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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Vampire Kisses

By Ellen Schreiber

Young Adult

Raven is a goth girl stuck in Dullsville(Her description of her small town- It's bigger than a small cave, but small enough to feel claustrophobic)She's a self imposed outcast with a huge obsession for vampires and the dark side. She hates her school, her parents and her little brother who she calls nerd boy. She has one friend named Becky, a farm girl who she protects from the bullies at school. Raven longs for something exciting to happen in her small town. But Raven should be careful what she wishes for.

Chapter Four-

The most exciting things to happen in Dullsville in my lifetime in chronological order:

1. The 3:10 train jumped it's tracks, spilling boxes of tootsie rolls, which we devoured.

2. A senior flushed a cherry bomb down the toilet, exploding the sewage line, closing school for a week.

3. On my sixteenth birthday a family rumored to vampires moved into the haunted Mansion on top of Benson Hill.

I would recommend this book for readers 12 and older. This is the first book in a series. It is available for check out at the Salmon Public Library.

Coming soon to a theater near you!

It's always interesting when you see a favorite book on the big screen. Sometimes it turns into a horrible movie(The Cat in the Hat with Jim Carrey was just creepy in my opinion) and other times it feels magical.(Lord of the Rings)

The old classic Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak will hit movie theaters next month on October 16th. It was directed by Spike Jonze and according to rumor the victim of rewrites, reshoots and crying children at early screenings. So we will see.....

Cirqu

e Du Freak-A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan is the first book in a series that was published almost ten years ago. The movie is the title of the second book in the series called The Vampire's Assistant. It will be in theaters on Oct. 23. The preview looked great, very creepy and will no doubt pull many teenage boys into the theater. I'm currently reading

A Living Nightmare which kicks the series off, I'll be reviewing it in a few days.

Monday, August 24, 2009

MIDNIGHTERS

Midnighters

The Secret Hour

By Scott Westerfeld

Young Adult

Jessica is the new kid at school. She has moved from the big city to the small town of Bixby, Oklahoma. But Jessica has no more than unpacked her first box before she notices that things are amiss in Bixby. Strange things happen at midnight.....time freezes.

Nobody or anything moves, except Jessica. She barely has time to explore this strange new world before she is caught up in an age old war with creatures that are the things that nightmares are made of.

For one hour every night Bixby is filled with unspeakable terror. Jessica soon finds out that she shares this horrific new world with four other people, who call themselves midnighters.

Each one has a special power. Rex is a seer with the talent to see the future and read the past. He wants to lead the group of midnighters against the creatures of the night. Jonathan is an acrobat which mean he can fly. He prefers to be seperate from the group for his own reasons. Melissa is a mindcaster with the ability to hear thoughts and taste people's feeling. Dess is a polymath, she develops the weapons they use to fight the monsters.

Although Jessica is clearly a midnighter she seems to have no special talent to help their cause. She is reluctant to join the group yet knows she is in danger on her own. The creatures of the night also sense some hidden power in Jessica and will stop at nothing to stop her before she can discover what it is. Time is running our for Jessica.......

I recommend this book for reader 12 and up. It has the perfect mix of action, mystery and a little romance. This book is the first in a trilogy and all of them are available at the Salmon Public Library.