by Peter Abrahams
Cody's Mom died from cancer years ago, and since then his dad has been an absent alcoholic. Cody has only two things going for him: quarterbacking the football team for a possible college scholarship, and Clea, his feisty girlfriend who also happens to be rich. When Clea's father takes a dislike to Cody, Clea is shipped off to visit her uncle in Hong Kong for the summer. That isn't enough to keep them apart, so her dad sends her off to a boarding school across the country, in Vermont. When Cody tears his ACL in a spectacularly bad hit, his football season is over. Unmotivated, he drops out of school and works making deliveries for a local lumber company. When he learns that Clea is missing, he drives from Colorado to VT hoping to help find her, ending up neck-deep in a lot of small-town/rich-boarding-school-kid secret. A page turner with likable characters.
Showing posts with label suspense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suspense. Show all posts
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Shift
by Jennifer Bradbury
Best friends Win and Chris decide to ride their bikes from West Virginia to Washington State during the summer after they graduate from high school. The big problem is this: Win doesn't return at the end of the trip, and even Chris does not know where he is.
The book's format contributes to the enormous suspense in this book. Chapters alternate from telling the story of the trip, to the post-trip investigation bank-rolled by Win's powerful father.
Great read. Great book.
Best friends Win and Chris decide to ride their bikes from West Virginia to Washington State during the summer after they graduate from high school. The big problem is this: Win doesn't return at the end of the trip, and even Chris does not know where he is.
The book's format contributes to the enormous suspense in this book. Chapters alternate from telling the story of the trip, to the post-trip investigation bank-rolled by Win's powerful father.
Great read. Great book.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The Monster Variations
by Daniel Kraus
James, Willie, and Reggie have been friends since the summer when Willie was in a hit and run accident that cost him his left arm. That same summer another boy is killed in another hit and run with a silver truck, and the town decides to enforce a curfew of 8pm for all kids. The boys, who come from extremely varied backgrounds, follow Reggie's reckless lead and try to find the killer. They are followed by the dark, myseterious bully, Mel, and haunted by demons of their own making.
James, Willie, and Reggie have been friends since the summer when Willie was in a hit and run accident that cost him his left arm. That same summer another boy is killed in another hit and run with a silver truck, and the town decides to enforce a curfew of 8pm for all kids. The boys, who come from extremely varied backgrounds, follow Reggie's reckless lead and try to find the killer. They are followed by the dark, myseterious bully, Mel, and haunted by demons of their own making.
Three Days
by Donna Jo Napoli
Jackie is thrilled to go to Italy with her adoring (and adored) father, but is completely unprepared for what will happen. When her father drops dead of a heart-attack on the side of the road in the Italian countryside, she is vulnerable...and then she is kidnapped. This hair-raising, race-to-the-finish book will hook reluctant readers and those who love reading alike. Great, fast read.
Jackie is thrilled to go to Italy with her adoring (and adored) father, but is completely unprepared for what will happen. When her father drops dead of a heart-attack on the side of the road in the Italian countryside, she is vulnerable...and then she is kidnapped. This hair-raising, race-to-the-finish book will hook reluctant readers and those who love reading alike. Great, fast read.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Bullet Point
by Peter Abrahams
Wyatt is a baseball player, but when his school cuts all sports programs, he is faced without what he most enjoys. The opportunity to move to a larger school presents itself, and, after a fist fight with his unemployed step-father, Wyatt decides to take it. What he doesn't count on is meeting Greer, a smart, edgy, beautiful girl who introduces him to Sonny, his biological dad who was sent to prison for murder before Wyatt was born. What is he to do with this new information, this new person in his world, especially when he and Greer learn that Sonny is probably innocent? It's a page-turner.
Wyatt is a baseball player, but when his school cuts all sports programs, he is faced without what he most enjoys. The opportunity to move to a larger school presents itself, and, after a fist fight with his unemployed step-father, Wyatt decides to take it. What he doesn't count on is meeting Greer, a smart, edgy, beautiful girl who introduces him to Sonny, his biological dad who was sent to prison for murder before Wyatt was born. What is he to do with this new information, this new person in his world, especially when he and Greer learn that Sonny is probably innocent? It's a page-turner.
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