I found this book rather slow to read but it was rewarding when I kept at it.  It contains several different love relationships as well as historical information about the London children during the war who were sent to the country to live safely. The main characters are an eight year old girl and the home owner, a married man in a wheelchair from early Polio.  Eighty children are sent to live and go to school at the mansion and the story begins with them and goes on the tell about the man's family and other people involved in the school.  Enjoyable and worth while reading. ...

When I heard that Stephen King wrote a book about a time traveler who tries to prevent the Kennedy assasination, I simply couldn't resist.  And I wasn't disappointed.  The book centers around high school English teacher Jake Epping and his discovery of a time portal to the year 1958 in a friend's diner in Maine.  He honors his friend's dying wish that he attempt to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting Kennedy on 11/22/63.  Jake's travels take him first to Derry, Maine (yep, it's the same fictional setting of King's unbelievably creepy 1986 book It.  I still have nightmares about that one!)...

This is an amazing tale of perseverance.  Louis Zamperini begins his life hungry for adventure and is constantly pushing boundaries.  During his teenage years he finds a positive way to channel his energy and becomes an Olympic runner. This career is quickly side railed by World War II when Louis enlists in the Air Forces.  During the war Louis encounters many close calls. The most heart wrenching moment comes when his plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean.  After surviving 46 days without any provisions Louis is taken as a POW by the Japanese.  For the next two years Louis will endure the brutality of the Japanese...

Read on my Nook.  This novel is based on a true story that took place in Massachusetts a few years ago.  Five teenage girls chose to get pregnant in a pact.  They didn't think ahead to see what it would do the the biological fathers, their parents and the community.  Delinsky always presents really good characters and this is no exception.  It was a fast read but an interesting on.  Check our...

Read on my Nook. The title intrigued me and I like to read about people and their lives in the middle east.  Nujood was married as a  9 year old child to a man 3 times her age.  He was supposed to stay away from her until she was a teen but immediately comsumated the marriage and was cruel to her all the time.  His family also abused her but she became strong and went to court and managed to divorce him.  Fascinating reading as well as sad.  Check our catalog or...