Gone by Michael Grant

Book Blurb:

In the blink of an eye.

Everyone disappears.

Gone.

Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.

Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.

It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen and war is imminent.

The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.

I blogged about this book a while ago. Incredible book. Seriously. From the first chapter I was hooked on Grant's premise. Imagine: A bunch of teenagers are sitting in a classroom when, suddenly, their teacher disappears. Soon they figure out that all the people above the age of 15 are completely gone.

For some kids this would be a kind of heaven, well, until reality sets in.

That's so cool. What would happen if something like that happened? What would the kids do? Will they be good little boys and girls? Will they organize themselves somehow? Will somebody step up to be the leader? How will they survive? Grant explores this and much more, taking the reader on a wild ride. There is more to this story than I can tell you. You'll just have to read it; I'd hate to spoil the fun for you!

Although I felt a bit ripped off by the ending of this one, I really enjoyed it a lot. I've donated my copy to the SRR already so you should grab it if you get a chance. I highly recommend it. If you liked Hunger Games, you'll enjoy this one.

One of the best books I've read in a long time!

4.5/5 stars

Hunger by Michael Grant

Book Blurb:
It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.

Three months since all the adults disappeared.

Gone.

Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers.

Tension rises and chaos is descending upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous.

But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them.

The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.

The sequel to Gone was really great. I plowed through all 560 pages this weekend and loved it. I'm totally fascinated by the whole situation and I'm enjoying Grant's characters.

I liked that we had a chance to see how this world develops. I've always been fascinated by this sort of Lord of the Flies idea. I mean, if there were no adults around, what would happen? Are children basically good? Would they help each other? Things really heat up in this second book of the trilogy.

In particular, I like the way certain ideas start to gain momentum in this book. For example, the kid who ran the McDonald's is now dreaming of starting up some sort of currency. However, rightly so, the other kids are suspicious of his intentions. What will Albert do once he becomes a business tycoon. As well, friction is developing and two separate groups are going to battle it out, and I don't mean the rich kids from the private school (although they are back and badder than ever in the second book as well).

BTW, our copy is an uncorrected proof of the book which was sent to us by our generous book angel Mary from the United States. Thanks Mary! This is a special book and many of our girls will enjoy it.

Great book. Highly recommended.

4.5/5 stars

Poison Study number one!!!

Hi girls,

We have a lot of new and exciting books, but I'm pretty sure that the number one series of books in the school is still the study series by Maria V. Snyder!

This series of books took off when Peta donated them to us last year. The girls in 5C and 5D picked this one up and passed it around. It became so popular that Peta even sent us a second set.

We still rarely see them being returned so we know they are being shared within the classrooms. Fire Study was returned this morning and it was on the SRR shelf for about two minutes, then three girls from 9A yelled, "It's here!" and then it was gone.

Did you know that Maria V Snyder wrote another trilogy after the Study Series? All three books are out already and I will try my best to order them once we have some book funds available to order them. The books are Storm Glass, Sea Glass, and Spy Glass.

UPDATE: DUE TO YOUR E-MAILS TO HER, MARIA V. SNYDER HAS SAID THAT SHE WILL SEND US AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF THE STUDY SERIES BOOKS AS WELL AS HER GLASS SERIES!!! HOW GENEROUS IS THAT?!

Mockingjay Out Aug 24th

Wow, it's finally coming out!

Those of you who have read the Hunger Games series (and loved it) will be happy to know that the wait is over. Mockingjay, the final book in the trilogy, will be out August 24th.

We are very lucky because Peta has already ordered us two copies from bookdepository so we should get them in just a couple of weeks! Yay! Thanks so much Peta.

In the lead up to the release, the book blogging community is starting to get really excited. If you are a fan of the series, have a look at Steph Su's (always interesting and informative) blog:

http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/

New Cassandra Clare Book - Enter and Win

Steph Su is putting up a copy of the new Cassandra Clare book in a contest. I hope you will all enter to win it!!! Go to her blog and fill out the entry form today:

http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-giveaway-12-clockwork-angel-by.html

National Debate Competition

Congratulations to the STPRI Debate Team for their win over the SMSAB team today! Well done girls! Lindy, Ruth, and Najeeha did a great job for us today and we look forward to seeing them go into the next round. Also, thanks to the rest of the team members who came out to show their support. We have such a great team and I keep telling everyone how lucky we are to have so many girls interested in competing. Our school is very unique that way.

