2007 Bialik BookS of the Year

The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon voted
2007 Bialik Book of the Year
(Senior edition)

Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson voted
2007 Bialik Book of the Year
(Junior Edition)

2007 Finalists

All titles are available at the Bialik Library. For more information on these books go to www.amazon.com

Senior Finalists (Sec.3-4-5)

• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler.
• Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.
• Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger.
• Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
• Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Junior Finalists (Sec.1-2)

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
• The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian.
• The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch.
• Last Breath by Christopher Golden
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
• We All Fall Down by Eric Walters.

"All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time." John Ruskin, 1819-1900

This idea is based on the CBC Canada Reads contest which has been held nationwide for the last 4 years.

Marsha Lustigman, Librarian,
Bialik High School
6500 Kildare Rd.
Montreal H4W 3B8
514 481-2736
m.lustigman@bialikmtl.ca