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30 Years of Banned Books
Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. The 2012 celebration of Banned Books Week will be held from September 30 through October 6. Banned Books...
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Jack London encounters the Wendigo
When I began The Secret Journeys of Jack London: The Wild by Christopher Golden & Tim Lebbon, I thought it resembled an old fashioned historical fiction account about the famous author Jack London...
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Teens’ Top Ten Reads of 2012 Announced
Each year, select teen book groups nominate titles for the Teens’ Top Ten books of the year. At the end of the summer, voting is opened up to teens all across the country to come up with a list of...
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If it’s not one thing…
…it’s another! Here’s the scenario: First, as you’re riding the bus to school, a massive killer hailstorm whips up. The bus driver drives right through the front door of a big supercenter store to get...
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Sweet Medusa
I enjoyed Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs. Remember your Greek myths? Well, Medusa (snake hair, killer stare) got a bad rap. Instead of being a monster, she was a huntress saving mankind from real...
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Zombies for the Holidays
OK. I am going to admit it. Undead by Kirsty McKay. This is the first zombie book I have ever read and I thought it was pretty good, funny, action packed, scary and very entertaining. The action takes...
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For the love of chocolate!
That’s the big thing that drives the action in The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors. Emmeline has spent her life feeling unloved and unwanted. She was born with a twisted foot and, according to the...
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She walks in Beauty as the Night
Your life can change in a moment. Lexi’s did. My life in Black and White by Natasha Friend really grabbed me. This is a great read. It’s about family, friendship, forgiveness, love and identity....
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It’s not the end of the world
I could not put this book down. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Sixteen year old Miranda has always kept a journal. She wants to be a figure skater. Her parents are divorced and Dad’s...
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Mummy knows best
I just finished listening to Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury. This is a great blend of Egyptian lore, regency romance, and Napoleonic spy adventure. The year is 1815. Napoleon is again terrorizing the...
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Listen to the Whispers
I really enjoyed Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George. This author has written a popular adult mystery series and I wondered how she would do writing for teens. Fifteen year old Hannah Armstrong can...
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Revenge is Sweet
In the Sweet Revenge of Celia Door by Karen Finneyfrock, Celia is just entering ninth grade. Popular girl, Sandy Firestone, did something to Celia in eighth grade that made Celia decide to turn...
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I sing the body electric
I sped through Michael Vey, the Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans in three days. Michael and his mom are living in Meridian Idaho. His best friend and neighbor, Ostin, is practically a genius....
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Amazing Summer Science Fun
I am so excited !! Mobius Science Center is coming to present some fun science programs here at the library. The program they did last summer was AMAZING. If you think science is boring, I dare you to...
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The Face on the Ferry
In the Almost Truth by Eileen Cook, Sadie has just graduated from high school. Her mom is a maid at the once opulent but now run down hotel on an island across from Seattle, where 90 % of the...
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Trust No One
Wow! I really got wrapped up in the 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. Sixteen year old Cassie, short for Cassiopeia, is on her own in the woods with just an M-16 and a teddy bear. Her goal is survival and...
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If you loved “The Hunger Games”…
…run, do not walk, to grab a copy of The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau. When someone tells me that a book is just like The Hunger Games, I immediately get suspicious, but this one more than lived up to...
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Rugby, like football or soccer, but tougher
I love Ryan Dean West, the main character in Andrew Smith’s new book, Winger. This book was hilarious right up to the point where it smacked me in the face. Ryan Dean is the wing on the rugby team...
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Me, Myself and I
This is the scariest book I have read in a long time. Lucid by Adrienne Stolz. When Sloane Margaret was in kindergarten, she punched a little boy right in the nose. She told her mom that “I didn’t...
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Heir to Magic
School breaks are coming up – time to catch up on your fantasy reading. Try the new series by Cinda Williams Chima beginning with the Warrior Heir. 16 year old Jack is living an ordinary life in...
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