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Episode 3 of the Best Books of 2012, featuring Young Adult, Graphic Novels, and Non Fiction
A
Hi
I'm
Jerry
hide
you
services
specialist
at
the
Ames
Public
Library,
welcome
to
well
read
a
program
about
a
little
bit
of
this
and
a
little
bit
of
that
at
your
aims.
Public
Library!
This
is
part
three
of
a
four-part
series
of
the
best
of
the
best
in
2012
and
with
me
today
I
have
three
of
our
youth
services
staff
to
talk
about
our
young
adult
our
graphic
novels
and
our
nayan
are
nonfiction
books
that
we
have,
but
before
I
let
them
start
talking.
A
I'd
like
to
continue
my
strain
of
my
thread
of
the
fantastic
flying
books
by
mr.
morris
lessmore
or
with
mr.
morris
lessmore,
and
continue
that
about
how
much
he
loved
books.
Just
like
we
love
books
and
you
love
books.
How
much
books
talk
to
you
as
much
as
they
talked
to
me
and
our
guests
and
also
to
morris
lessmore.
So
all
those
things
in
this
story
continues
with
his
losing
his
books
and
finding
a
place
just
like
your
library
to
have
the
book
start.
A
Talking
to
you,
and
today
we
are
joined
here
with
anastasia
and
meri,
jan
and
tanvi
to
talk
about
the
books.
That
talked
with
them
or
to
them
of
the
best
of
the
books
of
2012.
With
that
said,
let's
go
ahead
and
talk
about
our
first
types
of
books
that
we
have,
which
are
graphic
novels,
and
now
some
people
say
those
are
comic
books.
B
They
kind
of
transcend
that
comic
book
label,
so
they're,
not
just
about
a
superhero,
not
just
a
series,
although
we
do
have
lots
of
great
series
of
graphic
novels
and
one
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
you
to
today,
is
called
the
flying
beaver
brothers
in
the
evil
penguin
plan
and
this
book
I
really
enjoyed
it
because
of
just
the
madcap
adventures
of
the
Beavers,
who
are
really
determined
to
win
the
surfing
competition.
But
the
Penguins
are
also
determined
to
win
the
surfing
competition.
B
Things
are
also
so
determined
to
have
dominance
over
the
Island
that
they're
going
to
freeze
the
whole
island,
and
only
the
beaver
brothers
going
underwater
and
finding
their
secret
technology
is
there.
Only
by
that
way,
are
they
able
to
foil
the
penguin
plan.
So
this
is
a
great
graphic
novel
for
our
beginning
readers,
because
there's
lots
of
clues
and
the
pictures
as
to
what's
going
on
the
story
goes
very
rapidly
and
there's
a
lot
of
humor
in
it
and
adventure.
So
I
definitely
recommend
it
to
beginning
readers
who,
like
adventure,
books
or
animal
books,
yeah.
B
B
Next
to
the
novel's
readers,
another
graphic
novel
this
year
that
we
really
enjoyed-
and
a
lot
of
us
did-
is
called
Giants.
Beware
and
this
book
features
Claudette
who's.
One
goal
in
life
is
really
to
beat
the
giant
that
has
come
to
her
town
sometime.
In
the
past
she
heard
this
giant
came
to
her
town
to
eat
the
feet
off
the
babies.
Oh.
B
Of
the
people
in
the
village,
and
so
she
is
very
determined
to
go,
beat
that
giant
she
persuades
and
actually
kind
of
tricks.
Her
brother
and
her
best
friend
to
go
into
going
with
her
to
slay
the
giant.
Her
best
friend
really
is
just
concerned
about
manners
and
really
just
wants
to
be
a
princess,
and
her
brother
has
two
goals
in
life,
one
to
be
a
the
best
sword
maker
and
the
second
to
be
the
best
pastry
chef.
B
C
A
C
Do
this
one,
the
little
white
duck
a
childhood
in
China
is
a
fantastic
story
and
I
think
it's
sort
of
nice
to
be
able
to
see
these
books
that
our
graphic
novels
and
this
book,
because
they
are
so
different
from
from
each
other.
And
it's
partly
because
this
is.
