Friday, July 18, 2014
Cold Calls by Charles Benoit
A college-bound soccer player who only makes a single mistake. A goth girl who hides her past. A dutiful daughter whose questions go too far. Three teens from different schools and different walks of life have one thing in common:
I know your secret.
A mysterious voice whispering into their phones, controlling their actions and anticipating their reactions. Each one blackmailed into bullying specifically targeted schoolmates. When the three meet in a mandatory anti-bully counseling program, they team up to find the stranger who threatens them—before time runs out and their shattering secrets are revealed…
A chilling thriller.
An unsettling mystery.
A provocative exploration of bullying, culpability, and the cost of keeping secrets.
278 pages
Lexile HL 770
Monday, July 14, 2014
Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy
.In this stunning trilogy opener, Reedy envisions a near-future America on the verge of disaster, where political discord, economic crisis, and a controversial new law have created tension between state and federal governments. Enter 17-year-old Pfc. Daniel Wright, a football-playing, truck-driving, country music–loving high school senior and member of the Idaho National Guard. When his unit is called to help with a potential riot in Boise, things get out of hand, eventually sparking a full-blown conflict between Idaho and the Feds. Caught between duty to family, loyalty to the military, and his own sense of honor, Daniel becomes a pawn in a much larger game between governor and president. In a story line tied to current affairs.
Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the Idaho National Guard because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in Boise, it seems like a routine crowd-control mission ... but then Danny's gun misfires, spooking the other soldiers and the already fractious crowd, and by the time the smoke clears, twelve people are dead.
Video Book Talk
Author Website
CBS Interview with the Author Trent Reedy
374 pages
Lexile HL 760
Also Known as Elvis by James Howe
Seventh grade is over. While his friends scatter on family vacations, Skeezie looks after his clingy, younger sisters. His father’s never paid child support, his mom works two jobs, and now Skeezie needs one too. He’s kept the stress and fighting at home a secret from the gang. Joe, out and proud, and Addie, smart and determined, have intact, supportive families; Bobby and his widowed father live in a trailer park, but they’re doing fine, too. Addie’s sometime friend Becca has a crush on Skeezie—or does she? Skeezie enjoys the job he’s landed at the Candy Kitchen, working with pretty Steffi, who calls him Elvis and has family and boyfriend problems herself. When his dad shows up out of the blue, Skeezie’s life changes again, and he’s torn between the possibility of a new life and loyalty for the one he knows. Part 4 of the Misfit's Series-The series that inspired No Name CallingWeek
- The Misfits
- Totally Joe
- Addie on the Inside
- Also Known as Elvis
288 pages
No Name Calling Week
Author Interview
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
A Young Scientist's Guide to Faulty Freaks of Nature by James Doyle
The Young Scientist’s Guide to Faulty Freaks of Nature is your guide to some of the strangest science ever seen, and in it you’ll discover that some of the things scientists told you were “wrong” were actually right! Fictional hobbits? They are real! You’ll even meet an all-new creature called a “spider-goat.” So if you have a thirst for the weird, the wonderful, and the downright wacky, then this is the science book for you.
Includes 20 experiments for the sink, bathtub, and backyard!
142 pages
142 pages
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