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Smith, Alexander Gordon. SOLITARY : ESCAPE FROM FURNACE
Smith, Alexander Gordon. SOLITARY : ESCAPE FROM FURNACENew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010 IL YA ISBN 0374324921 In the first book of the series, we met Alex Sawyer, a teen who is framed for murder and sent to the Furnace. Life in the Furnace is brutal and not everyone survives. Alex and some friends thought they had found a way out of the prison and have escaped to an underground river where they believe they can find their way out. What they find is that they are now in an even more brutal environment. When they are recaptured, Alex is sent to solitary and his hopes for escape are gone. Until he is befriended by a strange boy who seems to know his way around the underground. Will Alex find a way out this time? Or will things get even worse?
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Book of the day 01/13/2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Book of the day 01/10/2013
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Rainfield, C. A. SCARS New York : WestSide Books, 2010 IL YAISBN 193481332X Kendra is sure she is being watched. How can that be? The man who abused her when she was really young is back. She doesn't see him but she get notes and messages from him. Don't tell. Don't tell or he will kill her. What he doesn't know is that she doesn't remember him. During sessions with her therapist, she tries to see his face but she is too scared to focus in. There is only one thing Kendra can do to help her stop the overwhelming fear. And she can't tell anyone about that either. Kendra finds some help with her therapist, her art teacher, and a new friend. But will it be enough?
Monday, January 7, 2013
Book of the day 01/07/2013
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Lu, Marie. PRODIGY New York : Putnam's, 2013 IL YA ISBN 0399256768 In the second book of the Legend trilogy, the action does not slow down at all. June and Day are off to join the Patriots in Las Vegas. There is nowhere else for them to go. Day is injured and needs help. What they find is a very different life then they have known. When the duo finally meets up with the Patriots, they find themselves in the middle of an assassination plot against the new leader of the Republic. How could things change so much?
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Book of the day 12/30/2012
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Aguirre, Ann. ENCLAVE New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2011 IL YA ISBN 0312650086 Duece has been chosen to be a Huntress and help keep the Enclave safe. The Enclave is a small community that survives underground. It has been years since a plague wiped out everyone Topside. And now the only world Duece knows is Enclave and other small communities they trade with. There are monsters known as Freaks who live in the underground that attack the communities and the hunters protect the citizens of Enclave. But then the unthinkable happens. Duece and fellow hunter Fade are banished from Enclave. Fade says he used to live Topside and that is where they should go. But what is left there? Duece only knows what she has been told all her life. And she is not so sure that this is a good idea.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Book of the day 12/27/2012
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Wright, Bil. PUTTING MAKEUP ON THE FAT BOY
Wright, Bil. PUTTING MAKEUP ON THE FAT BOY New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2011 IL YA, RL 5.5 ISBN 1416939962 Carlos is 16 and he has all the confidence in the world. He is a wanna be make up artist who is working towards his goal. He lands a part time job at Macy’s and is sure that he is on his way to becoming famous. When a real star comes in and loves what Carlos can do he may just be on that road. But things are not going to be that easy for Carlos. He has a lot to deal with. His sister’s boyfriend is abusive, his boss’s jealousy of Carlos’ talent and his own crush on another boy at school.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Book of the day 12/22/2012
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St. John, Warren. OUTCASTS UNITED : THE STORY OF A REFUGEE SOCCER TEAM THAT CHANGED A TOWN
St. John, Warren. OUTCASTS UNITED : THE STORY OF A REFUGEE SOCCER TEAM THAT CHANGED A TOWN New York : Delacorte, 2012 IL YA ISBN 0385741944 This is the true story of a remarkable woman and the children she touched. When Luma emigrated from Jordan, she wasn’t sure what life in the United States would hold for her. Cut off from her family’s wealth, she needed to make it on her own. One thing she was sure of was her love of soccer and of coaching. Fate brought her to a small town in Georgia and to the parking lot of a run down apartment complex. Here she met the boys that would change her life. They were refugees from many nations bonded together by their love of soccer. Luma threw herself into their lives as a soccer coach, friend and advocate. Learn how this small refugee soccer team changed lives and a whole town.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Book of the day 12/08/2012
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Osborne, Mary Pope. A PERFECT TIME FOR PANDAS
Osborne, Mary Pope. A PERFECT TIME FOR PANDAS New York : Random House, 2012 IL 3-6, RL 3.8 ISBN 0375968261 Jack and Annie are off on another adventure. This time they end up in China at a panda reserve. How cool is that? This should be a fun adventure. But it just isn't meant to be that easy. What are the odds that they land in China the exact day that a major earthquake is about to hit. Is this the adventure where everything goes wrong?