What can I say kids are reading and authors are responding, putting out great works of fiction, and non-fiction and I am not talking about Twilight or New Moon!! Here are just a few of the ones we have read and are recommending!
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The Hunger games series is a no hold bars book that deals with some pretty heavy stuff, great to get young minds thinking!! Catching fire is the second book in this seiers, The Hungers(same name as the series) is also list below.
Catching Fire: The Second Book of The Hunger Games (Hardcover)by Suzanne Collins
Series: Hunger Games # 2
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Book Description
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
Review quotes
"...enough action to please Hunger Games fans and leaves enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers to be desperate for the next installment."- School Library Journal (starred review) August 13, 2009
The Hunger Games(Hardcover)Suzanne Collins
Series: Hunger Games # 1
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Action & Adventure / Science Fiction
Book Description
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-to-the-death on live TV. One boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and sixteen are selected by lottery to play. The winner brings riches and favor tohis or her district. But that is nothing compared to what the Capitol wins: one more year of fearful compliance with its rule. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her impoverished district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Acclaimed writer Suzanne Collins, author of the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles, delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.
Review quotes
"{The Hunger Games} is a violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense... I couldn’t stop reading." - Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly "I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn’t have to stop reading... The Hunger Games is amazing." - Stephenie Meyer "{B}rilliantly plotted and perfectly paced." - John Green, New York Times Book Review "{A} plot-driven blend of suspense, science fiction, and romance." - USA Today "Enthralling, imaginative and creepy." - Los Angeles Times "{A} superb tale" - Booklist, starred review "Readers will wait eagerly to learn more." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
About the Author
SUZANNE COLLINS’s debut novel, Gregor the Overlander, the first book in the Underland Chronicles, received wide praise both in the United States and abroad. The series has been a New York Times bestseller and received numerous accolades. Also a writer for children’s television, Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut.
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Malice is a graphic novel, book cross with a twist!
Malice (Hardcover)Chris Wooding Dan Chernett
Series: Malice
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Book Description
Everyone’s heard of it…but nobody’s read it. Luke, Seth, and Kady have heard all the stories about Malice—a secret comic about a strange, awful world full of tricks and traps, and overseen by a sinister master of ceremonies, Tall Jake. But if rumors are to be believed, the children in this comic are real…. Luke is the first to fall into this trap—and Seth and Kady are the next to follow. They have left our world and entered the sinister comic book. The question is—can they make it out alive? From acclaimed author Chris Wooding, a novel that’s half fact, half comic—and all thrills.
About the Author
Chris Woding’s acclaimed novels include The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, Poison, Storm Thief, Kerosene, and Crashing. He lives all over the world.
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Half-minute Horrors (Hardcover)Susan Rich Various
Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween / Horror & Ghost Stories / Short Stories
Book Description
How scared can you get in only 30 seconds? Dare to find out with Half-Minute Horrors, a collection of deliciously terrifying short short tales and creepy illustrations by an exceptional selection of writers and illustrators, including bestselling talents Lemony Snicket, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, R.L.Stine, Faye Kellerman, Holly Black, Melissa Marr, Margaret Atwood, Jon Scieszka, Brett Helquist, and many more. With royalties benefiting First Book, a not-for-profit organization that brings books to children in need, this is an anthology worth devouring. So grab a flashlight, set the timer, and get ready for instant chills!
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Skeleton Creek (Hardcover)Patrick Carman
Series: Skeleton Creek # 1
Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories / Horror & Ghost Stories / Social Issues - Friendship
Book Description
Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek . . . and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it. But after an eerie accident leaves Ryan housebound and forbidden to see Sarah, their investigation takes two tracks: Ryan records everything in his journal, while Sarah uses her videocam to search things out. . .and then email the clips for Ryan to see.
In a new, groundbreaking format, the story is broken into two parts -- Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special website, with links and passwords given throughout the book.
