PNLA Award

New Moon

By: Stephanie Meyer

This books won the PNLA award. The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada.  Nominations are taken only from children, teachers, parents and librarians in the Pacific Northwest ~ Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

This is the third book in the Twilight Saga. This is one of the most popular series of books that are out at this time. I have read and greatly enjoyed each of this books. This particular book is about a human, Bella, who desperately wants to marry a vampire, Edward. This is the story of the hardships they face when the voltori, leaders of the vampire race, are avid on Bella being changed to a vampire. Bella is greatly in favor of changing into a vampire, but Edward loves her too much to do this to her. This is a great book for mature 8th grade readers and high school students. Many of my fifth grade students read the first two books, but I feel that some of the content in the last too is too mature for this age. I wouldn't recommend this as a classroom read, but it is a great book for teenage readers to choose for entertainment. There could be some great discussions on the choices Bella makes and arguments on whether or not Edward should change her, but these discussion should probably stay out of the classroom.