This-
is
really
a
memoir
of
the
author
Nalu,
who
lived
in
China
growing
up,
who
now
lives
in
the
United
States,
and
she
partnered
with
her
husband
who
did
all
of
the
illustrations,
and
it
essentially
tells
a
story
of
growing
up
in
communist
China
in
the
70s.
C
And
it's
really
neat
because
the
pages
are
just
I
mean
that
the
pictures
are
fantastic
and
they
also
sort
of
with
all
of
the
the
coloring
and
the
style.
It's
very
much
feels
like
you
are
in
communist
China
I
mean
it
the
way
that
never
having
been
there.
It
feels
like
the
way
it
would
be,
and
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
pages
that
are
really
drab
and
there's
not
a
lot
of
color,
but
there
is
red
and
so
I
think
that
they
really
captured
sort
of
the
sense
of
what
it
was
like.
C
So
this
is
sort
of
a
number
of
vignettes
about
her
life
and
it's
sometimes
the
things
that
happened
to
her
when
she
was
growing
up.
You
know
how
they
tried
to
be
model
citizens
and
they
fed
their
neighbors
chickens
or
they
gave
them
water
because
they
look
like
they
were
thirsty
and
ended
up
drowning,
the
poor
chickens,
and
then
there
are
also
some
folk
tales
sort
of
thrown
in.
So
it's
a
really
neat
mixture.
This
one
is
about
the
folk
tale.
C
She
has
included
a
lot
for
just
a
little
book,
there's
a
glossary
for
the
terms
that
she
uses,
there's
a
timeline
starting
at
551
bc,
e
and
then
her
own
biography,
and
also
there's
a
map
in
the
back
of
china
and
translations
of
chinese
characters,
which
are
also
in
here.
So
this
is
a
really
fantastic
book.
I
think,
to
sort
of
understand
what
it
was
like
living
during
that
time
period
for
her
a
nice
way
to
sort
of
step
in
and
live
in
somebody
else's
life
for
a
little
while
and.
A
I
like
the
fact
that
you
know
on
graphic
novels
a
lot
of
the
times.
It's
just
the
panels,
but
what
we
see
here,
there's
some
two-page
spreads
and
then
there's
the
information
at
the
end,
so
she's
really
used
and
the
illustrator
has
really
used
a
lot
of
variety,
to
bring
you
to
those
different
places
and
feel,
like
you
said,
feel
where
you're
at
and
become
part
of
the
story.
A
So
very
there-
and
I
know
I
introduced
the
graphic
novels
as
comic
books-
they're,
not
comic
books,
there's
so
many
levels
and
it's
very
very,
very
interesting
and
the
stories
that
are
portrayed
and
how
how
they're,
using
this
medium
to
effectively
tell
the
story.
In
addition,
so
we
have
any
other
graphic
novels
today,
one
more
bit.
D
Okay
I'll
go
ahead,
and
this
is
another
memoir
type
story.
Another
war
story:
that's
called
a
game
for
swallows
by
dana
a
bearish
odd,
and
this
one
is
actually
very
different
than
the
ones
that
we
have
seen
so
far,
because
it's
all
black
and
white
there
is
no
color.
The
pictures
are
very
linear,
they're,
very
stark,
and
I
think
that
it
really
reflects
the
fact
that
the
author
is
telling
this
from
the
point
of
view
when
she
was
the
child.
D
They
can't
come
home
to
their
two
young
children,
and
so
what
ends
up
happening
is
the
children
are
alone
in
their
apartment
and
one
by
one,
their
neighbors
start
coming
in
to
the
apartment
to
stay
with
them,
and
you
come
to
see
over
the
course
of
the
novel
that
this
apartment
that
this
little
girl
shares
with
her
family
is
the
only
safe
apartment
in
the
whole
building,
because
the
war
is
literally
raging
outside
of
their
windows.
And
so
this,
this
graphic
novel
takes
place
over
a
few
hours,
and
nothing
really
happens.
D
D
But
it
gives
you
such
a
sense
of
the
day-to-day
lives
of
people
who
are
caught
in
the
middle
of
something
that
is
is
really
beyond
them
and
it's
incredibly
moving.
It's.
The
pictures
are
just
absolutely
stunning
and
my
favorite
is
at
the
very
end
one.
