Girl, Stolen – Read It and Rate It

Girl, Stolen by April Henry Horror Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Girl, Stolen is a good book and I liked it because it was very interesting trying to see and predict what would happen next. Cheyenne gets kidnapped by mistake, but her kidnapper Griffin at first doesn’t know she was in the car he stole. To make matters worse, Cheyenne is blind and has pneumonia. She goes through many adventures … Read more

Cinder – Read It and Rate It

Cinder Lunar Chronicles #1 by Marissa Meyer Science Fiction Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book takes place in a futuristic New Beijing, China. Cinder is a mechanic and a cyborg after being in a bad fire. She is badly treated by her step-mom because she is put in a draft for a disease. She finds out she is Lunar, a princess, and is hated by the Lunarian Queen. She … Read more

Crush Candy Corpse – Read It and Rate It

Crush Candy Corpse by Sylvia McNicoll Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * Stars (Just ok.) Disliked this. The book was ok. It was kind of confusing in the beginning because it kept on going from 1st person to 3rd person. There were many characters in the book. The main character was a girl in high school. She’s on trial for murder. They think that she killed a man in the 41st hour.

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

Raining Cats and Detectives – book review

Raining Cats and Detectives Guinea PIG #5 by Colleen AF Venable illustrated by Stephanie Yue Funny Mystery Graphic Novel * * * * Stars (Great!) Sasspants and Hamisher have finally committed to being “real” detectives – by getting a desk and a cup of pens – when Viola’s (Mr. Venezi’s newest employee) efforts to sell pets (it is, after all, a pet store!) begin to pay off. Sasspants is adopted by the perfect owner – … Read more

Mr. & Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire! – book review

Mr. & Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire! by Mrs. Bunny translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath Fantasy Funny Mystery * * * * Stars (Great!) Mr. & Mrs. Bunny have just decided (one of Mrs. Bunny’s many whims) to become detectives when Madeline’s parents (humans) go missing. Madeline is a responsible young girl, who is about to graduate from the 5th grade, and she’s accustomed to taking care of her folks. When they are abducted … Read more

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick – book review

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber Mystery Realistic Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) Perry Stormaire’s family has been hosting Gobija Zaksauskas – a Lithuanian foreign exchange student – for the past few months. Gobi is definitely not what Perry had hoped for (hot, experienced), although she does have an outrageous accent. But she’s not what she seems, either. Just before she’s supposed to go back to Lithuania, she expresses … Read more

Aviary – book review

The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell Juvenile Fiction Mystery * * * * Stars (Great!) Eleven year old Clara lives with her mother in the old Glendoveer mansion, where mom and another caretaker (Ruby) look after old Mrs. Glendoveer. Clara has never been to school, nor is she allowed to leave the house or have any friends because of her poor health. She has a weak heart, her mother tells her, so it isn’t good for … Read more

Knightley Academy – book review

Knightley Academy by Violet Haberdasher Mystery * * * * Stars (Great!) Henry Grim, 14, was a servant at the exclusive Midsummer School up until recently. When one of the Midsummer professors caught him borrowing textbooks, he decided to tutor him instead of reporting him to school administrators for theft. Henry Grim then became one of the most promising students Midsummer School never had the privilege of teaching! Encouraged by his tutor to take the … Read more

Hamster and Cheese – book review

Hamster and Cheese Guinea PIG #1 by Colleen AF Venable illustrated by Stephanie Yue Funny Mystery Graphic Novel * * * * Stars (Great!) Sasspants the guinea pig lives in a pet shop with a bunch of other animals. The owner of the shop, Mr. Venezi, has really bad eyesight, though, and doesn’t know much about the animals he’s selling. As a result, most of their cages are grossly mislabeled – the hamsters are “koalas,” … 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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