John Driscoll

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Assignment 5 Seed Collection

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My seed collection is for a library in the 60067 zip code, which covers the village
of Palatine, Illinois. According to the United States Census Bureau, Palatine has a
population of 38,585, of which approximately 5,000 are between the ages of 10-19. This
collection is for those 5,000 teens and tweens. The collection is mostly fiction, although
it contains a few nonfiction titles as well. Graphic novels are not included, though if this
collection were real, I would make adding a graphic novel collection a priority.
With very few exceptions, most titles have been chosen based on reviews from
Kirkus Reviews or Booklist Online. The only exception is James Pattersons Maximum
Ride series, where only the first few titles were reviewed by Booklist. Information for
the rest of the series was pulled from Amazon.com.
The collection focuses on fiction because young adult nonfiction is a small market
for most topics, teens will simply use the adult nonfiction collection. The six
nonfiction titles included in this collection deal with a variety of subjects and issues
relevant to teens, such as sports-related brain injuries or gender issues. Some memoirs
are also included.
For the fiction collection, I tried to collect a balance of genres to appeal to a
variety of reading interests. Other than mainstream fiction, the genres most strongly
represented are science fiction and fantasy. This is not intentional. The number of
fantasy books is inflated by two lengthy series: Pattersons Maximum Ride and Cassandra
Clares Mortal Instruments. Science fiction was similarly inflated by the inclusion of
several popular trilogies such as The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Lunar
Chronicles. Also, both Kirkus and Booklist review a significant number of titles in these

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genres, and I skipped over many interesting titles in an attempt to leave enough budget to
represent other reading interests. Otherwise, I made an effort to collect title from diverse
genres such as mystery, thrillers, historical fiction, paranormal romance, and adventure. I
also included several verse novels and short story collections.
Overall, the collection heavily favors newer titles. The oldest title chosen is from
2001, and the vast majority were published in 2010 or later. This ensures a current
collection with titles that teens and tweens are interested in reading. I included a mix of
well-known authors such as John Green, Walter Dean Myers, and Holly Black, as well as
newer authors like Cal Armistead and Claire J. Griffin.
Palatine has nearly 5,000 people of Asian descent, of which the largest groups are
Indian, Chinese, and Korean. There are also about 2,400 Hispanic people. Unfortunately
the Census Bureaus American Fact Finder website does not reveal how many of those
are teens, but the collection attempts nonetheless to appeal to those and other ethnic
groups by including books written by or with characters of varying backgrounds. A
similar attempt was made to include other minority populations based on gender,
sexuality, and disability. In short, the collection is geared to offer something for
everyone, without pigeonholing anyone into a particular niche.
I encountered a few noteworthy challenges while designing this collection. First,
genre labels are not always precise, which makes it difficult to adequately include genres
such as horror or magical realism. Second, there seems to be a shortage of young adult
books by Indian authors that are reviewed by Kirkus or Booklist. If such authors proved
to be in demand, I would have to step outside of those review sources to meet that
demand.

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Title Bibliography (sorted by genre):
General Fiction:
Alexie, Sherman. 2007. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown.
Armistead, Cal. 2013. Being Henry David. Whitman.
Avasthi, Swati. 2013. Chasing Shadows. Knopf.
Avashi, Swati. 2010. Split. Knopf.
Bick, Ilsa. 2013. The Sin-Eaters Confession. Carolrhoda Lab.
Billingsley, ReShonda Tate. 2013. Rumor Central. Dafina/Kensington.
Billingsley, ReShonda Tate. 2013. You Dont Know Me Like That. Dafina/Kensington.
Billingsley, ReShonda Tate. 2013. Real As It Gets. Dafina/Kensington.
Carleson, J.C. 2014. The Tyrants Daughter. Knopf.
Demetrios, Heather. 2014. Something Real. Henry Holt.
Egan, Laury A. 2013. The Outcast Oracle. Humanist Press.
Erlings, Fridrik. 2014. Boy on the Edge. Candlewick.
Eve, Helen. 2014. Stella. St. Martins Griffin.
Ewing, Lynne. 2014. The Lure. Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.
Gray, Keith. 2010. Ostrich Boys. Random.
Green, John. 2005. Looking For Alaska. Dutton.
Green, John. 2006. An Abundance of Katherines. Dutton.
Green, John. 2008. Paper Towns. Dutton.
Green, John. 2012. The Fault in Our Stars. Dutton.
Green, John & Levithan, David. 2010. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Dutton.
Griffin, Claire J. 2013. Nowhere to Run. Namelos.
Holland, L. Tam. 2013. The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong. Simon &
Schuster.
Kehoe, Stasia Ward. 2014. The Sound of Letting Go. Viking.
King, A.S. 2013. Reality Boy. Little, Brown.
Leigh, Britt. 2014. Ten Commandments for Kissing Gloria Jean. Pauline Teen.
Levithan, David. 2003. Boy Meets Boy. Knopf.
Levithan, David. 2013. Two Boys Kissing. Knopf.
Medina, Meg. 2013. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. Candlewick.
Mesrobian, Carrie. 2013. Sex & Violence. Carolrhoda Lab.
Myers, Walter Dean. 2013. Darius & Twig. Amistad.
Myers, Walter Dean. 2014. On a Clear Day. Crown.
Na, An. 2001. A Step From Heaven. Front Street.
Na, An. 2006. Wait For Me. Putnam.
Na, An. 2008. The Fold. Putnam.
Roskos, Evan. 2013. Dr. Birds Advice for Sad Poets. Houghton Mifflin.
Rowell, Rainbow. 2013. Eleanor & Park. St. Martins/Griffin.
Rowell, Rainbow. 2013. Fangirl. St. Martins/Griffin.
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. 2012. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
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Sanchez, Jenny Torres. 2013. Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie
Garcia. Running Press Kids.
Schindler, Holly. 2014. The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky. Dial.
Seamon, Hollis. 2013. Somebody Up There Hates You. Algonquin.
Smith, Andrew. 2013. Winger. Simon & Schuster.
Stevens, Courtney C. 2014. Faking Normal. HarperTeen.
Woolston, Blythe. 2013. Black Helicopters. Candlewick.

