And the title of the third Divergent book is...

Allegiant!!!!

See the full article with the video of Veronica Roth sharing it here.

Coming Soon: The Fall of Five

I have so many students who love the I am Number Four series. The next book, The Fall of Five, now has a cover and a release date, August 27th. So the week we get back to school, this will be my gift to Stafford. If you haven't read them, YOU MUST. This is one of those series that the book is MUCH better than the movie. I really loved the book, and did not like the movie.

For more information on The Fall of Five, click here.

Catching Fire Movie Trailer

One word...CHILLS!!!!

SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books 2013

From http://battleofthebooks.slj.com/

Every year School Library Journal has a Battle of Books with Young Adult books. Each battle is judged by an author known and loved in the Young Adult realm. Many times these books are either already on the awards list (One and Only Ivan) or will more than likely be on the next year's award list (Seraphina). Some of the books are meant for elementary/middle school (Wonder), and some are strictly for high school (Fault in Our Stars).

In the end this is some of the best books of the year, battling it out, and being judged by people who know good writing.

Want to know everything about this? Check out the website: http://battleofthebooks.slj.com/.

Disclaimer: Check to see if it is in the Stafford Library before reading. If it is, that means I have a review that is for middle school students. 

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Summary

Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland—known as The Death Shop—are slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He’s wild—a savage—and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile—everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria’s help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.

Mrs. Lassley's Review

I have been having trouble reading lately. I think I got burned out. So I started rereading books. This book was my first new one to read in two weeks, and I am so glad I was able to start off my new reading with it. Aria and Perry are from VERY different worlds, but in the end they both just want to save some one they love. The chapters change points of view so you get to see both sides. I HIGHLY suggest this book if you love dystopian, romance, and action. MUST READ!

*We will have the second book, Through the Ever Night, in the Stafford Library by the end of April.*