Thursday, November 20, 2008

The Dead and the Gone


The dead and the gone - Susan Beth Pfeffer


After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Anything but ordinary

Anything but ordinary - Valerie Hobbs

Bernie and Winifred have been in love since they were fourteen, but when Winifred goes away to college in California and Bernie stays in New Jersey things change for the two of them, and each must try to forge an identity separate from the other.


Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The highwayman's footsteps


The highwayman's footsteps - Nicola Morgan


In eighteenth-century England, William runs away from his father, only to be captured by an armed highwayman who turns out to be a girl, and together they seek vengeance against William's cruel father and the soldiers who killed the girl's parents. Inspired by Alfred Noyes' poem "The Highwayman.".


Monday, November 17, 2008

The Shadow Speaker

The shadow speaker - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

In West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer, and upon finding her, she also discovers a greater purpose to her life and to the mystical powers she possesses.