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2014-2015 High School KBA Nominees
Why you didn’t hear about KBA last year….
The 5th Wave
By Rick Yancy
Aliens sent waves of destructive forces to eradicate the humans. Cassie Sullivan, a survivor of the invasion, must
rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a
boy who may be one of them. The 5th Wave /Rick Yancy. Putnam Juvenile. 2013.
The Beginning of Everything
By Robyn Schneider
The way Ezra Faulkner sees it, everyone gets one great tragedy, after which life
should roll on predictably. Star athlete and prom king, his life is irreparably transformed by
a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl
Cassidy Thorpe.The Beginning of Everything / Robyn Schneider. Katherine Tegan Books. 2013.
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
By April Genevieve Tucholke
Violet is in love with River, a mysterious seventeen-year-old
stranger renting the guest house behind the rotting seaside mansion
where Violet lives. When eerie, grim events begin to happen, Violet recalls her grandmother's frequent
warnings about the devil and wonders if River is evil.
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea/ April Genevieve Tucholke. Dial. 2013.
I am the Weapon
By Allen Zadoff
Boy Nobody is a coldly dispassionate teenage assassin
working for a mysterious organization called the Program.
When it assigns him his next mission—to assassinate the mayor of New York—it seems at first like
business as usual. But then he meets Sam, the mayor’s beautiful
daughter.I am the Weapon/ Allen Zadoff. Little Brown. 2013.
If You Find MeBy Emily Murdoch
Carey’s little sister, Jenessa, has not spoken since the white starry night and
now depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other as
their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency until that one
fateful day she disappears for good. Two strangers arrive and suddenly the girls are
taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world where
they must face the truth of why their mother abducted them and kept them
hidden for ten years.If You Find Me/ Emily Murdoch. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2013.
The Impossible Knife of Memory
By Laurie Halse Anderson
For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have
been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have
tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the
town where he grew up so Hayley can attend high school.The Impossible Knife of
Memory/ Laurie Halse Anderson. 2014. Viking Juvenile, 2014.
How to Love
By Katie Cotugno
Sawyer LaGrande's unexplained disappearance rocked Serena
Montero's world; it had been love at first sight, and then he ran away and left her pregnant. Now he's back in town and ready to pick up where
they left off. Serena, however, has a steady boyfriend and is now the
mother of a two-year-old. Will she make the same mistake twice?How to Love/ Katie Cotugno.
Balzer & Bray. 2013.
The Rithmatist
By Brandon Sanderson
Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists
are humanity’s only defense. Joel longs to be a Rithmatist with the magical power to bring the two-
dimensional Chalklings to life. But he is 16, and Rithmatists are
chosen at age 8. Surely he has missed his chance, or has he?
The Rithmatist / Brandon Sanderson. Tor Teen. 2013.
Thousand WordsBy Jennifer Brown
Ashleigh feels madly in love with her boyfriend, Kaleb, even though he has
barely paid attention to her all summer. To make sure Kaleb remembers her when he leaves for college, Ashleigh
snaps a photo of herself posing naked and sends it to him. That gets his
attention. However, they soon break up and Kaleb sends the photo to a friend, who shares it with the world. Ashleigh
is arrested for distributing child pornography and Kaleb, at 18, may go
to prison.
Thousand Words / Jennifer Brown. Little Brown. 2013.
The Tragedy Paper
By Elizabeth Laban
While preparing for the most dreaded assignment at the
prestigious Irving School, the Tragedy Paper, Duncan gets
wrapped up in the tragic tale of Tim Macbeth, a former student
who had a clandestine relationship with the wrong girl,
and his own ill-fated romance with Daisy.
The Tragedy Paper / Elizabeth Laban. Knopf Books. 2013.
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