New Books in the Library!

The following are new books just in:

Perfect -- the latest by Ellen Hopkins is a follow-up companion to Impulse

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel -- Ben's "half brother" is a chimp living with the family as a research project

The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch -- It was no plague. It was a blessing. Surviving it is the real plague.

A Troubled Peace by L.M Elliott -- He's home from the war but his survival has had a price.

Dark Souls by Paula Morris (author of Ruined) -- Ghosts in New Orleans?

Torn -- the fourth book in The Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Where will they go this time?

Stop by the library and check one out today! If you have any book recommendations, please come in or send me an email.

Ms C.

Fury reviewed by Molly Varney

Fury by Elizabeth Miles ****

Em was just a normal teenage girl. She had two bestfriends, Gabby and JD. She was also in love with Gabby's boyfriend, Zach. It was winter break in Asvension, Maine when he finally started to notice her. With Gabby on vacation with her family Em and Zach had all the time to be together. However, when Sasha, a girl from Em's school, tried to kill herself, Em started to notice weird things happening, like the same girl that kept appearing out of nowhere. She started to see that something was wrong.

On the other side of town, Chase was also having problems. His social life was slowly falling apart when he met Ty, a mysterious, beautiful girl. Although he could feel something off about Ty, he couldn't help but stay with her and try to get closer to her. He was still haunted by the horrible thing he had done, the one thing the perfect guy he pretended to be would never do. He knew it was only a matter of time before he was completely exposed. Three beautiful girls went to Ascension to choose who would pay and how, and Em and Chase were chosen.

I gave this book four stars because I didn't like Em and Chase's characters, and I liked the storyline and how the book ended. Fury is part of a Trilogy, that I really hope to finish. I got really into this book and some things that happened near the end surprised me. Overall, I thought Fury was a really good book.

October Book Club Book Selection

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  Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox has just awoken from a year-long coma — so she's been told — and she is still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. But what happened before that? She's been given home movies chronicling her entire life, which spark memories to surface. But are the memories really hers? And why won't anyone in her family talk about the accident? Jenna is becoming more curious. But she is also afraid of what she might find out if she ever gets up the courage to ask her questions. 
  
  What happened to Jenna Fox? And who is she really?
  
  Please join us for a discussion of the book. This has been optioned for a movie. Hope you all like it!
  
  Ms C.

Freaky Green Eyes a review by Liz Hill

Freaky Green Eyes

By Joyce Carol Oates

****

Have you ever noticed that sometimes when thing go wrong in your life you tend to ignore it? That's how things are for Franky Pierson. She has it all a famous father and the perfect mother; every kids dream. That is till her mother starts to get a little more involved at work and not being around the family as much. Franky's whole family knows somethings not right but her father tries to ignore it for a while. His the type of guy who likes to live his life to the full. As her mother starts to take herself out of the family circle even more Franky starts to think about what just might be making her mom want to live on her own. This is a creepy story full of gathering tension. Franky seems to have two voices inside her head, each telling her two different things for every event. What you'll be wanting to know is whether she'll be able to work out what is going on in time to sort everything out.

I really enjoyed this book. It's a page turner for sure and will keep you wanting to never set the book down. Don't let the title or cover set you off from wanting to read this book. I assure you it's way better than it looks.

Paranormalcy--a review by Nallely Saavedra

 



  

PARANORMALCY and SUPERNATURALLY

by Kiersten White

***** stars 

No one is safe anymore...not even the dangerous.

Evie has always thought her life was normal. But when strange things start to happen and most paranormals' start to perish, it's up to Evie and the International Paranormal Containment Agency to figure out what's really going on. Yet among the variety of paranormals', Evie is rare. She has eyes that can see through the paranomals' glamours and so far she's the only one of her kind. With the help of best-friend, Alisha the mermaid, her mentor Raquel, invisible boy Lend, and ex-fae boyfriend Reth, they try to save their kind from complete destruction.

She thought she could survive being normal..but she was wrong.

Evie finds herself in the life she has always dreamed of. Boring is all that comes to mind. But then one day after school she finds Raquel waiting for her, and she knows she needs to go back to where she truly belongs. But then Reth comes with horrible news and Evie is once again thrown off the comfy paths she was just starting to build. Except this time..the battle is for her freedom and survival.

