The school year has just about ended and I made a quick trip to VKB to pick up some books to read over the summer. When you all come back in the fall I hope to have some great new books to recommend! But of course I could hardly wait to delve into the bag..... First up "Eye of the Crow" by Shane Peacock. A real thriller about a young 13 year old Sherlock Holmes growing up in the slums of London and accused of a crime he did not commit. He is an unusual character, lonely and independent but always using his brain in order to see the big picture. This is a real page turner with an ending that is shocking. If you like mysteries I know you will like this.
A book I have just finished and one you must read is the Newberry Award winning book by Neil Gaiman " The Graveyard". It starts out with a very disturbing incident - the murder of a family - however one of the family, a toddler, unaware of the danger he is in, heads out the open front door and wanders into a nearby graveyard. The murderer is in pursuit but the youngster is saved and looked after by a very surprising group. Another fantasy situation by the author of "Coraline" but the writing is brilliant and each chapter a story in itself.
And another - "The Wednesday Wars"... no murders in this book! A humourous book about a boy having to spend Wednesday afternoons with a teacher whom he knows hates him and tries to make his life miserable! However he does clean the blackboard brushes right below the window where her pies are setting. Would you eat a pie covered in chalk dust?
What have you read today?