After
all,
of
these
very
kind
of
simple
line
drawings,
you
have
an
actual
photograph
and
then
the
pictures
is
kind
of
superimposed
on
top,
and
you
can
see
you
know
where
her
apartment
was,
and
it
makes
it
very
real
and
it's
unfortunate
because
this
is
how
people
live
every
day.
B
D
B
Carry
at
our
library-
and
some
of
them
are
so
wonderful
that
we
actually
have
them
in
both
places
and
I
believe.
This
is
one
of
those
where
we
have
it
catalogued
in
the
adult
and
also
in
the
young
adult,
because
it's
important
enough
and
interesting
enough
to
reach
a
wide
range
of
readership.
So
this
book
follows
two
stories,
as
you
can
see
from
the
cover.
B
It
does
talk
about
the
baseball
which
we've
had
one
of
many
wonderful
books
about
baseball
and
the
internment
camps,
and
then
also
follows
this
young
man
who
is
a
teenager
in
the
1980s
and
gets
into
some
trouble
with
the
law
and
how
eventually
their
stories
intersect.
And
so
it
was
a
good
reminder
that
everyone
has
growing
up
years
and
they
look
very
different,
but
they
can
come
to
some
good
understanding
as
well.
B
So
I
really
liked
getting
the
sense
of
how
it
was
like
everyday
life
in
the
internment
camps,
the
great
drawings
of
that,
how
they
got
there.
How
there
are
things
were
taken
away
and
all
of
that
and
then
also
to
connect
with
this
young
boy
in
the
1980s
and
also
how
the
young
boy
from
the
internment
camp,
where
he
ends
up
he's
still
alive
today.
I
think.
Sometimes
we
forget
that.
A
B
A
B
A
Very
artistic
yeah
again
not
a
comic
book,
necessarily
what
we
think
of
as
a
from
what
my
childhood
is.
It's
very
artistic
and
very
in-depth
and
wonderful
writing
and
talking
about
different
subjects
in
telling
different
stories
that
could
be
told
in
just
word
form,
but
is
so
much
more
enhanced
by
the
illustration
right,
yeah.
A
We're
going
to
move
on
from
the
graphic
novels
to
a
nonfiction
book
it
the
last
show
we
talked
about
our
J
nonfiction.
We
also
have
what
we
call
young
adult
nonfiction,
that
is
more
focused
for
those
young
adults
and
in
our
library,
at
six
through
12th
grade,
not
a
whole
lot
out
there
for
this
age
group,
but
we
do
have
one
that
Tom
he's
going
to
share
with
us
today.
D
The
master
of
deceit,
j,
edgar
hoover,
possibly
one
of
the
most
fascinating
men
in
american
history,
j
edgar
hoover,
was
head
of
the
FBI.
He
got
the
united
states
safely
through
some
very
typical
times
the
Cold
War,
especially,
but
he
used
a
lot
of
questionable
means
to
get
there,
and
this
book
is
fascinating
because
it
tells
you
about
it.
His
perception
of
black
people,
his
perception
of
gay
and
lesbian
people.
It
starts
out.
D
This
book
starts
out
with
a
letter
sent
to
Martin
Luther
King,
which
I
had
never
seen
before
by
the
FBI
anonymously
by
the
FBI,
and
the
FBI
still
has
a
record
of
this
letter,
but
parts
of
it
are
blacked
out
parts
of
it.
We
are
not
allowed
to
see,
and
it's
a
very
threatening
letter,
basically
exhorting
Martin
Luther
King
to
commit
suicide
yeah.
They
saw
him
as
a
real
threat.
D
Apparently,
and
so
this
is
a
really
fascinating
look
at
a
very
intelligent,
but
also
very
scary,
man,
and,
as
we
know,
he
had
a
lot
of
Secrets
as.
D
Secret,
so
this
book,
I
think,
is
phenomenal
because
for
one
thing
the
subject
is
incredibly
interesting,
but
it's
a
good
reminder
that
we
should
have
a
healthy
dose
of
skepticism.
I
think
about
people
who
are
in
charge
and
leaving
us,
so
I
would
highly
recommend
this
to
all
teenagers
and
two
adults
as
well.
It's
a
fascinating
look,
yeah.
A
Good
partner,
I
just
saw
the
movie
j
edgar
hoover,
who
is
it
and
and
it
would
be
a
good
partner
to
yes,
yes,
so
and
that's
what
our
nonfiction
does
is
challenged.