I was surprised to see some of my former students today (yes, I moved from SMSAB just three years ago). I was really proud to see the boys I taught were on the school's debate team. Congratulations to them for joining the competition. I thought they did very well. It was really nice to see Muiz and Azlan (my former students) and Fahkri (a student I knew and brother of another former student - Nabilah). I still have fond memories of my time at SMSAB and I continue to wonder how my former students are doing. I hope one of them will read this and add me to Facebook!!!

Great New Books from Mary!!!

Our American book angel, Mary, has done it again. In July, she sent us two big boxes of 24 incredible books. She has managed to get her hands on a lot of the books that are very popular in the SRR and has been able to get many coveted hardcover books for the collection. Thanks so much Mary! We really appreciate all the amazing books you've been sending us! This should really cause stir in the SRR.

After watching The Lightning Thief movie I was hoping to read the series. I'm happy to say that Mary has sent us a whole collection of the books. If you enjoyed the movie as much as I do, you are sure to enjoy this set.

Looking for Alaska placed #4 on the 2005 Teens' Top Ten list so it will likely be a very good read. Of course Green has really established himself because he took #1 in 2009's list with Paper Towns. This is one author you may want to check out.

Shannon Hale has also established herself with The Goose Girl (#7 in 2004) and River Secrets (#7 in 2007). Perhaps she is another popular author worth looking at. I can't wait to hear a few reviews on these books.

Picoult, Dessen, Westerfeld, and Kinsella need no introduction. Their books already have a following at the school so these will all be snapped up the minute they hit the shelves. Enjoy!



Here is a list of the books that Mary sent in July:

• This Lullaby - Dessen
• Looking for Alaska - John Green
• Twenties Girl - Kinsella
• The Undomestic Goddess - Kinsella
• New Moon - Meyer
• Brisingr - Paolini
• My Sister's Keeper - Picoult
• The Pact - Picoult
• Plain Truth - Picoult
• The Last Olympian - Riordan
• Specials - Westerfeld
• Firegirl - Abbott
• City of Glass - Clare
• The Handbook of Pirates - Deary
• River Secrets - Hale
• Emma Burning - Hale
• The Goose Girl - Hale
• Eldest - Paolini
• Maximum Ride: Saving the World - Patterson
• The Final Warning - Patterson
• The Lightning Thief - Riordan
• The Sea of Monsters - Riordan
• The Titan's Curse - Riordan
• The Battle of Labyrinth - Riordan

Great New Books from Peta!!!

Hi everyone,

I've been meaning to update the blog for weeks. I wanted to announce some great new additions to the collection this week. In July, Peta sent us another 10 amazing books for you to enjoy. In particular, I think you will be interested to know that she has sent two hardcover copies of Stephanie Meyer's new book The Second Life of Bree Tanner. I just know that these books will be very, very popular.

As well, the girls who loved Cashore's Graceling will be happy to know that Peta also sent us book #2 called Fire.

Another great book worth noting is the #1 book from the 2009 Teens' Top Ten list by John Green called Paper Towns. It actually won against competition from Breaking Dawn and The Hunger Games. I was so eager to find out what all the fuss was about so I read it yesterday. Great book!

As well, Peta has managed to close up the final book on our 2004 Teens Top Ten list of books with the addition of the pirate adventure called Curse of the Blue Tattoo by LA Meyer. Have a look at our complete collection HERE.


Also, here is the complete list of Peta's July donations:

• The Second Life of Bree Tanner (two copies)
• Fire
• Paper Towns
• Curse of the Blue Tattoo
• Endymion Spring (hc)
• Ghost Stories
• Speak
• Usborne Big Book of Puzzle Adventures
• Ryland's Footsteps

These are wonderful books that have been added to the collection. Thanks so much Peta!!!

Great New Books!!!

You will all be happy to know that we just got to big book shipments from our incredible supporters Peta from the UK and Mary from the USA.

Stay tuned for the book announcements and previews in the coming week - we have some amazing new titles for you!

Thanks to Peta and Mary! You continue to amaze us with your incredible generosity!!!

Also, if you have seen Eclipse, please let us know what you thought of it. I'm curious to know if it is good.

Faerie Wars Part 2 and 3

Hi girls,

Every year we ask the students to help us expand our collection and you donate $1 for the SRR. Well, we had a bit of fun spending a tiny bit of that money before the holiday. A few eager readers and I borrowed the school van and went off on a shopping tour to a few bookstores.

