Fiction for Young Adults

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All books listed in Braille Books Acquired that also have an equivalent Electronic Braille version will now have both the BR and the EB number listed in the entry.

Fantastic fiction

BR74621 Mister Monday by Garth Nix. 3 v. of computer braille. Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. The key causes bizarre creatures to come from another realm, bringing with them a plague. A man named Mister Monday will stop at nothing to get the key back. Arthur goes to a mysterious house that only he can see, so that he can learn the truth about himself and the key. For junior high readers. 2003. (The keys to the kingdom ; 1)

General fiction

BR73828, EB73828 A girl like Che Guevara by Teresa de la Caridad Doval. 3 v. of braille. Cuba, 1982. 16-year-old Lourdes must leave her home to attend a government-ordered student work camp. Once there, she feels younger than her friends, who all have boyfriends, and feels overwhelmed when her first crush turns out to be on her female bunkmate. Lourdes also begins to recognize the hypocrisies of communism, her father's philandering, and the racism within her family and herself. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2004.

BR74409, EB74409 Shattered by Eric Walters ; with a foreward by Roméo Dallaire. 2 v. of braille. Fifteen-year-old Ian decides to work at "The Club" for his community service - but it turns out to be a soup kitchen in a bad part of town, and he is nearly mugged going there. He's saved by a pipe-wielding homeless man, a former soldier named Jacques who was stationed in Rwanda. Can Ian help Jacques, a man who has lost everything but his nightmarish memories? Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 White Pine Award. 2006.

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