitive eating
➢ Sibling on autism
spectrum
➢ Betting
➢ Schemes gone wrong
Slider

62. For Readers who like:
➢ After school programs
➢ Reading
➢ Unlikely friendships
➢ Bullies getting their due
The Losers Club

63. For Readers who like:
➢ Competitions
➢ Cooking details
➢ Boys and girls cooking
➢ Reality shows
Lights, Camera, Cook!

64. For Readers who like:
➢ San Francisco
➢ Food trucks
➢ Young aunts
➢ Romance
➢ This series
You’re Bacon Me Crazy

65. For Readers who like:
➢ Changes in social status
➢ Multiple perspectives
➢ Embarrassment
➢ Realistic views of middle
school
The Real Us

66. For Readers who like:
➢ Babysitting
➢ Clever business ideas
➢ Friend drama
➢ Overscheduling
Princesses, Inc.

67. For Readers who like:
➢ Characters with
Muscular Dystrophy
➢ Standing out/Fitting in
➢ Middle school romance
➢ Popularity
Molly in the Middle

68. For Readers who like:
➢ Party planning
➢ Social Anxiety
➢ New friends
➢ Absent parents
We Are Party People

69. For Readers who like:
➢ Bucket lists
➢ Friend drama
➢ Divorced parents
➢ Two book series
11 Before 12

70. 7. Problem Novels

71. For Readers who like:
➢ Dead mother,
dysfunctional father
➢ Food and housing
insecurity
➢ Bank robbing
Stealing Our Way Home

72. For Readers who like:
➢ Testing polemics
➢ Fun teachers
➢ Multiple viewpoints
➢ Because of Mr. Terupt
The Perfect Score

73. For Readers who like:
➢ Cystic Fibrosis
➢ Neglectful parents
➢ Summer adventures
➢ Friendship
Caleb and Kit

74. For Readers who like:
➢ Geocaching
➢ Homelessness details
➢ Misguided teachers
➢ Friends
The Exact Location of Home

75. For Readers who like:
➢ Deceased father, alcholic
mother
➢ Supportive school
➢ Doing good
➢ Main character with
different perspective
The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

76. For Readers who like:
➢ Dead mother,
dysfunction father
➢ Fracking
➢ Neglected children
➢ Poverty
➢ Dead parents
The End of the Wild

77. For Readers who like:
➢ Columbus connection
➢ Family drama
➢ Exotic pets
➢ Financial difficulties
The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City

78. For Readers who like:
➢ Censorship
➢ Rebelling against
authority
➢ School stories
Ban This Book

79. Trigger warning:
➢ Sexual Abuse
➢ Suicidal ideation
For Readers who like:
➢ Children who know
what to do
➢ Summer adventures
➢ Good friends
Know books before you
The Summer of Owen Todd

80. For Readers who like:
➢ Alzheimers
➢ Grandfathers
➢ Vermont
➢ Community
poverty/dysfunction
➢ LGBTQ+ relatives
Just Like Jackie

81. 8. #WNDB

82. For Readers who like:
➢ Talking trees, animals
➢ Family mysteries
➢ Immigrant tales
➢ Teaching Tolerance
Wishtree

83. For Readers who like:
➢ After Ever After
➢ Social problems in
school
➢ Cancer stories
➢ Mking bad choices
Halfway Normal

84. For Readers who like:
➢ Deceased grandmother
➢ Unemployed father
➢ Starting middle school
➢ Personal appearance
Karma Khullar’s Mustache

85. For Readers who like:
➢ Shared custody
➢ Moving to a new place
➢ Zines
➢ Student rebellion
➢ Rock bands
The First Rule of Punk

86. For Readers who like:
➢ Family bullying
➢ Coming out stories
➢ Swimming
➢ Friendship
Alan Cole is Not a Coward

87. For Readers who like:
➢ School uniforms
➢ Questioning authority
➢ Transgender students
The Pants Project

88. For Readers who like:
➢ Adoption
➢ Southwest
➢ Small theme parks
➢ Tourettes Syndrome
➢ Limb disabilities
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

