Battle of the Books
This summer vote to pick Surrey's favourite teen novel.
We started with a 32 title long list. We've narrowed it down to 16 titles for your consideration. Each week vote on four titles until we narrow it down to a winner at the end of the summer.
Voting started June 23. Each week there will be a new combination of books to pick from. Voting for each week starts at 12pm Sunday and finishes the following Saturday at 11:59am.
See the Battle of the Books List.
Winner is
Family Style: Memories of an America from Vietnam – Thien Pham
Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien's mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity. Behind every cut of steak and inside every croissant lies a story. And for Thien Pham, that story is about a search-- for belonging, for happiness, for the American dream.