First of all, let me just say a big thank you to the staff at Booker in Gadong for all their support and for developing their stock of young adult books. Booker now has the best selection in the country. It's because of people like our students who love books that I think they have started to stock the books we like. Also, I'm pleased to say their prices seem to have come down a bit.

Books at Booker are certainly much more reasonable than any other store in the country. We were absolutely shocked to discover that many of the books were 30% more expensive at that other chain shop that we all shop at! We still pay more for books here than in any other country in the world, but things are beginning to look up. Keep buying books and then, hopefully, the businessmen in the country will be able to cut their prices!

Anyway, we managed to get some more of the Mr Midnight books (they are still the best value for money) and we were able to fill a few holes in our collections. We picked up book 2 and 3 of the Faerie Wars books. So many girls read the first book and enjoyed it. They kept asking me about them so I just had to get them.

Also, in the next few weeks, try visiting the school library! We managed to get some new books for the library and they should be on the shelves soon. We got some of the best books you can imagine. We even got a copy of Hunger Games and Graceling. Can you believe that? I'll try to post a list soon.

More New Books

Yay, we have lots of new books coming to the SRR in the next few weeks.

First of all, Peta ordered a nice new copy of what looks like an amazing book that one a prize at The Times. It's Incarceron by Catherine Fisher.

Here is the blurb:

Imagine a living prison so vast that it contains corridors and forests, cities and seas. Imagine a prisoner with no memory, who is sure he came from Outside, even though the prison has been sealed for centuries and only one man, half real, half legend, has ever escaped.
Imagine a girl in a manor house in a society where time has been forbidden, where everyone is held in a seventeenth century world run by computers, doomed to an arranged marriage that appals her, tangled in an assassination plot she both dreads and desires.
One inside, one outside
But both imprisoned.
Imagine a war that has hollowed the moon, seven skullrings that contain souls, a flying ship and a wall at the world's end.
Imagine the unimaginable.
Imagine Incarceron.

That sounds interesting, doesn't it?

Peta has also sent us a couple of other books. One is a very cool picture book called A Shakespearean Theater which I think all the lit students are going to enjoy. I know I like it a lot. She also sent a book by Robin Sharma called "Discover Your Destiny" which was a request from a girl in one of the other classes ( I think Miss Karen is her teacher) and I hope I'm able to find her so she can take the book out.

Thanks again Peta for your generosity! It's always amazing to get your lovely packages with all the Spongebob stickers on them. BTW, you are still famous! The bulletin board at our school continues to get a lot of attention!

Trapped in an Elevator

On Thursday I talked to the the 9A class about the idea of writing a narrative with an "elevator" setting. We discussed the idea that the main complication could be that it gets stuck between floors. Then we thought about a variety of characters that could be stuck in the elevator.

1. What if a murderer were one of the characters? Better yet, what if a man and girl were trapped together and she notices he has blood on his hands. The girl gets very nervous and her imagination takes over. Later, the man gets off the elevator and picks up two big cans of red paint - he's a painter! Great twist don't you think?

2. We also thought about the possibility of a boyfriend and girlfriend getting trapped and what could happen with them or the idea that a girl and boy who don't know each other end up on the elevator. The girl has had a secret crush on the boy for some time, but in the end she discovers he isn't that nice and she is no longer interested in him.

3. We also imagined the possibility of a famous person being on the elevator. The other person could be a crazed fan, somebody who doesn't know the famous person, or somebody who doesn't like the famous person. This was similar to the roleplay we did with the characters on an airplane earlier this year.

I mentioned that one of my favourite tv shows of all time is Friends and that there is an episode where Chandler (my favourite character) gets stuck in a bank with a famous model. Chandler is so funny! He feels so awkward and nervous. You have to see this! Click here to go to YouTube and watch the video: Chandler and the Famous Model on YouTube

Can anybody think of other good examples of unusual characters who were forced to spend time together by circumstances?

Even More Books - this time from me!

Well, everyone is in the spirit of giving today so I'm donating three of my favourite hardcovers!

Collins' Hunger Games is incredible and a lot of students are begging for book two. It's here! I bought this one in the Chicago airport in December and it is absolutely stunning. I hope you enjoy it. Hunger Games took #3 in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten List and you can bet Catching Fire will be in the top ten for 2010.

Wake is another amazing book. I reviewed it last year and I still feel some of the content is a bit mature, but it is just too good to keep from the shelves of the SRR. Enjoy everyone! You can read my review HERE. By the way, it's #7 on the Teen's Top Ten for 2009.

