The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

Call Number: F SEB                                                                       Genre: Realistic Fiction

     Salmon was her name, like the fish, you know? She was murdered on December 6, 1973 after school. She's constantly fighting to adapt herself to her new home, heaven. She was not meant to die, but things happened quickly, she fought for her life...she didn't want to leave her family. She was terrified to open the door that would make her leave her family behind and start her new life. She was constantly watching her family and revisiting the crimes her murderer committed, to help her understand she wasn't the only one. Salmon and her family had to learn how to live without one another.

-Daniela L.

The Road of the Dead

Kevin Brooks

Call Number: BRO Genre: Horror & Suspense Fiction

Ruben, a boy who lives miles away from his sister, senses that she was murdered although he can’t explain it, he’s right. He feels every emotion she felt up until her death. Cole, Rubens older brother is harsher than Ruben. As soon as he finds out Rachel is dead, he has a plan. Days later him and Ruben head out to find out why their sister was killed and who did it. The ending will leave you shocked.

Gabby B

Blood Red Snow White

by Marcus Sedgwick

Call Number: F SED Genre: Historical Fiction

Writer Arthur Ransome, decides to go to Russia and when he arrives, he finds himself stuck in a revolution. All he wants to do is be a journalist, but since he got stuck in the middle, he can’t do anything. Not even go have some fun time with someone he falls in love with. But what will he do? Can he withstand the revolution? If you sound interested, you can find out so much more. What would you be willing to do to find the truth?

Matthew H

No Place to Fall

by Jaye Robin Brown

Call Number: F BRO Genre: Realistic Fiction

Amber is a good girl. She sings at church, babysits her nephew, and hangs out with her best friend Devon every Friday night. One day she finds out about an audition opportunity at a prestigious art school and sees it as her way to a new life. Her best friend's older brother Will helps her prepare for her one chance. The more Will and Amber hang out though, the more complicated their relationship gets and Amber starts to think to herself if she’s such a good girl after all… In an afternoon, the bottom drops out and Amber is forced to choose between her promise as an artist and the people she loves. There’s a whole world of possibilities between good and bad but which road will she take?

Megan F

The Zombies of Mesmer

by O.M. Grey

Call Number: F GRE Genre: horror/suspense

There's a backstreet girl who kickboxes for fun.  She’'s in it for the thrill of a lifetime. Little does she know she is a zombie hunter who will go through tough adventures in this amazing book. She will encounter mad scientists, bloodthirsty vampires and brain eating zombies. Be sure to look for sequels!

Taylor C.

Sports Injuries

by Sarah Lennard-Brown

Call Number: 617.1 BRO                                                              Genre: Non-Fiction

Have you ever wondered about the possible injuries that could occur in the sport that you are participating in? This book investigates the causes of sports injuries, the effects they have on the sports player and how injuries are treated. Wanna know how to prevent terrible accidents before it leads into a terrible injury and affects the body long term? Sports Injuries explains the different types of injuries and how they are common but do n0t have to ruin your entire career. The more informed the reader is about the different sports injuries the less they are to suffer from one and the better they are able to handle one if it does occur.

Lennard-Brown, Sarah. Sports Injuries. Vol. Health Issues. London: Raintree, 2005. Print.

Keanna M

Eragon

by  Christopher Paolini

Call Number: F PAO                                                     Genre: Fantasy

Do you love dragons, mages, and warriors? Then Eragon is your book. Follow this simple farm boy that finds a blue stone that turned out to be a dragon’s egg. Read about the boy and the dragon as they grow up and have this amazing and dangerous journey together.

-Justin B

Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen

Call # : F Des                                                                        Genre:Realistic Fiction

“It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.”

Ruby lives by herself but not by choice, by chance. She is struggling to pay the bills for the house after her mother abandoned her. When her sister, Jamie who has left her just like her mother, comes along and gives her a chance to live with her, she takes it, but not willingly. Jamie has done well for herself, she has a husband that is the creator of a popular networking site and he has everything, big house, cars, anything you could think of. But Ruby does not want everything. She just wants to be by herself. She’s survived that way for a long time. She locked up her heart and doesn’t want anyone to open it. It doesn’t help when you're trying to be alone at Jamie’s, with a boy next door that won’t stay away.

Shauncey T.

EVE

by Iris Johansen

Call Number: JOH Genre: Mystery

Eve Duncan, a woman who lost her daughter, Bonnie, years ago is determined to find her daughter. After all these years she has help from CIA agent Catherine Ling. Catherine gives Eve the name John Gallo, he’s from Eve’s past. His whereabouts are unknown but he could possibly be the missing piece to Eve’s puzzle of finding Bonnie. John was in the area just before Bonnie’s disappearance, there are many unanswered questions that may lead to finding Bonnie. In this novel, Eve reveals secrets that have been hidden for a very long time.

