Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Stiefvater, M. (2009). Shiver. New York: Scholastic Press.

ISBN: 9780545123266 (Hardcover)

Price: $17.99; 392 pages

Other Formats: paperback, eBook, audio book

Recommended for ages 15 and older

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Awards: 

• Indies Choice Book Award Finalist
• ALA Best Books for Young Adults
• ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
• 2011 ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
• Amazon Top Ten Books for Teens
• Border’s Original Voices Pick & Finalist
• Barnes & Noble 2009 Top Twenty Books for Teens
• CBC Children’s Choice Awards Finalist
• SIBA 2010 Book Award Finalist
• Glamour’s Best Book to Curl Up With
• Winner, 2010 Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award for Children’s Literature
• Winner of the 2011 Georgia Peach Award
• VOYA: The Perfect Tens
• YALSA Teens’ Top Ten
• Silver Inky Award Winner (Australia)
• CO Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Nominees 2011
• FL Teens Read Award Nominees 2010-2011
• MD Black-Eyed Susan (High School) Book Award Nominees 2010-2011
• NC YA Book Award Booklist (High School) 2010-2011
• NH Flume Teen Reader’s Choice Award Nominees (9-12) 2011
• OR Young Adult Network Book Rave Reading List 2010
• PA Young Reader’s Choice Award Nominees (Young Adult) 2010-2011
• TN Volunteer State Award Nominees Young Adult (7-12) 2011-2012
• 2011 NCSLMA Young Adult Book Award Nominee (North Carolina)
• 2010-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Nominee
• 2010 TAYSHAS Reading List (Texas)
• List retrieved from Author's Website.

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Annotation: Burr…Sam cannot stand to shiver out in the cold much longer. Grace is doing her best to keep Sam warm. What is she afraid will happen?

Teenaged Grace is constantly left to fend for herself, since her parents are preoccupied with their careers and seldom home. As she stares out her window into the woods just beyond her backyard, she is reminded of the time she was attacked by wolves when she was a little girl. She shouldn’t be alive, but one lone gray wolf rescued her from the vicious pack. After all this time, Grace has never forgotten that wolf, and she swears that she sees it in the woods staring back at her from time to time. Sam knows that he is a human, but he cannot remember when he changed last. However, he is keenly aware that his winters are numbered and soon will revert to being a wolf permanently. Still, he wonders why the girl never underwent the change when jealous Shelby attacked her. Why didn’t Grace shift into a wolf, and can she help him to stay human? 

What Other Teens are Saying: 

“I am an avid reader of YA books, but now that I am a freshman in college, I do not have a lot of time for leisure reading, and I miss it a lot. On school breaks, I like to catch up on my reading. My favorite genre is horror, and my favorite author is Holly Black. My dad thinks that since I am now in college, I should only read adult fiction. I can’t help it because books for young adults are just more interesting to me.” (Alexis M. age 18).