Title: Grayling's SongAuthor: Karen Cushman
Published: 2016
Source: Edelweiss
Summary: When her hedgewitch mother is attacked and turned into a tree, shy Grayling must venture out of her hometown for the first time and journey to find the person who's attacking all the magical folk in the land. Along the way she's joined by a crew of misfits who are all that's left.
First Impressions: This is a quieter book, for all there's a magical threat. Grayling grows into her own power and courage convincingly. The true identity of the villain, though, was a little bit of a bait and switch and I'm still not sure I like it.
Title: BookedAuthor: Kwame Alexander
Published: 2016
Source: Local Library
Summary: Nick is having a rough time. His parents are splitting up, his best friend is on a different soccer team, his dad is trying to get him to read more (blech! yuck!) and he's kinda sorta maybe in like with a girl.
First Impressions: This was pretty good! There were so many elements (soccer, parental relationships, luuuuurvvve, divorce) that it should have felt overstuffed but everything wove together very realistically.
Title: UnpluggedAuthor: Donna Freitas
Published: 2016
Source: Edelweiss
Summary: Living a virtual life in the App World, Skye longs for the day when she can disconnect and see her family, left behind in the real world. When the government announces that the borders between the App World and the real world have been closed permanently, she fears it might never happen - until a celebrity offers her the chance to sneak across the border. But the real world isn't quite what she expected, and neither is her family.
First Impressions: Yay no love triangle! In fact, there's very little romance, and female relationships are more important to the plot. On the other hand it really ran out of steam when she moved to the real world. This is the first in the series and I really wish it had been all one book because all the scenes in the real world felt like they were mostly treading water.
1 comment:
I didn't know Karen Cushman was still writing! That's exciting -- I wasn't in LOVE with The Midwife's Apprentice and Catherine, Called Birdy when I was small, but I was at least fond of them. I'll have to check out this new one and see what I make of the villain thing. ;)
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