Anne Frank a graphic biography

Anne Frank: a graphic biography by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

Drawing on the unique historical sites, archives, expertise, and unquestioned authority of the Anne Frank House Amsterdam, New York bestselling authors Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon have created the first authorized and exhaustive graphic biography of Anne Frank. Thier account is complete, covering the lives of Anne's parents, Edith and Otto; Anne's first years in Frankfurt; the rise of Nazism ; the Frank's immigration to Amsterdam; war and occupation ; Anne's years in the secret Annex ; betrayal and arrest ; her deportation and tragic death at Bergen-Belsen ; the survival of Anne's father ; and his recovery and publication of her astounding diary.

I was so impressed by the quality of the art work, it was like visiting Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. And the story was told in a way that fills in the spots in history with her personal narrative. Loved it and it would be a terrific introduction to The Diary of Anne Frank or a wonderful way to refresh your memory of such a powerful and tragic story.

Here's an interview with the author and illustrator.

Need

Need by Carrie Jones

Here's the write up from the back --

Zara White suspects a freaky guy is semi-stalking her. She memorizes phobias and chants them when she's nervous. And, okay, she hasn't exactly been herself since her stepfather died. But moving to a shivery Maine town to stay with her grandmother is supposed to be the perfect fix - so her mom says.

Except, this new plan of getting away to help Zara stay sane? Yeah, it's not working. Turns out the semi-stalker is not a figment of Zara's imagination. He's following her, leaving behind an eerie trail of gold dust. there's something not right - not human - in this sleepy Maine town, and all the signs are pointing to Zara.

This book is followed up by Captivate, which we also have at the library.

Here's the book trailer for both Need and Captivate:

Diary of a wimpy kid: the ugly truth

Diary of a wimpy kid: the ugly truth by Jeff Kinney

Here it is book five in the the Diary of a wimpy kid series. I took it home with me on Tuesday night cause I needed a good laugh and much like the books before it gave me more than one giggle. In this volume Greg and best friend Rowley have had a falling out and that leaves Greg in search of a new best friend / or maybe just a friend / or maybe just someone to sit with at lunch. I don't want to give away to much more. Not as gut-busting funny as some of the other volumes but still good fun.
We have 5 copies, so make sure to get your name down on the hold list.
Here's the promo trailer:

Virals

Virals by Kathy Reichs

Adventure has always been in fourteen-year-old Tory Brennan's blood. after all, she is the niece of world-famous forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. So when she moves to middle of nowhere Morris Island, South Carolina, to live with a marine biologist dad she's never known, Tory does the best she can to adjust to her new life.

There she meets a group of local kids who are just as "Sci-Phile" as she is - science geeks who've grown up exploring the backwoods marshlands of nearby Loggerhead Island. But there's something strange going on at the Loggerhead Research Institute... maybe even something deadly. After rescuing a stray wolfdog pup from a top-secret lab, Tory and her friends are exposed to a rare strain of canine parvovirus, changing them - and the DNA - forever.

Now, with newly heightened senses and canine-quick reflexes, they'll have to solve a cold case murder that's suddenly become very hot... that is, if they can stay alive long enought to catch the killer's scent.

Fortunately, they are now more than friends. They are a pack. They are VIRALS.

Here's the trailer.

This Isn't What It Looks Like

This Isn't What It Looks Like by Pseudonymous Bosch

What do you think you're looking at? This book contains top secret, super-classified, highly confidential information...

...about Cass, who may be in grave danger. She's eaten the dreaded Time Travel Chocolate - and you know what that means... I won't even begin to tell you what trouble this delicacy has caused in the past. If only Cass could leave the past behind! But it appears she is literally stuck in it. How will Cass find her way home? Shield you eyes, but peek through your sticky, chocolate covered fingers and read on if you must!

...about Max-Ernest, who is worried for his best friend. He's got to face facts - Cass is being held at the hospital... in a coma. Can the expert hypochondriac diagnose her condition before it's too late? And will he have what it takes to save the survivalist?

For Max-Ernest, it's a race against time; for Cass, a race through it. For the rest of you, well, it's a race to find out what happens next, of course... before I come to my senses and stop telling their story altogether. but proceed with caution, and be sure to read carefully because... this isn't what it looks like.

There you have it - the inside scoop on Book 4 of the Secret Series. but shhhh, keep it a secret - will yah.

P.S. I love this series.

P.S.S. It reminds me of Hamish X.

P.S.S.S. If you like hilarious Hamish X, you might like this series.

P.S.S.S.S. It has lots of silly footnotes as well.

P.S.S.S.S.S. It also has an intriguing book trailer.

P.S.S.S.S.S.S. You might want to watch it - check it out below.

P.S.S.S.S.S.S.S. Read On :-D

Only the good spy young

Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter

this has to be one of the most popular new series for our female readers and here's the newest title and the write up.

When Cammie Morgan enrolled at Gallager Academy, she knew she was preparing for the dangerous life of a spy. What she didn't know was that the serious, real life danger would start during her junior year of high school. But that's exactly what happened two-months ago when she faced off against an ancient terrorist organization dead set on kidnapping her.

Now the danger follows her everywhere and even Cammie "the chameleon" can't hide. When a terrifing encounter in London reveals that one of her most trusted allies is actually a rogue doubel-agent - Cammie no longer knows if she can trust her classmates, her teachers or even her own heart.

In this fourth installment of the New York bestselling series, the Gallager Girls must hack, spy, steal and lie their wayto the truth as they go searching for answers, realizing the the key to the future might lie deep in the past...

Black Hole Sun

Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill

Here's another one that I can't wait to take home with me - headed for the top of my bedside stack of books (but maybe one of you will claim it first - that's what happened with I am Number Four). anyways here's the write up and the trailer.

Durango is playing the cards he was dealt. And it's not a good hand.

He's lost his family.

He's lost his crew.

And he's got the scars to prove it.

You don't want to mess with Durango.

Beastly

I reviewed Beastly by Alex Flinn a while back, it's a terrific re-telling of the Beauty and the Beast story, at the time I let you know it had been optioned for a movie, well the movie is set to be released in March 2011. Plenty of time for you to pick up the book before then. But just to get you started, here's the movie trailer.

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
This is the next book that I can't wait to be reading. Here's the summary.
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. but we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the super heroes you worship in movies and comic books - but we are real.
Our plan was to grow, train, become strong and become one and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. We have lived among you without you knowing.
But they know.
They caught number one in Malaysia.
Number two in England.
And number three in Kenya.
They killed them all.
I am number four.
I am next.



If you liked The Hunger Games, or The Maze Runner - this might be something you want to get your hands on. After me - of course.

Read On.

Brain Camp

Brain Camp by Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan and Faith Erin Hicks

Fun, creepy graphic novel about summer camp.

Neither artistic, dreamy Jenna nor surly, delinquent Lucas expected to find themselves at an invitation only summer camp that turns problem children into prodigies. And yet, here they both are at Camp Fielding. settling in with all the other losers and misfits who've been shipped off by their parents in a last ditch effort to produce a child worth bragging about.

But strange disappearances, spooky lights in the woods, and a chilling alteration that turns the dimmest, rowdiest campers into docile zombie Einstein's have Jenna and Lucas feeling more than a little suspicious ... and a lot afraid.

Love the art work.