Patrick's Pick: Black Hole Sun, by David Macinnis Gill (YA)
Synopsis:
Durango is playing the cards he was dealt. And it’s not a good hand.
He’s lost his family.
He’s lost his crew.
And he’s got the scars to prove it.
You don’t want to mess with Durango.
Patrick says: It was a very interesting storyline. He used a lot of detail and really described the characters. I could hardly put it down!
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
PATRON PICKS -- Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
Erin's Pick: Amy and Roger's Epic Detour, by Morgan Matson (YA)
Synopsis:
Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn’t seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she’s coming to terms with her father’s death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.
Erin says: It was a really cute story and the characters were very relatable! It was a good read for the summer...I want it to be a movie!
Synopsis:
Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn’t seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she’s coming to terms with her father’s death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.
Erin says: It was a really cute story and the characters were very relatable! It was a good read for the summer...I want it to be a movie!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
PATRON PICKS -- The Dark Planet
Patrick J.'s Pick: The Dark Planet, by Patrick Carman (YA)
Synopsis:
It has been a year since Edgar and his friends, Samuel and Isabel, saved everyone from the dramatic changes on Atherton. Now, just as everyone thought things were settling down, Edgar decides to journey to the Dark Planet (a.k.a. extremely polluted Earth) to discover more about his creator (his father, as Edgar refers to him), Dr. Max Harding. There, he discovers new friends and a strict commander and soldiers. And just as Edgar and his new friends try to escape, everything takes a turn for the worst--a war between two of Dr. Harding's most feared creatures.
Patrick J. says: The Dark Planet is an excellent mix of fantasy and science fiction. Though the whole idea of a dragon living underground and giant lizards with horns like a rhino fighting 6-legged lions with teeth like saber-tooth tigers is all fantasy, the idea of an environmentally-destroyed world and new, deadly, scientifically-made creatures finishing off the survivors of the people who made them could happen if we aren't careful. I would recommend this book to anyone 10+, since there are a few scary parts.
Synopsis:
It has been a year since Edgar and his friends, Samuel and Isabel, saved everyone from the dramatic changes on Atherton. Now, just as everyone thought things were settling down, Edgar decides to journey to the Dark Planet (a.k.a. extremely polluted Earth) to discover more about his creator (his father, as Edgar refers to him), Dr. Max Harding. There, he discovers new friends and a strict commander and soldiers. And just as Edgar and his new friends try to escape, everything takes a turn for the worst--a war between two of Dr. Harding's most feared creatures.
Patrick J. says: The Dark Planet is an excellent mix of fantasy and science fiction. Though the whole idea of a dragon living underground and giant lizards with horns like a rhino fighting 6-legged lions with teeth like saber-tooth tigers is all fantasy, the idea of an environmentally-destroyed world and new, deadly, scientifically-made creatures finishing off the survivors of the people who made them could happen if we aren't careful. I would recommend this book to anyone 10+, since there are a few scary parts.
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