More happy than not

More Happy Than Not

by Adam Silvera

Call Number: F SIL Genre: Science Fiction

Have you ever felt like your world has fallen apart and couldn't get any better? That’s exactly how Adam feels. After his dad’s suicide in their one-room apartment, things just keep getting worse. He grew up poor and now he lives with his brother and his overworked mother and things couldn’t get worse. He finds out about Leteo Institute which will help you forget your memories and start over. To good to be true, right? Well when Aaron decides life is too much to handle what will he do?

Taylor J.

The Shack

The Shack

by W. Paul Young

Call Number: F YOU Genre: Mystery

“Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly.”

What would you do if you thought your daughter was dead? Mackenzie (Mack) Allen Phillips’s was a man of faith but when his youngest daughter, Missy was taken and might have been killed, his faith was lost. Years later when a note comes in the mail asking him to go back to the shack where everything went wrong; Mack is first angry, but then decides to go back. Going back to the shack could be Mack's biggest revelation or his biggest nightmare.

Shauncey T.

Saint Anything

by Sarah Dessen

Call Number: F Des Genre: Realistic Fiction

“The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.”

What would you do if the focus was never on you, what if you were invisible? Invisible to people, invisible to your parents, would you feel okay? For Sydney Stanford, she has always been in the her brother’s shadow but when an unfortunate event happens and her brother is sent to jail, her invisibility is tested as things begin to change around her. Going to a new school, meeting new people and facing problems that she has never encountered with love and even herself. Just because you think you’re invisible doesn’t mean you really are.

- Shauncey T.

Kiss of Life- A Generation Dead Novel

by Daniel Waters

Call Number: F WAT Genre: Horror & suspense

Love, a powerful emotion but in this case, it’s worse. High school senior, Phoebe thought this year would be great, prom, graduation, college...but it turned out to be the opposite. Tommy, a zombie but one she loves shoots Adam her other lover, killing him to earn her love, but Adam comes back to life and it changes everything. In a town full of zombies, Adam is just another body, but to Phoebe he isn’t. As the three try to stop the war between the living and dead, Phoebe’s feelings increase for both Tommy and Adam. She loves both of them but who will she choose to be with forever?

- Megan F.

The Raven Boys

The Raven Boys

by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Number: F STI Genre: fantasy

Do you love a fantasy drama? Then The Raven Boys is a book you’ll love. Follow Blue Sargent as she falls in love with a raven boy, a student at a local boarding school. She finds out how love can be beautiful and cruel. So pick up a copy and start reading and find out for yourself.

-Justin B.

The fault in our stars

by John Green

One girl - BIG life changing tragedy. Hazel is a girl that has lung cancer and she fell in love. She has to go to a Cancer kid support group where she meets the love of her life. The story goes on quickly and you just can't believe what happens next.

Hannah B.

Identical

by  Ellen Hopkins

Call Number: F HOP
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Have you ever wanted a twin like down to the same freckles? Well for these two girls they know how it feels. Kaeleigh and Raeanne do everything together. But everyone has something different about them. Both of them have a competitive mind-set. Their dad is a court judge and mom is nowhere to be found. They are fighting to be daddy's favorite. How does it end? Do they both win? Or, do they stoop to new lows?

Dale C.

The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Call number: F LOW                                Genre: Science Fiction

The Giver is set in an Utopian society, where everyone is treated equal. There is a cure for disease, and everyone is happy. Or are they? There are very strict rules in place, families are assigned to you; and you don’t even get to choose your spouse or job. Read about how Jonas learns about the previous world and how he see the flaws in the society which he now lives.

Savannah P.

Measure of a Man

By: Martin Greenfield

Call Number: (Non-fiction)                                                                          Genre: Biography

He worked vigorously every single day and every single night but still could not manage to escape the feeling of worthlessness, pain and malnourishment. When able, he would sneak in small nibblets of stale bread and drink the dirty water that was scarcely provided to the prisoners at the camp. Like others surrounding him, scared and confused he reluctantly followed the humiliating orders given by the SS guards directing the camp. Those who chose their dignity over obedience were taken away and never seen or heard from again. If only he could escape, if only he could return to the life he once lived before he was abducted.

Greenfield, Martin, and Wynton C. Hall. Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to

Presidents' Tailor. Washington, D.C.: Regnery, a Salem Communications, 2014. Print.

Keanna M.

Conviction

by Kelly Loy Gilbert

F Gil

Let's say someone's life rested in your hands how would you feel? Better yet let’s say it was a family member. What would you do if you own parents were being lied about and you were the only one that could save them from being placed in jail? How would you take control of this situation? Would you say whatever it takes to keep your parents out of jail or would you try to find the truth? What do you think Braden did? He must decide whether to lie or find the truth.

Dale C.