[LM_NET] HIT: Freshman read with strong female protagonist

[Mary <mary.huebscher@HOLYCROSS-SA.GAGGLE.NET>]

LM_NETTERS:
Thanks to everyone who sent suggestions. Sorry I couldn't reply to everyone 
personally.
Bingham, Kelly - Shark Girl
Blackman, Marjorie - Black and White
Brande, Robin - Evolution, Me, & Other Freaks of Nature
Caletti, Deb (Any book)
Canales, Viola - The Tequila Worm
Castelluci, Cecil and Jim Rugg - The Plain Janes (graphic novel) **
Dessen, Sarah (Any book)
Donnelly, Jennifer - A Northern Light **
Draper, Sharon - Copper Sun
Fletcher, Christine - Tallulah Falls **
Haddix, Margaret Peterson – Uprising
Hartlinger, Brent - Last Chance Texaco
Hearn, Julie - The Minister's Daughter
Henry, April - Shock Point
Hyde, Catherine Ryan - Becoming Chloe
Kidd, Sue Monk - Secret Life of Bees **
Klein, Gerda Weissmann - All But My Life (holocaust story)
Larson, Kirby - Hattie Big Sky (Newbery winner)
Lasky, Kathryn - True North
Mikaelsen, Ben – Stranded
Le Breton, Binca 
-<http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Gift-Courageous-Martyrdom-Dorothy/dp/0385522185/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1209564736&amp;sr=1-4>
 The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang
Lott, Tim – Fearless
Martinez, A. Lee - A Nameless Witch
McCullough, Carolyn - Stealing Henry
Namioka , Lensey - Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Oates, Joyce Carol - Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
Osa , Nancy - Cuba 15
Pearson, Mary - A Room on Lorelei Street
Picoult, Jodi - My Sister's Keeper
Reinhardt, Dana - A Brief Chapter in my Impossible Life
Reiss, Kathryn - Blackthorn Winter
Sandell, Lisa Ann - Song of the Sparrow **
Sayres, Meghan Nuttall - Anahita's Woven Riddle
Shusterman, Neal – Unwound
Smith, Alexander McCall - First Ladies Detective Agency
Sones, Sonya - What my mother doesn't know
Tallman, Shirley - The Cliff House Strangler
Van Velde, Vivian – Heir Apparent (fantasy)
Voigt, Cynthia - The Homecoming
Westerfeld, Scott – Uglies **
Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief
The English Department chair is leaning toward _The Book Thief_, which is an 
excellent book.
Mary
Mary Huebscher, Librarian
Holy Cross of San Antonio
426 N. San Felipe
San Antonio, TX 78228
mary.huebscher@holycross-sa.gaggle.net
210-436-4237
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