Framed

Framed by Gordon Korman

Griffin Bing's new principal doesn't like him. And Griffin doesn't like the boot camp football like atmosphere the new principal has brought. Griffin manages to stay out of trouble -- until a Super Bowl ring disappears from the school's display case, with Griffin's retainer left in it's place. Griffin has been framed!

Unfortunately the Man doesn't have a plan - and everything his team tries to find out who really took the ring backfires. Griffin ends up in an alternative school, then under house-arrest, and finally with an electronic ankle braclet - with no way to prove his innocence.

Griffin smells a rat, but will he be able to solve the mystery in time?

Gordon Korman books are always entertaining. Can't wait to take this one home with me.

The Crossbones

Skeleton Creek - The Crossbones by Patrick Carman

Strange things happen in Skeleton Creek - and when they do, Ryan writes them down and Sarah captures them on video. Now, the spookiness is spreading, and the mystery is going to take them far beyond

Skeleton Creek -- into places both unexpectedly sinister and spine-chillingly haunted.

Love this series - it's no wonder that Skeleton Creek the first book is second in our top ten list.

Here's the book trailer.

And here's Patrick Carman the creator of the series:

City of Spies

City of Spies / by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan, artwork by Pascal Dizin

In the comics Evelyn draws in secret, the heroic Zirconium Man and his loyal sidekick, Scooter alway beat the bad guys and save the day. But quiet, lonely Evelyn never imagined she could be a hero, too.

So Evelyn can hardly believe it when she and her new friend Tony uncover a deadly plot being carried out by Nazi spies, right in their neighborhood. Together, the two pals set out to save the day - and help win the war!

The artwork looks a lot like that of Herge the creator of Tintin through out most of the story but when Evelyn is drawing her comics it is more like early North American comics of Little Lulu, Archie and even Superman. Fabulous job!

This might be great for any of you that have read - The Search by Eric Heuvel.

Biker Girl

Biker Girl by Misako Rocks!

Meet Biker Girl... schoolgirl by day - Biker hero by night!

Aki is a bookish girl who finds a mysterious bike while cleaning out her family's garage. Feeling powerfully drawn to the bike, she questions her grandfather, and he tells her the story of her her beloved cousin Toru was killed by a rogue biker gang. Before she knows what's happening, Aki's special connection to the bike transforms her into Biker Girl, a sassy heroine with expert biker skills. And so she sets out to avenge her cousin's death with the help of Kai, a childhood friend who may be turning into a boyfriend...

This is a fast-paced adventure featuring incredibly dynamic artwork and a unique visual style that is rooted in manga tradition, but given a hot new look by Misako Rocks!

Maximum Ride

Maximum Ride 3 / James Patterson and Narae Lee

This is book three in the graphic novel adaptation of james patterson's Maximum Ride series. Narae Lee is the adaptor and illustrator (awesome job).

Heres the lead up from the previous two books - Max and her "flock" appear at a glance to be normal kids ... that is, if you don't notice the wings.

Instilled with avian DNA in a lab known as the "School", Max and her family escape confinement with the help of scientist Jeb Batchelder, who they believed perished assisting them. When the youngest of the flock, Angel, is abducted by the lab's foot soldiers - shape shifting men and women infused with lupine DNA called Erasers - led by Jeb's son, Ari, Max discovers the Jeb is not only alive, but still working with the school! Rescuing Angel, the flock heads to New York City to find the "Institute" which they believe holds the secrets to their past. While raiding the facility, thought they are again confronted by Jeb and his Erasers. The flock manages to get away, but not before Max accidently kills Ari. Now the flock is off to Washington D.C. following up a lead on their parents, but Max can't escape mysterious voice that's begun whispering inside her head - or Jeb's haunting words that in killing Ari she may have killed her own brother...

In book 3 - after narrowly surviving their encounter with erasers in New York City, the flock is following up a lead on thier pasts in Washington D.C. but what they find waiting for them is...a home? How will the flock adjust to a real school - one that doesn't involve mad scientists and genetic freaks?

Read On.

Amulet : The Cloud Searchers

Amulet: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi

Yeah! book 3 in the Amulet series has just arrived!

This is a terrific fantasy based graphic novel series, if you haven't tried it yet - well, do so now.

Here's the summary for book 3.

Emily, Navin and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. There they hope to find help from the Guardian Council's powerful Stonekeepers. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out - Emily's got to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her.

Loved it - and the artwork is breathtaking, imaginative and atmospheric. The amount of hardwork put in Kazu Kibuishi and his team is incredible for both this series and for his other series Flight. And that's the only problem, you get all swept up in this and your ready for the story to go on and you know you have to wait another year for the story to continue. Oh well, there are loads of other great books to venture into so I guess I'll--

Read On.

Heist Society

Heist Society by Ally Carter

We have many fans of the author Ally Carter here at Lakie and so I'm sure Heist Society will also see its share of check-outs.
Here's the summary:
When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre... to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria... to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own - scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving "the life" for a normal life proves harder than she expected.

Other books you might like along this line are: Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott or Gordon Korman's Son of the Mob.

Here's the book trailer.

Rick Riordan

One of my current favourite authors is Rick Riordan. His Percy Jackson and the Olympians series has to be one of the hottest tickets in our library. fun, action-packed, humorous and trilling all at once - who can resist a book that has all that , well not many of you. I'm not sure that one of his books remains on the shelf and we're talking multiple copies, my friends.

So just to pump you up for some more of his great writing here's a little write up for The Red Pyramid and the upcoming Lost Heroes (release date Oct. 12, 2010).

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with their grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead he unleases the Egyptian God - Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Eygpt are waking, and the worst of them - Set - has his sights set on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe- a quest that brings them closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of pharhoahs.
Here's the book trailer.



And now here's a trailer for the upcoming series Lost Heroes of Olympus (which I can hardly wait for).

Library transformation

As many of you already know, the G.S. Lakie Library is going to undergo a renovation, which students are encouraged to share their ideas of what they'd like the new space to look and feel like. I've started my research into what I'd like to see in some of the space as well. My ideas are way out there, and include all sorts of things most of you have never seen or heard of. I'm gonna share some of them here - to help you spur on your creative sides. my thought is that if your gonna dream, dream big.

This is the transformation children's library.


And the adult version.


I'll keep tossing some of the great library reno ideas out there, so stay tuned.

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace by Megan Shull

Girls this one is for you - if you need a light read for pure escapism then try this one. it was one of my summer reads and was perfect for one of our many rainy days this summer. Not overly taxing on the brain but just a fun read with just the right amount of romance thrown in.

Here's the summary:

Teen superstar Grace Kinclaid has it all, an electric smile, million-dollar endorsement deals, and blond covergirl looks. But what happens when America's "It" girl doesn't want to be "it" anymore? With paparazzi stalking her every move, Grace quietly slips out of a TeenPeople photo shot, ducks the press, and calls her mom from a boiler room of the fabled USTA National Tennis Centre. And right there, in her custom-made Nike warm-ups, tears streaming down her face , Grace says the three magic words her mom told her she could say anytime, anytime that this whole crazy life wasn't fun anymore. Three simple words and her new life begins. For the hottest girl on the planet , life is about to change. Grace gets a make-under, a new identity, and a new life in a rugged little town on the edge of nowhere, population 813 (including one cute boy ; one very cute boy.)

Read On.