By Melissa De La Cruz
In this chick lit with fangs novel, Schuyler Van Alen, 15, is a privileged girl going to a prestigious private school in Manhattan. Schuyler, Oliver and Dylan are great friends because they do not feel like they fit in with the rest of the crowd. This is really a good read with lots of suspense that makes you want to keep reading to the end.
Melissa
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Just Jane
By William Lavender
A young girl, Lady Jane Prentice is orphaned and sent to South Carolina to live with relatives there in 1776. She is soon caught up in a struggle between her home country and her new one. The struggle does not stop there though, some of her family is loyal to England while others are pushing for a revolution. She is forced into facing the harsh reality of war and how it changes people and the roles they must take. A good story and a great read.
Melissa
A young girl, Lady Jane Prentice is orphaned and sent to South Carolina to live with relatives there in 1776. She is soon caught up in a struggle between her home country and her new one. The struggle does not stop there though, some of her family is loyal to England while others are pushing for a revolution. She is forced into facing the harsh reality of war and how it changes people and the roles they must take. A good story and a great read.
Melissa
Fever 1793
By Laurie Halse Anderson
Set in the fall of 1793 in Philadelphia, Mattie Cook is a strong willed, 14-year-old girl with her own plans and ambitions for the future. There are stories that the “fever” is spreading and thousands leave the city for safer territory. As the number of dead rises, the fever hits the coffee house she lives in and everything Mattie holds close to her heart. Her ambitions for a better future must be left behind and the struggle to survive must take over.
Melissa
Set in the fall of 1793 in Philadelphia, Mattie Cook is a strong willed, 14-year-old girl with her own plans and ambitions for the future. There are stories that the “fever” is spreading and thousands leave the city for safer territory. As the number of dead rises, the fever hits the coffee house she lives in and everything Mattie holds close to her heart. Her ambitions for a better future must be left behind and the struggle to survive must take over.
Melissa
Pirates
By Celia Rees
Nancy Kington is the daughter of a previously wealthy sugar murchant who arranges a marriage for her so the family can regain their wealth.
She travels with her slave Minerva to marry an evil brazillian ex-pirate. They experience all of the things you would expect in a pirate tale; sword fights, duels, charming rogues, true love, murder, and the odd severed head.
Melissa
Nancy Kington is the daughter of a previously wealthy sugar murchant who arranges a marriage for her so the family can regain their wealth.
She travels with her slave Minerva to marry an evil brazillian ex-pirate. They experience all of the things you would expect in a pirate tale; sword fights, duels, charming rogues, true love, murder, and the odd severed head.
Melissa
Girl, 15, Charming but Insane
By Sue Limb
Jess is 15, definitely charming and maybe a little insane but a lot of fun. This british chick lit is well worth read; it is full of laughs, teen agnst, love, hate, bitterness, and ministrone soup. And no I am not going to tell you what happens with the soup, just read it. Jess is in lust with the best looking guy in school and she feels like her best friend Flora is better at everything including attracting said boy. I loved that each of the chapters start with a funny horoscope texted to Jess by her absent father. The story flows nicely and you won’t want to put it down.
Melissa
Jess is 15, definitely charming and maybe a little insane but a lot of fun. This british chick lit is well worth read; it is full of laughs, teen agnst, love, hate, bitterness, and ministrone soup. And no I am not going to tell you what happens with the soup, just read it. Jess is in lust with the best looking guy in school and she feels like her best friend Flora is better at everything including attracting said boy. I loved that each of the chapters start with a funny horoscope texted to Jess by her absent father. The story flows nicely and you won’t want to put it down.
Melissa
Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
What happens when you are a 15-year-old girl in Wisconsin on a Dairy farm where your father gets hurt and can’t work the farm? You work the farm and you don’t complain about it because it wouldn’t change anything anyway. There is no point to even having your own hopes and dreams because there is not time to fulfill them. Your mom works 2 jobs and has a big secret, your younger brother never opens his mouth, and your older brothers are at college and won’t even call home. Well if you do make the decision to talk about it, who would even hear you or care. Still, it wouldn’t change anything. Would it?
Melissa
What happens when you are a 15-year-old girl in Wisconsin on a Dairy farm where your father gets hurt and can’t work the farm? You work the farm and you don’t complain about it because it wouldn’t change anything anyway. There is no point to even having your own hopes and dreams because there is not time to fulfill them. Your mom works 2 jobs and has a big secret, your younger brother never opens his mouth, and your older brothers are at college and won’t even call home. Well if you do make the decision to talk about it, who would even hear you or care. Still, it wouldn’t change anything. Would it?
