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Trueman, Terry. LIFE HAPPENS NEXT
Trueman, Terry. LIFE HAPPENS NEXT New York : HarperTeen, 2012 IL YA ISBN 0062028030 In Stuck in Neutral, we met Shawn McDaniel, a teenage boys with normal teenage boy thoughts and desires. He is a bright, friendly boy who loves music, tv and girls. But no one will ever know that. Shawn has cerebral palsy that renders his body useless. People around him have no way of knowing what goes on inside. And that is why his father decided to end Shawn's suffering a couple of days ago. But he changed his mind at the last moment and now Shawn is moving on. He is madly in love with his sister's best friend but he can't tell her. And when his mother's cousin moves in, he has a lot he would like to say. Debi has Down's and is very direct. Her dog Rusty is not the friendliest dog in the world. But the three of them form an unusual friendship. But how can you form a friendship when you can't talk, walk or even wave hello?
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Book of the day 08/21/2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Book of the day 08/18/2012
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Roth, Veronica. INSURGENT New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2012 IL YA ISBN 0062024043 This is a sequel to Roth's Divergent. Tris and Four have survived the Erudite simulation and are now determined to try to find out what was behind it. The Dauntless attack has left the factions fighting amongst themselves and Tris is trying to save those she loves. Civil war looms and the quest for power begins. There are even more simulations and the factions thrown together. Tris discovers that there is a secret to protect. A secret that is so important that if known, it may destroy all the factions. Insurgent starts out right into the story and does not give a summary of what has happened in the first book. It is recommended that readers are familiar with Divergent before plunging into this story.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Book of the day 08/17/2012
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Pyle, Kevin C. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY
Pyle, Kevin C. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY New York : Henry Holt, 2012 IL YA ISBN 0805082867 Two stories set decades apart. Kyle in 1978 is new in town. And he is bored. He joins up with a few other boys and they start destroying property just for the fun of it. They get their kicks from stealing and breaking up a construction site. When they are caught, Kyle and one of the boys end up in jail. The second story is a wordless story set in 1941. A family of Japanese Americans are shipped off to an internment camp. Life in camp is hard and the family changes in ways they didn't see coming. These two stories come together and the two learn from each other.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Book of the day 08/10/2012
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Hirsch, Jeff. THE ELEVENTH PLAGUE
Hirsch, Jeff. THE ELEVENTH PLAGUENew York : Scholastic, 2011IL YAISBN 0545290147It's hard to look at life now and think that it used to be so different. Before the plague. Before the war. Two-thirds of the population has died and now the ones who are left struggle to survive. Stephen and his family have become scavengers. They move from place to place trying to find anything that they can trade. His mother has died and now his grandfather is gone as well. As he and his father are traveling, they come on some slavers. These are brutal men who sell humans into slavery. As they try to escape, Stephen's father is injured. What is Stephen to do now? His father is broken and in a coma. Fortunately, they are found by the inhabitants of Settler's Landing and taken in. Can a place like Settler's Landing really exist in this world? People live in houses, they go to school, they even play baseball. Is there more to this than meets the eye?
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Book of the day 08/09/2012
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Hicks, Faith Erin. FRIENDS WITH BOYS
Hicks, Faith Erin. FRIENDS WITH BOYSNew York : First Second, 2012IL YAISBN 1596435569Starting high school is always an adventure. But what if you were homeschooled all your life and have no friends other than your brothers? Maggie is looking forward to high school but really misses her time at home with her mother. But her mother has left the family and she is now following her three brothers into public school. She just doesn't think she can do it. She does eventually make a couple of friends but they are both considered freaks by the popular boys. Add to this the ghost that Maggie has seen for years, we have a story about adjustment and a bit of a mystery to solve as well.
Hautman, Pete. THE OBSIDIAN BLADE
Somerville, MA : Candlewick, 2012
IL YA
ISBN 0763654035
In the first volume of a new scifi series, we meet Tucker Feye who is living a pretty normal life in a small town in Minnesota. His father is the local minister and his mother is the organist at the church. Everything changes when Tucker's father disappears from the roof of the house when he is fixing it. Tucker thought he saw a floating disk near where he father disappeared but how could that be? When his father returns, he is a changed man. He doesn't believe in God anymore and forbids the family from mentioning Him. He is also accompanied by a young girl who is wearing strange blue boots. She doesn't seem to speak English and there is no explanation as to where she came from. And now Tucker's mother has lost her mind and there is no help for her. Things get even stranger when Tucker's parents disappear. Tucker keeps seeing the strange floating disks but who would believe him if he said he thought his parents went through one of them? Is that even possible?
Hicks, Faith Erin. FRIENDS WITH BOYS
New York : First Second, 2012
IL YA
ISBN 1596435569
Starting high school is always an adventure. But what if you were homeschooled all your life and have no friends other than your brothers? Maggie is looking forward to high school but really misses her time at home with her mother. But her mother has left the family and she is now following her three brothers into public school. She just doesn't think she can do it. She does eventually make a couple of friends but they are both considered freaks by the popular boys. Add to this the ghost that Maggie has seen for years, we have a story about adjustment and a bit of a mystery to solve as well.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Angelini, Josephine. STARCROSSED
New York : HarperTeen, 2011
IL YA
ISBN 0062011995
Helen is growing up on Nantucket and has never really known life off the island. Her mother left soon after she was born but her dad has been great to her. She is a bit too tall and a bit too athletic to really fit in with the other kids so she tries to hide her talents. But when a new family moves to town, she finds that she can't hide any more. There is something about the new boy that makes her go crazy and want to kill him. Well, it turns out that Helen is actually a demi-god and the Fates are trying to keep her and Lucas apart by making them hate each other. But will that work? How will Helen adjust to her new identity? This is the first volume in the Starcrossed series.