I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz. This novel takes place in the early 1900's, which gave it a very interesting perspective. The reader experiences the struggles and worries of a young girl living in this time period through her diary entries. From the very first page, I was intrigued by the main character's life.
What would you do if you know exactly what day you were going to die? As soon as you were born, doctors can find out exactly how old you will be when you die and what day. For Denten, he will die tomorrow. However, he does not know how. His last day consists of love triangles, hangovers, jealous exes, a shotgun standoff, and mysterious rashes. Who can he trust? And is someone trying to kill him?
Gray Zone by Veronica R. Tabares is about a sophomore girl named Autumn. After Autumn encounters cyberbullies, her parents insist she transfer schools. Autumn has always been the shy girl without many friends, but she plans to change this when she arrives at her new school. She strives to become the outgoing, friendly girl that everyone wants to be friends with. Yet trying to fit into this new and improved personality isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. So when her best friend, Sophie Rose, also transfers to Autumn’s school, Autumn is relieved.
Gray Zone is about a girl named Autumn. She has been constantly bullied and cyberbullied by her classmates, including having private information about her made public. Due to this bullying, her parents have decided to transfer her to a different school. Willing to make the best of her current situation, she has decided to be an outgoing, popular girl and no longer be the shy girl she used to be. However, even though she plans to become popular, her old habits seem to get the best of her. She then finds out that her best friend, Sophie, will be transferring to her new school.
First-century Ireland is a rich, competitive world of intrigue and fantasy. Lady Maeve, teenage princess of Connacht, is finally exploring the walls outside her castle. Now she’s an honored guest at the court of Dún Beithe, along with three girls looking for love. Romance isn’t Maeve’s object, however; her heart is badly broken and she’d rather search for her beloved falcon, Ea.
Dime had a loving family a long, long time ago. Yet that’s so far gone now, that all she remembers is the smell of barbeque chips and the scratch of a watch on her shoulder. Dime is a foster child. Her foster mom, Janelle, blames her for her babies being taken away. Dime is okay with that, until Janelle starts to drink and abuse her.
Spinner by Michael J. Bowler follows misfit Alex, a teen in a wheelchair with a special healing power that can spin pain or injuries out of people. Alex has always been an outcast, only finding solace in his special education family of friends. When various paranormal events begin to occur, and a string of murders is tied to Alex, Alex and his friends lose all sense of security. People want Alex's power and they will stop at nothing to capture him.
Tommy, a teenager, and his grandfather want to keep magic from running out and being replaced by newer technology. When his grandfather is captured, Tommy and his friend, Naomi, must rescue him using a magical staff. On his adventure he must defeat lots of creatures, protect the staff from people who want to destroy it, and rescue his grandfather.
This book is about a boy named Todd. After Todd and his sister, Tina, watched their dad kill their mother, Todd knows his dad killed her to save them from their angry mom. But that isn't how Tina saw it. She claims their mom wasn't doing anything wrong. The three of them get separated; Todd and Tina in foster homes, their dad in jail. Todd wants his innocent father to get out of jail as soon as possible, but with Tina's claims, he doesn't see that happening. Will Todd figure out a way to get his dad out of jail, or does he get stuck