With the popularity of Harry Potter and the fact that the new movie will be out in the near future - there will be a demand for HP books again I'm sure. I have fond memories of pre-ordering this book and rushing off to the bookstore to get it and then reading it as I walked out of the shop. Deathly Hollows is beyond awesome. It took #2 on the 2008 Teen's Top Ten list. Yeah, I know, that's stupid. You shouldn't even utter the names Rowling and Meyer in the same breath.

Enjoy girls.

Books Donated by Mary

The following books have been donated by our generous book angel Mary from the USA:

1	Abbott, Firegirl	Firegirl
2	Ahern, Cecelia	Rosie Dunn
3	Anderson, Laurie Halse	Twisted
4	Anderson, Laurie Halse	Speak
5	Anderson, Laurie	Wintergirls
6	Anderson, Laurie	Prom
7	Asher, Jay	Thirteen Reasons Why
8	Beddor, Frank	The Looking Glass Wars
9	Brashares, Ann	Girls in Pants
10	Brashares, Ann	The Last Summer of You & Me
11	Bray, Libba	A Great and Terrible Beauty
12	Bray, LIbba	Beauty Queens
13	Brooks, Kevin	The Road of The Dead
14	Cabot, Meg	Princess Diaries
15	Cabot, Meg	Princess In The Spotlight
16	Cabot, Meg	Princess In The Spotlight
17	Cabot, Meg	Princess In Love
18	Cabot, Meg	Princess in Waiting
19	Cabot, Meg	Princess in Waiting
20	Cabot, Meg	Princess in Pink
21	Cabot, Meg	Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
22	Cabot, Meg	She Went all the way
23	Cabot, Meg	Nicola and the Viscount
24	Cabot, Meg	The Mediator: Shadowland
25	Cabot, Meg	The Mediator: Ninth Key
26	Cabot, Meg	Haunted (Mediator #5)
27	Cabot, Meg	Twilight (Mediator #6)
28	Canfield, Jack	Chicken soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship
29	Carter, Ally	Heist Society
30	Carter, Ally	Cross My Heart
31	Carter, Ally	Cross My Heart
32	Carter, Ally	Hope to Spy
33	Cast, P.C.	Marked
34	Cast, P.C.	Betrayed
35	Cast, P. C.	Betrayed
36	Cast, P.C.	Chosen
37	Cast, P.C.	Hunted (House of Night)
38	Cast, P.C.	Untamed
39	Cast, P. C.	Tempted
40	Cast, P.C.	Tempted
41	Clare, Cassandra	City of Bones
42	Clare, Cassandra	City of Bones
43	Clare, Cassandra	City of Ashes
44	Clare, Cassandra	City of Ashes
45	Clare, Cassandra	City of Glass
46	Clare, Cassandra	City of Fallen Angels
47	Clare, Cassandra	Clockwork Angel
48	Davis, Heather	Never Cry werewolf
49	Deary, Terry	The Handbook of Pirates
50	Dessen, Sarah	This Lullaby
51	Dessen, Sarah	The Truth About Forever
52	Dessen, Sarah	This Lullaby
53	Dessen, Sarah	Just Listen
54	Dessen, Sarah	Just LIsten
55	Dessen, Sarah	Someone Like You
56	Dessen, Sarah	Lock and Key
57	Dessen, Sarah	Dreamland
58	Dessen, Sarah	Along for the Ride
59	DiCamillo, Kate	The Magician's Elephant
60	Downham, Jenny	Before I die
61	DuPrau, Jeanne	The City of Ember
62	DuPrau, Jeanne	The People of Sparks
63	DuPrau, Jeanne	The Prophet of Yonwood
64	DuPrau, Jeanne	The Diamond of Darkhold
65	Fisher, Catherine	Incarceron
66	Fitzgerald, Becca	Crescendo
67	Flinn, Alex	Beastly
68	Forman, Gayle	If I Stay
69	Fredericks, Mariah	The true meaning of cleavage
70	Gaiman, Neil	The Graveyardbook
71	Garcia, Kami	Beautiful Darkness
72	Grant, Michael	Hunger (Uncorrected Proof)
73	Grant, Michael	Lies