Adventure:
Jacobs, Jordan. 2012. Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies. Sourcebooks
Jabberwocky.
Jacobs, Jordan. 2014. Samantha Sutton and the Winter of the Warrior Queen.
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
Johnson, Terry Lynn. 2014. Ice Dogs. HMH Books.
Walters, Eric. 2014. The Rule of Three. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Dystopian Romance:
Jordan, Sophie. 2014. Uninvited. HarperTeen.
McGee, Krista. 2014. Luminary. Thomas Nelson.
Dystopian Thriller:
Burgess, Melvin. 2014. The Hit. Chicken House/Scholastic.
Williams, Carol Lynch. 2014. The Haven. St. Martins/Griffin.
Fantasy:
Bartlett, Myke. 2014. 2014. Fire in the Sea. Text.
Black, Holly & Clare, Cassandra. 2014. The Iron Trial. Scholastic.
Bow, Erin. 2013. Sorrows Knot. Levine/Scholastic.
Bray, Libba. 2012. The Diviners. Little, Brown.
Clare, Cassandra. 2008. City of Bones. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Clare, Cassandra. 2008. City of Ashes. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Clare, Cassandra. 2009. City of Glass. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Clare, Cassandra. 2011. City of Fallen Angels. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Clare, Cassandra. 2012. City of Lost Souls. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Clare, Cassandra. 2014. City of Heavenly Fire. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K.
McElderry.
Clare, Cassandra & Brennan, Sarah Rees & Others. 2014. The Bane Chronicles. Simon &
Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Delany, Shannon. 2013. Weather Witch. St. Martins/Griffin.
Delany, Shannon. 2014. Stormbringer. St. Martins/Griffin.
Gaiman, Neil. 2008. The Graveyard Book. HarperCollins.
Levithan, David. 2012. Every Day. Knopf.

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Meloy, Colin. 2014. Wildwood Imperium. Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.
Patterson, James. 2005. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2006. Maximum Ride: Schools Out Forever. Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2007. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports.
Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2009. Maximum Ride: The Final Warning. Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2009. Maximum Ride: Max. Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2010. Maximum Ride: Fang. Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2010. Maximum Ride: Angel. Little, Brown.
Patterson, James. 2014. Maximum Ride: Nevermore. Little, Brown.
Ritter, William. 2014. Jackaby. Algonquin.
Sanderson, Brandon. 2013. The Rithmatist. Tor Teen.
Sanderson, Brandon. 2013. Steelheart. Delacorte.
Sedgwick, Marcus. 2013. Midwinterblood. Roaring Brook.
Stiefvater, Maggie. 2012. The Raven Boys. Scholastic.
Stiefvater, Maggie. 2013. The Dream Thieves. Scholastic.
Stiefvater, Maggie. 2014. Blue Lily, Lily Blue. Scholastic.
Historical Fiction, Mystery, or Thrillers:
Berry, Julie. 2013. All the Truth Thats In Me. Viking.
Bradbury, Jennifer. 2013. A Moment Comes. Atheneum.
Johnston, Julie. 2013. Little Red Lies. Tundra.
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. 2012. No Crystal Stair. Carolrhoda Lab.
Philbrick, Rodman. 2014. Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina. Blue
Sky/Scholastic.
Salisbury, Graham. 2014. Hunt for the Bamboo Rat. Wendy Lamb/Random.
Sax, Aline. 2013. The War Within These Walls. Eerdmans.
Shukert, Rachel. 2013. Starstruck. Delacorte.
Shukert, Rachel. 2014. Love Me. Delacorte.
Wein, Elizabeth. 2012. Code Name Verity. Hyperion.
Wein, Elizabeth. 2013. Rose Under Fire. Hyperion.
Zettel, Sarah. 2013. Palace of Spies. Harcourt.
Horror:
Black, Holly. 2013. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. Little, Brown.
Wooding, Chris. 2014. Silver. Scholastic.
Mystery:
Bond, Gwenda. 2014. Girl on a Wire. Amazon/Skyscape.
Christopher, Lucy. 2014. The Killing Woods. Chicken House/Scholastic.

