GREAT READS

What would you do if your worst nightmares became your waking reality? Well, that is exactly what happens for Timothy July in The Nightmarys by Don Poblacki. When 7th-grader Timothy pairs up with new girl, Abigail, for a history project, he quickly f...

For sixteen-year-old Jenna Boller, shoes aren't just something you wear on your feet-- they are a way of life. She's never been the prettiest girl on the block or the smartest one in school, but for the last year at Gladstone's Shoe Store in Chicago,...

Take the 1980's classic The Breakfast Club about a group of five students at a Saturday detention who, while not complete strangers, are each from a different clique or social group and combine it with the 1954 novel by William Golding The Lord of th...

Colin Singleton, a once child prodigy, has had 19 girlfriends all named Katherine and he's been dumped by each and everyone one of them. One the day after his high school graduation, after his 19th painful "I think the problem is us" breakup speech, ...

Are you a fan of Bones, CSI, or even House on TV? I know I am! I used to watch a show called Crossing Jordan with a young woman who was a forensic pathologist and she would use her knowledge to work with the police to solve interesting and confusing ...

Shelving books, looking for something to read for my upcoming review, I came across Elise Broach's Desert Crossing. While the title didn't say "Hey, read me!" and the cover art (a sad, little car on a lonely, desert road) didn't help matters, I must...