Emily's_Books

Here are some of my favorite books and I think that you guys will like them. I will add a new book when ever I read a good one. All of these you can get at the library.

//__What I saw and how I Lied, by Judy Blundell__//: In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.

__//Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, by Beth Fantasky//__: Seventeen-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.

__//I heart you, You haunt me, by Lisa Schroeder//__: Ava can't see or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear his voice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she's crazy, but she knows he's here. Jackson. The boy Ava thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. He's back from the dead, as proof that love truly knows no bounds.

__//Saving Juliet, by Suzanne Selfors//__: Seventeen-year-old Mimi Wallingford's stage fright and fight with her mother on the closing night of Romeo and Juliet are nothing compared to the troubles she faces when she and her leading man are transported to Shakespeare's Verona, where she decides to give the real Juliet a happy ending.

__//City of Bones, by Cassandra Claire (book 1)//__: Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by thse demons who hunt her.

__//City of Ashes, by Cassandra Claire (book 2)//__: Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.

__//City of Glass, by Cassandra Claire (book 3)//__: Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.

__//The Summoning, by Kelly Armstrong (book 1)//__: After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger.

//__The Awakening, by Kelly Armstrong (book 2)__//: Fifteen-year-old necromancer Chloe, having escaped from Lyle House with Derek, Simon, and Rae, finds herself imprisoned in a laboratory run by a sinister organization determined to control her and her supernatural friends.

//__Death by Bikini, by Linda C. Gerber (book 1)__//: Sixteen-year-old Aphra Behn Connolly investigates why her father let an unknown family stay at their exclusive tropical island resort, who they think strangled a famous rock star's girlfriend with her own bikini top, and what a smoldering teenaged guest is hiding.

//__Death by Latte, by Linda C. Gerber (book 2)__//: When sixteen-year-old Aphra sneaks away from the island resort where she lives with her father, and travels to Seattle to find the mother she has not seen for four years, she does not anticipate getting involved in a CIA plot that threatens not only her life, but that of her boyfriend and her mother as well.

//__Keturah and Lord Death, by Martine Leviett__//: When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the King's Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love.

//__A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray (book 1)__//: After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

//__Rebel Angels, by Libba Bray (book 2)__//: Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.

//__The Sweet Far Thing, by Libba Bray (book 3)__//: At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.

//__Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson__//: While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

//__The Name of This Book is Secret, by Pseudonomus Bosch (book 1)__//: Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.

//__If You're reading this, it's to late, by Pseudonomus Bosch (book 2)__//: Cass and Max-Ernest discover the Museum of Magic, unscramble more coded messages, and solve new mysteries in their attempt to that the Terces Society's ambitions of discovering immortality. [|Homepage for this series]

//__The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, by Anne Brashares (book 1)__//: During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.

//__The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, by Anne Brashares (book 2)__//: With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood that wears them embark on their second summer together.

//__Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, by Anne Brashares (book 3)__//: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants graduates from high school and spends their last summer before college learning about life and themselves.

//__Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood, by Anne Brashares (book 4__//): As their lives take them in different directions, Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget discover many more things about themselves and the importance of their relationship with each other. [|Homepage for this series]

//__DRAMA! The Four Dorothys, by Paul Ruditis (book 1)__//: This first book of a new series opens the curtain on a high school theater group putting on a production of "The Wizard of Oz." However, a mystery unfolds as cast members begin dropping out one by one.

//__DRAMA! Everyones a Critict, by Paul Ruditis (book 2)__//: School's out, but the drama never stops at the superposh Orion Academy. Hartley Blackstone -- the famous director, producer, choreographer, and genuine Broadway icon -- has chosen Orion to hold auditions for one lucky guy and girl to attend his summer theater program in New York City.

//__DRAMA! Show, don't Tell, by Paul Ruditis (book 3)__//: The Renaissance Faire has come to town! Okay, so the exclamation point doesn't make it any cooler, but Sam is overjoyed to reunite with her former faire folk. Bryan, on the other hand, can do without all the "thees," "thous," and, oh yes man tights. But he'd best take part in the festivities lest he lose his head with Sam doing the chopping.

//__DRAMA! Entrances and Exits, by Paul Ruditis (book 4)__//: Its time for the Fall One-Act Festival, and Hope gets the honored privilege of debuting her very first original play! With Bryan directing and Jason and Sam as the leads, nothing can go wrong! Untill Sam's real boyfriend finds out about the onstage romance, he is not so cool about it. Find out what happens in the last chapter of the DRAMA! saga.

//__Wicked, by Gregory Maguire__//: When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?

//__The Princess Bride, by S. Morgenstern__//: A classic tale of love, betrail, and adventure. Buttercups true love, Wesly "dies" and is forced to merry Prince Humperdink. See what happens when she gets captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts!

//__Major Crush, by Jennifer Echolis__//: Tired of the beauty-pageant circuit, Virginia Sauter tosses her tiara, pierces her nose, and auditions for the most unlikely of roles - drum major of the high school marching band. Virginia wins, but is forced to share the title with Drew, whose family has held the position of generations. Sure, Drew is hot, but because of his superior attitude, he and Virginia are constantly arguing...... untill love marches to a beat of a different drum!

//__Lucky, by Rachel Vail__//: As Phoebe and her clique of privileged girlfriends get ready to graduate from eighth grade, a financial scandal threatens her family's security--as well as Phoebe's social status--but ultimately it teaches her the real meaning of friendship.

//__Evernight, by Claudia Gray (book 1)__//: On her first day at Evernight Academy, Bianca knows she's not like the other students: sleek, beautiful, almost predatory. She finds herself drawn to another outsider who seems to be hiding a dark secret.