Scars – Read It and Rate It

Scars by Cheryl Rainfield Mystery Realistic Fiction Romance Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book Scars is an amazing book! There are a lot of heartfelt, deep ideas written in this book. Kendra, a fifteen-year-old girl, doesn’t feel safe because of her childhood memories. She can’t remember her abuser, but he somehow keeps sending her messages. Threatening messages! Kendra’s friends along the way support her the whole time. The end … Read more

Crocodile Tears – Read It and Rate It

Crocodile Tears Alex Rider #8 by Anthony Horowitz Adventure Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book is about Alex, a teenage spy for M16. He gets sent to Greenfield where they genetically enhance plants and animals. In the end he is captured and taken to Kenya where a rich man who started First Aid is planning to poison wheat crops and kill millions. Alex stops him and is injured. … Read more

Small Acts of Amazing Courage – book review

Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Rosalind is English, but she has been raised in India her whole life. Years ago, her brother Edward was sent back to England to receive his schooling, but he became ill and passed away. Their parents – especially their mother – have never truly gotten over his death. As a result, Rosalind’s mother has kept her close … Read more

Divergent – Read It and Rate It

Divergent Divergent #1 by Veronica Roth Adventure Dystopia Science Fiction Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) When Beatrice takes her aptitude test her results are inconclusive and she is called Divergent, a word that could cause death. Beatrice chooses the Dauntless faction and changes her name to Tris and is instantly in danger from the other transfers, the Erudite, and what she is. The book is an amazing read because of … Read more

Will & Whit – book review

Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge Graphic Novel Realistic Fiction * * * Stars (Pretty good) Wilhelmina (Will) has been living with her Aunt Elsie (Ella) since her parents died last year. They live in Will’s grandparents’ house (they are also deceased) and will helps Ella run the family Antique shop, which is next door. Will finds distraction and relief from the loss of her parents through the creation of lamps – her grandpa … Read more

Furious – Read It and Rate It

Furious by Jill Wolfson Fantasy Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Three girls are introduced, all leading separate lives, having different problems, and going to the same school. One thing they have in common is their hot tempers. Very easily do they get mad, and when they do, precautions must be taken. Ambrosia, a classmate, calls all three to her house one day, to get to know them. Instead, she ignites their … Read more

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares – book review

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Lily’s brother decides she needs a boyfriend, so he leaves a mysterious red Moleskine notebook among the used books at Strand’s (bookstore) for someone worthy to find. That someone is Dash (Dashiell), who is Lily’s age, loves the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), and has the most swoon-worthy musings. After leading him on a scavenger hunt … Read more

Ready Player One – book review

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Adventure Science Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Wade (aka Parzival), 18, spends most of his time in the OASIS, the massive virtual world created by Jim Halliday and Ogden Morrow. He attends a virtual school – which is way better than a bricks and mortar school for so many reasons (not the least of which is that there’s no PvP on school grounds, and … Read more

The library will be closed on Sunday, March 31 for the Easter Holiday. Book drops will also be closed beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30.
The library will reopen on Monday, April 1 at 9:00 a.m.
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