74	Grant, Michael	Gone
75	Green, John	Looking for Alaska
76	Green, John	Looking for Alaska
77	Green, John	Looking for Alaska
78	Green, John	An Abundance of Katherine
79	Hale, Shannon	River Secrets
80	Hale, Shannon	Emma Burning
81	Hale, Shannon	The Goose Girl
82	Headley, Justina Chen	North of Beautiful
83	Jones, Frewin	The Faerie Path
84	Jones, Frewin	The Lost Queen
85	Kinsella, Sophie	Twenties Girl
86	Kinsella, Sophie	The Undomestic Goddess
87	Kenyon, Sherrilyn	Night Pleasures
88	Lasky, Kathryn	Daughters of the Sea: Hannah
89	Lasky, Kathryn	Blood Secret
90	Lauren, Kate	Fallen
91	Lauren, Kate	Fallen
92	Lauren, Kate	Torment
93	Lowry, Lois	The Giver
94	Lowry, Lois	Gathering Blue
95	Marr, Melissa	Wicked Lovely
96	Marr, Melissa	Ink Exchange
97	Marr, Melissa	Love is Hell
98	McMann, Lisa	Fade
99	McMann, Lisa	Fade
100	McMann, Lisa	Fade
101	Meyer, Stephanie	Twilight
102	Meyer, Stephenie	New Moon
103	Meyer, Stephenie	New Moon
104	Meyer, Stephenie	New Moon
105	Meyer, Stephanie	New Moon
106	Meyer, Stephanie	Eclipse
107	Meyer, Stephenie	Breaking Dawn
108	Meyer, Stephenie	Breaking Dawn
109	Meyer, Stephanie	Breaking Dawn
110	Meyer, Stephenie	Eclipse
111	Meyer, Stephenie	Eclipse
112	Nix, Garth	Sabriel
113	Noel, Alyson	Evermore
114	Paolini, Christopher	Eldest
115	Paolini, Christopher	Brisingr
116	Patterson, James	Saving the World & other Extreme Sports
117	Patterson, James	School's Out Forever
118	Patterson, James	Max
119	Patterson, James	The Final Warning
120	Patterson, James	Angel
121	Pfeffer, Susan	Life as We Knew it
122	Picoult, Jodi	My Sister's Keeper
123	Picoult, Jodi	My Sister's Keeper
124	Picoult, Jodi	The Pact
125	Picoult, Jodi	Plain Truth
126	Picoult, Jodi	Salem Falls
127	Plum, Carol	Whatever Happened to Lani Garver
128	Prose, Francine	After
129	Riordan, Rick	The Lightning Thief
130	Riordan, Rick	The Lightning Thief
131	Riordan, Rick	The Sea of Monsters
132	Riordan, Rick	The Sea of Monsters
133	Riordan, Rick	The Titan's Curse
134	Riordan, Rick	The Titan's Curse
135	Riordan, Rick	The Battle of the Labyrinth
136	Riordan, Rick	The Battle of the Labyrinth
137	Riordan, Rick	The Last Olympian
138	Riordan, Rick	The Last Olympian
139	Riordan, Rick	The Red Pyramid
140	Rowling, J.K.	Harry Potter: And the Sorcerer's Stone
141	Rowling, J.K.	Harry Potter: And the Sorcerer's Stone
142	Rowling, J.K.	Harry Potter: And the Sorcerer's Stone
143	Rowling, J.K.	Harry Potter: And the Sorcerer's Stone
144	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
145	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
146	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
147	Rowling, J.K.	The Chamber of Secrets
148	Rowling, J.K.	The Chamber of Secrets
149	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
150	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
151	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
152	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
153	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
154	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
155	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
