You exist so that your blood, your tissues, even your organs can be harvested to keep someone else alive. Imagine that the person you are keeping alive is your sister, the sister you really love. That’s what Anna’s life is like. Anna was genetically engineered to be a perfect match for her older sister, who has leukemia. Since birth, Anna has donated her umbilical cord, platelets, blood, and bone marrow to keep Kate alive. Now, her mom wants her to donate a kidney – or else Kate will certainly die. Anna’s parents do love her, but she was created to be Kate’s donor. And Anna loves her parents, but she’s having a really hard time giving them what they are asking. How far should any one person have to go? Where do you draw the line on what you are willing to give? Anna and her family are about to find out.
In this debut collection of short stories by Holly Black, we tour a faerie market, are introduced to a girl who is poisonous to the touch and challenge the devil to an eating match.
A HOUSE WITH A SECRET
An unanswered question: Who is the Creature in the Night? Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in Dublin. So his mother moves the family to the country. But Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as quaint as it seems.
Book 1 of the Alex Van Helsing series
Yep, that Van Helsing. At boarding school in Switzerland, 16 year old Alex Van Helsing is not having an easy go of it. His roommates are sadistic, trouble seems to follow and find him where ever he goes and he's been having run-ins with vampires. Not to mention the strange buzzing in his head that makes him think he might be losing it. Alex also finds out more about himself and his illu
As if the book wasn't creepy enough. Loved the book, loved the graphic novel.
Book 2 in the Amulet graphic novel series. Emily and Navin's mother is still in a coma from the arachnopod's poison, and there's only one place to find help: Kanalis, the bustling, beautiful city of waterfalls. But when Em, her brother, and Miskit and the rest of the robotic crew aboard the walking house reach the city, they quickly realize that seeking help is looking for trouble, dangerous trouble.
The Elf King's son, Trellis, is still after them, but this time he's accompanied by a mysterious and dangerous guard, Luger. Then an equally mysterious fox, Leon Redbeard, steps in to help. This new fox friend offers to take Em on the perilous trip up Demon's Head Mountain to find the antidote she needs. Miskit is suspicious, Navin is worried about being left behind, and Emily is in the toughest spot of all. She's got to let loose the power of the amulet—without losing herself!
The Cloud
Reviewed by: Kelly, grade 9
This book bored me. I must have skipped about 3 chapters in this book. New Moon was the worst book in the Twilight series.
2 stars.
Reviewed by: Jack R., grade 9
Good book on adventure and keeps you gasping 'till the end.
4 stars.
Reviewed by: Lisa M., grade 9
This book was very suspenseful and gory. I liked it because of it. If you are not a fan of murder and suspense, do not read.
5 stars
Mimi Shapiro had a disturbing freshman year at NYU, thanks to a foolish affair with a professor who still haunts her caller ID. So when her artist father, Marc, offers the use of his remote Canadian cottage, she’s glad to hop in her Mini Cooper and drive up north. The house is fairy-tale quaint, and the key is hidden right where her dad said it would be, so she’s shocked to fi nd someone already living there — Jay, a young musician, who is equally startled to meet Mimi and immediately accuses her of leaving strange and threatening tokens inside: a dead bird, a snakeskin, a cricket sound track embedded in his latest composition. But Mimi has just arrived, so who is responsible? And more alarmingly, what does the intruder want?
A lighter psychological thriller.
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