Gabby B.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

by Laini Taylor

Call Number: F TAY Genre: Fantasy

Karou is an extraordinary high school girl. She draws unusual creatures, that turn out to be real. Her hair is also an unusual hair color. But when the creatures start becoming real, they start acting like a family to her, a really caring family. Such as Brimstone, the father figure of the creatures saying as long as Karou gives him teeth, she will get whatever she wants. But why should she do it? Why would she listen? Well, when she learned he was telling the truth, she immediately thought that even though it was a difficult task, it would be worth it in the end. So will you or will you not join Karou, for a very long mythical journey as she questions every secret she has remaining unanswered?

Matthew H.

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by: Gennifer Choldenko

Call Number: F CHO Genre: Historical Fiction

1935...Moose’s father gets a job transfer to be a guard at the Alcatraz prison and his sister has to start attending a special school in San Francisco. Moose has to leave everything behind including his friends and his winning baseball team. Hopefully with his sister getting the help she needs, their family can be normal. On Alcatraz, his father is constantly busy with work and his mother is constantly busy with his sister’s autistic-like condition. Moose is pretty much on his own to explore but one day he meets Piper, the warden’s daughter. He already knows she’s trouble but he can’t stay away from her. Moose just wants to be a good son, big brother and stay out of trouble. The only problem is that trouble is never very far away at Alcatraz…

Megan F.

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

                     Call Number: F GAI Genre: horror & suspense

Coraline and her family moved to a new (but old) house. After she and her family moved all the stuff in the house she went exploring. She met her neighbors on the ground floor (or basement), two old ladies. They warned her not to go to a well that is somewhere in the yard. She met the other neighbor on the top floor (or attic). He was a tall crazy man with a big moustache and he trained mice to play in a circus. When it was dark out she explored the house and she found an old door but she can't get in it...only it can get her.  

- Justin B.

13 Reasons Why

by Jay Asher

Clay Jensen returns home to find a package for him. He never thought that it could be something life changing inside. Inside the package there were 13 cassette tapes created by Hannah Baker, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On the first cassette she says, “ I hope you’re ready, because I’m about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes, you’re one of the reasons why. “As Clay goes through every tape patiently waiting for his name, he learns secrets and horrors of other people that makes him question life. To others, Hannah Baker may seem as someone who is just a teen who couldn’t  get over life. She was a bratty liar but in the end she killed herself. She was in pain and no one could help her or no one tried. People believed or started rumors that caused her to doubt herself, to have no pride, to kill herself.

The book focuses on some people in everyday life but especially in high school. There is a clear meaning to everyone who is dealing with rumors and family problems and everything that could make anyone think that their better off being dead. This book would be an exceptional book for any teenager to adult to read.

Asher, Jay. Th1rteen reasons why: a novel. New York: Razorbill, 2011. Print.

• Shauncey T.

***Join the Gaston County Public Library and the Teen Community Read. Meet Jay Asher at the library, June 15 at 4 pm.***

Ranger's Apprentice Book 2: The Burning Bridge

by John Flanagan

Call Number: F FLA Genre: Fantasy

The dark lord could be arriving, but why? Why would he choose to come now? Will and his friend Horace are the ones who must stop the dark lord. They must train to get stronger than ever, if they even think that they can beat the lord. One time Gilan, who is another character, Will, and Horace start talking about how they already know how to use multiple weapons. We learn that the bow that they have is broken and that causes Gilan to think of another way to get past that current moment, which is to jump off the cliff. But what else could possibly happen in this amazing second book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series?

Matthew H.

Into The Dangerous World

by Julie Chibbaro

Call Number: F CHI Genre: Realistic Fiction

Ror has lived in a commune all her life, just using art as a way to express herself and learn. She’s never been to an actual school or seen much of the outside world. Her life comes crashing down one day when her father burns down the commune, forcing her, her mother and sister to go live in a homeless center in Manhattan. Here she meets a guy named Trey who brings trouble and love with him. Trey is the leader of a graffiti crew called Noise Ink. At this point, she’s being pulled in all different directions...her father wanted her to practice classical art; Trey wants her to stay within Noise Ink’s lines and her teacher wants her to go to college... Which road will she take?

Megan F.

