What's on hold?

Travis Jonker and Mr. Schu have a monthly blog post called, "What's on Your Hold Shelf?"

I don't really have a hold shelf as I hand-deliver each hold as it comes in because I have a flexible schedule and don't see students weekly. The best way to generate a hold list is through booktalking. I am lucky in that the language arts teachers like to get their classes in early (and frequently) for booktalks. Of course, I also love it when holds lists start as a result of student to student word-of-mouth. Here's a list of books (in rather random order since the list is ordered by patron name) currently in the hold queue:

Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin.

Loot: how to steal a fortune by Jude Watson.

Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan.

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson.

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer Smith.

The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson.

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey.

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein.

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han.

A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan.

Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg.

The Port Chicago 50: disaster, mutiny and the fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin.

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

Divergent by Veronica Roth.

The Graveyard Book: graphic novel by Neil Gaimen. 

Revenge of the Flower Girls by Jennifer Ziegler. (I just noticed that the actual cover is different that the one published online Apparently, the backs of a bride and groom under the arch were photoshopped in.)

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to (Not) Reading by Tommy Greenwald.

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit by Tommy Greenwald.

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation by Tommy Greenwald.

Each title has more than one student eagerly awaiting it. The hold list usually grows as students begin recommending them to each other.