Our
ring
in
you
know,
share
history
and
tell
us
you
know
that
to
be
cautious
and
to
you
know,
to
be
discreet
and
challenges
in
that
way.
So
very
interesting
book
I
was.
A
A
B
A
C
Go
first,
the
diviners
by
Libba,
Bray
I,
read
this
book
at
the
request
of
our
co-worker
Danielle
and
I
am
so
glad.
I
listened
to
her,
because
this
is
a
fabulous
book
at
first
I
was
like
oh
danielle.
I
have
so
many
books
to
read,
and
this
is
a
600-page
book
and
I
flew
through
it
and
it
was
just
it
was
worth
every
second.
So
it's
it's
an
historical
fiction
book
it
takes
place
in
the
20s
and
live
abrade.
C
They
all
have
different
abilities,
but
she
can,
for
instance,
take
an
object
of
yours
and,
by
holding
in
her
hand,
can
sort
of
read
something
about
you
and
it
might
be
as
mundane
as
what
you
wait
for
dinner
last
night,
or
it
might
be.
Oh,
my
goodness,
you
or
the
murderer
for
whatever
X
mystery
or
something
like
that,
and
so
it's
just
a
really
really
fantastic
book.
Well
written.
C
It
is
a
series
and
I
am
really
excited
about
that
and
I
think
it
seems
as
though
a
lot
of
people
are,
but
it's
just
it's
a
really
great
its
historical
novel.
For
those
who,
like
that
sort
of
thing,
I
think
you
will
love
it.
Even
if
you
don't
like
historical
novels
necessarily,
I
think
that
the
the
paranormal
aspect
will
really
draw
you
in
and
sort
of
propel
you
along.
So
it's
it's
highly
recommended
the.
D
So
I'll
go
ahead
with
splendors
and
gloom
by
Laura,
Amy
Schlitz,
and
this
one
actually
won
a
new
barrier.
Prince
Prince.
C
D
I
think
I:
wouldn't
you
bury
honor,
they
have
I
think
of
anywhere
so
anyway.
So
sponges
and
glooms
is
one
of
those
rare
books
where
the
story
itself
is
phenomenal.
But
the
writing
is
just
breathtaking.
I
mean
it's
one
of
those
books
where
you
want
to
stop
and
marvel
over
the
way
that
Miss
slits
was
able
to
craft
the
sentence,
because
it's
just
that
good
and
it
is
the
story
about
two
orphans
who
work
as
apprentices
for
puppeteer.
D
The
puppets
here
is
an
extremely
crafty
man,
both
at
his
art
and
in
the
world
of
crime
as
well
he's
not
a
particularly
nice
man
he's
a
pretty
larger
than
life
kind
of
character,
and
so
what
ends
up
happening?
Is
these
puppeteers
go
to
perform
at
a
party
for
a
twelve-year-old
girl
and
she
ends
up
being
subsequently
kidnapped
and
the
puppeteer
is
suspected
of
kidnapping
her.
So
he
goes
on
the
lam
he's
gone
out
of
the
story
for
a
while.
D
That
is
just
it
kind
of
like
takes
your
breath
away,
because
it's
so
creepy
and
so
they're
afraid
that
they're
going
to
be
implicated
in
this
kidnapping
crime,
and
so
they
also
go
on
the
run
and
the
story
ends
up
moving
out
of
London
and
out
into
kind
of
the
countryside
of
England,
and
it's
just
mystery
upon
mystery
upon
mystery
and
everything
kind
of
revels,
tighter
and
tighter
and
tighter
until
the
conclusion
of
the
story,
which
is
phenomenal.
It's
it's
just
I
cannot
say
enough
good
things
about
this
story.
D
B
B
It
has
a
similar
feel
to
his
earlier
books,
hoot
and
scat,
and
features
a
young
teen
boy
named
wahoo,
whose
dad
is
an
animal
Wrangler
by
trade,
where
he
keeps
alligators
and
iguanas
and
all
kinds
of
exotic
animals,
so
that
if
TV
programs
need
an
animal,
he
can
provide
them
with
one,
that's
wild,
but
you
know
you
can
deal
with
it.
You
can,
you
know,
move
it
around
for
a
TV
program
or
whatever
the
problem
is.