156	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
157	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
158	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
159	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
160	Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
161	Shreve, Susan	Blister
162	Shriver, Lionel	We Need to Talk about Kevin
163	Snicket, Lemony	The Eratz Elevator
164	Snicket, Lemony	The Grim Grotto
165	Snicket, Lemony	The Penultimate Peril
166	Snicket, Lemony	The End
167	Snyder, Maria	Storm Glass
168	Snyder, Maria	Sea Glass
169	Snyder, Maria V.	Sea Glass
170	Snyder, Maria V.	Spy Glass
171	Snyder, Maria	Spy Glass
172	Snyder, Maria	Poison Study
173	Snyder, Maria V.	Magic Study
174	Snyder, Maria	Magic Study
175	Snyder, Maria	Fire Study
176	Snyder, Maria	Inside Out
177	Sparks, Nicholas	The Lucky One
178	Sparks, Nicholas	The Lucky One
179	Sparks, Nicholas	A Bend in the Road
180	Sparks, Nicholas	The Guardian
181	Sparks, Nicholas	Message in the bottle
182	Sparks, Nicholas	At First Sight
183	Stiefvater, Mattie	Shiver
184	Stine, R. L.	Dangerous Girls
185	Wells, Rosemary	When No One Was Looking
186	Westerfield, Scott	Specials
187	Westerfield, Scott	Uglies
188	Westerfield, Scott	Pretties
189	Whitman, Emily	Radiant Darkness
190	Stine, R. L.	Monster Blood	Goosebumps
191	Stine, R. L.	A Shocker on Shock Street	Goosebumps
192	Stine, R. L.	Say Cheese and Die - Again	Goosebumps
193	Stine, R. L.	Ghost Camp	Goosebumps
194	Stine, R. L.	The Cuckoo Clock of Doom	Goosebumps
195	Stine, R. L.	Returne of the Mummy	Goosebumps
196	Stine, R.L.	Bad Hare Day	Goosebumps
197	Stine, R.L.	Calling All Creeps	Goosebumps
198	Stine, R.L.	Egg Monsters From Mars	Goosebumps
199	Stine, R.L.	The Curse of Camp Cold Lake	Goosebumps
200	Stine, R. L.	The Girl Who Cried Monster	Goosebumps
201	Stine, R. L.	The Haunted School	Goosebumps
202	Stine, R. L.	Monster Blood IV	Goosebumps
203	Stine, R. L.	Mostly Ghostly	Goosebumps
204	Clamp	Angelic Layer	Manga
205	Clamp	Angelic Layer	Manga
206	Clamp	Magic Knight Rayearth	Manga
207	Clamp	Magic Knight Rayearth	Manga
208	Clamp	Magic Knight Rayearth	Manga
209	Clamp	Magic Knight Rayearth II	Manga
210	Clamp	Magic Knight Rayearth II	Manga
211	Clamp	Magic Knight Rayearth II	Manga
212	Fujishima, Kosuke	Oh My Goddess: Ninja Master	Manga
213	Fujishima, Kosuke	Oh My Goddess: 1-555-Goddess	Manga
214	Fujishima, Kosuke	Oh My Goddess: Love Potion #9	Manga
215	Fujishima, Kosuke	Oh My Goddess: Miss Keiichi	Manga
216	Fujishima, Kosuke	Oh My Goddess: The Queen of Vengeance	Manga
217	Hamazaki, Tatsuya	Hack: Legend of the Twilight	Manga
218	Hamazaki, Tatsuya	Hack: Legend of the Twilight	Manga
219	Hirano, Toshiki	Shaolin Sisters	Manga
220	Hirano, Toshiki	Shaolin Sisters	Manga
221	Katsura, Asuka	Petite Cossette	Manga
222	Katsura, Asuka	Petite Cossette	Manga
223	Patterson, James	Maximum Ride	Manga
224	Riordan, Rick	The Lightning Thief	Manga
225	Ueda, Hajime	FLCL	Manga
226	Ueda, Hajime	FLCL	Manga
227	Manga Enroute:	Sent May 2011	Manga
228	Anzai, Nobuyuki	Flame of Recca	Manga
229	Be-PaPas	Revolutionary Girl: Utena	Manga
230	Clamp	Shirahime-Syo	Manga
