Staff Writer
Is
your mom nagging for you to pick up a book and you don’t know what to read? Try
these popular selections:
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Years
after Percy Jackson realized his godly heritage in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, a new set of demigods have
risen to the cause. Blood of Olympus
is the final book in The Heros of Olympus
pentalogy. It’s not essential to read the previous books, but it’s recommended.
In Blood of Olympus, the demigods
aboard the Argo II are once again battling the dangerous Earth mother, Gaea.
Can the demigods persevere against impossible odds and save the world once
again?
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales
from the Making of the Princess Bride
by Cary Elwes
Many
remember The Princess Bride, the
iconic movie that came out in 1987. A delightful array of humor and fairy tale,
the movie captivated thousands of people. Now, Cary Elwes, the actor who played
Wesley in the film, wrote a first hand account of his experiences
behind-the-scenes and shared exclusive information regarding The Princess Bride. Readers should
expect to see interviews with Robin Wright (Buttercup), Wallace Shawn
(Vizzini), Billy Crystal (Miracle Max), Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya), and
many more of the minds behind the film. Photographs and fun stories from the
making of the movie are also included. If you loved the Princess Bride you will
absolutely love As You Wish.
The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
If
you enjoy a thrilling mystery then this book may be for you. Since childhood,
Riley MacPherson thought her sister Lisa committed suicide as a teengager. Fast
forward two decades and that belief has never changed. Once she hears that her
father has passed away, she goes to New Bern, North Carolina to take care of
his belongings. Interestingly enough, she finds something that makes her
believe differently about the fate of her late sister. Digging deeper, she
finds out her sister Lisa is alive and living under a new identity. But why did
she assume an alias? What else was being kept from her? To follow Riley’s
journey of discovery, read The Silent
Sister.
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Linda
Hairston and Sarah Dunbar are partnered together for a school project. The year
is 1959, Sarah is black, and Linda is white. School integration has forced the
two high school seniors together, and the friendship that ensues defies all
expectations. Linda, coming from a family of segregationists, automatically
forms a prejudice against her consort, who believes in equal rights for all.
Over the course of their partnership, their views change. Read to learn about
their close friendship that started out as born hatred.The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
In an attempt to isolate the spread of vampirism, the U.S. Government creates city enclosures called Coldtowns. Anyone can go into a Coldtown, but when they do, it is impossible to come out. Tana, after a night of partying, wakes up
surrounded by vampire ravaged corpses. Afraid she’s been infected, she drives
to the nearest Coldtown to escape her fate. The
Coldest Girl in Coldtown offers a unique spin of vampire books and draws in
teenage readers from all over. 
