Jennifer Hubert's Blog, page 34

Brain Camp by Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan and Faith Erin Hicks

Lucas is a long-haired slacker who breaks into cars for fun. Jenna is a drama geek in a family full of wanna-be doctors and lawyers. Both of them have been rejected from every summer program their parents tried to get them into. So when a tall, dark ugly stranger shows up with an offer to [...:]

Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo, illustrated by Nathan Huang

Fourteen-year-old Yancy Aparicio is miserable. His big brother Will is a clearly a psycho, but no one seems to notice how dangerous he really is. Will is charming and manipulative to their parents, while being cold and cruel to Yancy, and no matter what Will does, their parents keep giving him more chances. So when [...:]

YOU by Charles Benoit

Fifteen-year-old Kyle Chase knows the score. Just like you, he can almost recite his parents' and teachers' lectures as they're saying them, because he's heard them so many times before. "Is that all you're going to do all day, sit in front of that computer?" "Why don't you wear some clothes that fit for a [...:]

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

Bald, orphaned Apprentice Engineer Fever Crumb (whose alternative cover pic makes her look like a cross between Rumur Willis and Natalie Portman) is nothing if not ruthlessly, relentlessly rational. After all, that's how she was raised, as the only female member of the scientific Order of Engineers in a post apocalyptic London. She knows that [...:]

I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and illustrated by JM Ken Niimura

Barbara Thorson is not your average fifth grader. Oh, she may look like just another bespectacled, funny-hatted munchkin, but don't get her mad because she just might smite you with her mighty hammer, Coveleski (named for an obscure left handed Phillies pitcher who single handedly defeated the New York Giants in a 1908 playoff race). [...:]

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Seventeen-year-old Lennie has felt completely lost since her older sister Bailey, aspiring actress and all around amazing gal, died suddenly from a heart arrhythmia right in the middle of play practice. Always in Bailey's shadow, now shy Lennie doesn't know how to be in the sun without her big sis. Further complicating matters is the [...:]

Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson

Scarlett Martin is back, and this time she's…still hopelessly in love with charming rogue wanna-be actor Eric, who broke her heart in Maureen Johnson's utterly enchanting New York story, Suite Scarlett. In this captivating sequel, the summer has ended, the set of the Hamlet production that took place in the dining room of her parents' [...:]

Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor

Ever wonder how we got here? How the Earth was formed, how we human beans popped into existence? There are several versions of the creation myth–you can take your pick when it comes to explaining how we emerged from the Great Black Void: Christian, Hindu, Egyptian, Norse, the list could go on and on. But [...:]

The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

In 1961, fourteen-year-old Lucia Alvarez lives a charmed life on the beautiful island country of Cuba. She loves reading the latest fashion magazines, daydreaming about her crush Manuel and planning her up-coming quincenara with her best friend Ivette. But storm clouds are gathering. President Fidel Castro has ordered factories to be shut down and [...:]

Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick

Private Matt Duffy wakes up one morning in a hospital ward in Baghdad's Green Zone with scrambled brains and scrambled memories. He's awarded a Purple Heart before he can even remember exactly what he did to earn it. Matt just knows there was an alley he wasn't supposed to be in, an Iraqi boy who [...:]