If you haven’t signed up for Summer Reading Program, there is still room in the four years old to First Grade class. SRP “A Universe of Stories” starts on July 22. We will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing.
We would like to thank everyone for all the donations of books, papers, magazines we have received. We appreciate all the donations and those we don’t use we sale in our book sale or give away free.
To celebrate teenagers, we are featuring teen books this week. In honor of the anniversary of the moon landing, we will start with the book “Rocket to the Moon” by Don Brown. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn’t just one man who got us to the moon.
The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one person’s life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world.
In “This Lie Will Kill You” by Chelsea Pitcher, you must tell the truth, or face the consequences.
One year ago, there was a party. At the party, someone died. Five teens each played a part and up until now, no one has told the truth. But tonight, the five survivors arrive at an isolated mansion in the hills, expecting to compete in a contest with a $50,000 grand prize. Of course, some things are too good to be true. Now, they realize they’ve been lured together by a person bent on revenge, a person who will stop at nothing to uncover what actually happened on that deadly night, one year ago.
Five arrived, but not all can leave. Will the truth set them free? Or will their lies destroy them all?
“Refugee” by Alan Gratz is a story of courage, survival, and the quest for home.
Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America.
Mahmud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe. All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers – from drowning to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow . And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.
Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel “Muse of Nightmares”, by Laini Taylor. Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. While Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she’s capable of. Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead
In the spellbinding sequel to “Crazy House,” comes James Patterson’s newest “The Fall of Crazy House” where the world is about to get even crazier. Escape is just the beginning. Twin sisters Becca and Cassie barely got out of the Crazy House alive. Now they’re trained, skilled fighters who fear nothing--not even the all-powerful United regime.
Together, the sisters hold the key to defeating the despotic government and freeing the people of the former United States. But to win this war, will the girls have to become the very thing they hate?