231	DeFilippis & Weir	Luna: Amazing Agent	Manga
232	Hajime, Ueda	Q.Ko-Chan The Earth Invader Girl	Manga
233	Hatori, Bisco	Ouran High School: Host Club	Manga
234	Hidaka, Banri	Tears of A Lamb	Manga
235	Ice Kunion	2005 Ice Kunion Sampler	Manga
236	iida, Haruko	Crescent Moon	Manga
237	Koge-Donbo	Kamichama: Karin Chu	Manga
238	Mizushiro, Setona	X-Day	Manga
239	Nanase, Aoi	Angel Dust	Manga
240	Okamoto, Keiko	Corrector Yui: Corrector Initialize	Manga
241	Okuda, Hitchi	No Need for Tenchi (Mother Planet)	Manga
242	Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Manga
243	Saiga, Reiji	Real Bout High School	Manga
244	Saito, Chiho	Utena: Revolutionary Girl	Manga
245	Sugisaki, Yukiru	D. N. Angel	Manga
246	Sugisaki, Yukiru	D. N. Angel	Manga
247	Sugisaki, Yukiru	D. N. Angel	Manga
248	Sugisaki, Yukiru	D. N. Angel	Manga
249	Sugisaki, Yukiru	D. N. Angel	Manga
250	Tomino, Yoshiyuki	Brain Powered	Manga
251	Tomizawa, Hitoshi	Aliennine Emulators	Manga
252	Tokyopop	The rising Stars of Manga	Manga
253	Tokyopop	Power Rangers Ninja Storm	Manga
254	Ueyama, Michiro	Zoids (Chaotic Century)	Manga
255	Yeo-Jin, Jan	Saint Marie	Manga
256	Cooney, Caroline	Twins	Point Horror
257	Ellis, Carol	Camp Fear	Point Horror
258	Ellis, Carol	Silent Witness	Point Horror
259	Ellis, Carol	The Stepdaughter	Point Horror
260	Ellis, Carol	The Window	Point Horror
261	Hoh, Diane	The Train	Point Horror
262	Hoh, Diane	Nightmare Hall: Dark Moon	Point Horror
263	Hoh, Diane	Prom Date	Point Horror
264	Hoh, Diane	The Invitation	Point Horror
265	Hoh, Diane	The Train	Point Horror
266	Hoh, Diane	The Night Walker	Point Horror
267	Hoh, Diane	Last Breath	Point Horror
268	Kilworth, Garry	The Rain Ghost	Point Horror
269	Littke, Lael	Prom Dress	Point Horror
270	Littke, Lael	The Watcher	Point Horror
271	Lowry, Lois	The Giver	Point Horror
272	Nixon, Joan Lowery	A Deadly Game of Magic	Point Horror
273	Smith, Sinclair	The Boy Next Door	Point Horror
274	Smith, Sinclair	The Waitress	Point Horror
275	Stamper, J. B.	Tales for the Midnight Hour	Point Horror
276	Stine. R. L.	The Baby Sitter III	Point Horror
277	Stine, R. L.	The Babysitter IV	Point Horror
278	Stine. R. L.	Beach Party	Point Horror
279	Stine. R. L.	Beach House	Point Horror
280	Stine. R. L.	The Dead Girlfriend	Point Horror
281	Stine. R. L.	Hit and Run	Point Horror
282	Stine. R. L.	Twisted	Point Horror
283	Stine, R. L.	The Overnight	Point Horror
284	Stine, R. L.	The Girlfriend	Point Horror
285	Stine, R. L.	The Boyfriend	Point Horror
286	Stine, R. L.	Let's Party	Point Horror
287	Stine, R. L.	Phone Calls	Point Horror
288	Stine, R. L.	The Babysitter II	Point Horror
289	Stine, R. L.	The Perfect Date	Point Horror
290	Stine, R. L.	The Prom Queen	Point Horror
291	Stine, R. L.	The Snowman	Point Horror
292	Stine, R. L.	Night Terrors	Point Horror
293	Stine, R. L.	I saw you that night	Point Horror
294	Stine, R. L.	The Hitchhiker	Point Horror
295	Stamper, J. B.	More Tales for the Midnight Hour
296	Stamper, J. B.	Tales for the Midnight Hour
297	Stamper, J. B.	Still More Tales For The Midnight Hour
298	Stine, R. L.	All Night Party
299	Stine, R. L.	Cheerleaders: The Second Evil

