Stop by the library to check out the new senior fiction books in this week!
Fancy reading a dark and mysterious novel? The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth might be for you. In this engaging form of a graphic novel, Greg Ruth details the story of a young boy called Nate who is forced to move to a new house in a new town. But when he arrives at his new house, he discovers a tape recorder and note addressed to him under the floorboards of his bedroom. Nate is thrown into the dark mystery of a boy who went missing many years ago. Partnering up with his new neighbour Tabitha, they listen to the tapes together and begin on an adventure to find out what happened to the lost boy. This detailed adventure novel is definitely worth a read. The illustrations are nothing short of triumphant either!
Love letters to the Dead written by American author Ava Dellaira is a capturing young adult novel. The novel begins with Laurel, a 15 year old girl, moving to a new high school and being set an interesting assignment by her English teacher; to write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses to write a letter to Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May. But Laurel doesn’t stop at one letter. Soon, she has a series of letters written to dead people such as Heath Ledger and Amy Winehouse, where she writes to them about starting high school, falling in love and most importantly, the grieving of her sister May. An incredible, moving story – one of those books that everyone ought to read.
It’s a must for all girls to start seventh grade with a boyfriend. That’s why in Alice In Rapture, Sort Of Alice is glad that she and Patrick are going together. But in #2 of the Alice series, Alice finds herself feeling puzzled. Having a boyfriend is a lot more complicated than having a boy-friend! What do you talk about when you’re on the phone with a boy? What should Alice get him for his birthday? What should she do if he wants to kiss her and she hasn’t just brushed her teeth? Alice really likes Patrick, but sometimes it seems as though life would be a lot simpler if they were just friends. This book is perfect for ages 11-14, and definitely an Alice book not to go unnoticed.
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