The Face on the Milk Carton

by Caroline B. Cooney

Call Number: F COO                                                                     Genre: Suspense

“ She could hear herself shouting, yet her lips weren’t moving. she was making no sound at all.” Jaine Johnson is a regular girl who has a regular family and a regular life which includes, loving parents, caring friends and even a cute next door neighbor. But all that changes as one day at school something unusual happens, Jaine doesn’t drink milk, she’s allergic but for some reason that day she took a swig of milk from one of her friends. As she was drinking, she realized it’s her picture on a missing child poster on the back of a milk carton. What do you do when all you’ve known is destroyed in front of your eyes, do you try to let go or hold on? Is Jaine Johnson really not the person Jaine is?

Shauncey T

INVISIBLE SUN

by David Macinnis Gill

F GIL Genre: Science Fiction

Black Hole Sun, Book 2

Chapter 0 starts off with the protagonist(Durango) and his girlfriend/Fellow Ex Regulator/Vice Commander(Vienne) breaking into a regulator HQ, that Durango’s deceased father founded and owned until dismissed, looking for data they needed for their mission.

“Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the last page, Invisible Sun was no exception… For readers who like their books fast-paced, intense, and relentless. Buy it, read it, pass it on!”

Kameron B

Taken

by Erin Bowman

Call Number: F BOW Genre: Science Fiction

How would it feel to live in a society with no men? There are boys, girls, and women but no men. On midnight of your 18th birthday, if you are a male you vanish. They call it the Heist and poor Gray is mere months away from being taken too. There’s a wall that surrounds their home but getting over it is suicide. What would you do? Be killed by the wall or wait for the Heist. Read the book to find out what Gray decides to do.

Taylor J

A Night Divided

by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Call Number: F NIE Genre: Historical Fiction

Imagine living during the creation of the Berlin Wall with the Soviets controlling the eastern side. That is what twelve year old Gerta must go through. Everyone is either to the eastern side or the western side of the wall. Gerta, her mother, and her brother, Fritz are on the eastern side. Gerta feel awful being separated from the rest of her family right? But now she has an opportunity to journey to the other side. What will be her challenges? Will she actually be able to go through with the plans? Or, will the Soviets catch Gerta and her family in time to stop them?

Matthew H.

Cryer's Cross REVIEW

by Lisa McMann

Cryer’s Cross is about a missing girl named Tiffany Quinn and a girl who is conflicted by Tiffany going missing. Her name is Kendall Fletcher. Kendall fears that she will lose her grip on reality when she starts hearing voices asking for help.

Kendall has OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and when people start to vanish it really kicks into overdrive. She hears the voices of the people who have disappeared. One day when she goes to school, her friend Tiffany Quinn, is one of the people who disappeared she saw markings on her desk,

“We 35. 100. 35. 100. We know. The weight, the heart. There is life heavy against us again.

A heartbeat, a pulse through taut skin. PLEASE. HELP ME.”      

McMann, Lisa. Cryer's Cross. Simon & Schuster, 2011.

Justin B

The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

Call Number: F Mey                              Genre: Science Fiction

When an unknown species has taken over your world and has invaded everything in it including, your mind, body and your soul, what do you do to survive? Melanie Stryder is the one that got caught and now she is not in control or is she? Wanderer is the soul that has taken root in Melanie’s body; but she’s not the only one there, Melanie is not giving up her life so easily. She floods Wanderer’s (Wanda) head with images of Jared, a human in hiding. Wanda begins to fall for a man that she has never meet. But as both of them come together reluctantly to find the man that they both love they will go an adventure that will touch both of their hearts and maybe make them see each other not as other beings but as family.

Shauncey T

The Nazi Hunters

by Neal Bascomb

Genre: Non-fiction

Call Number: 364.15 BAS

Based on a true story, 15 years after WWll, a group of survivors from the camps are on a mission to find Adolf Eichmann and bring him to trial so he can pay the price for what he did to about 6 million Jews. Some of the Jews were family to part of the group, they would stop at nothing to find Eichmann and bring him to justice.

Eventually they do find him and capture him, bringing him to Israel, so he can hopefully be locked away. The main investigators are the group of survivors who went out of their way to capture a man that murdered millions of Jews. They were successful and brought joy to other Jews who survived the camps and have also been wanting Eichmann behind bars.

This book is really good and very interesting for people who are interested in the Holocaust; who want to know more about who was behind the tragedy besides Adolf Hitler and what happened to them. The author, Neal Bascomb made sure he went into etail on what happened giving tdhe readers a nice, informative story.

Bascomb, Neil. The Nazi hunters. Arthur A. Levine, 2013.

• Gabby B