The blush after your first kiss. The adrenaline of a roller coaster ride. Moving to a new town. None of these can compare to the emotions one feels after finishing a book so completely excellent that you want to buy it for everyone you know. I amor that feeling. And somehow I have become blessed this past mês for I have read not one but TWO of these wonderful books. Of course I have to share them now with you all and desperately hope that you will pick them up at the local library.
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park por Steve Klueger
"Boston teens T. C. and Augie are such close friends that their families acknowledge them as brothers. Alejandra has recently arrived from Washington, D.C., where her father served as a Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Kluger’s crowded, exuberant novel follows the three high-school freshman through an earth-shaking ano of friendship, romance, musicals, and baseball. At the center is a broadening sense of what family means." In the hands of any other author this story would have been sappy chick lit, but Klueger gives his first YA book a fresh and friendly male perspective on romance of both teens and adults, gay and straight. leitura this book is like watching Mary Poppins: it will make you cry happy tears.
My Most Excellent Year: For audiences ages 13+
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Liar por Justine Larbalestier. Those of you with your ear towards the book publishing world might recognize this título due to its book cover controversy. Publishers Weekly link, where I first heard of the book. I was intrigued. When visiting the local public biblioteca a few days later, I noticed Liar on the "New YA" shelf, thought "Why not?", and snagged it.
Let me just say that the book's controversy was a blessing in disguise. Liar is jaw-dropping amazing ... but I doubt I would have otherwise come across it. The book's jaqueta summarizes the story as:
"Micah will freely admit that she’s a compulsive liar, but that may be the one honest thing she’ll ever tell you. Over the years she’s duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents, and she’s always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is, until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances and her dishonesty begins to catch up with her. But is it possible to tell the truth when lying comes as naturally as breathing?"
...but it's SOOOO much more. Think about the unexpected revelations in Lois Lowry's The Giver. It's like that! However, I CANNOT and WILL NOT describe the gob-smacking, mind-blowing twists of Liar and if anyone tries to tell you, cover your ears and run away screaming. Knowing will ruin the adventure. I won't say much more, just that I gobbled up the book, and then wished I had read mais slowly so the experience would've lasted longer.
Liar: For audiences ages 16+
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park por Steve Klueger
"Boston teens T. C. and Augie are such close friends that their families acknowledge them as brothers. Alejandra has recently arrived from Washington, D.C., where her father served as a Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Kluger’s crowded, exuberant novel follows the three high-school freshman through an earth-shaking ano of friendship, romance, musicals, and baseball. At the center is a broadening sense of what family means." In the hands of any other author this story would have been sappy chick lit, but Klueger gives his first YA book a fresh and friendly male perspective on romance of both teens and adults, gay and straight. leitura this book is like watching Mary Poppins: it will make you cry happy tears.
My Most Excellent Year: For audiences ages 13+
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Liar por Justine Larbalestier. Those of you with your ear towards the book publishing world might recognize this título due to its book cover controversy. Publishers Weekly link, where I first heard of the book. I was intrigued. When visiting the local public biblioteca a few days later, I noticed Liar on the "New YA" shelf, thought "Why not?", and snagged it.
Let me just say that the book's controversy was a blessing in disguise. Liar is jaw-dropping amazing ... but I doubt I would have otherwise come across it. The book's jaqueta summarizes the story as:
"Micah will freely admit that she’s a compulsive liar, but that may be the one honest thing she’ll ever tell you. Over the years she’s duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents, and she’s always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is, until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances and her dishonesty begins to catch up with her. But is it possible to tell the truth when lying comes as naturally as breathing?"
...but it's SOOOO much more. Think about the unexpected revelations in Lois Lowry's The Giver. It's like that! However, I CANNOT and WILL NOT describe the gob-smacking, mind-blowing twists of Liar and if anyone tries to tell you, cover your ears and run away screaming. Knowing will ruin the adventure. I won't say much more, just that I gobbled up the book, and then wished I had read mais slowly so the experience would've lasted longer.
Liar: For audiences ages 16+
Clay Jensen returns início from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded por Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author gaio, jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.
Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.
Besides the book there was a movie in the 80's starring Daryl Hanna (Kill bill).
Totally Amazing!! Every Woman Should read it!!
Tantalize (Cynthia Leitich Smith) was an awsome book. I really enjoyed it. It had me guessing what was going to happen until the very end!
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt mais alone. Her hybrid werewolf first amor threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? Or is there mais to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly amor triângulo forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt mais alone. Her hybrid werewolf first amor threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? Or is there mais to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly amor triângulo forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?