Summer Reading Week 1

Welcome to the results of Week 1, the first week of Summer Reading 2013.  99 people signed up this week and 21 of them read 62 books. 

The Vampire Prince By Shan, Darren 2004-09 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316602747 Check Our Catalog Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, and hunted by the vampire clan, Darren Shan, the Vampire's assistant, faces certain death. Can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince? …More

You Know What You Have to Do By Shimko, Bonnie 2013-03 - Amazon Childrens Publishing 9781477816424 Check Our Catalog This quirky, appealing novel turns formulaic teen fiction on its head as funny, feisty 15-year-old Mary Magdeline (otherwise known as Maggie) suddenly faces more than the usual typical YA concerns: a voice in her head that is telling her to kill people. …More

Eternal By Smith, Cynthia Leitich 2010-02 - Candlewick Press (MA) 9780763647735 Check Our Catalog With diabolical wit, the author of "Tantalize" revisits a deliciously dark world where vampires vie with angels. In alternating points of view, Miranda and Zachary navigate a cutthroat eternal aristocracy as they play out a dangerous--and darkly hilarious--love story. …More

Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie By Stiefvater, Maggie 2009-10 - Flux 9780738714844 Check Our Catalog In this mesmerizing sequel to "Lament," music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. …More

After the Flood By Turnbull, Peter 2003-03 - Severn House Publishers 9780727872203 Check Our Catalog "Hennessey and Yellich, as always, are a joy to watch in action" Booklist Yet again, floods have played havoc with the Yorkshire countryside and when one river changes its course, a corpse comes to light. When DCI George Hennessey and DC Yellich get to it they discover that its head has been severed from the body. Well, there could be a whole load of reasons for that. But as the case progresses, there doesn't seem to be a good reason for it at all. Steeped in the history, manners and countryside of the North of England, this is an investigation that leads from dental records to a reading group and from DNA to losing the appetite for a pub lunch. It is an unbelievably strange tale that Peter Turnbull tells unnervingly believably. …More

Chill Factor By Turnbull, Peter 2005-11 - Severn House Publishers 9780727862754 Check Our Catalog Hennessey and Yellich are looking for a Mr Big A corpse is discovered in the middle of the city of York. Male; no identification. Shot. And tortured before his murder. A professional hit, by the look of it. Gradually people talk; hints are dropped; and trails appear ? all leading to a man with no record and who has never been inside a police station. But the police know him ? he's connected to another unexplained death. And another. And a few more. …More

Allies of the Night By Shan, Darren 2005-09 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316114370 Check Our Catalog Vampire prince and "vampaneze" killer Darren Shan faces his worst nightmare yet--school--but homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is running out, and the past is catching up with the hunters fast. …More

Cheerleaders First Evil By Stine, R. L. Editor MacDonald, Patricia 1992-08 - Topeka Bindery 9780785748151 Check Our Catalog The first in a three-part miniseries following the terrifying adventures of the cheerleaders of Shadyside High. After head cheerleader Jennifer is thrown from a bus and paralyzed, terrible things begin to plague the other members of the cheerleading squad. …More

Fear Hall: The Beginning By Stine, R. L. 1997-07 - San Val 9780613730723 Check Our Catalog The first "Fear Street" set in college! College freshman Hope--and her roommates Jasmine, Eden, and Angel--are horrified when Darryl says he's murdered the boy Hope dated. But the police know the horrifying truth--the real killer is closer to Hope than she thinks. …More

Y: The Last Man, Book Five By Vaughan, Brian K. Illustrator Guerra, Pia 2011-05 - Vertigo 9781401230517 Check Our Catalog In this final deluxe edition, Yorick and Agent 355 prepare for their ultimate quest to reunite the last man with his lost love, while the person, people or thing behind the disaster that wiped out half of humanity is revealed. Then, Yorick Brown's long journey through an Earth populated only by women comes to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion. …More