There
was
a
cold
snap
and
a
frozen
iguana
fell
on
the
stats
head
Mikey.
B
So
as
a
result
of
this
president
whatta,
he
now
has
double
vision
and
frequent,
migraines
and
they're
losing
it
is
funny
and
they're
losing
money,
and
so
his
his
mom
takes
off
for
China.
He
takes
over
the
business
and
Derek
badger
who's.
The
star
of
the
like
survival
show
calls
gives
them
a
call
and
said:
I
want
to
use
your
animals
and
they
say
sure
we
need
the
money,
but
then
it
turns
out
that
Derek
bought
badger,
a
wants
to
film
in
the
Everglades
with
weather
and
all
and
be
actually
has
no
survival
skills
whatsoever.
B
So
the
rest
of
the
book
is
them
trying
to
get
through
this
job
without
Derrick
badger,
completely
ruining
everything
or
killing
himself,
which
turns
out
to
be
I
mean
getting
killed
by
the
alligators
or
whatever.
There's
this
great
series,
our
section
where
he's
lost
in
the
Everglades
Derek
badger
is
he
gets
bit
by
a
bat
and
he
thinks
oh
now
now
I
will
be
a
vampire.
Oh,
it.
B
B
C
A
story
I
do
yes
and
I'll
just
speak
briefly
about
this
one,
but
it's
a
really
interesting
one
and
it's
not
a
common
format.
So
these
three
authors,
Maggie,
safe
water,
Tessa,
gratin
and
Brenna
Yavin
off,
have
all
they
actually
created
a
website
and
they
decided
that
they're
going
to
help
each
other
with
their
writing.
And
so
they
started
posting
these
short
stories
online
and
they
said:
let's
make
a
deadline.
C
And
so
it's
a
really
neat
interesting
sort
of
insight
into
writing
short
stories,
and
I
would
highly
recommend
this
to
people
who
want
to
write
who
are
big
into
creative
writing,
because
it
talks
a
lot
about
their
theories
and
why
they
do
this,
and
you
know
fine,
if
I
don't
know
how
to
end
it,
there's
always
going
to
be
fire
or
something
like
that.
So
and
somebody
says
I
totally.
C
I
stole
this
from
this
other
author,
whom
I
adore,
and
so
it's
just
a
really
interesting
sort
of
look
into
what
goes
into
writing
a
short
story
and
a
neat
little
thing
in
front.
Is
these
sort
of
you
hear
the
story
about
how
it
happens
and
how
the
book
came
to
being
at
the
bottom?
It
has
you
know
the
about
the
authors
about
the
website
and
then
it
has
a
guide
to
their
handwriting.
So
you.
C
A
A
B
B
Only
I
could
but
there
there's
a
good
resolution
to
that
towards
the
end,
and
what
I
really
like
about
Rebecca
stead
is
the
amount
of
specific
detail
should
that
she
includes
like
that.
That
worked
through
so
in
their
science
class
they're
doing
a
unit
on
senses
and
the
end
of
it
is
they're
going
to
taste
this
paper
and
only
a
certain
percentage
of
people
can
taste
this
certain
type
of
taste
on
paper.
B
A
D
So
a
bit
the
basic
plot
is
two
teenagers
who
both
have
cancer.
There
is
hazel,
grace
and
Augustus
who
meet
at
a
like
a
counseling
group
and
hazel
grace
is
currently
taking
an
experimental
drug
that
kind
of
has
her
cancer
under
control,
but
she
recognizes
and
is
very
upfront
about
the
fact
that
she
is
going
to
die,
and
so
she
meets
Augustus,
who
also
has
cancer,
but
his
seems
to
be
kind
of
under
control.
D
He
hasn't
had
any
recurrences,
although
he
has
had
a
leg
amputated
and
hazel
and
Augustus
have
very
different
approaches
to
their
illness
and
to
life
in
general.
Hazel
is
very
isolated.
She
closes
herself
off
because
she
feels
that
there
is
no
point
allowing
people
to
love
her
when
she's
just
going
to
leave
them
soon
and
Augustus
is
he's
sort
of
more
full
of
life
than
she
is.
He
kind
of
has
a
slightly
more
positive
outlook,
even
though
he
recognizes
you
know
his.
