Hi all,
If you are looking for some good summer reads, try these:
(They are organized by genre.)
Sci Fi:
Feed, by, M.T. Anderson
Summary:
This book is about the future. People have a kind of television stuck in their heads, the device, its called a feed sort of knows who they are, and what they want. The main character falls in love with someone who has a faulty feed, and their heart and brain is failing because the feed is too.
*Note* This book contains a lot of curses.
Mystery:
Nancy Drew, by, Caroline Keene
Summary:
These books are a series that has around 60 books in it. It is about a young female sleuth who goes on many adventures with her friends, and often saves the day.
Fantasy:
First Light, by, Rebecca Stead
Summary:
This book is about two worlds. One below Greenland, and one above, on the ice. Two children, one from each world meet, and struggle to save a colony of a people long forgotten beneath the ice, before its too late.
Historical Fiction:
Hawksmaid, by, Kathryn Lasky
Summary:
This is a story about Maid Marian and Robin Hood before they were Maid Marian and Robin Hood. Maid Marian, (Matty) is attached to hawks and she and Robin Hood (Fynn) with a band of merry men, try to set treacherous times to right by aiding the poor to rise against Prince John, and return the rightful King Richard to his throne.
Realistic Fiction:
Cousins, by, Virginia Hamilton
This is a story about Cammy, a girl whose beloved Gram Tut is dying, and she figures out her self centered cousins secret, she struggles on through thick and thin, and then a tragic thing occurs and she must figure out how to cope with it.
Boo!
I just read first light and its really good
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