Teen fiction books of

the 2000’s

Published at Petitcodiac Regional School

May 2016

Contents

Introduction:

#5 – the selection

35 girls. One crown the competition of a lifetime.

#4 – twilight

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love

with a vampire.

#3 – divergent

In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris

learns she’s divergent and won’t fit in.

#2 – the hunger games

2 teens from each district in panem are chosen for a

televised fight till the death.

#1 – the fault in our stars

Hazel and Gus two teens with cancer fall in love and

both deal with difficult times.

I Thought…

What do you think?

When someone mentions the 80’s, many images run

through your mind…

Leg warmers, neon, hair bands, fast and futuristic Trans

Ams, just to name a few.

But you can’t forget the movies!

Kick back, throw on your favourite 80’s cassette tape

and find out which movies made the list of the top 5

most iconic teen movies of the 80’s and ask yourself…

The Selection

AUTHOR: kiera cass YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2012 AMOUNT SOLD: 3.5 million copies

The selection is an award winning teen fiction

novel written by a female author named kiera cass.

The selection is only the first book in the selection

series. There are three other books in the series,

and another one coming! The second book is called

‘The Elite’, the third book is called ‘The One’, the

fourth book is called ‘The Heir’ and the fifth book

will be called ‘The Crown’.

The selection is about 35 girls competing to

marry prince maxon. The book is from america’s

who is in the competitions perspective. While most

girls want to win the competition, America doesn’t

she is different. America is already in love with a

boy back home. But will that change when she

starts to fall for the prince?

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On ama zon.cothe exa ct publis Quick Fact

The Selection

America Singer, the main character is a 17 year old redhead. She is the middle child of 5 children. She grew up with the fifth caste and she is from Carolina. America is a talented singer, pianist, violinist and many other instruments player.

Take Note

BEST SELLING AWARDS

The selection made it into the New York Times

bestselling list not long after it’s publish date.

The book itself did not win many awards even

though it’s an amazing book. Although the

author Kiera Cass has won awards as an

author. She has won awards such as good

reads choice awards best young adult fantasy

and science fiction.

BOOK POPULARITY

The selection is a pretty popular book. The

book has a star rating of 4.2/5. There are

no movies or TV shows based on the

selection. Although Kiera Cass has been

trying to convince different film making

companies to base a TV show on the

selection. Unfortunately she has been

denied by three different companies. The

book is so popular that 3.5 million copies

were sold and that’s just the first book!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kiera Cass is an American author of young

adult fiction. Kiera is best known for the

selection. She has written six books in total,

such as the selection, the elite, the one, the

crown which isn’t published yet, happily

ever after and the siren which also isn’t

published yet. Kiera is 34 years old born

may 19th, 1981. Kiera is from South Carolina

and spent high school at socastee high

school in South Carolina. She also attended

coastal Carolina University. Kiera is married

and has two children. Her spouse’s name is

Callaway Cass.

BIANCA’S OPINION

Personally I love the selection. The selection is

by far my favorite book. When I started

reading the selection I got hooked right away.

All I wanted to do was read. I love America’s

personality in the book. I love how she stands

up for what she believes in and doesn’t care

what others think. America is different from

the other characters. When I read the book I

laughed at parts and I cried at parts. The

selection is filled with many great love stories. I

would recommend this book to anyone.

# 5 4 3 2 1

On amazon.com for a hardcover copy of the

selection costs $19.79 and for a paperback copy it

costs $11.12.

Twilight

AUTHOR: stephenie meyer YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2005 AMOUNT SOLD: 26.5 million copies

Twilight is a book but also a series. In the series

there are 4 books the books are called, twilight,

new moon, the eclipse and breaking dawn. Twilight

is about a 17 year old girl named Bella swan who

moves from phoenix, Arizona to forks Washington.

Bella becomes endangered after falling in love with

Edward Cullen who is a vampire. The twilight saga

is not Stephanie Meyer’s only novels. She has also

written the host, midnight sun, the short second

life of Bree tanner, twilight the graphic novel,

twilight life and death, prom nights from hell and

new moon the graphic novel. When twilight was

published it become extremely popular, everyone

was reading it.

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Twilight

On amazon.com for a hardcover copie of the book costs $19.79 and a paperback copie costs $10.79.

Quick Fact

Bella is 18 years old in the novel, born September 13th 1987. Bella was born in forks Washington. Bella has brown hair and black eyes. Her mothers name is renee and her fathers name is Charlie. Bella marrys Edward Cullen.

Take Note

BESTSELLING AWARDS

In 2005 and 2006 and even 2007 twilight

was very popular. Twilight reached #5 in the

New York Times bestseller list within a

month of its release date. That is very

uncommon. Twilight was also nominated

amazons best book of the decade. The book

also made it into the teen peoples hot list

pick. In fact twilight was the publisher’s

weekly best book of the year in 2005.

