2nd week Pizza Winner

Our Second pizza winner of the Summer is Hanna C. Congratulations Hanna!

If you have not been turning in your book review cards each week, you haven't had a chance to win.

And remember, if you turn in your review cards before the end of summer, each card is an entry in the contest to win an iPod Shuffle.

Pizza Winner!

We've had our first winner of a free Pizza this summer:

Michele C was drawn from all the book club review cards and can pick up her free Pizza any time! Congrats, Michele!

Everyone else who has signed up for the Beneath The Surface SRC can enter to win by turning in review cards at any of the 4 library locations. Pick up additional review cards at the Library and keep reading!

New YA Fiction

Fiction:
Trinkets by Kirsten Smith -- When three Lake Oswego High School girls from different social groups, good-girl Elodie, popular Tabitha, and tough Moe, meet in a rehabilitation group, they discover they have much more in common than shoplifting.








Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris -- Sequel to Unraveling - Four months after Ben returned to his home universe, Janelle learns that he is the prime suspect in a human trafficking ring, and she and Interverse Agent Barclay have five days to find the real culprit or the missing people may be lost forever.


Lure of the Dead by Joseph Delaney -- Last apprentice #10 - As creatures of the dark hunt for the witch assassin Grimalkin, who carries the captured Fiend's head, Spook's apprentice Tom tries to find a way to finish this terrifying evil once and for all.

The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen -- During her last summer at home before leaving for college, Emaline begins a whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie.








Fragments by Dan Wells -- Partials sequence, #2 -Kira Walker has found the cure for RM, but the battle for the survival of humans and Partials is just beginning. Kira has left East Meadow in a desperate search for clues to who she is. That the Partials themselves hold the cure for RM in their blood cannot be a coincidence -- it must be part of a larger plan, a plan that involves Kira, a plan that could save both races. Her companions are Afa Demoux, an unhinged drifter and former employee of ParaGen, and Samm and Heron, the Partials who betrayed her and saved her life, the only ones who know her secret. But can she trust them? Meanwhile, back on Long Island, what's left of humanity is gearing up for war with the Partials, and Marcus knows his only hope is to delay them until Kira returns. But, Kira's journey will take her deep into the overgrown wasteland of postapocalyptic America, and Kira and Marcus both will discover that their greatest enemy may be one they didn't even know existed.

Recruit by Robert Muchamore -- CHERUB agents are highly trained, extremely talented--and all under the age of seventeen. For official purposes, these agents do not exist. They are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists, hack into crucial documents, and gather intel on global threats—all without gadgets or weapons. It is an exceptionally dangerous job, but these agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that teens are spying on them.

James is the latest CHERUB recruit. He’s a bit of a troublemaker, but he’s also brilliant. And CHERUB needs him. James has no idea what to expect, but he’s out of options. Before he can start in the field he must first survive one hundred grueling days of basic training, where even the toughest recruits don’t make it to the end....

End Games by Michael Martin -- In the rural mountains of West Virginia, seventeen-year-old Michael Faris tries to protect his fragile younger brother from the horrors of the zombie apocalypse.









My Brother is a Big Fat Liar by James Patterson -- Middle school #3 - Georgia Khatchadorian plans

to excel at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaking brother failed.

Vote to bring Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent trilogy, to Texas!

I have begun posting TEEN Summer Book Reviews! You can click the link at the top of this page to see them all. If you turn in a review, and checkmark the "yes" box for posting, your reviews will show up here as well.

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Ms. G.