The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney Mystery Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Janie Johnson has everything she ever wanted – a loving family, friends, and great school grades. When Janie discovers a picture of a little girl on the side of a milk carton, she knows that it must be her. Janie must figure out how she was kidnapped and why.
Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards Mystery Suspense Thriller * * * Stars (Pretty good) Chloe’s future was uncertain when she fell asleep in study hall one fateful afternoon in May. Her GPA wasn’t the best, and she hadn’t made any efforts to apply to college. She knew there were uncomfortable conversations with her parents in her future. But, when she wakes up – 6 months later – her life is completely different. She’s … Read more
Also Known As by Robin Benway Mystery Realistic Fiction Romance Suspense Thriller * * * Stars (Pretty good) Maggie Silver’s parents are spies working for the Collective – an organization devoted to ferreting out bad guys and righting the wrongs of the world. Maggie herself, is an expert safe-cracker and lock-picker. After her family finishes up an assignment in Iceland, they move back to New York where Maggie is given her first undercover job. Disguising … Read more
Girl, Stolen by April Henry Horror Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Girl, Stolen is a good book and I liked it because it was very interesting trying to see and predict what would happen next. Cheyenne gets kidnapped by mistake, but her kidnapper Griffin at first doesn’t know she was in the car he stole. To make matters worse, Cheyenne is blind and has pneumonia. She goes through many adventures … Read more
Cinder Lunar Chronicles #1 by Marissa Meyer Science Fiction Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book takes place in a futuristic New Beijing, China. Cinder is a mechanic and a cyborg after being in a bad fire. She is badly treated by her step-mom because she is put in a draft for a disease. She finds out she is Lunar, a princess, and is hated by the Lunarian Queen. She … Read more
Crush Candy Corpse by Sylvia McNicoll Mystery Thriller Review #1 * * Stars (Just ok.) Disliked this. The book was ok. It was kind of confusing in the beginning because it kept on going from 1st person to 3rd person. There were many characters in the book. The main character was a girl in high school. She’s on trial for murder. They think that she killed a man in the 41st hour.
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield Mystery Realistic Fiction Romance Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) The book Scars is an amazing book! There are a lot of heartfelt, deep ideas written in this book. Kendra, a fifteen-year-old girl, doesn’t feel safe because of her childhood memories. She can’t remember her abuser, but he somehow keeps sending her messages. Threatening messages! Kendra’s friends along the way support her the whole time. The end … Read more
Raining Cats and Detectives Guinea PIG #5 by Colleen AF Venable illustrated by Stephanie Yue Funny Mystery Graphic Novel * * * * Stars (Great!) Sasspants and Hamisher have finally committed to being “real” detectives – by getting a desk and a cup of pens – when Viola’s (Mr. Venezi’s newest employee) efforts to sell pets (it is, after all, a pet store!) begin to pay off. Sasspants is adopted by the perfect owner – … Read more
Mr. & Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire! by Mrs. Bunny translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath Fantasy Funny Mystery * * * * Stars (Great!) Mr. & Mrs. Bunny have just decided (one of Mrs. Bunny’s many whims) to become detectives when Madeline’s parents (humans) go missing. Madeline is a responsible young girl, who is about to graduate from the 5th grade, and she’s accustomed to taking care of her folks. When they are abducted … Read more
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber Mystery Realistic Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) Perry Stormaire’s family has been hosting Gobija Zaksauskas – a Lithuanian foreign exchange student – for the past few months. Gobi is definitely not what Perry had hoped for (hot, experienced), although she does have an outrageous accent. But she’s not what she seems, either. Just before she’s supposed to go back to Lithuania, she expresses … Read more