Message of the Month

Hi Guys! So I'm sure there's only like 12 of you actually reading this, but just to let you know I'm only posting 2 book reviews this month, because you should never believe the shipment orders when it says 2-14 days for a book. It will always be put onto the slowest shipment and you'll have to wait like 2 weeks for it :P

So this month I have only two books, but they are so awesome that I think they don't need another book to complete them :P

Talk to ya'll next month!
~Megan :)

Boys, Girls, & Other Hazardous Materials

Do you feel like you can't escape your past wherever you go? Have you ever had best friends that kept teasing you about something? would you be able to stand up to someone who previously used you like a tool? Charlie faces a whole new world of drama in Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials by Rosalind Wiseman. With detailed flashbacks, homecoming arguments, sports hazing, and (of course) high school crushes, this book is perfect for readers like you.

Charlie Healy has done it- she's finally escaped from her drama life at Ben Franklin Middle School, leaving her horrible friends behind. Now she's free to become a new person at Harmony Falls High School, until two things happen. One is that Nidhi Patel is back, and she hasn't forgiven Chalie for not standing up to her "friends". Two is that Will Edwards, Charlie's best friend since she was little, is back, going to Harmony Falls, and he's hot. Things begin to take the path of crazy teenagers (including at least three heated arguments) until a hazing prank including Will goes out of contorol, sending someone to the hospital. Now Charlie's life is way more drama filled than she, or any other teen, wants. Is there such a thing as a year free of drama?

This is by far one of the best realistic fiction books I've read, and that's saying something considering all of the books I read. Wiseman does such a good job of putting feeling into this book and making you remember (or fantasize about) your own high school years. There are everyday problems put into here about decision making, stress, and the interaction of teens that many of us forget about even though we've experienced them ourselves! If you've seen Mean Girls and liked it, then you'll love Queen Bees & Wannabes by Wiseman, because even though it was the basis for the movie, we all know the books are better than the movies. :)

Can Charlie survive her freshman year at Harmony Falls? Will she able to fix the mistakes from her past? Are there hidden feelings for someone, or is it just worries as Charlie tries to make her choice? Read Boys, Girls, and Other Hazardous Materials by Rosalind Wiseman and I hope you'll love it just as much as I do.

Museum of Thieves

Do you get into trouble often? Have you ever heard and listened to that small voice n the back of your head? Would you be able to run away and stay hidden after hearing about the consequences given to the ones you loved? No one can answer these questions better than Goldie in Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner.

Twelve-year-old Golden Roth has been put into the Punishment Chains once again. It wasn't her fault exactly, but now she was in those hated, heavy brass chains on her Separation Day, the day when children are finally allowed to leave their Guardians' Care. Today's Separation Day isn't going at all how Goldie wants, especially when a mysterious accident causes Separation Day to be canceled. Goldie's devastated and can't stand to spend another day with her Guardians, so she steals the ceremonial scissors and cuts her ribbon, escaping through a small door. This upturns chaos, but now Goldie must stay hidden or face unmentionable consequences. Frightened and unprepared, Goldie is somehow pushed towards the mysterious Museum of Dunt, where she really begins her adventures. Goldie begins to live inside the Museum's shifting walls and rooms, learning and developing her skills as a thief along with a boy named Toadspit. When the Fugelman and his Guardians threaten to open the dreaded Dirty Gate, releasing war, disease, and other feared things, Goldie and Toadspit must act quickly to save their beloved Dunt from plague. Will they be able to do it in time?

This book is one worth mentioning because it's such a good story, with the perfect combination of suspense, adventure, and the antics of children. Tanner puts such insight and story elements into this book that you'd have to be crazy not to check this book out!

Will Goldie and Toadspit be able to save their city? Is there something suspicious about the Fugelman? Will the Dirty Gate remained closed? Read Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner and you may find out more than you ever dreamed of.