Summer Reading Book Review- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

This excellent book, written by Rebecca Stead, takes place in New York, NY. Miranda, a 12-year-old middle school girl's mom, is going to be on the game show The Million Dollar Pyramid. Miranda's best friend, Sal, gets punched by a kid named Marcus and, for some reason, doesn't want to be her friend anymore. As Miranda struggles through friendship she starts getting mysterious notes and things start getting stolen from her apartment. The notes say that something bad is going to happen to someone she cares about. Clearly the writer of the notes knows something she doesn't.

This book is perfect for teens who love mysteries and adventure. I loved this book very much because something exciting happens around every corner. I mostly enjoyed the ending to the story. Will you?

Reviewed by Hannah Lee

Summer Reading Book Review - Schooled by Gordon Korman

The book Schooled is about a young boy who has lived separate from modern days in a community that only consists of two people, him and his grandmother. When his grandmother gets hurt and has to stay in the hospital, the young boy, Cap, is forced to live in a modern neighborhood and go to a public school. Having been homeschooled his whole life the only thing that will be a result of this is a disaster. He has no idea what to expect when he is forced to be around other people and live in the real world.

I thought this was a very good book. The author did a great job of making the characters believable. For example, since Cap was new, he thought everyone should be nice to on another so he did kind things for everyone.

Reviewed by Sophia Fagan

Summer Reading Program

This year's teen summer reading program is "Make Waves at Your Library." Programs will kick off with the 2nd annual "Chalk It Up" sidewalk drawing event on Saturday, June 19th from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM at the library. There will be other events going on as well on Saturday and throughout the summer. Check our website for more information. Come to the library to register for the summer reading program anytime from June 19th on. We even have a display of books set up in Teen Space if you want to read something with a watery theme!

New sequel out!

This year's Teen Nutmeg Award winner, Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer has a brand new sequel. It's called This World We Live In and the library now has it. So if you want to find out what happens to Miranda and the rest of her family as life continues in the post-meteor world read this sequel. Check here to see if it's in. Once you read it post a comment and let us all know how you liked it.

Great New Teen Nutmeg Nominee

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd is one of those books that is hard to put down. The mystery is introduced right away and, as the reader, you can't wait to see how it turns out. A brother and sister team, Ted and Kat, are the sleuths of this mystery. It's written from Ted's point of view which is very interesting because he has Asperger's syndrome. I haven't yet finished the book but I have my own theories, just like Ted, about what happened. If you like this book, try Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork another great book about a teen with Asperger's syndrome.

This Year's Teen Nutmeg Book Award Winner

Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer won the 2010 Teen Nutmeg Book Awards with 1309 votes. Total teen votes 7101; total schools and libraries 111.

Nominees for 2011 have been announced. Check out the Nutmeg Book Award website to see the new list. Copies of nominees are now available on the library's Nutmeg shelf in the Teen Space.

Check out this sequel

Did you read Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, the 2010 Nutmeg nominee written by Jordan Sonnenblick? It was a favorite among Teen Nutmeg readers here in Monroe. For those who read it and want to know what happens to Jeffrey Alper, the adorable younger brother who is diagnosed with leukemia, check out the sequel. It's called After Ever After and we'll have it here at the library soon thanks to the generous donations of some of our patrons. Click here to reserve a copy.