Grades 9-12
Grace, Leigh, Camille, Wilhelmina and Monica are 5 gymnasts and friends who are currently battling it out for the top spots for the US Olympic team. Who will succeed and who will fail? Read this fast-paced book to find out!
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The Trial by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Ages 18+
This novella, or “Bookshots” book by James Patterson is perfect for readers who want a short book to be read in an hour or two. It continues the story of his popular series the Women’s Murder Club. The accused killer is called Kingfisher, and he lashes out by going after everyone involved in the trial, leaving chaos in his wake.
The Lost and Found by Katrina Leno
Grades 9-12
Frannie and Louis have never met each other, but they have been talking online since they met in a support group when they were younger. Then they each receive mail that leads them to take a road trip to Austin, Texas to find each other. Along the way, Frannie and Louis find things that the other has lost, as if by magic. What will happen when they finally meet in person?
Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
Grades 9-12
Quinn Sullivan is heartbroken when she loses her boyfriend Trent in a tragic car accident. Then she reaches out to those who received his organs as a result of it, in hopes to heal. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received his heart doesn’t respond. She finally figures out that he is a 19-year-old named Colton Thomas. Quinn meets him, and then realizes that she has feelings for him as they spend more time together. What will happen when Colton finds out he’s been tricked into meeting Quinn?
Mystic Summer by Hannah McKinnon
Ages 18+
Maggie Griffin is a schoolteacher in Boston, and heads to Mystic as her childhood best friend’s wedding approaches. There she seeks comfort in her family when she realizes her career is in jeopardy, and unexpectedly runs into her college boyfriend. Will she give in to the old feelings and take her life in a new direction?
A Tap On the Window by Linwood Barclay
Ages 14+
Cal Weaver is in his car on a rainy night when a young girl taps on his window, asking for a ride home. He is about to ignore her when he realizes that she is one of his son’s classmates. He isn’t prepared for what is about to happen next, however. She asks him to pull into a nearby restaurant so she can throw up, sick from too much underage drinking. When she comes back, however, Cal realizes that it isn’t her, but a girl that has switched places with her. Now he has gone from a guy who was trying to get a girl home safely to a suspect in the case of a missing girl.
Magic by Danielle Steel
Ages 18+
The White Dinner is an unforgettable night in Paris every year. This is a story of 7 people whose lives are intertwined and changed forever on that one night.
The Other Side of the Mountain by Evans G. Valens
Ages 14+
This is a biography about Jill Kinmont, an Olympic hopeful whose dreams are squashed when a skiing accident renders her a quadriplegic. It tells of her courage and journey to learn things from the beginning again after her tragic accident.
Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Grades 4-6
Theodora Tenpenny discovers a painting that is a Renaissance masterpiece when she spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfather’s painting. She knows that her grandfather worked in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and fears the painting may be stolen. She is on a mission to find out how the painting ended up there, and embarks on an adventure with some friends of hers. Will she be able to solve the mystery?
All Four Stars by Tara Dairman
Grades 3-5
Gladys Gatsby is in 6th grade, and has been cooking since she was 7. It’s a passion of hers that her parents have no idea about. Then she accidentally starts a small fire after cooking creme brulee, and is banned from the kitchen. She is devastated. She decides to pay her parents back for the damage she did. She starts writing fake reviews on fake restaurants (she pretends that her parents and her friend’s parents own restaurants). She is mistakenly offered a real job, working for a real newspaper using her fake reviews. Read All Four Stars to find out how Gladys works her way out of this mess!
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