BOOK POPULARITY

Twilight was translated into 2 different languages.

Just for the first book, twilight there was 26.5

million copies sold. The book itself was rated 3/5

stars. The book was so popular that there was an

award winning movie made based on the book.

The movie won awards such as… -mtv movie

award for best kiss. –mtv movie award for best

movie. –mtv movie award for best fight. – Mtv

movie award for best female performance.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephanie Meyer is 42 years old, born

December 24th 1973. Her maiden name is

Stephanie Morgan. She is from Hartford

Connecticut U.S.A. and she attended

Brigham youth university. Stephanie’s

spouses name is Christian Meyer. She has

three children named Gabe, Seth and Eli.

Other than her career as an author

Stephanie is a stay at home mom.

BIANCAS OPINION

In my opinion the book twilight is a pretty

good book althoughits not one of my

favourites. If your not interested in

vampire wearwolf romance and drama

then don’t read twilight. If you like books

about vampire and wearwolf romance and

drama then you will love twilight. I would

recommend this book to anyone who is

interested in vampires and wearwolves.

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Divergent

AUTHOR: veronica roth YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2011 AMOUNT SOLD: 6.7 million copies

Divergent is a book but also a series. In the series

there are three books and a companion book. The

first book is what this is all about. It is divergent. The

second book in the series is my personal favorite, it

is called insurgent. The third book and saddest is

called allegiant. Last but not least the companion to

the divergent series is called four. Four is the same

story as divergent just from a different perspective.

Divergent is about a girl named Beatrice. Beatrice

lives in Chicago and in Chicago they have these

things called factions. The factions are called

erudite, dauntless, abnegation, amity and candor.

The factions are different groups of people

separated by aptitudes and value. Dauntless is the

brave, amity is the peaceful, erudite is the

inteligiant, abnegation is the selfless and candor is

the honest.

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Divergent

On amazon.com a paperback copy of divergent costs $11.99 and a hardcover copy costs $19.99

Quick Fact

Beatirice prior is a 16 year old girl from abnegation but chose to become dauntless. Beatrice also goes by tris.

Take Note

BESTSELLING AWARDS

Divergent has won many

bestselling awards such as… good

reads choice awards for best

young adult fantasy and science

fiction and kids choice awards

USA favorite book.

BOOK POPULARITY

Divergent is a very popular book. It

is so popular that it has an award

winning movie based on it. The

movie has won awards such as…

MTV movie awards favorite

character, people’s choice awards

for favorite action movie.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Veronica Roth is 27 years old born

august 19th 1988. She is from New

York USA. Veronica attended

northwestern university and is

married to nelson Fitch. Veronica

has no children and she writes

young adult and dystopian novels.

BIANCA’S OPINION

In my opinion divergent is an amazing book.

Although sometimes is hard to understand

and you may have to reread certain parts. I

honestly don’t know how the author,

veronica Roth came up with such a great

story. Divergent is one of my favorite books

and I would recommend it to anyone

interested in reading action and drama

novels.

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The Hunger Games

AUTHOR: Suzanne collins YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2008 AMOUNT SOLD: 26.5 million copies

The hunger games is a book and a series. In the series

there are three books. The first book is obviously the

hunger games, the second book is called catching fire

and last but not least the third book is called mocking

jay. In the hunger games two teens from ages 12 to 18

are randomly chosen one boy and one girl from each

district in panem to be a part of the hunger games. The

hunger games is a televised competition where all the

chosen teens are put in an arena to fight to the death.

The last one standing wins the games and becomes rich

and famous. Katniss everdeen attends the hunger

games after her sister was chosen for the games and

she volunteers to take her sisters place. Pita is the boy

from district 12 that was chosen. And katniss and peeta

both from district 12 fight in the hunger games with 22

other teens. Who will win? Who will make it home?

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The Hunger Games

On amazon.com a paperback copy of the hunger games costs $10.79 and a hardcover copy costs $15.45

Quick Fact

Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl from district 12. Katniss fights with a bow and arrow.

Take Note

BESTSELLING AWARDS

The hunger games has won many

awards such as… good reads choice

awards favorite hero, good reads choice

awards favorite heroine, good reads

choice awards favorite book and good

reads choice awards best young adult

fantasy and science fiction.

BOOK POPULARITY

The hunger games is a very popular book. It

has a 4.4/5 star rating and an award winning

movie based on it. The movie has won

awards such as… mtv movie award for best

fight, kids choice awards for favorite movie,

mtv movie awards for best male

performance and best female performance,

etc…..

