Keeping the Moon – Read It and Rate It

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) I really recommend this book for teenage girls. I had a good time reading this novel. Colie goes to spend the summer with her aunt. Colie learns to be herself and that inside she is beautiful. She makes new friends over the summer and gets to feel what it is like to like a boy. She understands … Read more

Food Wars – Read It and Rate It

Food Wars Manga series #1 by Yuto Tsukuda Manga Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Soma goes to a cooking camp where everyone cooks dishes and sees who can get 200 servings in 2 hours. Everyone has surpassed their goal, and Soma only has 2 servings. In the last 3 minutes Soma completes the task. Then a local meat shack needs help from Soma, because their customers are being attracted … Read more

Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child – Read It and Rate It

Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child by Maria T. Lennon Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) I liked it because the middle child has to do all the chores and gets nothing fun to do. And the family excluded her from all the fun big family events. Also her mom put her in gymnastics. That was the only fun thing she could do that was fun. She was an amazing gymnast. … Read more

Everneath – Read It and Rate It

Everneath Everneath #1 by Brodi Ashton Romance Supernatural Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) “Everneath” is a modern day retelling of the myths of Persephone and Orpheus and Eurydice. I am so excited to read the sequel! It is such an intriguing book and I couldn’t wait to finish it. It took me 3 days to finish. I would definitely recommend it. I loved Nikki (Becks) and how strong of a character she … Read more

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Read It and Rate It

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Adventure Classic Historical Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is about a young boy and an African American slave who escape town to the free states. Along the way they face many obstacles such as prejudice against color. Although this book has an older style of writing, I enjoyed it very much. I liked reading the various forms of … Read more

I Was Here – Read It and Rate It

I Was Here by Gayle Forman Mysery Realistic Fiction Romance Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book is about a girl named Megan who committed suicide. Her best friend Cody is very shocked by this because she thought Megan was fine. So Cody goes to the University Megan was at and empties out all of her things. While traveling and emptying her room out she finds out some things about Megan … Read more

Hit and Run – Read It and Rate It

Hit and Run by Lurlene McDaniel Mystery Romance Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) If you like mystery books this is the one you should read. Laurie knows it is too good to be true when the most popular guy at school asks her out. He drove her home drunk and they hit what they thought was a deer, but it was a person. This book questions the reader and brings them to … Read more

Sugar – Read It and Rate It

Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) I dislike how everyone teases Sugar about her weight. I like how Sugar doesn’t care. This story is about a teen who is overweight and so is her family. Everyone makes fun of her and she does all the chores around the house. Also she eats a lot of sweets, like her mom who has diabetes and is too big … Read more

I Even Funnier – Read It and Rate It

I Even Funnier by James Patterson Funny Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) I liked this book because it had pictures in it so I could understand more of what was happening. I can sort of connect to this book because I am also in middle school. Jamie is in middle school and he is a comedian.  He wins the Planet’s Funniest Kid Comic Competition. He also meets a girl … Read more

Ruby Red – Read It and Rate It

Ruby Red Ruby Red #1 by Kerstin Gier Adventure Romance Science Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Gwyneth is a young girl who comes from a long line of people with time traveling genes. Everyone thinks her cousin Charlotte has it, who has been preparing for it for the last 10 years. She learns she has it and has to travel back in time with a boy named Gideon who she … Read more

The Huntley Area Public Library will be closed Thursday, November 28, 2024, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Additionally, we will be closing early Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Our exterior book drop will be closing on Wednesday, November 27, at 5:00 p.m. as well. All online resources will be available during this time. The library and exterior book drop will reopen Friday, November 29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.