After Eli

This book deals with a really complicated subject for children: death. In After Eli, Daniel's brother has just been killed in Iraq and as sort of a treatment, Danny has made a book of the dead about different people who have died in various ways. Each chapter begins with the name of a person and the cause of death and Danny begins each chapter by explaining why he put that person in his book and how they relate to Eli. Through the course of the book, he tells us his memories with Eli and during the summer, he uses his two friends, Isabelle and Walter to help him not overcome, but eventually accept his brother's death. This is a very well-written book and I enjoyed it very much.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

This is one of those books that is assigned to you for school and after the first two or three chapters, you end up loving it. Chasing Lincoln's Killer is a nonfiction book, but it is presented in such a way that it is captivating and factual at the same time. 

This book is really about the twelve days after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the lengths that Booth and his cohorts went to in order to stay hidden. They hid in swamps and forests and people's homes, always risking capture. This book always kept me on the edge of my seat.

I really recommend this book because I find very interesting for a nonfiction book, which don't usually draw the "teenage crowd". It seems like fiction and the author shows the information in a way that doesn't seem like an assignment, rather like a fascinating story you're going to want to know about. 

What Happened to Goodbye

This book is my favorite Sarah Dessen book so far. In this book, What Happened to Goodbye, the main character Mclean has moved four times in the last two years since her parents got divorced and her mother married the basketball coach of her father's favorite team. Things in her family have been very tense and stressful, especially between her and her mother, who now has two children, Mclean's half-brother and sister.

This new move is the first time Mclean has really been herself. In the past towns, she's created fake personalities and names based off of her middle name, Elizabeth. In one town she was Eliza, the popular cheerleader, in another, Lizbet, the theatrical, black-clad girl. She never felt like she had to be herself because she was in one place long enough for people to care about what was underneath her counterfeit personality.

I really enjoyed this book, as I have enjoyed all of Sarah Dessen's books, because when she writes it's such a great literal representation of the teenage life. There are so many ups and downs that I think most romance/drama novelists choose to ignore and instead paint the so-called “perfect teen” who's popular and has no family drama or any problems whatsoever. Sarah chooses otherwise and embraces these imperfections which makes her books relatable and very truly memorable.

By Colette   

INSURGENT

Think Hunger Games, or Harry Potter, and this book is hands down just as good. Insurgent is the second installment in the trilogy of the Divergent series, and it definitely became a book that I would suggest for anybody to read-if action, sci-fi, mystery, and dystopian worlds are your kind of book. Insurgent was all about Tris, the main character and heroine of the story, fighting to protect what she loves and believes in, but the storyline is so much deeper than that. There are so many obstacles that Tris Prior, a 16 year old girl whose life will never be the same, has to face in her far from perfect world. One of the best things about the book is that the characters are all so relatable, genuine,and flawed, it is so easy to get sucked in.
All in all, I give it a definite 10 out of 10, especially since the ending left off on such a cliffhanger. I can't wait till it comes out in October!!!
INSURGENT IS A MUST READ AND WARNING-IT IS ADDICTING.

New Bloggers Enter the Arena

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Welcome 2013 - "DIG INTO READING" Bloggers!

I'm looking forward to a great summer of reading your book reviews.  Sign-ups are underway and currently I have Corey, Colette, Max, and Hannah on my list of bloggers. Come check out our new additions to the Young Adult and Adult collections and begin reading anytime.  Be sure to review the rules posted on the blog page.  I look forward to hearing from you soon!  T. Hamm