1. QR CODES ARE COMING! For Fiction Located on Book Pocket Scan at QR Station

2. 2011-2012 CELEBRATE DIVERSITY

3. CHECK OUT A BOOK THIS WEEK Book should feature a character with a background different than your own Consider religion, ethnicity/race, culture/geography, home life/life circumstances, ability/disability, economic circumstances –anything, really!

4. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA BY ARTHUR GODEN “Astonishing…breath- taking…You are seduced completely.” –Washington Post Book World

5. CUBA 15 BY NANCY OSA “Many teens will recognize the cross- generational conflict between assimilation and the search for roots..” –Booklist “I love the rambunctious funny voice of this novel.” –Julia Alvarez

6. DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? BY RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH “More than the usual story of the immigrant teen's conflict with her traditional parents, the funny, touching contemporary narrative will grab teens everywhere.” –ALA Booklist

7. BANG! BY SHARON G. FLAKE “Disturbing…thought- provoking.” –SLJ “Vivid, raw voices.” - Booklist

8. THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART- TIME INDIAN BY SHERMAN ALEXIE “Teens looking for the strength to lift themselves out of rough situations would do well to start here.” -Booklist

9. THE LOTTERY ROSE BY IRENE HUNT “Emotionally powerful and heartrending…” - Audiofile

10. SOUL SURFER BY BETHANY HAMILTON “Hamilton’s optimism, determination and resilience…are undeniably impressive and uplifting.” – Publishers Weekly

11. PLAIN TRUTH BY JODI PICOULT “Absorbing and affecting.” – Entertainment Weekly