Grades 9-12
From the author of The Face on the Milk Carton comes a mystery that readers will rip through. Miranda and Lander Allerdon are sisters who do what every girl does: fight with her sister. They are spending their summer in the family vacation home on the Connecticut River, and their sibling rivalry is taken to another level when they become involved in a tragedy that affects the entire town. Will Miranda and Lander be able to move on with their lives?
Grades 9-12
Kate Baron is devastated and confused when she finds out that her daughter, Amelia, is dead. She had gotten a phone call from the school to come pick her up because she was being suspended for three days. The woman on the phone wouldn’t tell her why, though. Kate couldn’t understand why Amelia was being suspended, since she had never gotten in trouble before. When she got to the school, Kate found out that Amelia had jumped off the school’s roof and died. Why would she do that? And did she really jump or was she pushed? Follow Kate’s journey to find out what really happened to Amelia through her emails, posts and text messages and instant messages with her closest friends.
Grades 9-12
From Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson comes a debut YA novel that everyone will enjoy. Charlotte, or Charlie, as she is known to family and friends, has a secret. She is training to win the gold in the Olympics. She spends all her time outside of school being the best gymnast she can be, until a certain someone throws her goal off – a guy who’s caught her eye. Can she balance her love life and her gymnastics career? Read The Flip Side by Shawn Johnson to find out.
Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
From Diane Guererro comes a memoir everyone should read. In it, she discusses her melancholy adolescence when her loving parents and brother were taken away from her by immigration while she was at school one day. It also speaks to the strong woman she became because of it. Best known for her role as Maritza Ramos in the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, Guererro shines in this debut memoir. Latinos and non-Latinos alike will appreciate the honesty and poignancy that this book brings, especially shedding light on the system that fails immigrants and their children on a daily basis.
In The Country We Love: My Family Divided is a 2017 Alex Award winner.
Ages 18+
Criminal Utopia: Fear the Hacker was gripping from beginning to end. Jim and Emily are in love and engaged to be married. Jim loves to run, especially marathons, and Emily is always there to cheer him on. Until Jim finds out that he has a stalker: a cyber genius who won’t leave him or Emily alone. Read this fast-paced suspense novel for a thrilling ride!
Thanks to the author for sending me a review e-copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Melissa Rivers does a fantastic job of portraying her mother’s wit and spunk in this hilarious biography. From insightful advice about dating to life rules to follow in general, Joan Rivers’s life and legacy are lovingly portrayed through the various stories told by her daughter. Joan was an unforgettable personality and she will no doubt be remembered for years and years to come.
Thanks to BloggingForBooks.com for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
This book reminds me of the movies 50 First Dates with Drew Barrymore and The Vow with Rachel McAdams because all three stories are about women who lose their memories and have to be told what their life is like every day when they wake up by those who love them. I loved this book because there’s that mystery component that leaves you wondering if the main character, Christine, will ever get her memory back, or if she’ll have to be reminded every day for the rest of her life. There is also a movie adaptation of this book by the same name with Nicole Kidman.
Ages 18+
Nora wakes up in a hospital bed and is confused as to how she ended up there, and why she is so badly bruised. Then it starts coming back to her: she was invited to her friend Clare’s hen party (what the British call a bachelorette party). The thing is, she hasn’t seen Clare in ten years, and wonders why she was even invited. The book gets even more suspenseful when Nora finds out that Clare’s fiance is murdered and she’s a suspect. This book was hard to put down!
Ages 5-8
The Pout Pout Fish is sure he won’t do well in school – he thinks he’s not smart, he’ll never get it, he’ll doesn’t belong and he should forget it! Kids will love the repetition of this book, and, if they’ve ever had trouble with school or a hard time learning something, they will relate. The Pout Pout Fish series is a true winner!
Ages 18+
From the author of the Wayward Pines trilogy comes the eerie tale of Professor Jason Dessen. He has an adoring wife, Daniela, and a fifteen-old-son, Charlie who he loves very much. His life was perfect…until he wakes up naked and tied to a gurney, surrounded by people in lab coats. He quickly learns he was abducted but remembers little else. Jason fears he will never see his family again. Fans of Gone Girl will eat this one up!
Thanks to Penguin Random House for a review copy of this book.