89. For Readers who like:
➢ Iran, 1982
➢ #ownvoices books
➢ Aid workers
➢ Confronting cultural
expectations
Lost Boys

90. For Readers who like:
➢ Iraq, 1991
➢ Based on a true story
➢ Middle class in other
countries
➢ Desert Storm
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein

91. Questionable?
Know your readers!
My Brigadista Year
One view of Cuba’s cultural revolution--
some may not agree with portrayal.
Gritty, inner city portrayal
uses the n-word and talks
negatively about LGBTQ+
and differently abled
characters.

92. 9. Graphic Novels

93. For Readers who like:
➢ Indian history
➢ Family mysteries
➢ Cultural identity
➢ Full color graphic novels
Pashmina

94. For Readers who like:
➢ Spooky tales
➢ Dead mother and son,
dysfunctional father
➢ Creepy experiments’
➢ Friendships with ghosts
Graveyard Shakes

95. For Readers who like:
➢ Semi-autobiographical
books
➢ Writing
➢ Literary allusions
Laugh Out Loud

96. For Readers who like:
➢ Amelia Bedelia
➢ Possible alien invasions
➢ Slapstick humor
➢ Goofiness
Marty Pants: Do Not Open

97. For Readers who like:
➢ Renaissance Fairs
➢ Alternative lifestyles
➢ Economically
disadvantaged families
➢ Fitting in/Standing Out
All’s Faire in Middle School

98. For Readers who like:
➢ Island of Misfit Toys
➢ Goofy spy adventures
➢ Superpowers
➢ Bodyguards
Spy Toys

99. For Readers who like:
➢ Stand up comics
➢ Elections
➢ Evil teachers/false
accusations
➢ Goofiness (Mr. Sniggles)
Funny Kid for President

100. For Readers who like:
➢ Twins
➢ Superpowers
➢ Video games
➢ Elementary graphic
novels
Cosmic Commandos

101. For Readers who like:
➢ Talking animals
➢ Ancient Rome
➢ Goofiness
➢ Gladiators
Rumble with the Romans

102. For Readers who like:
➢ This series
➢ Talking animals
➢ Really funny things
➢ Elementary graphic
novel (Think Squish or
Lunch Ladies)
Intergalactic Gas

103. Nonfiction

104. 10. Nonfiction

105. For Readers who like:
➢ Well-illustrated
biographies
➢ Narrative writing
➢ Civil Rights
➢ Sports
42 is Not Just a Number

106. For Readers who like:
➢ Dogs
➢ Ultramarathons
➢ Stories of loyalty
➢ World travel
Finding Gobi

107. For Readers who like:
➢ Coding manuals
➢ Girl Power
➢ STEM
➢ Getting girls interested
in computing
Girls Who Code

108. For Readers who like:
➢ Corporate biographies
➢ Illustrated overviews
➢ Black history
➢ Chronological
arrangement of
biographies
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

109. For Readers who like:
➢ Humorous history
➢ “Travel guides”
➢ Quirky historical details
➢ Illustrated guides
The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution

110. For Readers who like:
➢ Girl Power
➢ New school setting
➢ Ghosts
➢ Moral dilemmas
Bound by Ice

111. For Readers who like:
➢ Early Hollywood
➢ Dog actors
➢ Illustrated text
➢ Silent films
Fictionalized, lots of
drawing, but still sort of
reads like nonfiction!
Strongheart

112. For Readers who like:
➢ Environmental activism
➢ Dolphins
➢ World travel
➢ Expose type writing
Dolphins: Voices in the Ocean

113. For Readers who like:
➢ Biography series
➢ Food Dudes
➢ Fun nonfictions
Fun Biographies

114. Want a Book Every Day?