About the Author
Patrick Carman makes his home in the wilderness of eastern Washington and insists that it is a rather ordinary home and is not, in fact, surrounded by stone walls. He divides his time between writing, public speaking, spending time with his wife and two daughters, reading, fly fishing, para-gliding, and snowboarding. Before writing his first novel, Carman helped to create board games, websites, a mentoring program, and a radio music show.
Ghost in the Machine: Skeleton Creek 2 (Hardcover)Patrick Carman
Series: Skeleton Creek # 2
Juvenile Fiction / Horror & Ghost Stories / Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
Book Description
Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek... and Ryan and Sarah are trying to find out why. When the first book ended, Ryan and Sarah were trapped in a deadly darkness. In the second book, more of the mystery is revealed…as well as Ryan
and Sarah’s fate. To give anything else away would be...criminal.
About the Author
Patrick Carman is the author of The Land of Elyon books, which have spent over half a year on the New York Times bestseller list. He lives in Walla Walla, Washington.
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Going Bovine(Hardcover)Libba Bray
Juvenile Fiction / Boys / Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings / Social Issues - Adolescence
Book Description
Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?
All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.
Review quotes
Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure."
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 3, 2009:
"Bray's surreal humor may surprise fans."
About the Author
Libba Bray is the author of the New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle Trilogy. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www.libbabray.com.
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City of Bones (Paperback)Cassandra Clare
Series: Mortal Instruments # 1
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Lifestyles - City & Town Life / Social Issues - New Experience
Book Description
Their hidden world is about to be revealed....
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....
Review quotes
"City of Bones has everything: vampires, werewolves, faeries, true love, and stuff that blows up. What's more, Clare's characters are brilliant -- she better not kill any of them off in the next two volumes!"-- Justine Larbalestier, author of Magic or Madness
About Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare worked for several years as an entertainment journalist for the Hollywood Reporter before turning her attention to fiction. The Mortal Instruments trilogy has been on many bestseller lists. Cassandra lives in an old Victorian house in western Massachusetts with her fianc - , their cats, and lots and lots of books. Visit her website at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about The Mortal Instruments trilogy at MortalInstruments.com. Learn about her new trilogy The Infernal Devices at TheInfernalDevices.com.
City of Ashes (Paperback)Cassandra Clare
Series: Mortal Instruments # 2
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Lifestyles - City & Town Life / Social Issues - New Experience
Book Description
Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go -- especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil -- and also her father.
To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings -- and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?
In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.
Review quotes
"A gorgeous fantasty that's so good, it's dangerous."-- Holly Black
About Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare worked for several years as an entertainment journalist for the Hollywood Reporter before turning her attention to fiction. The Mortal Instruments trilogy has been on many bestseller lists. Cassandra lives in an old Victorian house in western Massachusetts with her fianc - , their cats, and lots and lots of books. Visit her website at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about The Mortal Instruments trilogy at MortalInstruments.com. Learn about her new trilogy The Infernal Devices at TheInfernalDevices.com.
City of Glass (Hardcover)Cassandra Clare
Series: Mortal Instruments # 3
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Lifestyles - City & Town Life / Social Issues - New Experience
Book Description
To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that enter-ing the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadow-hunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadow-hunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City -- whatever the cost?
Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling trilogy The Mortal Instruments.
About Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare worked for several years as an entertainment journalist for the Hollywood Reporter before turning her attention to fiction. The Mortal Instruments trilogy has been on many bestseller lists. Cassandra lives in an old Victorian house in western Massachusetts with her fianc - , their cats, and lots and lots of books. Visit her website at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about The Mortal Instruments trilogy at MortalInstruments.com. Learn about her new trilogy The Infernal Devices at TheInfernalDevices.com.
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The Prince of Neither Here Not There was an excellent read! Dare I say it could even be the Next Harry Potter?!
The Prince Of Neither Here Nor There (Paperback)
Sean Cullen
Juvenile Fiction
Book Description
The first book of The Chronicles of the Misplaced Prince is set in a world where Faeries exist, hidden in the cracks of our reality. Brendan, the hero of the stories, discovers that he is a Faerie who was lost in the human world. As a teenager in his first year of high school, he must come to grips with the fact that the family he has grown up with isn't really his family at all. Will he be forced to turn his back on his human parents and embrace his Faerie roots? How can he hope to survive in the face of otherworldly powers that are determined to destroy him before he can grasp the scope of his newfound birthright?
