BOOK OF THE MONTH- NOVEMBER- YOSSEL BY JOE KUBERT

His name is Yossel. In another time, in another place, this 15 year-old boy could have grown to be a great artist. But in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, Yossel, a Jew is an untermensch and thus has no rights - and no future. This is his story, as told through his sketches (goodreads).

A World Without You by Beth Revis- Reaction

Hello Spartans,

Well, we've finished our first book in our Page Turner club, A World Without You by Beth Revis, and we've had mixed reactions. Several of us found the first half of the book interesting, and intriguing, and we were all compelled to read more; however, as we continued to read we started to get more and more frustrated with the BIG question- is our main character mentally ill, or does he have the power to travel through time? One of our readers is more familiar with Revis's books, so she felt this was classic Revis, and enjoyed the confusion and ambiguity this novel brought. One thing is for sure- this book got us talking, and Googling, which can never be a bad thing! I would suggest you read this one for yourself and tell me your thoughts!

BOOK OF THE MONTH- OCTOBER- ROT & RUIN BY JONATHAN MABERRY

In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human (goodreads.com)

PAGE TURNERS- BOOK #1- A WORLD WITHOUT YOU BY BETH REVIS

Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his worried parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have “superpowers.”

At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofía, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Soíia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofía, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age.

But even the strength of their love isn’t enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she’s not actually dead. He believes that she’s stuck somewhere in time—that he somehow left her in the past, and that now it’s his job to save her. And as Bo becomes more and more determined to save Sofía, he must decide whether to face his demons head-on or succumb to a psychosis that will let him be with the girl he loves (goodreads.com)

PAGE TURNERS- 3RD BOOK OF THE YEAR- THE MOVEMENT OF STARS BY AMY BRILL

A love story set in 1845 Nantucket, between a female astronomer and the unusual man who understands her dreams.
It is 1845, and Hannah Gardner Price has lived all twenty-four years of her life according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised, where simplicity and restraint are valued above all, and a woman’s path is expected to lead to marriage and motherhood. But up on the rooftop each night, Hannah pursues a very different—and elusive—goal: discovering a comet and thereby winning a gold medal awarded by the King of Denmark, something unheard of for a woman.

And then she meets Isaac Martin, a young, dark-skinned whaler from the Azores who, like herself, has ambitions beyond his expected station in life. Drawn to his intellectual curiosity and honest manner, Hannah agrees to take Isaac on as a student. but when their shared interest in the stars develops into something deeper, Hannah’s standing in the community begins to unravel, challenging her most fundamental beliefs about work and love, and ultimately changing the course of her life forever.

Inspired by the work of Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in America, The Movement of Stars is a richly drawn portrait of desire and ambition in the face of adversity. (goodreads.com)

BOOK OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER - ALONG COMES A WOLFE BY COUNIOS & GANE

The first exciting adventure of Shepherd and Wolfe. 

High school student, Sheri Beckman, has disappeared. After a massive search turns up nothing, her boyfriend, Tony Shepherd, joins forces with the wise-ass troublemaker, Charlie Wolfe, to find out what happened. 

However, Charlie’s way isn’t always lawful, so when another missing girl shows up dead, Tony must decide whether doing right sometimes means doing wrong. Against a ruthless killer, they must work together and stop him before someone else dies. 

These aren’t your parent’s boy detectives. (Amazon.com)

BOOK OF THE MONTH- NOVEMBER- NIGHT by ELIE WIESEL

Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–45, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the Second World War.