Monday, November 21, 2011

Falling By Doug Wilhelm

Falling by Doug Wilhelm

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Nov 21, 11 · edit

5 of 5 stars
bookshelves: romantic-suspense, young-adult
Read from November 11 to 21, 2011

15 Year old, Matt walks and listens to his music, only to drown out the noises of the world around him. He goes to school and as soon as he is out, he walks and listens to his muisc lost in his own universe. Why does he do this? No one knows. He was a famous basketball player before high school and then his freshman year he just stopped playing. All of his fans, after being ignored, just quit asking him why he did'nt want to play ball anymore. He trusted no one. Until, one fateful night while in an online chat room he met a girl and they became friends. And after meeting online they realized they were from the same neighborhood as well as in the same school and grade. They would meet after school and walk and talk about anything and everything, except why he became so enclosed to everyone else around him. And then he trusts her with his story and answer why and so does his friend that lives near him who then tells one of her friends, and then so on and so forth the storm builds. He tells her about how him and his older brother used to be very close, playing and practicing basketball together, attending their games when they were playing, sharing their hopes and dreams of going pro, until his brother does'nt make his dreams and any other offers from the other colleges were'nt good enough for him. They stop talking. And his brother turns to escape into his own other world. A world that consists of dishonesty, fear, violence, the wrong people, and most important of all...death. In a fit of anger, of having his story told without permission, Matt takes his anger out verbally on his new girlfriend that he was falling in love with, and instead of hearing her side of the story he jumps to conclusions. Kate, being heartbroke and devastated runs off to find Matt and explain and try to make him understand how much she cares about him and how she would never destroy the trust she built with him. At his home instead of Matt, she finds his brother and that is when the storm erupts. Matt finds out the truth and finds his Kate in his brothers room, unconscious and his brother about to commit a crime of forceable rape. He stops him and that is when the whole town discovers his secret and why he was trying to protect his family from the truth that his brother was addicted to Heroin and was now dealing the drug as well. The authorities come and provide the help that his needed for his brother and now he can begin rebuilding his family again. This book was a wonderful story told about the struggle of a family member that is stuck in the middle of a current growing addiction problem in the world today.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Trapped By Michael Northrop

Trapped by Michael Northrop

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Nov 11, 11 · edit

5 of 5 stars
bookshelves: thriller-suspense, young-adult
Read on November 11, 2011

Do you know how you would react if you became trapped in high school, snow so deep you could'nt go anywhere and no adult supervision? This is what happened to seven teens, a mix of them that knew each other by name and three that grew up together as best friends. Four days go by as these young adults get to know each other better and their personalities combined together to survive hunger, fear, sleep deprivation and the cold. Terrified of freezing to death with no heat and only canned fruits and peanut butter and jelly to eat they fight to find ways to keep their minds focused only the only thing they have to hold onto and that is hope. On the fifth day it was discovered that no one knew where they were and that they were trapped, panic exploded within the small group of boys and girls. Chaos erupts when the weight of the snow causes the roof of the school to begin caving in on top of them and they have no where to run to so one brave boy decides to attempt facing the weather and going for help. There is an accident and he doesnt make it only leading to more bouts of fear and terror. The basketball star decides to try next at least in honor of the best friend he just lost to this natural diaster. Just when he has spent hours walking and fighting in the snow and thinking that he was lost and never going to find help he is rescued by the National Guard and he is able to tell his story about his friends that were still alive, left behind at the school that was being buried alive under the snow and the fear that they would not be able to last much longer. Did they get the help they needed?

I'm Not Her By Janet Gurtler

I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler

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Nov 11, 11 · edit

5 of 5 stars
bookshelves: young-adult
Read from November 06 to 11, 2011

Star of the girl's volleyball team in her high school, worshipped and loved by everyone in the school, guarenteed winner for any type of beauty/social school event, and voted most popular girl in school has a secret...one that devastates her little sister and their family. After she is diganosed with osteocarcenoma (a form of aggressive bone cancer) this high school girl's hopes and dreams are shattered when she has to go through all the changes that are forced upon her with no choice by having rounds of chemotherapy treatments. Known for having the most beauitful long, flowing hair and winning smile, both of her prized possesions are taken from her with no choice. Also, after going through all the procedures to try and save herself from losing her best trophy, her leg is taken too.

The mother begins trying to find solace in shopping and in her best attempts at turning her youngest daighter into the "other daughter" by making her act, dress, and socialize as her sister once did as Queen of the school. The father, spends more time "working" than home with his "girls" to avoid having to address the situtation that is falling apart around the seams. The young sister, feeling her sister's pain at everything she is losing, and everything that she is dealing with emotionally, physically, and mentally only wants the best for her sister and the rest of her family. But, still she wishes for success as an artist, on the honor roll, and to be able to just be invisable once again, will never be able to escape what has been thrust upon her now.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Now You See Me (Gifted #5) By Marilyn Kaye

Now You See Me by Marilyn Kaye

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Nov 06, 11 · edit

5 of 5 stars
bookshelves: young-adult
Read from October 23 to November 06, 2011

A young girl that has been ignored by her family finds that she has an unusual gift for becoming invisible. By attending classes with other friends with the same, but different, gifts she finds herself able to fit in with a family of her own.

There are people out there that would love to get ahold of these teens and turn them into their puppets so that they could have them use their strange powerful gifts for all the wrong reasons and to also use for them to gain anything they want. In this book she disappears for the longest time she has ever in her life and is scared that she will never come back. While she remains invisiable she fights to find the truth behind those "bad" people that want to use her and her friends for their own reasons.