Tag Archives: 4.0 – 4.8

Nightmares!

Series: Nightmares

Author: Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

AR Level: 4.8

Miss Library Lady Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

 

Nightmares!

Everyone gets them.

They aren’t real.

You always wake up.

Right??

Charlie isn’t so sure.  What he is sure of is his stepmo(m)nster is really a witch and there is a witch who wants to eat him in his nightmares.  Charlie can’t sleep and he can’t tell his friends about his nightmares, they’ll just laugh at him or think he’s going crazy.  So, Charlie keeps it to himself and slowly becomes more paranoid because the witch is going to come for him at any moment.  Finally, she comes, but not for Charlie; she takes his brother Jack to the Netherworld, where your worst nightmares live.  Charlie follows after, but wait…. Charlie isn’t asleep, both his spirit and body have crossed over, this can’t be good.  Now, not only is he living inside his nightmares, but those of his friends as well.  Can Charlie help his friends overcome their nightmares while facing his own fears and saving his little brother?

All Fall Down

Series: Embassy Row (book 1)

Author: Ally Carter

AR Level: 4.3

Miss Library Lady Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

 

How would you feel if you think you saw something happen or someone do something but no one believed you?  What would you do if everyone made you feel like you were crazy but you just knew what you remembered actually happened?

Grace is NOT crazy!  Three years ago she witnessed her mom’s death, actually murder.  Grace saw the man with a scar on his cheek, even talked to him, while her mom’s body burned in the fire.  What did Grace see on her mom’s chest?  Was that blood?  A bullet wound?  How could that be though when EVERYONE is telling her, no, it was just an accident?

Now, three years after ‘the accidental’ death of her mother, Grace is living with her grandfather at the US Embassy in Adria.  She used to visit every summer until her mom’s death, but that changed everything!  Through a series of unfortunate events, Grace can not seem to stay out of trouble.  During one of Grace’s misadventures she see’s the man with the scar! Or is it just a man with a scar?  Grace is positive this man is who killed her mom!  So, Grace and her friends set off on a spy adventure to bring justice to her mom’s killer, or so they think.

So many thoughts, memories, and emotions cause Grace to question everything and everyone.  Did she find her mom’s killer?  Was her mom murdered, or was it truly just an accident?

 

The Bullet Catch

Author: Amy Axelrod

AR Level: 4.8

Miss Library Lady Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

 

Leo is a thief!

What else is he supposed to do in 20th Century New York after the orphanage he lives in burns down?  He has no family, other than 3 other boys whom he befriended while at the orphanage.  3 of the boys are of age to sent off to be apprentices the other would be sent to another orphanage but they don’t want to be split up.  So, what other choice to they have?  Live the life of thieves, picking pockets to make it through each day until they catch a big break.

Leo is fascinated with magic!

When he gets an opportunity to see Harry Houdini be hoisted up while being restrained in a straight jacket and somehow free himself, Leo takes the chance to do his own magic making other men’s wallets disappear.  Leo finds a write up for a newspaper ad, the Great Barzini is looking for a magician’s apprentice.  Maybe now he can get away from his current life and live honestly.  Can Leo get the job even though he doesn’t know magic?

BETRAYAL

LIES

MURDER

Can Leo turn his life around?  Can he run away from his dark past?  Or is the lowly life of thievery all Leo will ever know?

 

Written in the Stars

Author: Aisha Saeed

AR Level: 4.1

Miss Library Lady Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

 

What if you weren’t allowed to date or go anywhere but school and home?

What if you didn’t have a choice in who you married?

Would you fight for your freedom and what you wanted?

 

Naila has always done what she’s told and listened to her parents, except for falling in love with Saif (her secret boyfriend of 1 year).

Senior prom is coming up and Naila knows Saif would love to go but understands she’s not allowed to attend.  Naila, along with best friend Carla, scheme so Naila is able to go to prom.  Bad news … Naila gets caught!

Furious, Naila’s parents book a month long vacation to their family home in Pakistan (far, far away from Florida).  What was first thought of as a terrible thing begins to looks like an opportunity for Naila to gain her parent’s trust back.

Forced in to attended tea’s and dinner’s Naila begins to waiver on the idea of this trip being a good idea.  Her cousin breaks down and tell Naila about the plan to find a husband for Naila even though it’s supposed to be a secret.

If Naila’s parents find her a husband will she ever get back home to Florida?  What about Saif; how can she deny the boy who she really loves?  How can her parent’s do this to her?

Through many twists and turns, Naila’s story will keep you guessing whether true love is able to withstand what’s been written in the stars.