Title: City Spies Author: James Ponti Read by: Lisa Flanagan Genre: Mystery/Spy About the Book Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency. Operating out of a base i ..read more

Title: All Thirteen Author: Christina Soontornvat Genre: Narrative Nonfiction About the Book On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon’s adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness ..read more

I thought I'd share a graphic of my summer reading plans. Very excited about these!  ..read more

Title: Nightmares Authors: Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller Book Summar Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse! Charlie Laird has several problems. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.  What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of yo ..read more

Title: Nath Enough Author: Maria Scrivan Genre: Realistic Fiction - Graphic Novel About the book: Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she might realize she's more than enough, just the way she is. Thoughts This ..read more

I love book trailers!  They are a great way to get introduced to a new book or series.  Check out this one! The Clean Getaway by Nic Stone How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: * Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED. * Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. * Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds, history, memories, and most important, the way home. What Not to Bring: * A Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all costs. Even when G'ma starts acting stranger t ..read more

I love book trailers!   They are a great way to get introduced to a new book or series. Check out this one! Words on Fire byJennifer A. Nielsen Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian -- they have banned Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language. But Audra knows her parents are involved in something secret and perilous. When Cossacks arrive abruptly at their door, Audra's parents insist that she flee, taking with her an important package and inst ..read more

Title: Children of Exile Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix Narrator: Erin Moon For the past twelve years, adults called “Freds” have raised Rosi, her younger brother Bobo, and the other children of their town, saying it is too dangerous for them to stay with their parents, but now they are all being sent back. Since Rosi is the oldest, all the younger kids are looking to her with questions she doesn’t have the answers to. She’d always trusted the Freds completely, but now she’s not so sure. And their home is nothing like she’d expected, like nothing the Freds had prepared them fo ..read more

Title: All the Lovely Bad OnesAuthor: Mary Downing HahnNarrator: Jeff Cummings Travis and his sister, Corey, can t resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother s quiet Vermont inn, where they re spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little haunting of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that they aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep ..read more

Title: Taking Cover: One Girl's Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution Author: Nioucha Homayoonfar Copy Obtained: From publisher in exchange for an honest review About the Book from Goodreads This coming-of-age memoir, set during the Iranian Revolution, tells the story of a young girl who moves to Tehran from the U.S. and has to adjust to living in a new country, learning a new language, and starting a new school during one of the most turbulent periods in Iran's history. This true story of Nioucha Homayoonfar offers a window into an at-once familiar yet foreign culture. Religion ..read more