Strasburg-Heisler Library - 143 Precision Ave, Strasburg, PA 17579

 

 

Here are just a few Starred Reviews

 

A toddler drowns in a kayak accident after friends of teenage Brady, the victim's neighbor, vent some anger against the child's dad by drilling holes in the bottom of his boat. It was a mean-spirited prank--but no one was supposed to die. What happens now?

 

Martin Stokes is a 17-year-old black high school student. Arrested on his own front stoop for “steering” an undercover cop to a drug dealer, he’s spent five months in jail at Rikers Island when this story begins. By turns bleak and funny, Rikers High follows Martin’s struggles with his overworked legal-aid attorney, the bullying of his fellow inmates, a complicated home life and his own burgeoning anger at the unfairness of his incarceration. The novel spans just two and a half weeks, but those few days feel as long as a lifetime.

 

Sci- Fi

Danny's smart, independent,and a thief. One night, he breaks into what looks like a country mansion not too far from London only to stumble into the middle of a government experiment in astral projection and remote viewingin other words, spying on terrorists from a safe distance. Recruited to join the project, he quickly finds out that things are not as they seem nor as safe as he'd been promised.  This is a quick, hard-to-put-down read.

 

Supernatural Romance

Grace was taken from her backyard by a pack of wolves when she was a little girl, but one, lone wolf refused to let the rest of the pack eat her. From that point on, Grace considered him her wolf and watched for him at the edge of the trees during the cold winters. Sam has been a werewolf for as long as he can remember. Until he met Grace, he lived a silent existence with his pack. But now, something has changed.

 

Suspense

Enrolled in summer school at a nearby school district, Cathy Ferris finds her life shaken up when a classmate publicly proclaims her to be his long-lost cousin, Murielle, and the story spreads like wildfire. Soon everyone knows that more than ten years ago Murielle's parents, fleeing the country to avoid federal charges of embezzlement, left their only child behind.

 

In this timeless, dystopian tale of hope in dark times, four teenagers seek freedom from an oppressive society as well as the truth about their parents' mysterious deaths.  The teens' dangerous journeys bring terrifying enemies, unexpected allies, heartbreaking tragedy, and a discovery of both the elemental strength of the human voice and the resiliency of the human spirit. An award winner in France, where it was first published, this absorbing, fablelike story celebrates the infinite power of love and courage to inspire others, build a community, and make a difference.

 

Magical Adventure

The story revolves around the magical adventures of two everyday kids, Ruthie and Jack, among the Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. Sixth graders at a prestigious private school, they're best friends and complete opposites. When Jack finds a mysterious key on a class outing, a key that enables Ruthie and anything she touches to shrink, the magic and danger begins.

 

 

Camilla - Madeleine L'Engle

The Espressologist - Kristina Springer

Rapture of the Deep: A Bloody Jack Adventure - L.A. Meyer

The Uninvited - Tim Wynne-Jones

The Alchemyst : The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel - Michael Scott

Miracle Wimp - Erik Kraft

The Carrie Diaries - Candace Bushnell

A Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth - Lynne Rae Perkins

Shayla's Double Brown Baby Blues - Lori Aurelia Williams

Borrowed Names - Jeannine Atlins (a book of poems)

Checkered Flag Cheater - Will Weaver

See No Evil - Jamila Gavin

Breathless - Jessica Warman

The Hunting of the Last Dragon - Sherryl Jordan

Jack Tumor - Anthony McGowan (brain tumor humor)

Bug Boy - Eric Luper (not about bugs, but horse racing)

Boyology - Sarah Burningham (a teen girl's crash course in all things boy. What do guys think about? Nothing!)

Crossing Stones - Helen Frost  (two families at the brink of WWI)

Lockdown : Escape from Furnace - Alexander Gordon Smith (shock and terror in a penitentiary)