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Coben, Harlan. 2011. Shelter. Putnam.
Coben, Harlan. 2012. Seconds Away. Putnam.
Coben, Harlan. 2014. Found. Putnam.
McClintock, Norah. 2014. About That Night. Orca.
Shepard, Sara. 2014. The Perfectionists. HarperTeen.

Nonfiction:
Goldsmith, Connie. 2014. Traumatic Brain Injury: From Concussion to Coma. TwentyFirst Century/Lerner.
Hall, Shyima with Wysocky, Lisa. 2014. Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day
Child Slave. Simon & Schuster.
Hartzler, Aaron. 2013. Rapture Practice. Little, Brown.
Kuklin, Susan. 2014. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out. Candlewick.
Nazario, Sonia. 2013. Enriques Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite
with His Mother. Delacorte.
Scieszka, Jon (ed.). 2014. True Stories. Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins.
Romance/Paranormal Romance:
Armentrout, Jennifer L. 2014. White Hot Kiss. Harlequin Teen.
Dessen, Sarah. 2013. The Moon and More. Viking.
Graudin, Ryan. 2014. All That Glows. HarperTeen.
Lindsey, Mary. 2014. Fragile Spirits. Philomel.
Sutton, Kelsey. 2013. Some Quiet Place. Flux.
Poetry and Verse Novels:
Hemphill, Stephanie. 2007. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath. Knopf.
Hopkins, Ellen. 2006. Burned. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Hopkins, Ellen. 2013. Smoke. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Hopkins, Ellen. 2014. Rumble. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Science Fiction:
Cline, Ernest. 2011. Ready Player One. Crown.
Collins, Suzanne. 2008. The Hunger Games. Scholastic.
Collins, Suzanne. 2009. Catching Fire. Scholastic.
Collins, Suzanne. 2010. Mockingjay. Scholastic.
Edwards, Janet. 2013. Earth Girl. Pyr/Prometheus Books.
Lu, Marie. 2011. Legend. Putnam.
Lu, Marie. 2012. Prodigy. Putnam.

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Lu, Marie. 2013. Champion. Putnam.
Meyer, Marissa. 2012. Cinder. Feiwel and Friends.
Meyer, Marissa. 2013. Scarlet. Feiwel and Friends.
Meyer, Marissa. 2014. Cress. Feiwel and Friends.
Roth, Veronica. 2011. Divergent. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen.
Roth, Veronica. 2012. Insurgent. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen.
Roth, Veronica. 2013. Allegiant. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen.
Shusterman, Neil & Elfman, Eric. 2014. Teslas Attic. Disney Hyperion.
Terrill, Cristin. 2013. All Our Yesterdays. Hyperion.
Wells, Dan. 2014. Ruins. Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.
Yancey, Rick. 2013. The 5th Wave. Putnam.
Yancey, Rick. 2014. The Infinite Sea. Putnam.
Short Stories:
Aronson, Marc & Smith, Jr., Charles R. (eds.). 2014. One Death, Nine Stories.
Candlewick.
Aronson, Marc & Smith, Jr., Charles R. (eds.). 2011. Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full
Court. Candlewick.
Na, An & Anderson, M.T. & Others. 2009. No Such Thing as the Real World: Stories
About Growing Up and Getting a Life. HarperTeen.
Steampunk:
Trent, Tiffany. 2014. The Tinker King. Simon & Schuster.
Thrillers:
Benway, Robin. 2014. Going Rogue. Walker.
Carey, Anna. 2014. Blackbird. HarperTeen.
Gillespie, Hollis. 2014. Unaccompanied Minor. Merit Press.
Rylander, Chris. 2014. Codename Zero. Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins.