I always have at least three books going at the same time, one on my iPod in the car and a minimum of two scattered around my house. Maybe that's why it always takes me so long to read them all.
So here are the books I'm currently reading:
Eleven-year-old Kaden has managed to stay under the radar for most of
his life. With the exception of Kubla, a pet crow, Kaden doesn't have
any friends his own age and he's okay with that. After all, friends can
ask inconvenient questions. Questions like Why do you live with your
grandmother and where is your father? Questions Kaden doesn't want to
answer. Apart from school and a few trips to town, Kaden and Gram keep
to themselves, living a simple life at their cabins outside the small
community of Promise. But now Kaden's life is getting a lot more
complicated. He's starting middle school, which brings its own set of
problems for a boy who doesn't fit in. And then he learns that his
father, a man he has never known, is getting out of prison and moving to
Promise. After years of being the outsider at school, Kaden is given a
chance to come out of his shell when Yo-Yo, a new boy, moves to the area
and offers friendship. But can Kaden trust him? Will Yo-Yo be a real
friend after he learns about Kaden's father? The true meaning of
friendship, love, responsibility, and loyalty is explored in this novel
for middle-grade readers.
A mysterious island.
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,
an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a
thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family
tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off
the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned
bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than
just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been
quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible
though it seems—they may still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy
illustrated with haunting vintage photography,
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
On a May
afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific
Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of
oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.
It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was
struggling to a life raft. So began one of the most extraordinary
odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant's name was Louis
Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent.
As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a
prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when
war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey
that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the
unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands
of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and
starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. His fate,
whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of
his will. Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind,
body, and spirit.
The third Captain Underpants adventure like you've never seen it before -- in FULL COLOR!
George and Harold have played a
trick or two on nearly everyone at Jerome Horwitz Elementary. When their
latest prank causes the school's cranky cafeteria ladies to quit, Mr.
Krupp hires a trio of unusual replacements -- who happen to look an
awful lot like aliens! Will that curtain-caped crusader, Captain
Underpants, save the day once more? Or will those outer-space cafeteria
ladies have him for lunch?
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