Showing posts with label Shipwreck Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shipwreck Island. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The Rest of Your Summer Reading ~ August New Books (part 4)

The Leveller by Julia Durango
The Leveller #1
Action/Adventure 
Nixy Bauer, a sixteen-year-old self-made video-game bounty hunter, gets in over her head when she attempts to rescue a game developer's son from a virtual trap.

Life Unaware by Cole Gibsen
Contemporary Fiction 
Regan Flay is on the cusp of achieving her control-freak mother's "plan" for high school success--cheerleading, student council, the Honor Society--until her life gets turned horribly, horribly upside down. Every bitchy text. Every bitchy email. Every lie, manipulation, and insult she's ever said have been printed out and taped to all the lockers in school. Now Regan has gone from popular princess to total pariah. The only person who even speaks to her is her former best friend's hot but socially miscreant brother, Nolan Letner. Nolan thinks he knows what Regan's going through, but what nobody knows is that Regan isn't really Little Miss Perfect. In fact, she's barely holding it together under her mom's pressure. But the consequences of Regan's fall from grace are only just beginning. Once the chain reaction starts, no one will remain untouched... especially Regan Flay.

Like It Never Happened by Emily Adrian
Contemporary fiction 
As one of The Essential Five theater students at her alternative high school, Rebecca Rivers is preparing to become an actress and enjoying junior year with the perfect boyfriend until life-changing rumors threaten everything.

Lost by S. A. Bodeen
Shipwreck Island #2
Action/Adventure 
Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is running out, and their fear is escalating-there is no sign of rescue. The mysterious girl they found unconscious at the beach is healing, and what she tells them about the strange island and especially about someone called the Keeper has the family on edge. When Sarah's dad and Marco's younger brother go missing, the mystery becomes dangerous. Now, it's a matter of life and death. Now, the family is truly lost.


Monday, May 11, 2015

S. A. Bodeen will be visiting us!





Acclaimed young adult author S. A. Bodeen will visit the Durham Public Library on Saturday, June 6th from 2-4 pm.  There is no fee to attend this event, but preregistration is suggested by calling the Library at (860) 349-9544 ext. 1.

Ms. Bodeen has received numerous writing awards, including an American Library Association (ALA) Quick Pick for Young Adults for her books The Compound and The Gardener, Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year for The Raft, and a Publisher’s Weekly “Flying Start” profile article in 2008.

She is well-known in Connecticut for her two Nutmeg Award-nominated books, The Compound (2012) and The Raft (2015).  She is also the author of The Fallout and Shipwreck Island. The sequel to Shipwreck Island is due out this summer.

So, mark your calendars!  Saturday, June 6th 2-4pm!