Teen & Young Adult
August 13, 2018
When his mother dies and he discovers the man he believed was his father is not, sixteen year old Chris is haunted by a mysterious apparition that forces him to question his pampered existence and embark upon a quest to find himself. Hoping she will “make a man of him”, he seeks sanctuary in the home of Magda, a middle aged waitress with a penchant for sex, only to discover she lives with her father, a cigarette smoking, beer swilling immigrant. Chris hates his shabby new surroundings at the end of the street and the shabby old man at the end of his life who spends his days listening to old blues records and making Chris fetch him fresh cans of beer. But, when the old man tells tales of Communist Hungary, torture, escape and the mysterious medallion he wears, Chris learns that, like the old man’s skipping records, history repeats itself and the roles we play have been played many times before.
July 20, 2018
"Cosmic Games: The Mars Wild Card, chapter one" by Ralph Camp
In order to avoid endless wars between alien civilizations on opposing sides of invading less technologically advanced planets (like Earth) the Universal King created the Cosmic Games.The Universal King anoints human child Rashad Lawrence to be Earth’s new Guardian. Rashad must face off with an ancient Martian named Ersatz, who is hell-bent on manipulating Rashad to help him fulfill his “thirst for power” over the Universe.
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[divider height="30" style="default" line="default" themecolor="1"]July 18, 2018
"Read or Die: A Story of Survival, Hope, and How a Life Was Saved One Book at a Time" by Daphne Russell
"I look forward to the day I see yellow caution tape stretched around my students' neighborhoods, the chalk outline of apathy on the ground, crushed by the weight of a thousand books. Until then I treat each day as if books are EpiPens and every student has a shellfish allergy with a mouth full of shrimp." Most of the students in Daphne Russell's reading class have never read an entire book, and they can’t relate to Harry Potter and his magic wand. Abel is twenty-eight days behind everyone else and he needs enough books inside him to get his lungs to work again, mend his shattered heart, and kick the shit out of apathy.
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[divider height="30" style="default" line="default" themecolor="1"]July 14, 2018
