Dangerous Days of Daniel X - James Patterson

In this book a 15 year old Alien Hunger named Daniel X has the best power, the ability to create. He uses this ability to hunt down all the bad Aliens on the list left for him by his parents when they were killed by the #1 Bad Alien on the list.

Good read!

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Catching Fire & Monarch!

November 22nd Book Buddies enjoyed meeting with Monarch High School book club to view Catching Fire! Great show, good popcorn and even Noodles and company afterwards. 

Book Buddies at the Theater
Long Live District 13

Book Club and the Dr Who (left), After dinner at the library (right)
Kate and her amazing strangle/hug goodbye! (bottom)

Book Buddies Friday Nov 15

Nov. 22nd,
Regal Colony Square Stadium 12

Don't forget Book Buddies this Friday, November 15th 11am @your library! Make sure that you are signed up with Mr G.

Also, Book Buddies will be taking a field trip Monarch High School to Catching Fire November 22nd. Meet at school about 2pm and we'll watch the movie, enjoy dinner with our buddies.

Bring a signed field trip permission form and $5 if you would like to attend to this Friday's book Buddies!

How To Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalesteir

In this book, everyone has their one special fairy that gives them special powers. However, the main character does not like her fairy and is trying everything to change it.
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Loose Girl by Kerry Cohen

This book is about Kerry Cohen's life. It talks about her addiction to power and control over the male gender. It also talks about her struggle of being addicted to sex.
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Delirium by Lauren Oliver

If you like a book with a good romance in it, you will love Delirium. The story takes place in Portland, Oregon at least 65 years in the future. Love has been outlawed and there is a cure for love. Lena can't wait to get her cure so she will stop thinking about her dead mother. But then she meets a boy by the name of Alex who changes all of that.
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             This book is about Tia's family from the perspective of an older sister.  She makes it funny yet relatable.  It goes through drama and "accidents" and everything you can think of.

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             This book is the first in the Promises to Keep series.  It follows the story of a small town, and focuses in on the young Amy.  Amy's life seems really content, but things take a turn for the worst.  Bad things keep happening and she struggles to keep herself together.
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             This book is the second book in the promises to keep series.  We watch as Amy grows up and endures a terrible marriage and a HUGE cliffhanger at the end.

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13 Reasons Why

            A girl named Hannah Baker committed suicide.  a few weeks later a guy named Clay Jensen recieved a package with 7 tapes with numbers one though thirteen.  Each tape held a reason why she killed herself.

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Creepy Susie and 13 other tragic tales for troubled children By Angus Oblong

This book is a lot of random stories.  They're odd stories and they aren't for everyone.  But I liked them.
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The Handmaid's Tale: Margret Atwood

The Handmaids have one job, to procreate for the Husbands.  They get two years, and if they don't have a child within that time limit they are killed.

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The Bluest Eye By Toni Mornson

The story of a colored girl who lives in a poor family.  The father is abusive and many terrible things happen to her.  The perspective of a child is amazing.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Teens between 13 and 18 get ready to unwind, which is pretty much every piece of their body goes to someone in need of it. People get unwound because of parents who can't control their teens. But these 3 teens who are about to be unwound fight for their lives as for everyone else.

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Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 

Sam Kingston, one of the most popular girls in her high school; she along with her 3 best friends run their school with rudeness and terrible behaviors. But one night all is taken with only 7 chances to fix where she wronged- Will she find her true self  or will she loose it all?!

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The Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamillo

This book was really good, it was about this boy who list his mom and lives in a hotel with his dad and he finds a tiger in the woods and befriends it. It is a really good book that I would recommend to any or all of my friends.

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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 

This book! I say is a strongly emotional with great suspense surrounding the life of a girl named Hannah Baker and her suicide. She sends tapes to certain people talking about the 13 reasons why she killed herself. One pf the people who gets her tape is her long term crush Clay Jensen and he has to find out why he got that tape! It is a great book with great dept and an amazing but tragic story. Love it.
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Between by Jessica Warman

This book is about Elizabeth Valchar a popular, snoopy, stuck-up brat. She died on her family boat. She finds things out that she couldn't remember, and it gets hard. She meets up with this Alex a boy who wasn't in her 'social status'. This is story is most is likely a psycho thriller mixed with a bitter romance.

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Johnny got his gun

Reading this book is very awesome. It awakens deep pathos in readers with a realistic take on war, and the affects of war on the mind, body, and life of someone.

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Spirit Walk by Richie Tankersley Cusick

This book is about a girl who can speak to ghost when she finds out her grandfather dies a week later. When she is forced to move to Louisiana she is forced to make friends even though she doesn't want to for an English project; she has to conjure up some history on her town, which brings painful memories from the ghosts. ~ Great Book


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Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Miranda is a girl on earth who is facing the catastrophic effects of a meteor hitting the moon.  Everyone around her seems to be dying as her and her mom struggle to provide for their family in hope that somehow things will get better on their once thriving planet.  Food and other objects that were once taken for granted by many people are now worth killing for, and those who don't die from starvation and the extreme weather conditions die from diseases and sicknesses.  This book has both action and romance, and I would definitely recommend it as one of the best books I have ever encountered.


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The Giver by Lois Lowry

This book was interesting in many different ways.  The things they consider normal are weird for us.  The number one thing I liked about this book was how the main character was the Receiver and supposed to become the Giver.  The thing I didn't like about this was it is a cliff hanger.  I would definitely recommend this to a friend.

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The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

This book was a creative take on seeing the future.  It is set in 1996 when two kids, Emma Nelson and Jason Templeton, find something that changes their lives... But they try to take control of this change and it spins out of their favor.  There is a cool story line, great ending, and interesting characters, creating this overall great book.

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Switched by Amanda Hocking

Lately, I've been reading the Trylle novels.  This trilogy is about a girl who finds out she has the power of persuasion and plenty more powers.  Finn Holmes has come to bring Wendy home.  Wendy is a Princess Trylle who is being called home by her mother, the queen.  Wendy goes through a bunch of struggles.

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Gossip Girl: all I want is everything by Cecily von Ziegesar

   

  

It was about the main people of the upper east side, Blair, Nate, Chuck, Serena, Dan and Jenny, and their hectic, stressful yet relaxing vacations in the Caribbean for Christmas.  The time spent in the Caribbean is as drama-filled as times at home.  Breakups, heartbreaks, cat-fights and stalkers follow these young New Yorkers, but will vacation be as restful and fun as planned?

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Skinny By: Donna Cooner

This book is amazing.  Its about Ever Davies, she's weighs 302 pounds and feels horrible about herself.  She believes that if she is skinny, her crush will love her, and decides to undergo a district bypass surgery.  Once she is thin, thing change, both for better and for worse.

The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making By: Catherynne Valente

September lives a normal life, cleaning the same teacups every day.  But when The Green Wind offers to take her to fairyland, she accepts.  Fairyland is filled with friends, such as a wyverary, a cross between a wyvern and a library.  Fairlyland is also full of dangers, such as a wicked queen who calls herself The Marquess, and velocopiedes.  This book great with many twists and turns, and an amazing plot line.

Soulless By: Gail Carriger

This book is about a woman who is barely accepted by society, due to her heritage, and is practically emotionless due to her lack of soul.  It takes place in England, but vampires and werewolves have been integrated into society, but the book will end up taking you to Paris and Italy.  It has good humor and action, and is overall great!

Rot And Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

 Rot And Ruin by Jonathan Maberry is a post-apocalyptic story of a fifteen year old boy Benny,who lives in a town fenced in from the rest of the world that have been mostly,overtaken by zombies.





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