Sixteen-year-old Noa has dealt with the good and bad since her parent’s death. Mostly the bad. She has survived by her talent for computer hacking. But when she wakes up in a warehouse, IV in her arm and no memory, even her skills may not be able to help her. When "rich boy" Peter reaches out to the hacker community to help with his own problems, the two meet. And become mixed up in a terrible secret that literally goes “to the top” and anyone can be involved. Science and fiction blend effortlessly in this mystery for the 21st century. ~Reviewed by Jeanette
Over 60 authors were asked to write a letter to their younger self. Each author gives his or her younger self the advice they wish they had back then. Open and honest, each letter (written or illustrated) gives the reader (be they questioning their own sexuality, dealing with the same issues, or trying to understand friends or family dealing with the same situations) a look at people who have “gone before.” References in the back and some even in the letters provided. ~ Reviewed by Jeanette
Butterball takes the reader through the events that made him the person he is today: a playground bully. The question is can he change? Does he want to? Loosely based on the life of Curtis Jackson (or hip-hop star 50 Cent), a well written novel of bullying and growing up. ~ Reviewed by Jeanette
Take one 11-year old boy; one 11-year-old girl, and one ghost and you have the latest by Corneila Funke. Jon Whitcroft is sent to boarding school. A school with history: his father went there and it has ghosts that want to kill him! Only his new friend Emma, her quirky grandmother and a ghost of a Knight atoning for his past, can save him from a truly ghastly fate! Historical, fantastical and humor all rolled into a great package. ~ Reviewed by Jeanette