Dashner, James. THE DEATH CURE

Dashner, James. THE DEATH CURE 
New York : Delecorte, 2011 
IL YA 
ISBN 0385738773 
In the conclusion to the Maze Runner trilogy, we find Thomas and the rest of the survivors of the Scorch Trials being held by WICKED (World in Catastophe, Killzone Experiment Department). WICKED has been formed by the governments of the surviving nations and now have combined forces. They have vowed to keep Flare at bay. Although many of the survivors believe that WICKED is in fact a good thing, Thomas and others do not agree. Together they plot an escape to join forces with The Right Arm who want to overthrow the new government.

Today's Book 06/19/2012

• Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. THE TWIN’S DAUGHTER

  Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. THE TWIN’S DAUGHTERNew York : Bloomsbury, 2010IL YAISBN 1599905132Lucy lives in England about 100 years ago. She has a very good life but she finds it rather boring. But that changes when a stranger knocks on the door. When Lucy opens the door, she sees a woman who looks exactly like her mother. It turns out that this is her mother’s identical twin sister! Helen Smythe is the long lost twin of her mother. They were separated at birth and grew up in very different homes. Aliese was raised in a wealthy home and Helen was raised in an orphanage. Helen is welcomed into the family and truly becomes Aliese’s double. When Lucy returns home one day to find the two women tied up, the mystery truly begins. One woman is dead. But which one? Is it Lucy’s mother – or her aunt?

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Today's Book 05/19/2012

• Scott, Elizabeth. THE UNWRITTEN RULE

  Scott, Elizabeth. THE UNWRITTEN RULENew York : Simon Pulse, 2010IL YAISBN 1416978917Brianna and Sarah have been best friends since Kindergarten. Brianna is beautiful. Sarah is not. Sarah has had a crush on Ryan since ninth grade but now he is dating Brianna. When Ryan begins to like Sarah more than Brianna, we have the classic love story. What should Sarah do? If she gives in to her feelings, she knows it will hurt Brianna terribly. After all, it is the unwritten rule that you don't date someone your best friend has feelings for. Will Sarah finally put herself first?

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Today's Book 05/13/2012

• Patterson, James. THE FIRE

  Patterson, James. THE FIREBoston : Little, Brown, 2011IL 5-8, RL 5.0ISBN 0316101907In the final book of the Witch and Wizard series, we find Whit and Witsy Allgood running for their lives. The two know that they may be the world's only hope against the One Who Is The One, but what can two teens with diminishing powers ever hope to do against the cruel dictator? They have watched their parents' execution and have seen the One's army wiping out the Resistance. Whit and Witsy are forced to split up to try to defeat The One. Is Witsy up to this? Does she have enough fire power to defeat someone so cruel?

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Today's Book 05/05/2012

• Meyer, Marissa. CINDER

  Meyer, Marissa. CINDERNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2012IL YAISBN 0312641893Cinder is a gifted mechanic. Have a repair that needs done? Cinder is your girl. Well, Cinder is actually a cyborg. In New Beijing post-World War IV, Earth is a very different place. Cyborgs are treated poorly. And Cinder is no different. She works all day in her booth in town but all her wages go to her step-mother. No one else in the family works but they sure know how to spend her money. Her step-mother has no use for Cinder other than her paycheck. One of her step-sisters is good to her and that makes it tolerable. While Cinder is not allowed to go to the Prince's ball until her chores are finished, she dreams of the handsome Prince. Little does her step-mother know but Cinder has met him. But when the plague stikes Cinder's step-sister, she is sold to the doctor who is researching a vaccine. Cinder knows that none of the cyborgs who have been experimented on have survived.

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Today's Book 04/27/2012

• Grant, Michael. FEAR

  Grant, Michael. FEARNew York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2012IL YAISBN 0061449156It has now been a year since the kids from Perdido Beach found themselves trapped in the FAYZ. They had to survive hunger, plague, mutations, unnatural creatures and much more. And it is only getting worse. Caine and his crew now rule over Perdido Beach. Sam and some of the kids have set up near the lake. There is a tenuous cease fire between the two groups. But now they find they need each other to combat the new threat. The FAYZ is going dark. The dome is going black. If they are left in total darkness, what will happen to them? And their enemy from the dark is determined to grow.

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Lu, Marie. LEGEND

Lu, Marie. LEGEND
New York : Putnam's, 2011
IL YA
ISBN 039925675X
In a distant future, North America has been split into two nations that are at war. June, a brilliant 15-year-old is being groomed by the Republic to be a soldier. Day is also 15 but he is a criminal who is wanted by the Republic. When Day is accused of killing June's brother, June uses all her training and cunning to track him down. June goes undercover in the Lake district and is exposed to a world she has never experienced. And she meets a boy who she is instantly attracted to. What will she do when she learns that she is falling in love with Day, the boy she has sworn to bring to justice?