Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
Discussion Meeting: Tuesday June 10th, After School, The Library Lab
Discussion Meeting: Tuesday June 10th, After School, The Library Lab
Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. And she hates her life, her stupid school and the way everyone is always on at her. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed. |
The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks
Discussion Meeting: Monday May 19th @ 8:00, Rm D3
Discussion Meeting: Monday May 19th @ 8:00, Rm D3
When Wendy Geller’s body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,”Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled.” But shy Rain, once Wendy’s best friend, knows there was more to Wendy than just “party girl.” As she struggles to separate the friend she knew from the tangle of gossip and headlines, Rain becomes determined to discover the truth about the murder. |
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Discussion Meeting: Monday April 28th @ 8:00, Rm D3
Discussion Meeting: Monday April 28th @ 8:00, Rm D3
"EVERY BREAKUP STARTS WITH A LOVE STORY. |
Raven Speak by Diane Lee Wilson
Discussion Meeting: Monday April 7th @ 8:00, Rm D3
Discussion Meeting: Monday April 7th @ 8:00, Rm D3
"Asa is the daughter of a Viking chief whose clan is struggling to survive a never-ending winter. All the able-bodied men head to sea in search of food, leaving behind the children, the elderly, the sick—and Jorgen the skald, the wise man who will stop at nothing to take over the clan. When Asa learns the skald wants to kill and eat her beloved horse, she runs away. But then she meets a strange woman who talks to her two pet ravens, and who warns Asa she’ll have to make a great sacrifice to save her clan. Now Asa must face the biggest challenge of her life in this eerie, absorbing adventure tale." - Simon & Schuster |
Americus by MK Reed
Discussion Meeting: Monday March 17th @ 8:00, Rm D3
Discussion Meeting: Monday March 17th @ 8:00, Rm D3
"Neal Barton just wants to read in peace. Unluckily for him, some local Christian activists are trying to get his favorite fantasy series banned from the Americus public library on grounds of immoral content and heresy. Something has to be done, and it looks like quiet, shy Neal is going to have to do it. With youth services librarian Charlotte Murphy at his back, Neal finds himself leading the charge to defend the mega-bestselling fantasy series that makes his life worth living." - First Second Books |
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Discussion Meeting: Monday February 24th @ 8:00, Rm D3
Discussion Meeting: Monday February 24th @ 8:00, Rm D3
" Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily receives special protections from the spiritual forces of Neverland, but then she meets her tribe's most dangerous enemy--Peter Pan--and falls in love with him."
SLVHS Book Club's first book selection of the year was:
FEED by M.T. Anderson
FEED by M.T. Anderson
"In a future world where internet connections feed directly into the consumer’s brain, thought is supplemented by advertising banners, and language has gone into a steep decline, a little love story unfolds. Titus, an average kid on a weekend trip to the moon, meets Violet, a brainy girl who has decided to try to fight the feed. Assaulted by a hacker who interrupts their connection, they struggle to understand what has happened to them – and to everyone around them." |