Showing posts with label Mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery. Show all posts
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
And now the Sequel
"Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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
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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!
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!
Saturday, June 1, 2013
SYLO by D. J. MacHale (Author Explains)
Description:
“THEY CAME FROM THE SKY
parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce’s idyllic
hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. They call themselves SYLO and they
are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO’s commander, Captain Granger,
informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and
must be quarantined. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world.
Tucker believes there’s more to SYLO’s story. He was on the sidelines when the
high school running back dropped dead with no warning. He saw the bizarre
midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that
travel like shadows through the night sky. He tasted the Ruby— and experienced
the powers it gave him —for himself. What all this means, SYLO isn’t
saying. Only Tucker holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery.
LOOK TO THE SKY because Pemberwick is only the first stop. “SYLO will
have your pulse racing and your head spinning. Make plans to stay up all night
finishing it." Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the
Gone series.”
-Shelfari
Still Interested?
Visit D. J. MacHale’s website!
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