 |  | LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this award winning, impeccably researched novel. It's now on our TDAR (track down and read) list. |
 | NEIL GAIMAN Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, would be a completely normal boy if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. For it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, a danger that has already killed Bod's family. It's a good story, but we're not sure it's really a 5-Star book. Award winning though. | |
 | HELEN GRANT On the day Katherina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her alive. Terror is spreading through the small German town where she lives. How could a ten year old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else? Come what may, Pia is determined to find out what happened. A wonderful debut novel, this one won't be for everyone. (see review here) | |
 | JULIE HEARN Rowan knows he is strange. But is he dangerous? He didn't mean to scare his sister. In his right mind, he wouldn't hurt a fly. But now he's been sent to a place where they say they can fix his not right mind. Beyond the bars on the window, England is at war. Behind them, Rowan's own battle is beginning. This one's not available in the States but it's on our reading list now. | |
 | PATRICK NESS Book I: Knife of Never Letting Go ~Tod's small community on an alien planet it odd enough in that there are only men there and that they can hear each others others thoughts 24/7. But it gets stranger when one day Tod discovers that everything he knows is a lie. Because he can't accept the painful truth his fathers send him packing, hopefully that he can make it to safety before his neighbors Book II: The Ask and the Answer continues the story... Absolutely brilliant sci-fi/dystopia series. One of Pam's favorites. | |
 | TERRY PRATCHETT On the day the world ends, Mau is on his way home from the Boys' Island. Soon he will be a man. And then the wave comes, and only Mau; a strange trouserman girl and a parrot are left alive to pick up the pieces. Together they must forge a new Nation, but they soon discover that the old history isn't going to lie down and go away. A witty story, it drags in spots and sometimes is a little over-the-top with it's anti-religion philosophy. (We like it, but we get it already. Commentary here) | |
 | PHILIP REEVE Fever Crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the order of Engineers. In a time and place where women are not seen as reasonable creatures, Fever is an anomaly, the only female to serve in the order. Soon though, she must say goodbye to Dr. Crumb to assist archeologist Kit Solent on a top-secret project. As her work begins, Fever is plagued by memories that are not her own and Kit seems to have a particular interest in finding out what they are. Fever has also been singled out by city-dwellers who declare her part Scriven. The Scriveners, not human, ruled the city some years ago but were hunted down and killed in a victorious uprising by the people. Heard good things about this one. It's on the list! | |
 | MARCUS SEDGWICK It's 1910. In a cabin north of the Arctic Circle, in a place that is murderously cold and desolate, Sig Andersson is alone. Except for the corpse of his father, frozen to death that morning when he fell through the ice on the lake. Soon however, a sinister stranger comes calling, and as his tale of gold lust unfolds, Sig's thoughts turn to his father's Colt revolver, hidden in the storeroom. Another one on our list... | |
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