Saturday, May 26, 2007

RULES OF SURVIVAL by Nancy Werlin

I know you don't remember much about what happened when you were little. At least I hope you don't. But I need to write it down so we can all remember. So if there comes a day when you want to know how we ended up here, I can tell you. How we lived. How we met Murdock. How Murdock became an obsession with me. How Callie found him. How safe we felt. How wrong we were. I really don't want you to remember. To remember how afraid we were.

Monday, May 7, 2007

I'D TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU by Ally Carter

Gallagher Academy is just your typical girls boarding school filled with rich, spoiled girls. At least that is what they would have you believe. But behind those ivy covered walls is a very different kind of school. The kind where the girls take courses like Covert Operations and where the girls learn the art of following without being seen. You see, Gallagher Academy is a school for future spies. That's right. All these girls are being trained to be top notch spies. It isn't easy to get into the academy -- especially since it's so hush-hush! Cammie has an in of course since her mother is the head mistress. But Cammie has done something that may jeopardize her stay at Gallagher. She has formed a crush on a local boy!

Baby by Joseph Monninger

Baby. Can you imagine anyone naming their daughter Baby? And if that isn't enough, she's abandoned as well. Now she's a teen in the foster system with few options. This may just be her last chance. So here she is somewhere in New Hampshire living with some ex-hippies. These people seem nice enough although they are a bit off. It doesn't matter to Baby. She has no plans to stick around for long. As soon as her boyfriend can find her, she's out of there. She and Bobby don't need anyone else. But for the time being, Baby will try to hang out and not make too many waves. And it isn't going to be all that bad. You see, the old hippies have some really cool dogs. They run sled dogs and they are teaching Baby to run her own team. Yea the dogs are cool but they are not Bobby. Will Baby blow her last chance in the system or will she find something to work for?

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING : DEVORAH'S STORY by Linda Press Wulf

It's 1921 and Devorah has lost just about everything that mattered to her. Her parents have died. Many other people from the town have died during the war. And now Poland is not a safe place to be if you are Jewish. When a gentle man arrives from South Africa, Devorah and her younger sister may just have a way out. The man has raised funds to transport 200 Jewish orphans to South Africa where they will be safe. Where they will have enough to eat. Where they will have a chance to go to school. And where they just might find a new family to love.