GREAT READS

Based on the true account of serving maid, Anne Green, sentenced to death for infanticide in 17th century England, Newes from the Dead, by British author Mary Hooper, is disturbing, captivating and suspenseful.  I would recommend this book for o...

Seventeen year-old Katniss Everdeen has been back home in District 12 for nine months as Book Two of The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins begins. As a Victor in the annual Hunger Games commanded by the cruel and reigning Capitol, Katniss ...

Award-winning author, poet and filmmaker, Sherman Alexie, has written a fantastic and funny coming-of-age novel for teens in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Junior is a nerdy, poor Spokane Indian teen living on "the Rez" with hi...

Boot Camp, written in 2007 by noted young-adult author Todd Strasser, is a frightening book.  Garrett Durrell is a 15-year old student.  He's taller than average, exceptionally smart, polite, born into a rich family and has a compassionate ...