Where the World Ends By Geraldine McCaughrean Quill lives on a Scottish island in the St. Kilda archipelago in 1727. Each summer, he and a group of men and boys is rowed out to one of the sea stacs (rocky outcrops surrounded by water) to harvest birds for food. It’s difficult, exhausting work. The boys […]
by Lauren Wolk Annabelle lives a steady life with her parents, grandparents, two younger brothers plus aunt in a small Pennsylvania farming town. The arrival of the new girl Betty shakes things up and not in a good way. Annabelle quickly learns the new girl is a relentless bully who threatens not only Annabelle […]
To the Bright Edge of the WorldBy Eowyn Ivey It’s 1885 and Colonel Allen Forrester has been assigned to lead his men up Alaska’s Wolverine River. The journey will take them from Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska, through narrow canyons and passages not yet explored by white men, and down the Yukon […]
DryBy Neal Shusterman Southern California is experiencing a drought that has lasted for many months. Water conservation practices are well underway, including the “No Frivolous Use” policy, which means people can’t even use their pools anymore. But no one expects the taps to go dry. One day, out of the blue, there is no more […]
Everything I Never Told YouBy Celeste Ng Lydia Lee, favoured daughter of James and Marilyn Lee, sister to Hannah and Nathan, intelligent, beautiful and perfect in her parents’ eyes, is dead. A non-swimmer, Lydia is found floating in the lake. Her parents immediately blame an outsider. But Lydia, it turns out, is not what she […]
You Caroline Kepnes Joe Goldberg meets Guinevere Beck in a cozy bookstore in the East Village and it is love at first sight. For Joe. Sadly, he forgets to ask for her number! Like any love sick person would do, he tracks her down using her credit card information, and finds the perfect opportunity on […]
by Benjamin Alire Saenz Amazing amazing book. Aristotle and Dante are initially drawn to each other because of their names, however, they are the opposite of each other. Aristotle (Ari) is quiet, reserved, keeps everything inside himself- but he has come by that honestly as his parents do the same. They don’t talk about […]
By Kathy Page Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page is a love story that spans seventy years. Harry, a young man who wins a scholarship that enables him to learn much about his beloved poetry, meets the strong-willed Evelyn when they bump into each other on the library steps in pre-war London. Drawn not only […]
The Small Things That End The WorldBy Jeanette Lynes It’s 1954, and Sadie Wilder just got the call she’s been waiting for. Her friend, Wanda, has the mumps, and the rich family she babysits for is desperate. So begins Jeanette Lynes’ The Small Things that End the World. Sadie is more than happy to fill […]
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by: Paul Watson In 1845, 129 brave crewmen set out to find the elusive Northwest Passage. These men were the most prepared, technologically advanced expedition of their time, confident that if the Northwest Passage existed, they were the ones who would find it. Unfortunately, […]