Book Bag Titles
Nebraska Regional Library Systems
Eastern Library System: (20 copies of each)
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, A, by Sherman Alexie
As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Book Thief, The, by Markus Zusak
Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Catching Fiere by Suzanne Collins
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The, by Mark Haddon
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
Dread Locks: Dark Fusion #1 by Neal Shusterman
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pied by Jordon Sonnenblick
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Full Tilte by Neal Shusterman
Girl Named Disaster, A, by Nancy Farmer
Going bovine by Libba Bray
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Graveyard Book, The, by Neil Gaiman
Green Glass Sea, The, by Ellen Klages
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Hunger Games, The, by Suzanne Collins
I am a Man by Joe Starita – 10 copies
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusack
If I stay by Gayle Forman
Invisible by Peter Hautman
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The, by Sue Corbett
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Lightning Thief, The, by Rick Riordan
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Midwife’s Apprentice, The by Karne Cushman
New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
A Perfect Snow by Nora Martin
Petey by Ben Mikaelson
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Red Cell by John Kalkowski
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen
Runner by Carl Deuker
Rhymes with Witches by Lauren Myracle
Say Goodbye by Laurie Halse Anderson
Schwa Was Here, The, by Neal Shusterman
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Sledding Hill by Christ Crutcher
Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Spy X Tunnel Vision by Peter Lerangis
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Meridian Library System:
Book Thief by Markus Zukas – 20 copies
Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt – 20 copies
Bridge to Terabithia, The, by Katherine Paterson – 14 copies
Cabin Faced West, The, by Jean Fritz – 16 copies
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson – 20 copies
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede – 20 copies
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine – 15 copies
Everlost by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – 8 copies
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages – 10 copies
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Soecity by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows – 10 copies
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – 19 copies + CD
Home Place, The by Wright Morris
Hunger Games, The, by Suzanne Collins – 10 copies
I am a Man by Joe Starita – 10 copies
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – 15 copies
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos – 20 copies
Landry News, The by Andrew Clements – 20 copies
Lantern in Her Hand, A, by Beth Streeter Aldrich
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The, by Sue Corbett – 10 copies
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng – 9 copies
Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan – 20 copies + CD
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The, by C.S. Lewis-14 copies
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser
Morgan’s Run by Colleen McCullough – 10 copies
My Antonia by Willa Cather
My Daniel by Pam Conrad – 20 Copies
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – 20 copies
O Pioneers by Willa Cather – 10 copies
Peak by Roland Smith – 20 copies
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Punished by David Lubar – 20 copies
Red Cell by John Kalkowski – 15 copies
Red Tent by Anita Diamant – 10 copies
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Michaelsen – 15 copies
Rules by Cynthia Lord – 20 copies
Running out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix – 10 copies
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – 10 copies
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman – 7 copies
Schwa Was Here, The by Neal Shusterman – 12 copies
Shingling the Fog and Other Plains Lies by Roger Welsch – 35 copies
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor – 19 copies
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen – 8 copies
Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan – 20 copies
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen – 20 copies
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt – 15 copies
Unwind by Neal Schustertman – 16 copies
White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp
Northeast Library System:
Anna’s Blizzard by Allison Hart 20 Copies
Bird in the House, A, By Margaret Laurence – 24 Copies
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya – 12 copies
Book Thief, The, by Marcus Zusak – 23 copies plus CD
Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz – 30 Copies
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs – 20 copies
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris – 5 copies
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B Cooney – 15 copies
Elegance of the Hedgehog, The, by Muriel Barbery – 8 copies
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis – 20 copies
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – 25 copies
Falconer’s Knot, The, by Mary Hoffman – 20 copies
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson – 20 copies
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Grapes of Wrath, The, by John Steinbeck – 12 copies
Great Gatsby, The, by F Scott Fitzgerald – 7 copies
Green Glass Sea, The, by Ellen Klages
Help, The, by Kathryn Morris – 12 copies
Home Place, The by Wright Morris
Hunger Games, The, by Suzanne Collins – 12 copies
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez – 16 copies
I am a Man by Joe Starita – 10 copies
I know Why the Caged Bird sings by Maya Angelou – 8 copies
Lantern in Her Hand, A, by Beth Streeter Aldrich
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The, by Sue Corbett – 12 copies
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen – 20 Copies
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser – 13 copies
Lost in Translation: A life in a new language by Eva Hoffman -12 copies
Luck by Jean Craighead George – 20 copies
Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L Holm – 20 copies
My Antonia by Willa Cather – 12 copies plus VHS of movie
Names, The, by N. Scott Momaday – 16 copies
O Pioneers by Willa Cather – 10 copies
Old Jules by Mari Sandoz – 14 copies
Once Upon A Town by Bob Greene – 15 copies
One False Move by Alex Kava
Petey by Ben Mikaelson
Red Cell by John Kalkowski
Red Glass by Laura Resau -15 copies