Melissa
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
By Louise Rennison
This book really made me lol in the first 30 minutes. If you are looking for something light and fun then this is the book for you. It is written like a diary, so the main character, Georgia Nicolson, narrates the story. She is 14 and is dealing with friends, school, boyfriend, her 3 year old sister, a cat, and of course parents that embarrass her as often as possible. You will want to read the entire series.
Melissa
This book really made me lol in the first 30 minutes. If you are looking for something light and fun then this is the book for you. It is written like a diary, so the main character, Georgia Nicolson, narrates the story. She is 14 and is dealing with friends, school, boyfriend, her 3 year old sister, a cat, and of course parents that embarrass her as often as possible. You will want to read the entire series.
Melissa
Wicked Lovely
by Melissa Marr
Aislinn lives in an urban area where faeries walk among mortals, invisible or in disguise. Very few mortals see them but Ash is one who can. She has followed the rules given to her by her grandmother so she would not attract attention to herself. But, somehow, she has caught their attention and she is being followed even at school where she should be safe. Many times she has watched as faeries have pinched, tripped and even dragged mortals away. How can she get away from them when they follow her into places they should not be able to go?
Melissa
Aislinn lives in an urban area where faeries walk among mortals, invisible or in disguise. Very few mortals see them but Ash is one who can. She has followed the rules given to her by her grandmother so she would not attract attention to herself. But, somehow, she has caught their attention and she is being followed even at school where she should be safe. Many times she has watched as faeries have pinched, tripped and even dragged mortals away. How can she get away from them when they follow her into places they should not be able to go?
Melissa
Frannie in Pieces
by Delia Ephron
Frannie struggles with the recent loss of her father and worries about death
all the time...she has even taken to reading labels on everyday
things, amazed at what can harm you. Then, when going through her dad's
belongings, she finds a beautiful wooden box with the
inscription "Frances Ann 1000" on the lid. Inside she finds 1000
hand-carved and hand-painted puzzle pieces - and a new
obsession. As Frannie works in secret to put the puzzle together, something
magical happens and she is transported into the puzzle, to a
place and time where she can discover her father as he was B.F.---
-----before Frannie.
Debra
Frannie struggles with the recent loss of her father and worries about death
all the time...she has even taken to reading labels on everyday
things, amazed at what can harm you. Then, when going through her dad's
belongings, she finds a beautiful wooden box with the
inscription "Frances Ann 1000" on the lid. Inside she finds 1000
hand-carved and hand-painted puzzle pieces - and a new
obsession. As Frannie works in secret to put the puzzle together, something
magical happens and she is transported into the puzzle, to a
place and time where she can discover her father as he was B.F.---
-----before Frannie.
Debra
M is for Magic
by Neil Gaiman
Terrific mix of short stories that are scary, funny or make you think.
Each of the eleven tales describe a unique, mysterious, strange
and sometimes humorous (albeit a little cracked and bent!) story
guaranteed to be surprising and indeed a little odd.
Debra
Terrific mix of short stories that are scary, funny or make you think.
Each of the eleven tales describe a unique, mysterious, strange
and sometimes humorous (albeit a little cracked and bent!) story
guaranteed to be surprising and indeed a little odd.
Debra
The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and McCoys
By Ann Rinaldi
Ann Rinaldi brings history to life in this gripping novel about the tragic feud between the Hatfields of Logan County West Virginia and the McCoys of Pike County Kentucky. Told through the eyes of Fanny McCoy, the youngest of Randall and Sarah McCoys’ children, the reader realizes how truly violent the feud between these families was. The bad blood started during the Civil War as one fought for the Confederacy and other the Union. It continued through land disputes, pig ownership and a scandalous romance between a handsome Hatfield boy and a beautiful McCoy girl. Many men, women and children lost their lives during senseless shootings, raids and kidnappings. Many got away with the violence in the lawless Appalachian Mountains.
Yes, this is a historical novel but even if you’re not crazy about your history class, try it. It’s an absorbing story that you’ll find yourself lost in until the final tragic moments.
Jackie
Ann Rinaldi brings history to life in this gripping novel about the tragic feud between the Hatfields of Logan County West Virginia and the McCoys of Pike County Kentucky. Told through the eyes of Fanny McCoy, the youngest of Randall and Sarah McCoys’ children, the reader realizes how truly violent the feud between these families was. The bad blood started during the Civil War as one fought for the Confederacy and other the Union. It continued through land disputes, pig ownership and a scandalous romance between a handsome Hatfield boy and a beautiful McCoy girl. Many men, women and children lost their lives during senseless shootings, raids and kidnappings. Many got away with the violence in the lawless Appalachian Mountains.