About the Author
Comedian Seán Cullen was a member of the highly influential musical comedy troupe Corky and the Juice Pigs until 1998. His stage and screen credits include CBC’s Seán Cullen Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Showcase series Slings and Arrows, and the Toronto stage production of The Producers. He is the winner of two Gemini Awards.
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Rangers Apprentice #1 Ruins Of Gorlan (Paperback)
John Flanagan
Series: Ranger's Apprentice # 1
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Fantasy & Magic
Book Description
The battles and drama are nonstop in this latest installment of Flanagan's epic fantasy. Skandia's borders have been breached, and Araluen is next. If the two kingdoms are to be saved, an unlikely union must be made.
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The Coyote Road (Paperback)Ellen Datlow Terri Windling Charles Vess
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies / Short Stories
Book Description
Trickster characters have long been a staple of folk literature--and are a natural choice for the overarching subject of acclaimed editors Datlow and Windling's third mythic anthology containing a remarkable range of authors, each with his or her fictional look at a trickster character.
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Leviathan (Hardcover)Scott Westerfeld Keith Thompson
Series: Leviathan
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Fantasy & Magic / Legends, Myths, & Fables
Book Description
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.
Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.
With the Great War brewing, Alek's and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way...taking them both aboard the Leviathan on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure. One that will change both their lives forever.
About Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld's teen novels include the Uglies series, the Midnighters trilogy, The Last Days, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and the sequel to Peeps. Scott was born in Texas, and alternates summers between Sydney, Australia, and New York City.
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Lips Touch: Three Times (Hardcover)Laini Taylor Jim Di Bartolo
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Social Issues - Dating & Sex / Love & Romance
Book Description
Everyone dreams of getting the kiss of a lifetime - but what if that kiss carried some unexpected consequences? A girl who’s always been in the shadows finds herself pursued by the unbelievably attractive new boy at school, who may or may not be the death of her. Another girl grows up mute because of a curse placed on her by a vindictive spirit, and later must decide whether to utter her first words to the boy she loves and risk killing everyone who hears her if the curse is real. And a third girl discovers that the real reason for her transient life with her mother has to do with belonging literally belonging to another world entirely, full of dreaded creatures who can transform into animals, and whose queen keeps little girls as personal pets until they grow to childbearing age. From a writer of unparalleled imagination and emotional insight, three stories about the deliciousness of wanting and waiting for that moment when lips touch.
About the Author
Laini Taylor is the author of the Dreamdark books: Blackbringer, which Kirkus said "belongs at the top of everyone’s fantasy must-read list", and its sequel, Silksinger. She is also the creator of the Laini’s Ladies line of gifts and stationery.
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Little Grrl Lost (Paperback)Charles Delint
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic / Social Issues - Friendship / Social Issues - Runaways
Published: January 13, 2009
Book Description
In his latest novel, de Lint offers a delightful combination of realism, magic, humor, and hope, in a story about a 14-year-old girl who makes a surprising new friend--a six-inch high, punked-out teenage Little who has run away from home.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Special Edition 2010 (Hardcover)
Scholastic Inc (COR)
Series: Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Juvenile Nonfiction / Curiosities & Wonders
Book Description
It Can’t Be…Can It?
The fascinating files of Robert Ripley prove there’s nothing stranger than the truth. Turn the pages, if you dare. But watch out! There are more creepy facts and crazy feats than ever before.
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Guinness World Records 2010 (Hardcover)
Craig Glenday (EDT)
Series: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
Reference / Curiosities & Wonders / Yearbooks & Annuals / Encyclopedias
Book Description
This brand-new edition for 2010 continues to build on the intriguing, informative, inspiring, and instructional records and superlatives that have made this series one of the most famous and bestselling annual publications.
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