April Book Review

The Looking Glass Wars

The Looking glass wars by Frank Beddor is the first book in a series. The main character, Alyss Heart, is going to become the princess of Wonderland, when her evil Aunt Redd kills her mother and father and takes over Wonderland.
Hatter, a royal body guard, has to send Alyss into England through the looking glass, while he ends up in Paris. Alyss has to face living in England on her own. After 12 years in England Dodge, Alyss’ best friend show up and takes Alyss back to Wonderland to defeat Redd so she can be Queen. First they have to go on a journey to the looking glass maze so Alyss can get stronger and kill Redd.

If you enjoy Alice in Wonderland you would really enjoy this book! Alyss and the other characters are really awesome. I like the way the author mixed up the real Alice and wonderland and twisted it up in his own way. The book was really good also, but I didn’t enjoy the way the book was written. The plot was kind of confusing and it jumped around from character to character.

The second book is Seeing Redd and the third book Archenemy just came out.

Interested? See which library owns a copy for you to check out at http://gapines.org/

You can also check out the author's website http://www.lookingglasswars.com/home.html

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl

Congratulations to the Luella High School Reading Bowl Team
They placed 2nd in the the GA Metro Area District Level of the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.
Great Job!
Don't know what the reading bowl is?
It is a State Wide competition for the Elementry, Middle, and High School grades.
Each level is given a list of books to read and meets within their division to answer questions about the books.
The top two teams for each level goes on to the next competition.
There are four competitions.
The Middle School Level uses the Georgia Children's Books Nominees.
Check out your school library to vote for these books or to see if you have a reading bowl team.
The High School Level uses the Peach Award Nominees.
Check out Hampton Public Library to vote for these books
or
go to your School Library to see if you have a reading bowl team.

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine is an amazing book set in a far away land known as Ayortha, and follows the story of Aza. Aza knows she is not the fairest of all the women in Ayortha, but she is gifted with a voice. An Amazing voice, that can enchant all who hear it, but when she encounters a mysterious and dreadful gift from the fairy know as Lucinda. Everything changes for her. This gift is a magical mirror. Mirrors are something that Aza hates, she has always hated mirrors. She is always avoiding mirrors, because everyone is always scoffing at her over her looks. One day, her enchanting voice lures in a prince named Ijori and everything begins to fall apart. Because of the vain and cruel queen know as Ivi, who is a very jealous queen that wants to be the fairest of them all. This story will have plenty of suspense, romance, humor, and song. If you're interested in any of these, this is the book for you.

Interested? See which library owns a copy for you to check out at http://gapines.org/

and check out the author's website to find out more about this book.

http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/kids/gamesandcontests/features/fairest/

In the book Magyk, the first book of Septimus Heap series, is all about a young boy named Septimus Heap who is the seventh son of the seventh son. He was born into a family of wizards and has to learn about his confusing life. On the night of his birth he was announced dead so he was took away. On the same night a baby girl with violet eyes was found in the forest by Septimus’s father. So the baby becomes a part of the Heap family. This book has many twists and turns to figure out why and how it all happened to Septimus’s family. This book is very sad because a mother loses her child, happy because everything falls into place for Sepitmus’s family and interesting because the settings keep changing and flipping. Plus you never know who is going to turn up to be who.

Interested? Check out the book from your library and check out the author's web site.

http://www.septimusheap.com/

3 Willows - Anne Brashares Interview

For more information about Ann Brashares books go to http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/sisterhoodcentral/3willows/home.html

Nominate a Book for the Georgia Peach Award

2008-2009 Georgia Peach Award Nominees

Winner of the 2007-2008 Peach Award

WINNER OF THE 2007-2008 GEORGIA PEACH AWARD

HONOR BOOK WINNER:

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GEORGIA PEACH AWARD GO TO:

http://www.glma-inc.org/peachaward.htm

New YA Books

Hampton's New YA Books 01/28-02/02

BOOKS

Fiction

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty

Nobody's There by Joan Lowery Nixon

Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner
The Traitor's Gate by AVI
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy

AUDIO BOOKS

Fiction

The Sweet Far Thing

Book Three of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle is Finished

Christopher Paolini has finished the sequal the Eragon and Eldest. It is titled Brisingr and will be for sale 12:01 am on Saturday, September 20, 2008. For more details click on either of the links below.
http://www.shurtugal.com/
http://www.alagaesia.com/

Hampton's New YA Books and Audio Books 01/14-01/19

BOOKS

NON-FICTION

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls by Donna Dale Carnegie

New Europe: A look at the way the world is today by Antony Mason

Teenage Tales by Jerry Scott

FICTION

Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headley

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth

My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick

Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan

AUDIO BOOKS

FICTION

Runemarks by Joanne Harris

Night by Elie Wiesel

Cover-Up by John Feinstein

Book Club

Anyone started a book club based on the Peach Award Nominees? Need some more discussion topics?

Click on the Peach.

Peach Awards

Wish you could vote? We'll if your ages 15-18 you can. Go to your local Library and fill out a ballot.



You may fill out one ballot for each book nominated.

2007-2008 Nominees (click here for more information about nominees)

As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis

Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney

Dead Connection by Charlie Price

Everlost by Neal Shusterman

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Peeps by Scott Westerfield

Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte

Runaways, Volume 1: Pride and Joy by Brian K. Vaughan

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Goodness Gene by Sonia Levitin

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles

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