Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Top Ten and Teaser Tuesday (2)

Top Ten Books That Tackle Tough Issues

1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Anorexia

2. Crank Series by Ellen Hopkins
-Drugs

3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
-Rape

4. Night by Elie Wiesel
-The author's account of the Holocaust.

5. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
-Suicide

6. There Are No Children Here by Alex Katlowitz
-A true story about two brothers growing up
on Chicago's West Side.

7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
-Grief/Loss

8. Push (Precious) by Sapphire
-Rape/Incest

9. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
-Abusive relationship and drugs

10. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-Racism


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read, open to a random page, and share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

My Teaser:

  
"In theory, when you're done with training, you should be able to kick a hole in a wall or knock out a moose with a single punch."
"I would never hit a moose," said Clary. "They're endangered."
-pg. 79 "City of Fallen Angles" by Cassandra Clare
 



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8 comments:

  1. I considered adding Lovely Bones to my list but as usual my list got away from me.

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    Anne
    http://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com

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  2. Push and Speak are on my list also, I totally understand Crank being there too.

    I want to read Lovely Bones

    My Top Ten

    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2011/07/top-ten-books-that-tackle-tough-issues.html

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  3. I agree with all of ten of the books you posted!
    And I love the teaser. Cassandra Clare's book have the perfect amount of humor in them. :)

    -Britney

    Here is our teasers: http://www.ieatwords.net/2011/07/teaser-tuesday.html

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  4. LOL Like the last line.

    mine: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/teaser-tuesday-unnatural/

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  5. Great choices! I'm glad you chose a classic like The Lovely Bones, a lot of people just chose new books.

    Here's my list: http://bit.ly/qJiozA

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  6. I read Wiesel's novel for a high school world history class -- it was brutal.

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  7. Love the top ten list!

    What a great teaser! Another book to add?

    Sorry for not being around....But better late than never!!!

    Here is my Crime Fiction Teaser Tuesday: Borderlands by Brian McGilloway post!

    Here is my Top Ten post!

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