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen – 14 copies
Restoring the Burnt Child by William Kloefkorn – 10 copies
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan – 22 copies
Room One by Andrew Clements – 21 copies
Savvy by Ingrid Law – 12 copies
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan – 20 copies + 1 CD
Schwa Was Here, The, by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Sojourner Truth by Nell Irvin Painter – 10 copies
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Thurston – 12 copies
Time Traveler’s Wife, The by Audrey Niffenegger – 12 copies
Tornado! By Betsy Byars – 25 copies
Unwind by Neal Shusterman – 12 copies
Wednesday Wars, The by Gary D Schmidt – 12 copies
White Darkness, The, by Geraldine Mccaughrean – 12 Copies
Yellow Flag by Robert Lipsyte – 19 copies
Panhandle Library System:
Amazing Tales of the Old West by Jeff O’Donnell – 17 copies
Book Thief, The, by Markus Zusack
Braided Lives: An Anthology of Multicultural American Writings by Minne
Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz – 19 copies
Crispin by Avi
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Exoduster: Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction by Neil Irvin Painte
Fools Crow by James Welch – 7 Copies
Friends at Midnight by Carolien B Cooney
Giver, The, By Lois Lowry
Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Golden Compas by Philip Pullman
In Love and Trouble by Alice Walker – 16 copies
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The, by Sue Corbett
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser
Heat by Mike Lupica
Home Place, The by Wright Morris – 15 copies
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Lantern in Her Hand, A, by Beth Streeter Aldrich
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Lush by Natasha Friend
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankill & Michael Wallis – 8 copies
No-No Boys by John Okada – 15 copies
Perfect by Natasha Friend
Red Cell by John Kalkowski
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelson
Restoring the Burnt Child by William Kloefkorn
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Wedding, The by Dorothy West – 17 copies
Woman Warrior by Maxin Hong Kingston – 17 copies
Republican Valley Library System:
Book Thief, The, by Markus Zusak – 23 copies plus cd
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – 20 copies plus cd
Cracker!: the Best dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata – 20 Copies
Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz – 18 copies
Eagle Blue Michael D’Orso – 20 copies
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis – 20 copies plus cd
Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman – 20 copies
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan – 20 copies plus cd
Everlost by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Green Glass Sea by Kirby Larson – 14 copies
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson – 19 copies plus cd
Heat by Mike Lupica – 20 copies
Holes by Louis Sachar – 18 copies
Home Place by Morris Wright – 11 copies
I Am A Man: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice – 10 copies
Jazz by Walter Dean Myer – 21 Copies plus cd
Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich – 19 copies
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The, by Sue Corbett – 10 copies
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser – 18 copies
My Dog May be A Genius by Jack Prelutsky – 20 copies
O Pioneers! By Willa Cather – 15 copies
One False Move by Alex Kava – 12 copies
Red Cell by John Kalkowski
Re-Gifters by Mike Carey -20 copies
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen – 15 copies
Restoring the Burnt Child by William Kloefkorn – 11 copies
Rules by Cynthia Lord – 20 copies
Schwa Was Here, The by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Sleeping Freshman Never Lie, by David Lubar – 20 copies
Stranded Ben Mikaelsen – 16 copies
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen – 17 copies
Unwind by Neal Shusterman – 12 Copies
Usual Mistakes, The by Erin Flanagan – 15 Copies
Southeast Library System:
Lantern in Her Hand, A, by Beth Streeter Aldrich
Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, A, by Sherman Alexie
Adoration of Jenna Fox, The, by Mary E Pearson
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems by John Grandits – 15 copies
Book Thief, The, by Markus Zusak
Copper Sun by Sharon M Draper
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Ogalalas by Mari Sandoz – 11 copies
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Great Expectations/A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens – 9 copies
Green Glass Sea, The, by Ellen Klages
Heat by Mike Lupica
Home Place, The by Wright Morris
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
I am Man by Joe Starita – 10 copies
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Last Newspaper Boy in America, The, by Sue Corbett
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser
Nobody’s Princess by Esther M. Friesner – 15 copies
O Pioneers by Willa Cather – 10 copies
One False Move by Alex Kava
Our White House: Looking In Looking Out by 108 Renowned Authors
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – 15 copies
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan – 15 copies
Red Cell by John Kalkowski
Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelson – 15 copies
Restoring the Burnt Child by William Kloefkorn – 10 copies
Schwa was Here, The, by Neal Shusterman – 15 copies
Sledding Hill, The by Chris Crutcher
Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Truman
Taker, The, by J.M. Steele
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
To borrow, contact System office:
Eastern Library System (ELS)
Brian Maass, Administrative Assistant
E‐mail: bmaass@windstream.net
11929 Elm Street, Suite 12
Omaha, NE 68144
PH: 402‐330‐7884
800‐627‐7884
FAX: 402‐330‐1859
Meridian Library System (MLS)
Sharon Osenga, Director
E‐mail: sosenga@frontiernet.net
3423 Second Avenue, Suite 6
Kearney, NE 68847
PH: 308‐234‐2087
800‐657‐2192
FAX: 308‐234‐4040
Northeast Library System (NELS)
3038 33rd Avenue, Suite 13
Columbus, NE 68601‐2334
PH: 402‐564‐1586
800‐578‐1014
FAX: 402‐564‐7977
Assistant: Shelia Cermak
Panhandle Library System (PLS)
115 Railway Street
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
PH: 308‐632‐1350
888‐879‐5303
FAX: 308‐632‐3978
Assistant: Debbie McCall
Republican Valley Library System (RVLS)
Denise Harders, Director
E‐mail: rvlsadmin@inebraska.com
2727 West 2nd Street
Suite 233
Hastings, NE 68901
PH: 402‐462‐1975
800‐569‐4961
FAX: 402‐462‐1974
Assistant: Kay Kloppenborg
Southeast Library System (SELS)
Brenda Ealey, Director
E-mail: bsealey@windstream.net
5730 R Street, Suite C-1
Lincoln NE 68505-2309
PH: 402-467-6188
800-288-6063
FAX: 402-467-6196
