Are you bored? I made a video of a couple of new booktalks for reading suggestions! The Cousins by Karen McManus and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Check them out here: Mrs. Rockett's booktalks
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Saturday, March 16, 2019
New booktalk
I hope absence has made the heart grow fonder- I’ve been gone a ridiculously long time! Sorry! My new job as librarian at both Bell and Trinity HS occupies a lot of brainspace, and, as we know, my brain was already too full. 😆😆 Well, it’s already Spring Break, but I’m finally starting to catch my breath. I’ve been able to share a lot of booktalks with my new high school students, but it’s hard to reach over 5000 with only one of me. So, I will try and share a few here with my remaining time this year in hopes that it will inspire readers!
Everland by Wendy Spinale
A Peter Pan retelling
The Darling children, Gwen, Joana, and Mikey live in a London destroyed by bombs and full of peop,e dying of the Horologia virus. It appears most of the survivors are children, and male ones at that! During the day, the 3 orphans must be careful to avoid the marauding German army led by Captain HOOK. He plunders the city looking for the legendary girl who is immune and would be the key to a cure. One day, he finds Joana and kidnaps her. Gwen and Mikey must use their wits and whatever resources they can muster toget her back. Enter Pete, his gang of Lost Boys, and his stepsister Bella. They have managed to evade HOOK thus far by living underground. Against the advice of some, Pete commits himself and his friends to aiding the Darlings in getting back Joana and hopefully bringing down HOOK in the process. This steampunk dystopian novel is full of adventure, inventions, a little romance, and alternates between Gwen’s and HOOK’s side of the story to give you a great story.
Sequel- Umberland
Everland by Wendy Spinale
A Peter Pan retelling
The Darling children, Gwen, Joana, and Mikey live in a London destroyed by bombs and full of peop,e dying of the Horologia virus. It appears most of the survivors are children, and male ones at that! During the day, the 3 orphans must be careful to avoid the marauding German army led by Captain HOOK. He plunders the city looking for the legendary girl who is immune and would be the key to a cure. One day, he finds Joana and kidnaps her. Gwen and Mikey must use their wits and whatever resources they can muster toget her back. Enter Pete, his gang of Lost Boys, and his stepsister Bella. They have managed to evade HOOK thus far by living underground. Against the advice of some, Pete commits himself and his friends to aiding the Darlings in getting back Joana and hopefully bringing down HOOK in the process. This steampunk dystopian novel is full of adventure, inventions, a little romance, and alternates between Gwen’s and HOOK’s side of the story to give you a great story.
Sequel- Umberland
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Friday, March 10, 2017
In March, we read Mystery....
Who doesn't need a little mystery in life? Put your sleuthing skills to work with these fascinating reads...
My Top Ten Mystery Titles
# 1 A Northern Light- Working at a popular vacation spot in 1906, Mattie has an interesting conversation with a young female guest just hours before her murder.
# 2 Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City- Ananka meets Kiki and her band of Irregulars determined to stop use of the underground part of NYC as a hive for criminal activity and gets involved in a kidnapping.
# 3 The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity- At 12, Steve's one great desire is to be a detective. Ironically a class research project gets him kidnapped and accused of traitorous crimes by a secret organization.
# 4 Lovely Bones- *I'm sorry, but this one is an adult book.* From Heaven, Susie narrates what happens on Earth as her family waits on authorities to track her down her killer and attempt to continue living. 
# 5 We Were Liars- Cadence returns to her family's private island the summer after a complete mental breakdown and struggles to remember what she blocked out.
Ok, this is getting depressing. Don't read all these at once.
# 6 Where Things Come Back-Senior Cullen loses it when his younger brother disappears and the town goes nuts over the reappearance of a woodpecker thought to be extinct. If the woodpecker can return, won't his brother? 
# 7 Beware That Girl- This story alternates between Kate and Olivia's points of view as they get dangerously close to a new young counselor at their private school and struggle with jealousy and secrets, but most importantly, the truth that he is a psychopath with a past.
# 8 So Yesterday- Fashion trendsetter Hunter gets involved with a new girl and a possible kidnapping associated with his job.
# 9 What Happened to Cass Mcbride- In retaliation for the suicide of his brother David, Kyle kidnaps Cass and buries her alive because of her public humiliation of David when he asked her out.
# 10 Clarity- Clarity is called on for help with a murder mystery because she can touch objects and see what the victim last saw, but she is torn when it reveals the involvement of her brother.
Honorable Mentions:
Girl I Used to Be
Chasing Vermeer
Ripper
Finding Lubchenko
Confessions of a Murder Suspect
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