I personally fell in love with this series. Right from the first page I was entrapped and couldn't put it down. Evie is a strong-willed person who combines girly-girl with a fierce style. Although Reth can get annoying, you can tell he cares for Evie..but I'm totally going for Lend-Evie. I like the way White mixed love, survival, and the feeling of trying to find oneself. I thought it was nice and I hope you guys enjoy these two books like I did. X)

-Nallely X)

September Book Club News

Our first book club meeting of the year will be held in the library on Tuesday, September 13, during advisory SSR time. Please bring a book you've read recently and we'll share ideas and titles for upcoming group reads.

I'm looking forward to another great year of reading and discussing some good books! 

You may also send book club title suggestions to me via email: dcrawford@oharahs.org

Ms.C.

Fairy Tale -- a review by Nallely Saavedra

Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
*** Stars

All Morgan Sparks wants is to keep Cam by her side forever.

All her life, Morgan has been different from the rest. Most of her childhood she spent with Cam Browne, and she couldn't be any happier. But after she witnesses her boyfriend, Cam, fly on the football field, he starts to act different. Morgan can't help but feel insecure. Morgan knows Cam is hiding something, and if he won't tell her, she'll do anything to find out why. For the sake of their future she'll do anything to keep him by her side.This is a tale of two best-friends who struggle in saving their destined love.

I rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars because too many things were happening at once, so much so that it got confusing halfway through. Though, I liked Morgan because she was a straight-forward person. ^^ The ending made me really upset and mad, but if a sequel were released I'd want to read it ^^! I didn't like it that much because it didn't really explain what Morgan was emotionally feeling..it just had a short description of her emotions. I felt like Balog needed to express Morgan's pain a little more. I kind of wish Balog would've added Cam's point-of-view. I feel like that would've made it better.

Enjoy,
Nallely S. ^^

Candor -- a review by Molly Varney

Candor by Pam Bachorez  

**** Stars

"In this town, you are what you hear." In Candor Florida, everything is perfect. The Children have perfect grades, the families are happy, and nothing ever goes wrong. However, in a town that's supposedly perfect there is one small problem; Oscar Banks. Oscar is the son of the town's founder. He's the perfect Candor child: perfect grades, class president, and a shining example for the other kids. But for him it's all and act. He pretends to be perfect and even has a girlfiend, Mandi. But he knows about the messeges. He fights them with his own messeges and he runs his own business getting kids out before they are brainwashed. And because he's the perfect child, no one suspects him.

For Oscar, everything is runnung perfectly. His disguise is perfect and his new client, Sherman, is almost ready to leave. He had no worries until a new family moved in. Their daughter, Nia, is able to see right through his act. Oscar is immediantly interested in her resistance to the messeges. Now he must either save her from the messeges by sending her away, or help her learn to resist the messeges completely. Will he risk a trip to the listening room where even the most resistant minds are wiped clean? In the end will he choose to trust the wrong people?

I gave this book a 4 out of 5 stars because at the end it lets you to decide what happens to the characters. I'm not a big fan of those endings but I thought this book was really good. It was interesting and it kept me interested.

A movie based on this series!

Del Rey Books EIC Betsy Mitchell has acquired the rights to publish graphic novels set in the world of Scott Westerfeld’s bestselling Uglies science fiction novels. The novels, set in a future world in which teens get cosmetic surgery on their sixteenth birthdays, tell the stories of a group of “ugly” teens who attempt to escape the system.

Two black and white graphic novel volumes have been announced. Shay’s Story, in May 2012, will take the point of view of the “best frenemy” of the series heroine; and the sequel, in 2013, will follow up.

Series author Scott Westerfeld and comics veteran Devin Grayson will cowrite. Art is by Steven Cummings (Marvel, DC, Tokyopop).

A live action movie based on the novel series is in development by producer John Davis and the founders of Lola Visual Effects.

New Books in your Favorite Series are Here!

Welcome back to the 2011-2012 school year. The following books have arrived in the library for your reading pleasure -- continue that favorite series NOW by checking out one of the following books -- or if you haven't started these popular series, try the first one!

Twisted - Pretty Little Liars #9 by Sara Shepard

Forever - Wolves of Mercy Falls #3 by Maggie Stiefvater

Passion - Fallen #3 by Lauren Kate

Supernaturally - Paranormalcy #2 by Kiersten White

Never Have I Ever - Lying Game #2 by Sara Shepard

Wolfsbane - Nightshade #2 by Andrea Cremer

Many new books are arriving daily -- be sure to get your hands on the latest new YA reads and also check out the books that were the basis for many of the summer's movies including I am Number Four, Water for Elephants, and more! 

Ms C.