The Cabin by Natasha Preston Mystery Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “The Cabin” is an amazing book! Mackenzie and her 6 other friends go to this cabin by a lake for the weekend. They all think they’re going to have a great time partying all weekend. They stay up late the first night drinking and wake up in horror. They find Courtney and Josh dead on the floor. Both … Read more
Girl in a Bad Place by Kaitlin Ward Mystery Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing) “Girl in a Bad Place” was an amazing book. In the beginning of the book Mailie and her friend Cara are approached by a little girl, Avalon. They are invited to go to this commune run by a weird guy named Fire Horse. Mailie doesn’t like it there, but Cara loves it and keeps going … Read more
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) I loved this book because it shows that there can be hope in hard times. Lily’s blind dog, Lucky, runs away from her. Lucky is topped by a girl who is a migrant worker in the blueberry barrens, named Salma Santiago. Migrant families travel to Maine to pick berries. Lily and Salma become fast friends by painting … Read more
Teens dropped in to challenge one another to games of ping pong in the library’s program room. Our tables were a bit undersized, but we made it work with adjustable nets and bodies!
The Vanishing Throne Falconer #2 by Elizabeth May Fantasy Romance Suspense Thriller * * * Stars (Pretty good) In the first book of the Falconer trilogy, Aileana Kameron discovered she was a warrior with special gifts (a Falconer) and vowed to take her vengeance on the Fae who had murdered her mother. She failed in her quest to renew the seal that kept human and Fae worlds separate, which the Fae exploited by invading the … Read more
The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg Mystery Romance Science Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) When we first meet Ana, all we know about her is that she has been on trial for murder. But she is no ordinary criminal. Ana is a Fantasist – a human/cyborg hybrid who was created in a lab specifically to be one of the hostess-princesses in a sprawling theme-park known as “The Kingdom.” She and her sisters … Read more
The Fugitive Theodore Boone #5 by John Grisham Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Criminal Pete Duffy was spotted by Theo when he and his class go to Washington DC. Theo has to help capture Mr. Duffy and bring him to justice. I liked this book because it was exciting and it was a really good book.
Rump: The Fairly True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Lisel Shurtliff Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) Rump doesn’t know his whole name, but he can spin straw into gold. Because of this power, he gets into a lot of trouble and many messes. I like this book because it is exciting and fun. Review #2 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) It is about a boy named Rump, but that … Read more
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss Nonfiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Annie was eight years old when the Germans invaded Holland. She had to be separated from her family and go into hiding because she was Jewish. For two years she hid with her sister Sini in an upstairs room and had to avoid searches by hiding in a little room inside a closet. When Holland was finally liberated, it … Read more
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe Historical Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) It gave a look at life in a death camp. It shows a girl who helps this school and is the assigned librarian. She has to keep secret what she is doing and ends up discovering many things. It is heartfelt and will cause a few tears. It is all worth it in the end as it … Read more