Thirteen Reasons Why

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Hannah Baker is gone. She committed suicide, but nodoby is sure why. When Clay Jensen comes home to find a package addressed to him on his front steps. It contains 7 audio tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. She left these 7 tapes to explain to 13 people how they are each one of the reasons why she decided to end her life. In one night, Hannah's voice leads Clay around town narrating a painful journey back in time over their high school years, explaining how each of these 13 people impacted her life, many in ways that they wouldn't realize until it was too late!

Thoughts - This was a powerful, gripping story! It made me think of how what we may see as small incidents in life may actually be momentous to others. This is a book that once you have read it, you will never be the same!

Peeled

Peeled by Joan Bauer

Hildy Biddle, a passionate reporter for her high school newspaper, lives in the small apple farming town of Banesville, New York. There are some pretty spooky things going on around town with a new psychic moving in and a ghost lurking around an old mansion. Hildy uses her journalism skills to try to get to the bottom of things, but that is a difficult mission. The truth is being distorted and suppressed by various people in town. Will Hildy be able to bring the truth to light before it is too late?

A light, fun, quick read!

The Possibilities of Sainthood

The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas

While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help preparing the family's fig trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the right boy.

Thoughts - A first kiss is important! How will Antonia know who the right boy is for this special kiss?

* Summary taken from the CIP data.

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter

Cammie is ending her summer before her junior year with a visit to her friend Macey in Boston, who is on the campaign trail with her father. The visit takes a terrifying turn when Cammie and Macey are nearly abducted from the roof of a hotel. Something is up, but Cammie can't quite figure it out and nobody is trying to help her either. The school year begins and Macey comes returns to the Gallagher Academy with a Secret Service body guard in tow! Cammie and the rest of the girls set themselves up as Macey's bodyguards on the campaign trial because someone really is after her! But who? Can Cammie, Bex and Liz keep Macey safe?

This third book in the Gallagher Girls series is a fast, fun read!