Another Angel Delivery! Thanks Mary!

We are so lucky to have generous people who send us books. Today, an American friend named Mary has sent us an amazing box of goodies.

Mary was so kind to find us books that are very popular at the SRR. With 800 girls hungry for great books, it is often quite difficult for them to get at the books they want so badly.

This incredible box of books she sent us has a lot of great titles.

First up, she sent us copies of Eclipse, New Moon, and Breaking Dawn. YES! Although we have a copy of these books in the SRR, this series is easily the most popular in the country and we really need another set. I am also happy to announce that Breaking Dawn is a hardcover! YES! You may have to wait for this one though because it is so beautiful I think I want to read it again, just to enjoy the hardcoverness of it all!

If that's not enough, Mary also managed to find us a copy of Betrayed and Marked - the first two books in the popular House of Night series. These books are always out of the SRR and it has been difficult answering all the requests for them. Thanks Mary!

A Great and Terrible Beauty has been another very popular title. It's nice to have a second copy so more girls can enjoy this one!

Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Trilogy has been a huge hit (well, it might have something to do with my constant promotion of it). Many of the 9A girls have read and loved the books and I'm so happy to tell you that Mary found copies of both Uglies and Pretties for us.

There is something here for everyone. We also got a couple of books by Jodi Picoult. We got Salem Falls and My Sister's Keeper (with the new, cool cover). Picoult's books continue to get a lot of attention this year so I'm sure these will be snapped up.

Mary also sent us a beautiful hardcover of Cecelia Ahern's Rose Dunne. Ahern's books jump off the shelves and I'm sure this hardcover will only last minutes before somebody grabs it. This one will probably have four or five readers a month.

Thanks so much Mary! All the books you sent us will be well-loved!

Book Preview: Ghost Hunters

German author Cornelia Funke is very popular. The Thief Lord was such a hit that they made it into a movie. We have a few copies of that book in the SRR and it is often signed out. It also managed to place number 10 on the Teens' Top Ten list in 2003.

The next year, 2004, Funke had another hit with the popular Inkheart book which also managed to place number 5 on the Teens' Top Ten list. BTW, we have a copy of it in the SRR also!

If you enjoy Funke's books, we have a copy of Dragon Rider in the SRR as well.

Ghost Hunters is another series that she wrote in 2006/07. It will make a welcome addition to the SRR, especially for all the Funke fans in the school.

Thanks again to Peta for striking gold again with this little treasure!

Here's the blurb:

Ghoulhunting is a riot, but exams are not, and Tom is taking his Third Ghosthunting Diploma. When he is sent to Bogpool, a misty, muddy village, it seems it’s bog-standard ghostcatching and his diploma is in the bag. But he has entered a dirty trap, and as the village begins sinking into the mud, a beastly Ghost of Death arises, and the ghosthunters must face their gravest test yet! The fourth in a funny series of by bestselling author Cornelia Funke. Get scared silly!

Book Preview: Horror High

Our book angel Peta strikes again! This time it is a couple of books from a Scholastic series called Horror High. Thanks again Peta! These look great!

Here's the blurb on book number one called Toxic Beauty:

It's the stuff of nightmares.
Starting a new school is hard enough, but Bethany has never felt more plain and ordinary. She’d give anything to be popular, beautiful and clever.When a mysterious man offers to make all of Bethany’s wildest dreams come true, she jumps at the chance. But she doesn’t realize that beauty comes with a price…

The fun continues with book number two called Killer Instinct. Here's the blurb:

There's talk around school about a mysterious house where no one ever lives for long. But when Holly and her friends decide to break in for a laugh, they don't expect to find it occupied - and by a vampire.
Suddenly they find themselves trapped in a deadly game. Either they all die or they choose one to stay and be the vampire's for ever. It's their choice...

Once again, thanks Peta for finding us such interesting new reading material. These books are bound to get picked up the minute they are put on the shelves of the SRR!

Book Preview: Burned

Peta picked up another great book from the top of our shopping list and this time it comes in hardcover! Yay! We love hardcovers, don't we girls?

This is book seven of the House of Night series.

1. Marked
2. Betrayed
3. Chosen
4. Untamed
5. Hunted
6. Tempted
7. Burned
8. Awakened (due in January)

Riding the wave of vampire fiction created by Stephanie Meyer, PC and Kristin Cast have created this popular series which keeps getting snapped up. We have extra copies of books 1 and 2 on the way as well!

Here is the Amazon product description for the first book called Marked:

When sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird gets Marked as a fledgling vampire she must join the House of Night school where she will train to become an adult vampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change. But Zoe is no ordinary fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the Goddess Nyx and discovers her amazing new power to conjure the elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit. When Zoey discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite group, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look within herself to embrace her destiny - with a little help from her new vampire friends. Not suitable for younger readers.

And here is the product description for Burned, book seven:

Amazon Description:

Y'all need to get yourselves together. Here's a newsflash from the only High Priestess you have left at this dang school: Zoey isn't dead. And believe me, I know dead. I've been there, done that and got the fricken tee-shirt. Zoey Redbird is the youngest High Priestess in House of Night history and is the only person ? vamp or fledgling ? that can stop the evil Neferet from raising all kinds of immortal trouble. And she might just have a chance if she wasn't so busy being dead. Well, dead is too strong a word. Stevie Rae knows she can bring her BFF back from her unscheduled va-cay in the Otherworld. But it's going to take a lot more than hoping to bring Zoey back. Stevie Rae will have to give up a few secrets of her own ...

Thanks again to Peta for her amazing generosity in sending us this beautiful hardcover book!!!