Thursday, March 20, 2014
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
And now the Sequel
"Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Light (Gone #6) by Michael Grant
Trailer #1
Trailer #2 - Trailer #3
It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.
In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil. Light, Michael Grant's sixth and final book in the New York Times bestselling Gone series creates a masterful, arresting conclusion to life in the FAYZ.
Trailer #2 - Trailer #3
It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.
In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil. Light, Michael Grant's sixth and final book in the New York Times bestselling Gone series creates a masterful, arresting conclusion to life in the FAYZ.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Description:
“Eleanor is the new girl
in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair
and chaotic home life, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Then she takes
the seat on the bus next to Park. Quiet, careful and, in Eleanor's eyes,
impossibly cool, Park has worked out that flying under the radar is the best
way to get by. Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an
ever-growing stack of mixed tapes, Eleanor and Park fall in love. They fall in
love the way you do the first time, when you're 16, and you have nothing and
everything to lose. Set over the course of one school year in 1986, Eleanor and
Park is funny, sad, shocking and true - an exquisite nostalgia trip for anyone
who has never forgotten their first love.”
-Shelfari
Still interested? Visit Rainbow Rowell’s blog!
Friday, March 14, 2014
Horde by Ann Aguirre
Description:
“The epic conclusion to the USA Today
bestselling trilogy. The horde is coming. Salvation is surrounded, monsters at
the gates, and this time, they're not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and
Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked
against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be a Huntress
anymore, but she doesn't run. With her knives in hand and her companions at her
side, she will not falter, whether fighting for her life or Fade's love. Ahead,
the battle of a lifetime awaits. Freaks are everywhere, attacking settlements,
setting up scouts, perimeters, and patrols. There hasn't been a war like this
in centuries, and humans have forgotten how to stand and fight. Unless Deuce
can lead them. This time, however, more than the fate of a single enclave or
outpost hangs in the balance. This time, Deuce carries the banner for the
survival of all humanity.”
-Shelfari
Still Interested? View
Ann Aguirre’s website!
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Outpost by Ann Aguirre
Description:
“Deuce’s whole world has changed. Now living topside in a
community called Salvation, she has a whole new set of problems. Down below,
she was considered an adult, and she contributed to the whole. Now, topside,
the people of Salvation think she’s a brat in need of training. She hates
school, and she doesn’t fit in with the other girls. They’ve spent their lives
learning to cook and sew–suitable woman’s work. Deuce only knows how to fight.
To make matters worse, Fade keeps her at a distance, and the band of four has
broken into fragments.
Stalker presses for a closer relationship,
but Deuce sees him as a training partner, and she’s busy trying to find her
place in Salvation. She refuses to accept that she’s wrong for being who she
is, but tensions rise as she struggles against the status quo. Her feelings for
Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and
lonely, she starts looking for a way out.
Once she’s free from school for the year,
Deuce pursues a chance to serve in the summer patrols–those responsible for
making sure the growers and planters can work the fields without danger of
Freak attack. It should have been routine, little fighting, but things have
been changing on surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks are
smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let
Salvation survive, and it will take a girl like Deuce to turn the tide.”
-Shelfari
Still Interested? View
Ann Aguirre’s website!
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Description:
“WELCOME TO THE
APOCALYPSE In Deuce's world, people earn the right to a name only if they
survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed 'brat' has
trained into one of three groups-Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable
by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a
Huntress for as long as she can remember. As a Huntress, her purpose is
clear--to brave the dangerous tunnels outside the enclave and bring back meat
to feed the group while evading ferocious monsters known as Freaks. She's
worked toward this goal her whole life, and nothing's going to stop her, not
even a beautiful, brooding Hunter named Fade. When the mysterious boy becomes
her partner, Deuce's troubles are just beginning. Down below, deviation from
the rules is punished swiftly and harshly, and Fade doesn't like following
orders. At first she thinks he's crazy, but as death stalks their sanctuary,
and it becomes clear the elders don't always know best, Deuce wonders if Fade
might be telling the truth. Her partner confuses her; she's never known a boy
like him before, as prone to touching her gently as using his knives with feral
grace. As Deuce's perception shifts, so does the balance in the constant battle
for survival. The mindless Freaks, once considered a threat only due to their
sheer numbers, show signs of cunning and strategy... but the elders refuse to
heed any warnings. Despite imminent disaster, the enclave puts their faith in
strictures and sacrifice instead. No matter how she tries, Deuce cannot stem
the dark tide that carries her far from the only world she's ever known. (added
by author)”
-Shelfari
Still Interested? View
Ann Aguirre’s website!