D
D
People
have
given
it
stupendous
reviews
and
but
a
lot
of
people
have
kind
of
disliked
it
as
well
and
I
initially
love
this
book.
I
mean
I,
absolutely
adored.
It
I
thought
for
sure
it
was
the
Prince
learner.
I
couldn't
stop
singing
its
praises
and
then
I
took
another
look
over
it
recently
and
I
enjoyed
it,
but
I
don't
know
that
I
loved
it
quite
as
much.
I
had
some
qualms.
D
I
guess
just
a
few
and
I
think
it's
one
of
those
books
that
people
bring
their
own
experience
to,
because
the
topic
is
so
sensitive
and
it's
so
powerful.
It's
such
a
powerful
thing
to
to
think
about
death
at
such
a
young
age.
The
reasons
I
did
love.
It
is
because
I
adored
how
hazel
was
so
upfront
about
her
mortality,
I
guess
and
she
didn't
want
false
comforts
from
people.
She
didn't
want
false
hope.
D
She
didn't
want
people
to
say
you
know
oh
you're,
so
strong
you'll
pull
through
and
everything's
going
to
work
out,
because
sometimes
it's
not
going
to-
and
you
know
it
then,
but
it's
a
really
beautiful
story
as
well
of
how
hazel
learns
to
open
herself
up
to
love
and
friendship,
and
the
end
is
just.
We
can't
talk
about
the
idea.
The.
A
Know
when
I
read
it,
it
was
not
anything
like
I
thought
it
was
going
to
end
like
and
but
true
just
like.
You
know
that
the
honesty
in
the
I
think
many
of
us
can
bring
to
that
book
with
our
own
experiences
of
either
with
people
that
have
no
illnesses
or
or
have
had
cancer
and
and
their
experiences,
and
you
know,
being
on
the
outside
of
how
that
goes.
I
appreciated
her
relationship
with
her
parents
too.
B
A
I
suppose,
possibly
because
I
am
a
parent,
you
know
an
older
older
person
that
I
could
end
her
way
of
wanting
to
break
away
too.
But
yet,
as
a
parent,
you
don't
want
that
to
happen,
and
so
looking
from
the
you
know,
the
older
person
looking
in
I
appreciated
how
he
kind
of
talked
with
and
that
way
and
dealt
with
that
topic,
her
that
subject
well.
A
B
I
think
and
and
I
had
the
same
experience
like
what
you
said
with
Laura
any
Schlitz
that,
like
some
of
those
sentences
and
that
book
are
just
like
perfectly
crafted
and
make
you
think
about.
Oh
you
know
na,
so
you
think
think
about.
Why
is
it
this
way
and
is
in
what
yeah?
Why
is
the
big
question?
So
that's
what
I
appreciate
about
it
and.
C
C
I
was
given
something
that
I
don't
want
and
I
have
to
deal
with
it.
It
doesn't
make
me
a
strong
person.
It
makes
me
somebody
who's
dealing
with
what
I
have,
and
I
thought
that
just
seeing
things
from
their
perspective
was
so
so
interesting
and
yeah,
it
was
agreed
a
really
really
well
written
back.
I.
D
C
A
It's
worth
generate
one,
that's
a
really
nice
transition
into
concluding
this
show
and
going
to
our
part
4
of
talking
about
the
award
winners
and
knowing
that
you
know,
award
winners
are
there.
You
know
this
group
of
committee
members
get
together,
you
know
and
and
talk
about
the
books
that
they
have
read
and
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
choose.
You
know
this
is
the
winner
and
this
one
is
an
honor,
and
this
one
didn't
get
this
because
of
whatever
reason,
so
those
conversations
are
being
had
across
the
country,
especially
at
this
time
of
year.
A
At
the
end
of
the
year,
you
know
going
into
a
new
publishing
year,
and
so
let's
go
ahead
and
and
go
back
to
my
story
of
the
fantastic
flying
books
by
me
with
me
of
mr.
morris
lessmore,
and
you
know
he
talks
about
how
books
talked
to
you
and
transform
you
and
and
how
people
love
books,
and
that's
all.
Why
we're
here
having
this
conversation
and
that's
why
we
have
a
public
library,
so
everyone
can
have
access
to
those
books
that
that
you
can
try
and
see
if
they
speak
to
you.