For those of you following the Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson, book number 7, The Insider, is now on the shelf. This is the end of the series, and the darkest one yet with demons, witches and wraiths all wreaking havoc at Disneyland. It promises to be a great ending to a great series.
In Amy Plum's new book, After the End, young Juneau lives in an isolated clan believing that a third world war has destroyed the civilized world. When she returns from a hunting trip to find the rest of the clan has disappeared, she sets out in search of them and discovers that the life she has been living is a lie. Lots of intrigue and adventure in this one, by the author of the popular Die For Me series.
Do you like verse novels, like Ellen Hopkins' and Sonya Sones' books? Gabrielle Prendergast, the author of Audacious, has a new verse novel called Capricious. If you have never tried a novel in verse, they are quick reads and usually tell a pretty complex story in spare language. Try this one.
Caged Warrior by Alan Sitomer takes place in Detroit Michigan and chronicles the world of underground Mixed Martial Arts fighting. McCutcheon is one of the star fighters, even though is just a high school student. You will cheer him on as he attempts to leave this life and make a better life for himself and his beloved little sister. But his violent and mob-related father has other plans for him.
The third and final book in the Slayer Chronicles by Heather Brewer is here as well. This series is a companion series to the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. Lots of secrets are revealed in this one that will keep you reading until the end.
Free to Fall by Lauren Miller is set in the near future when everyone is controlled by, what else, their smartphones! Similar to M.T. Anderson's great sci-fi book The Feed, an app on the phone makes decisions for everyone so that they can get on with the important job of just enjoying themselves. But some hear that little whisper of a voice within that tells them something contrary to the phone app. It's called The Doubt, and Rory is starting to listen to it carefully.
There's mystery in Searching for Sky by Jullian Cantor. River has lived her entire life on an island, completely unaware of the rest of the world, until she spots a boat that ends up taking her to live with her grandmother in California, a world that terrifies her. She wants nothing more that to return to the only home she has ever known. But there is a secret on the island that some will do anything to keep hidden.
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