Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Tennyson isn't happy when his sister, Bronte, starts dating Brewster Rawlins, the quiet loner at school better known as "Bruiser" and voted by the yearbook staff as "Most Likely to Die by Lethal Injection." A guy like that can't be good news, right? After spying scars and bruises on Bruiser's back, Tennyson follows him home and thinks he has the answers to Bruiser's troubled life. But he soon realizes the shocking truth about Bruiser and learns a valuable lesson about the pain and suffering we must all endure.
***A Truman Nominee for 2012-2013
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Book 3: Epitaph Road
Epitaph Road by David Patneaude
It's 2097 and Kellen Dent is a minority--because he's male. Ninety seven percent of the male population has been wiped out by Elisha's Bear, a virus that strikes without warning and only takes males as its victims. Women are in control, and problems of the past such as crime, violence, and prison overcrowding have also been eliminated. It seems to be the perfect world. . . until Kellen overhears his mother and aunt talking about a new outbreak--one that will affect his father living on his own in the wild. Kellen's journey to warn him leads to the truth about Elisha's Bear--and other secretive plans for the world's future. What is Kellen willing to risk to expose everything? And at what cost?
It's 2097 and Kellen Dent is a minority--because he's male. Ninety seven percent of the male population has been wiped out by Elisha's Bear, a virus that strikes without warning and only takes males as its victims. Women are in control, and problems of the past such as crime, violence, and prison overcrowding have also been eliminated. It seems to be the perfect world. . . until Kellen overhears his mother and aunt talking about a new outbreak--one that will affect his father living on his own in the wild. Kellen's journey to warn him leads to the truth about Elisha's Bear--and other secretive plans for the world's future. What is Kellen willing to risk to expose everything? And at what cost?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Book 2: Okay for Now
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
It's 1968 and Doug Swieteck has an abusive father who drinks too much, one brother who's always in trouble, another brother fighting in Vietnam, and a mother whose beautiful smile helps Doug get through it all. Then they move to "stupid" Marysville, New York, and Doug discovers a book of Audubon's work in the public library. He starts drawing each bird under the guidance of Mr. Powell, realizing a hidden talent he never knew he had. Before long, he realizes that he's doing much more than drawing. As he makes his rounds as a delivery boy on Saturday mornings and attends Washington Irving Junior High School during the week, he encounters numerous people whose lives are all reflected through Audubon's works. He reveals painful secrets, realizes that nothing is as it seems, and discovers that maybe, just maybe, Marysville isn't that stupid after all.
It's 1968 and Doug Swieteck has an abusive father who drinks too much, one brother who's always in trouble, another brother fighting in Vietnam, and a mother whose beautiful smile helps Doug get through it all. Then they move to "stupid" Marysville, New York, and Doug discovers a book of Audubon's work in the public library. He starts drawing each bird under the guidance of Mr. Powell, realizing a hidden talent he never knew he had. Before long, he realizes that he's doing much more than drawing. As he makes his rounds as a delivery boy on Saturday mornings and attends Washington Irving Junior High School during the week, he encounters numerous people whose lives are all reflected through Audubon's works. He reveals painful secrets, realizes that nothing is as it seems, and discovers that maybe, just maybe, Marysville isn't that stupid after all.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Book 1: Virals
Virals by Kathy Reichs
Tory Brennan has had some serious bad luck. Her mother has just died, she's had to move in with a father she didn't know existed, and she now lives on a remote island off the coast of Charleston where she doesn't fit in with the elite students at her new school. The only good thing she's got going is discovering that she's the great niece of Temperance Brennan, the world famous forensic scientist, which explains her knack for exploring and digging for evidence. One day Tory is doing just that with her three island buddies when she stumbles across an old military dog tag. The foursome decides that the only way to determine its owner is to break into the local research institute. They are hoping to just clean the dog tag. That's it. They don't plan on finding a research project that will forever alter their DNA. They don't plan on trying to solve a forty year old murder. They don't plan on running for their lives and not knowing who to trust. Looks like Tory's bad luck just became worse. . .
**A Truman Nominee for 2012-2013.
Tory Brennan has had some serious bad luck. Her mother has just died, she's had to move in with a father she didn't know existed, and she now lives on a remote island off the coast of Charleston where she doesn't fit in with the elite students at her new school. The only good thing she's got going is discovering that she's the great niece of Temperance Brennan, the world famous forensic scientist, which explains her knack for exploring and digging for evidence. One day Tory is doing just that with her three island buddies when she stumbles across an old military dog tag. The foursome decides that the only way to determine its owner is to break into the local research institute. They are hoping to just clean the dog tag. That's it. They don't plan on finding a research project that will forever alter their DNA. They don't plan on trying to solve a forty year old murder. They don't plan on running for their lives and not knowing who to trust. Looks like Tory's bad luck just became worse. . .
**A Truman Nominee for 2012-2013.
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