Yes, this is a historical novel but even if you’re not crazy about your history class, try it. It’s an absorbing story that you’ll find yourself lost in until the final tragic moments.
Jackie
Peeps
by Scott Westerfeld
Nineteen-year-old Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism. It's pretty contagious so he has to hunt down all his old girlfriends, which isn't easy. They don't want to go with him for treatment. In fact, they don't want to see him or hear his voice. That's one of the effects of the parasite, it makes it's "host" hate everything they used to love. Strange things start happening all over New York City and it's about to get worse!
In between each chapter, Scott Westerfeld inserts little microbiology lessons. Some are really gross, some are scary but all are interesting. This is a very hard book to stop reading and if you're not too squeamish, give it a try! If you like it, there's a follow up book called The Last Days that continues the story of the strange happenings in NYC.
Jackie
Nineteen-year-old Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism. It's pretty contagious so he has to hunt down all his old girlfriends, which isn't easy. They don't want to go with him for treatment. In fact, they don't want to see him or hear his voice. That's one of the effects of the parasite, it makes it's "host" hate everything they used to love. Strange things start happening all over New York City and it's about to get worse!
In between each chapter, Scott Westerfeld inserts little microbiology lessons. Some are really gross, some are scary but all are interesting. This is a very hard book to stop reading and if you're not too squeamish, give it a try! If you like it, there's a follow up book called The Last Days that continues the story of the strange happenings in NYC.
Jackie
Dealing with Dragons
By Patricia Wrede
Are you ready for a feminist Princess? Princess Cimerone hates embroidery and advanced curtseying but her parents won't let her learn anything really interesting like magic, swordsmanship or even cooking. She decides to run away and apply for a job as a Dragon's princess where she can use her intelligence and sense of adventure. Unfortunately, dimwitted princes are falling all over themselves trying to rescue her. Along the way Cimerone cleverly deals with witches, evil wizards, clumsy dragons and air-headed princesses. this book has plenty of action and many slightly skewed fairy-tale conventions, in the spirit of Shrek, that will keep you laughing out loud. Luckily this is only Book 1 of The Enchanted Forest series. Book 2 is Searching for Dragons, Book 3 is Calling on Dragons, and Book 4 is Talking to Dragons.
Jackie
Are you ready for a feminist Princess? Princess Cimerone hates embroidery and advanced curtseying but her parents won't let her learn anything really interesting like magic, swordsmanship or even cooking. She decides to run away and apply for a job as a Dragon's princess where she can use her intelligence and sense of adventure. Unfortunately, dimwitted princes are falling all over themselves trying to rescue her. Along the way Cimerone cleverly deals with witches, evil wizards, clumsy dragons and air-headed princesses. this book has plenty of action and many slightly skewed fairy-tale conventions, in the spirit of Shrek, that will keep you laughing out loud. Luckily this is only Book 1 of The Enchanted Forest series. Book 2 is Searching for Dragons, Book 3 is Calling on Dragons, and Book 4 is Talking to Dragons.
Jackie
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Life on the reservation is hard for Junior. He's 14, sickly, awkward, funny and very smart. He wanted more out of life than living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation. So he decided to go to the all white farm town high school where the only other Indian was the school mascot. His family supported his decision but his extended Indian family did not! His story is heartbreaking at times and hilarious at others. Junior is also a budding artist and his art is depicted throughout the book. For a look into the lives of Native Americans, this book is a real eye opener.
Jackie
Life on the reservation is hard for Junior. He's 14, sickly, awkward, funny and very smart. He wanted more out of life than living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation. So he decided to go to the all white farm town high school where the only other Indian was the school mascot. His family supported his decision but his extended Indian family did not! His story is heartbreaking at times and hilarious at others. Junior is also a budding artist and his art is depicted throughout the book. For a look into the lives of Native Americans, this book is a real eye opener.
Jackie
13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
This book is a great summer read! Seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt. The envelopes send her on a scavenger hunt across Europe where Ginny meets all kinds of eccentric, interesting people that knew her aunt and a few other fellow adventurers. She can only open one envelope at a time so she never knows where she's going to end up next. Through her travels, Ginny transforms from a shy, quiet girl from New Jersey to a confident, adventuresome young woman.
Jackie
This book is a great summer read! Seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt. The envelopes send her on a scavenger hunt across Europe where Ginny meets all kinds of eccentric, interesting people that knew her aunt and a few other fellow adventurers. She can only open one envelope at a time so she never knows where she's going to end up next. Through her travels, Ginny transforms from a shy, quiet girl from New Jersey to a confident, adventuresome young woman.
Jackie
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