Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Dead and Buried

The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington



Jade doesn't believe it when her little brother Colby tells her he sees a girl in his room at their new house. That is, until she goes to school and finds out that the girl who lived there before died from a mysterious fall. As Jade makes friends at her new school, Kayla’s ghost becomes more demanding that Jade find out who murdered her. And when the list of suspects narrows to everyone Jade has become close to, she wonders if she will be able to find the killer before the killer comes for her. With plenty of twists and turns, this mystery is hard to put down.

Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner

In a future not too far away, killer storms are a daily occurrence. Jaden feels lucky to be able to spend the summer at Placid Meadows, the storm-safe community that her father helped to build. Jaden’s father, a renowned weather scientist, also runs a summer camp, where Jaden meets Alex and Risha. Together Alex and Jaden begin to work on way so dissipate the storms before they do any damage, despite the fact that Jaden’s father is trying to by the farm where Alex’s family lives. When Jaden discovers what her father is really working on, she must decide what the right thing to do is, even if it hurts her own family.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

See You at Harry's

See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles



Starting middle school is hard enough, but when your family is famous around town for a lame commercial advertising the family business, Fern knows she’s in for a rough ride. In the meantime, her brother Holden has a secret he’s not sharing, her older sister Sara doesn’t have the patience to deal with Fern, and Fern’s little brother Charlie is always hanging around. Fern is tired of being overlooked. But when tragedy strikes, Fern’s world is turned upside down, and she’s not sure how her family will ever recover. 

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Doll Bones

Doll Bones by Holly Black


Zach and his friends, Poppy and Alice, have always loved playing together with action figures. But when his father throws his figures away, Zach can't play anymore. Rather than tell his friends what happened to his characters, Zach decides to just stop being friends with Poppy and Alice. But when Poppy comes to Zach and claims she is being haunted by a doll made from the ground up bones of a murdered girl, Zach knows he has to help Poppy find the doll's final resting place before something bad happens to his friend. The quest takes them far from home and into danger that they could not forsee in this creep read.

Unbroken (A Ruined Novel)

Unbroken by Paula Morris


Returning to New Orleans for spring break with her father and her friend, Rebecca is looking forward to seeing Anton, the boy she fell in love with the year before. What she is not expecting, is to meet yet another ghost, Frank, who needs her help so that he can cross over and stop wandering New Orleans. In this second Ruined novel, Rebecca and her friends must find a missing locket and return it to it's rightful owner, freeing Frank's ghost to move on. Action and mystery dominate this satisfying sequel.