Monday, March 10, 2014
Butter by Erin Jade Lange
Description:
“A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about
to make history. He is going to eat himself to death—live on the Internet—and
everyone is invited to watch. When he first makes the announcement online to
his classmates, Butter expects pity, insults, and possibly sheer indifference.
What he gets are morbid cheerleaders rallying around his deadly plan. Yet as
their dark encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And
that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide deadline? Can
he live with the fallout if he doesn't go through with his plans?
With a deft hand, E.J. Lange allows
readers to identify with both the bullies and the bullied in this all-consuming
look at one teen’s battle with himself.”
-Shelfari
Still
Interested? View E.J. Lange’s blog and learn
about her writing process, advice, and much more!
Friday, March 7, 2014
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Synopsis:
“An immigrant tale that
combines elements of Jewish and Arab folk mythology, The Golem and the Jinni tells the story of two supernatural
creatures who arrive separately in New York in 1899. One is a golem, created
out of clay to be her master’s wife—but he dies at sea, leaving her disoriented
and overwhelmed as their ship arrives in New York Harbor. The other is a jinni,
a being of fire, trapped for a thousand years in a copper flask before a
tinsmith in Manhattan’s Little Syria releases him.
Each unknown to the other, the Golem and the Jinni explore the
strange and altogether human city. Chava, as a kind old rabbi names her, is
beset by the desires and wishes of others, which she can feel tugging at her.
Ahmad, christened by the tinsmith who makes him his apprentice, is aggravated
by human dullness. Both must work to create places for themselves in this new
world, and develop tentative relationships with the people who surround them.
And then, one cold and windy night, their paths happen to meet.”
-Helene
Wecker
http://www.helenewecker.com/the-golem-and-the-jinni-by-helene-wecker/synopsis-of-the-novel-the-golem-and-the-jinni/
http://www.helenewecker.com/the-golem-and-the-jinni-by-helene-wecker/synopsis-of-the-novel-the-golem-and-the-jinni/
Still Interested? View
Helene Wecker’s website!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Champion (Legend Series) by Marie Lu
Description:
“June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and
each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is
back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite
circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military
position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite
them once again. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes
panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new
strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the
key to her country’s defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean
asking the one she loves to give up everything he has.
With heart-pounding action and suspense,
Marie Lu’s bestselling trilogy draws to a stunning conclusion.”
-Shelfari
Still Interested? View Marie Lu’s website!
Monday, March 3, 2014
Prodigy (Legend Series) by Marie Lu
Description:
“The Elector Primo of the Republic has died, with his son assuming
power over what's left of the USA's West Coast as it teeters on full-blown
chaos. June and Day join up with Patriot rebels so they can rescue Day's
brother and head east for the Colonies. In order to help, though, the rebels
want June and Day to kill the new Elector, who may be a step up from his dad.”
-Shelfari
Still Interested? View Marie Lu’s website!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
The Finisher by David Baldacci
Description:
"#1
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author David Baldacci as you've never seen him
before! Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where
life is nasty, brutish, and short. Villagers have been told that there is
nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying
beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for
generations. Until Vega's friend Quentin Herms disappears. Quentin
leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there's a way out of Wormwood and
something extraordinary on the other side. As Vega begins to investigate, she
realizes that Wormwood is a village built on dangerous lies. And that powerful
people are willing to kill in order to keep it that way. Soon Vega is careening
down a path that will either lead straight to the truth . . . or straight into
an early grave."
-Shelfari
Still
Interested? Visit David Baldacci’s website!
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