My September To Be Read List

This is hosted by Michelle @ Because Reading. This month I am going to focus on three books that I need to read for the high school freshmen reading challenge that I cosponsor with the high school librarian. We pick four Bluegrass Award finalist or winners a piece and do booktalks for the students. From those 8 books, they chose one to read and do a project on it. We pick the top projects and each group has a chance to win the grand prize of $100. This year I loved Iron Trial one of my picks, but the other three have not caught my interest, so this month I am going to have you all pick my next read for this, since I need to have all four finished by the end of October. Here are my three choices:


First Choice:

Poppy

Contemporary is one area I read little of, but we want to use this book, since Alecia is a Kentucky author. The story sounds sweet, a family of singers trying to get their big break. A girl falling for a fellow country music star, while she is chosen as a solo act over her family. I am hoping I can get interested in this soon.


Second Choice:

Putnam

Dystopian and I am kind of tired of dystopian novels, but I have heard good things about this. We try to pick a couple of books that could appeal to either gender, so aliens trying to take over the world, sounds like it could be for either one.


Third Choice:

Philomel

This is one of our "boy" books, since Wildflower is one of our "girl" books. The plot sounds promising, a boy trying to learn how his father's murder, while dealing with emerging superpowers. He never knew his father was a superhero and now he must become one.


Please help me find where to start with our challenge and choose the one that sounds best.