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Suzanne Collins is a 53 year old

author, born august 10th, 1962. She is

from Hartford, Connecticut USA and

attended Indiana University and New

York University.

BIANCAS OPINION

In my opinion the hunger games is a great

book. I love the hunger games its

definitely one of my favorites. I love how

much detail the book contains and how

its full of surprises. I would most

definitely recommend this book and

series to anyone.

# 5 4 3 2 1

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

AUTHOR: john green YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED: 2012 AMOUNT SOLD: 10.7 million copies

The fault in ours stars is a novel about two

teenagers fighting their own battles of cancer.

Hazel grace is a female teenager fighting thyroid

cancer. Augustus is a male teenager fighting

osteosarcoma cancer. The two teenagers fall in love

after meeting each other at a support group. Both

being through a lot hunt down the author of a book

they both love because they have some questions

for him. Unfortunately the fault in our stars is not a

series it is just one book.

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The fault in our stars

On amazon.com a hardcover copy of the book costs $17.10 and a paperback copy costs $11.75

Quick Fact

Hazel grace Lancaster is a 17 year old girl fighting stage 4 thyroid cancer.

Take Note

BESTSELLING AWARDS

The fault in our stars is such a good

book that it reached #1 in the New

York Times bestselling list. The book

also won an award for good reads

choice awards for best young adult

fiction.

BOOK POPULARITY

The fault in our stars is a very popular book

so popular that it has a 4.3/5 star rating.

There was also an award winning movie

made based on the book. The movie has

won awards such as mtv movie award for

best kiss, mtv movie award forbest female

performance, mtv movie award for best

movie etc…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John green is an American author

from Indianapolis. He is 38 years old

born august 24th 1977. John is married

to Sarah urist green. John’s children’s

names are henry green and Alice

green. As an author he has a 4.2/5

star rating.

BIANCAS OPINION

In my opinion the fault in our stars is a

really sad novel but it is full of some of

the best quotes I’ve ever heard.

Personally my favorite character is

Augustus. I like Augustus because he is

positive and he just has a fun personality.

I would recommend this book to anyone.

# 5 4 3 2 1

Here are the criteria I used in ranking the teen fiction books of the 2000’s.

My opinion

Amount sold

Best reviews

Star rating

Author popularity

Bestselling awards

price

I thought…

1. Do you agree with my ranking? If you don’t, try ranking them yourself. Justify your ranking with data. You may use my criteria or you may use your own. 2. here are three other books that I considered but did not include in my top 5 list: the mortal instruments of the city of bones, the maze runner and delirium.

Find out more about these books. Do you think they should have made the top 5? Give reasons for your response.

Are there other books that your think should have made my list? Explain your choices.

What do you think?

The

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BOOK

POPUL

ARITY

The

selection

is a pretty

popular

book. The

book has a

star rating

of 4.2/5.

There are

no movies

or TV

shows

based on

the

selection.

Although

Kiera Cass

has been

trying to

convince

different

film

making

companie

s to base a

TV show

on the

selection.

Unfortuna

tely she

has been

denied by

three

different

companie

s. The

book is so

popular

that 3.5

BEST

SELLIN

G

AWAR

DS

The

selection

made it

into the

New York

Times

bestselling

list not

long after

it’s publish

date. The

book itself

did not win

many

awards

even

though it’s

an amazing

book.

Although

the author

Kiera Cass

has won

awards as

an author.

She has

won

awards

such as

good reads

choice

awards

best young

adult

fantasy and

science

fiction.

America Singer, the main character is a 17 year old redhead. She is the middle child of 5 children. She grew up with the fifth caste and she is from Carolina. America is a talented singer, pianist, violinist and many other instruments player.

Take

Note

ABOUT

THE

AUTHO

R

Kiera Cass

is an

American

author of

young

adult

fiction.

Kiera is

best

known for

the

selection.

She has

written six

books in

total, such

as the

selection,

the elite,

the one,

the crown

which

isn’t

published

yet,

happily

ever after

and the

siren

which also

isn’t

published

yet. Kiera

is 34 years

old born

may 19th,

1981.

Kiera is

BIANC

A’S

OPINIO

N

Personally

I love the

selection.

The

selection

is by far

my

favorite

book.

When I

started

reading

the

selection I

got

hooked

right

away. All I

wanted to

do was

read. I

love

America’s

personalit

y in the

book. I

love how

she stands

up for

what she

believes in

and

doesn’t

care what

others

think.

America is

different

On ama zon.cothe exa ct publis Quic

k

Fact

On

amazon.c

om for a

hardcover

copy of

the

selection

costs

$19.79

and for a

paperbac

k copy it

costs

$11.12.

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