The Twelve-fingered Boy by John Hornor Jacobs

YA horror--anger that can kill, mind-reading, villains who can take over your body. You can run, but there's nowhere to hide.


Shreve (despite his worries about his younger brother, left alone to survive life with his alcoholic mom) is living the good life in juvie, when he's introduced to his new roomie, a young'un named JackShreve figures he's the kid's new babysitter, but then, finds out just how powerful young Jack is.

Get in line to read John Hornor Jacobs' debut YA novel.

Reviewed by Anne Shirako

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Little Brother by Corey Doctorow

When Marcus and his buddies skip school to play an Internet/street scavenger hunt, they are arrested in the panicked response to a terrorist bombing and sent to a Homeland Security dark site for interrogation.

Big Brother is watching, is everywhere and is malicious. Marcus is a marked man. 

Reviewed by Anne Shirako

 

Bring Your Cards on June 29th

Magic the Gathering

Saturday, June 29th

in the Ukiah Library YA Space

2-4:30 pm

Ages 10-18 WELCOME

Eleanor and Park

Two outcasts find each other. Bullying and harassment. Gym class hell. Child abuse and neglect. Spousal abuse. Prejudice. Danger.

Funny dialogue, well drawn characters. It definitely has a dark side—Eleanor’s life is not a field of Shasta daisies either at home or in school.

Reviewed by Anne Shirako

The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve, Blue. Either you’re his true love…or you killed him.”

Sounds romantic, but actually, not so much. More psychic.

 

The best part? If you like this one, it's just the first in a trilogy. Book 2, The Dream Thieves, was just released. and the book on CD is coming right behind it.

Reviewed by Anne