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2015 RI Teen Book Award
By Alicia Waters | April 13, 2015
RI Teens voted both Eleanor and Park and Steelheart winners of the 2015 RI Teen Book Award. Runner up is Tiger Lily.
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell DB76406 1986. Narrated by Jill Fox. 8 hours, 54 minutes.
Book description: After socially painful circumstances toss Eleanor and Park together, they form an unlikely–and extraordinary–romance. Although the two sixteen-year-olds know that the odds of remaining together forever are slim, they find the courage to try. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2013.
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson DB77602. Narrator: Graham Halstead. 13 hours, 17 minutes.
Book description: When David was eight, his father was killed by Steelheart, a human turned supervillain otherwise known as an Epic. Ten years later David joins the Reckoners, ordinary humans determined to kill the Epics and end their tyranny. Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2013
The Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson DB21246 Narrator: Pam Ward. 15 hours, 54 minutes.
Book description: Sabrina, a beautiful and wealthy Texas heiress at the turn of the nineteenth century, cannot decide whether she really loves Brett, whom she adored as a girl. Her passionate ambivalence plays them both into the hands of certain death. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1985.
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