Tuesday 26 September 2017

READALIKES 2

If you loved one of these books, you'll probably love the other two.

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas



Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch


Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers




READALIKES

If you loved one of these books, you will probably love the other two.


Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell



Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.

In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.



Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea’s biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile.

But when Eliza’s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she’s built—her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity—begins to fall apart.
 








The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson



Tuesday 19 September 2017

NEW BOOKS

On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure and to live a lifetime in a single day. 



From acclaimed author Gretchen McNeil comes her first realistic contemporary romance—perfect for fans of Kody Keplinger’s The Duff  and Morgan Matson’s Since You've Been Gone.

Beatrice Maria Estrella Giovannini has life all figured out. She's starting senior year at the top of her class, she’s a shoo-in for a scholarship to M.I.T., and she’s got a new boyfriend she’s crazy about. The only problem: All through high school Bea and her best friends Spencer and Gabe have been the targets of horrific bullying.

So Bea uses her math skills to come up with The Formula, a 100% mathematically guaranteed path to social happiness in high school. Now Gabe is on his way to becoming Student Body President, and Spencer is finally getting his art noticed. But when her boyfriend Jesse dumps her for Toile, the quirky new girl at school, Bea realizes it's time to use The Formula for herself. She'll be reinvented as the eccentric and lovable Trixie—a quintessential manic pixie dream girl—in order to win Jesse back and beat new-girl Toile at her own game.

Unfortunately, being a manic pixie dream girl isn't all it's cracked up to be, and “Trixie” is causing unexpected consequences for her friends. As The Formula begins to break down, can Bea find a way to reclaim her true identity and fix everything she's messed up? Or will the casualties of her manic pixie experiment go far deeper than she could possibly imagine?




One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

Pay close attention and you might solve this.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.

Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.

Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.

Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.

Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.

And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.
 





Sunday 10 September 2017

FOR FANS OF MANGA

We've got a great selection of manga in our library, and I just added all 22 published volumes of Attack on Titan. Come in for a browse of the manga shelves - you will find something amazing to read.



A student recommended the new series, Boruto, which is the next generation of Naruto. We've got the two available volumes and the early word is that it's a terrific new series.


READING HAS NEVER BEEN THIS MUCH FUN

Welcome back for the 2017-2018 school year! The book world for middle school students has never been bigger or more exciting. There are so many new books coming out that you might be a bit overwhelmed - so many choices! That's what my job as a librarian is : to help you find the best stories for YOU! You'll soon be coming in with your class to hear me talk about some of the best new and old books, but you can also stop by the library in the morning, lunch or after school to chat about books, something I love to do. You can also communicate with me through this blog or check it out to see what's just come in, what's coming in soon or what other students recommend.

GET READY, WE'RE IN FOR A FANTASTIC YEAR OF AMAZING READING!!!