Teen Read Week Winners (Part Two)...

As promised, here are the reviews submitted by our runners-up, sisters Maddy & Abbigail Mathis.

12-year-old Abbigail reviewed Lauren Oliver's Delirium:

TITLE: Delirium

AUTHOR: Lauren Oliver

REVIEWED BY: Abbigail Mathis

BRIEF SUMMARY: Love is a disease. The only way to escape it is the cure. But some people don't see it as a disease, so they attempt an escape to the wilds.

WHY I PICKED IT UP: It sounded interesting.

WHY I FINISHED IT: It was a suspenseful book that I couldn't put down.

WHO I'D GIVE IT TO: My best friend, Emma.


17-year-old Maddy reviewed Thomas E. Ricks's Making the Corps:

TITLE: Making the Corps

AUTHOR: Thomas E. Ricks

REVIEWED BY: Maddy Mathis

BRIEF SUMMARY: A Marine tells about his journey through boot camp the trials everyone has to overcome and get past in order for them to come together as one.

WHY I PICKED IT UP: I am joining the Marines.

WHY I FINISHED IT: I wanted to know everything he went through.

WHO I'D GIVE IT TO: My other friends who plan on joining the Marines as well.


Thanks, Abbigail and Maddy! And -- Semper Fi!

See you at the library!

Please help me, I'm "Fall"-ing...

Hi! This is Miss Jo at the Library. I just finished reading a book that I think you will enjoy. It is called Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver.

What if you were one of the popular kids in high school? You know, the ones who don't care how you acted or treated others if they weren't part of your little group.

This story is about Samantha Kingston, who was one of those cool kids. She's at a party where there's drinking, and gets a ride home with her friend -- who swears that no matter how much she drinks, she can't get drunk. So it's safe, right?

Wrong.

There is an accident, and Samantha dies. But death isn't what she expects -- it's more like she's asleep, and she keeps re-living that same day over and over, for seven days. She sees all the changes she should have made in both her behavior and the choices she made. Over the course of seven days, she finally gets it right. But by then, it's too late.

This book should make you stop and think. About drinking, about drunk driving, and about the way you treat others. Because in real life, you don't get seven chances to get it right.

This book is in our young adult section.

See you at the Library!