NBS recommends reads for kids and teens
Shadowland
By Alyson Noel
P865
MANILA, Philippines - Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives — and fought off the world’s darkest enemies — so they could be together forever. But just when their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon Damen… one that could destroy everything. Now a single touch of their hands or a soft brush of their lips could mean sudden death — plunging Damen into the Shadowland. Desperate to break the curse and save Damen, Ever immerses herself in magick — and gets help from an unexpected source… a surfer named Jude.
Although she and Jude have only just met, he feels startlingly familiar. Despite her fierce loyalty to Damen, Ever is drawn to Jude, a green-eyed golden boy with magical talents and a mysterious past. She’s always believed Damen to be her soulmate and one true love — and she still believes it to be true. But as Damen pulls away to save them, Ever’s connection with Jude grows stronger — and tests her love for Damen like never before…
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid:
DOG DAYS
By Jeff Kinney
P499
It’s summer vacation— the weather’s great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn.
Greg, a self-confessed “indoor person,” is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg’s mom has a different vision for an ideal summer… one packed with outdoor activities and “family togetherness.”
Whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the Heffley family change everything?
The 39 Clues 6: In Too Deep
By Jude Watson
P495
A hint from their parents’ past puts Amy and Dan on the trail of secrets their grandmother Grace would never have wanted them to know. Awful memories begin to crowd in on Amy, just as her enemies circle closer. How far would she go to protect Dan? How much of a Cahill is she prepared to be? Perhaps Grace was right — some secrets are better left buried.
Under The Dome
By Stephen King
P1,315
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when — or if — it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens — town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing — even murder — to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.
The Gift
By Cecelia Ahern
P299
Lou Suffern’s successful career demands that he be in two places at one time — and neither of those is with his devoted wife and children. In this season of good cheer he can barely find a minute to spare for his loved ones.
Then Lou meets a homeless man named Gabe and buys him a cup of coffee… then gives him some old clothes… then gives him a job — a random act of kindness that surprises Lou most of all. But soon Gabe is meddling uncomfortably in Lou’s life, popping up at the most inopportune times — as if Gabe actually can be in two places at once. But if this uncommon vagrant is here to help Lou fix what’s broken in his life, can he do so before time runs out?
