Teen Advisory Group

 Ok, guys, this book was so good. This book is October's Teen Book Club book as well. I read this over the summer when I was really looking to diversify my world of author's in order to have a super selection for Teen Book Club this year. Jewell Parker Rhodes is one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure of reading. This book is not too long and a very quick read. However, don't let that fool you. It packs a punch. I don't want to give away spoilers, so I have to be careful what all I reveal here. Basically the book follows a young black boy named Jerome who is shot and killed by the police. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. His ghost is stuck after what happened and along his journey as a ghost he meets other "ghost boys" who were also murdered because of the color of their skin, throughout history.  A gut wrenching story because it hits so close to home with the times we are living in today. However, it didn't leave me feeling sad or

   I recently finished a new Young Adult Fiction book by Melissa Bashardoust called Girl, Serpent, Thorn . It was an amazing fantasy novel with a fairy tale twist. The mail character is a princess or monster depending on who you ask and the story follows her as she tries to break her curse and find her place in her kingdom. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire book and had me staying up way past my bedtime to see what happened next. I love that this book took the traditional female princess role and flipped it with this curse. It covers family secrets, despair, hope, love, heartbreak, and evil all in 322 pages! My next recently read recommendation is by Colleen Venable called Kiss Number 8 . This Young Adult Graphic Novel follows a girl in high school as she discovers who she really is. It takes a few kisses to get to the one that makes her realize where her heart really is and the journey of heartbreak she goes through to get to that discovery. This book took me ri

 I want to hear from you! Your opinions and suggestions matter to me. I know this town is filled with intelligent caring youth that want to live their best lives!  A the Bondurant Community Library we are here to help you with that in any way we can.  Use this post to give me your suggestions for programming or book purchases. Just make a comment* and I will respond to you! *Comments are moderated and bullying or hate speech of any kind will not be tolerated.  Talk to you soon! ~ Miss Megan

 2020 got you feeling like you need an escape plan? The best escape plan is in a good book. You can stay in the safety of your home, but be a million miles away in your mind. Last week I finished the book A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. It is book 1 in the All Souls Trilogy and although sometimes I find it hard to continue through a series as my attention gets drawn to a different book, this one I am sure I will be finishing.   It is a fantastic story with forbidden love, magic, vampires, other various supernatural beings, secret societies, historical references, discovery, and family dynamics to name a few. It did take me about 200 pages to really get sucked into the story, and I don't normally hang on for that long if a book isn't drawing me in. However, the person who recommended the book to me had so many great things to say, I hung in there. The author does a great job of setting the scene, those kind of details in a story this detailed and complex can take som