Book Preview - Week 8 (August 24)

Final week's preview before the July 6 start!  See the complete booklist here or check out the other book preview posts...

Fiction Book for August 24: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This action packed tale of adventure and survival takes place in the futuristic nation of Panem, formerly North America. Katniss Everdeen is a player in a live TV survival game called the Hunger Games, which all Panem citizens must watch. The players are transported into a remote area, and have to find their own food and shelter while dealing with the unpredictable events of the Game. For Katniss to win, others must die in this deadly game of survival.

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Review from Reading Rants

Author interview at Teen Reads

Nonfiction Book for August 24: The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara

Now a thriving college student in Toronto, battle-scarred Kamara recounts her life in her native Sierra Leone during that country’s brutal civil war. She writes about the abrupt end of her childhood when, at age 12, she is raped, has her hands cut off by rebel soldiers, and, gives birth to a child that she ends up supporting by begging on the streets.

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Author interview from School Library Journal

Graphic Novel for August 24: Groo: Hell on Earth by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier

The world seems to be heating up, even in places that are supposed to be cold. Groo takes it upon himself to discover the reason for this climate change, but does he have the brains to save himself from danger? He may save the world, but it won’t look the same when he’s done with it. Groo is a true savage barbarian, which makes reading this book extra enjoyable.

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Review from Comicreaders.com

Review from Comics Bulletin

Comments

[christine]

i want to read the hunger games, seem interesting.

[Sibyl]

The Bite of the Mango seems interesting in the sense of how people would live and thing that others would go through and what some people have has a reality to them, some of it sounds really sad.

[michelle]

the bite of the mango seems really sad and interesting and i also want to read the hunger games

[Sravya]

I'm in the process of reading "The Hunger Games" and I find it very adventurous and filled with a lot of excitement. I'm looking forward to the turn in the book, which changes everything.

[Sahiti]

Has anyone read "Air Head" by Mac Cabot? It is an interesting science fiction book I read last week. It's about an ordinary girl who turns in to this world'd most wanted model!

[Sakshi]

@ Sahiti
I read Airhead, i want to read Being Nikki now =)

I am currently reading Uglies
its about a future where everyone over the age of 16 gets plastic surgery to become extremly PRETTY! and everyone whoz normal is ugly =S
=)

[wala]

i want to read the bite of the mangos ,some of the things that this girl is experiencing is happening in other parts of the world and we should try to help other peope like this girl.

[Agnes]

The Hunger Games could be a good book to read :)
Also, the Bite of the Mango does seem like a sad book to read, but would allow us to see how people in other parts of the world live.

[D]

The Bite of the Mango sounds really sad. But it sounds like an interesting read.

[Madie]

I really want to read the Hunger Games. Some of my friends have read it, and they told me that it was absolutely amazing.

[Linda]

I also read Uglies and the other books, Pretties, Specials and Extras. I found that the first couple of books were good, but after a while, when I was reading Specials and Extras, I got bored of it. The story also changes in the 4th book, where the focus isn't on Tally Youngblood ( the main character in the other 3 books), it's on another person named Aya. The story doesn't really seem realistic to me though... Pretties and Specials basically remind me of robots, but they are human. Oh, and about the Hunger Games. It seems really interesting, I already have a hold on it. I'm also really interested in the Bite of the Mango, which shows how many people are living in countries that don't have much human rights or freedom.

[ying]

just finished reading Dangerous Girls by R.L.Stine. it's a pretty good book. it's about this twin sisters Destiny, and Livvy Weller who came back as half-vampires from their summer camp vacation. when they got back home, they suddenly have this hungry blood-thirst feeling. As the nightmare began they start to look for a cure and to become human again, and...
for the next book i'm looking forward to read the bite of the mango. i think it's a great way for us to read about the world.

[wala]

i just finished reading Raina's story by Laurene McDaniel ,it's a really good book and i would relate it to all the teenagers,.

[Gunjan]

I checked out the top secret area and its pretty cool. There are a couple of books i have read from the list. Anyways, The Hunger Games seems interesting to me because it reminds me of Hatchet.

[Supriya Singh]

I finished reading Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, and it is an awesome book. It explains the story of an orphaned red-head girl, Anne Shirley, and her adventures of her imagination and trying to belong.

[Supriya Singh]

I also read the Secret Identity of Devon Daleny! It is a great book about Karma and consequences of lying just to fit in. A t teenage girl named Devon goes away for the summer, pretending to be someone who she isn't and makes a friend named Lexi. Her world comes crashing down when Lexi moves into Devon's town, and Devon really isn't that popular.

Its a funny story about, friendship, lying, trying to fit in, and falling in love!

[kiu]

The Bite of the Mango seems like a really interesting book...I am looking forward to reading it this summer.

[Suman]

The book Groo:Hell on Earth seems interesting.

` I've just finished reading this really cool series called the House of Night series. They are very suspenseful novels. Its about vampires, and heartbreak and its very addicting.

[Devi]

The bite of the Mango seems very sad.
But I still would like to read it. In this true story, imagine what would happen to you if you were in her place.

[S.Sivanesan]

Aww, the book Bit of the Mango is really sad, but it seems like it is a good story and i think i'm going to read it.

[Mary]

wow bite of a manga is so intense but real. because this kind of situations do happen in real life. just looking at the cover makes me feel so sad. Definately a book that should be read so that people can have a better understanding of what could be happening in other places than their own

[Devi]

like others, i've read a book.." the great Harlequin Grim" by Gareth Thompson.
Its about a boy named Glenn whos world has fallen apart;has a new home, new school & all the problems that go with being the new face. his mom has disappeared and his dad isn't answering hisquestions. but from the moment he meets bewithching Laura, he falls under her spell.
i was hooked... i couldn't put it down.. F A S I N A T I N G ! ! !

[Allison]

sounds like some good reads!!

[Jasmine]

All these books seem good....and I placed a hold on hunger games but I think it is going to take more than a year to come to me....it seems like people put the book on hold and take it home and read it on the last day or something...all I know is that it takes forever to get the books you place a hold on...and by the time it gets here you aren't interested in the book anymore....

Anyways.....has anyone read any good book about vampires or werewolves....it seems like I've read them all.....and if you want a great action packed romance book....I highly recommend "Blood and Chocolate"

[Andre]

i am soooo excited about hunger games!!i have heard and read good things about the book and i cannot wait to read it!