From a BooksTalk presentation by Eiseley Branch young adult specialist Susan at Bethany Branch on November 14, 2008. Also available as a two-part audio podcast:

  Part 1 of this BooksTalk presentation is available as a downloadable audio podcast! [30:40 14.1 MB]
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Ten Cents a Dance
by Christine Fletcher [j Fletcher]

The Sugar Queen
by Sarah Addison Allen

Mark of the Lion
by Suzanne Arruda

Exodus
by Julie Bertagna [j Bertagna]

The Gargoyle
by Andrew Davidson

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow [j Doctorow]

Rain Dogs
by Sean Doolittle

Without Warning: Ellen's Story 1914-1918
by Dennis Hamley [j Hamley]

Runemarks
by Joanne Harris [j Harris]

A Countess Below Stairs
by Eva Ibbotson

A Company of Swans
by Eva Ibbotson

A Song for Summer
by Eva Ibbotson

Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones

My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park
by Steve Kluger [j Kluger]

The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri

Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Night Birds
by Thomas Maltman [j Maltman]

I am Legend
by Richard Matheson

Unwind
by Neil Shusterman [j Shusterman]

Big Fat Manifesto
by Susan R. Vaught [j Vaught]