Among the Hidden

Title: Among the Hidden
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publication Date: 1998

One of the best books I've read in a long time!  After a period of mass famine where hundred starved to death, the Government imposes major controls on the people of the United States.  One of these, is limiting all families to two children under the threat of death.  When Luke, a third "illegal" child discovers another shadow child in his neighborhood, his whole life changes.  I was in suspense the entire time I read this book.  It was gripping and very thought provoking!

Payback Time

Title: Payback Time
Author: Carl Deuker
Publication Date: September 2010
ISBN 13: 978-0547279817


Mitch True is a senior who's been writing for his high school paper since his freshman year.  Though he didn't expect to get the sports news beat, he finds he likes reporting sports news and the benefits, like being the stringer for the Seattle Times.   He also likes working with Kimi, the attractive photographers that's been assigned to work with him.  The appearance of an amazing new player makes the job all the more interesting, especially because no one seems willing to talk about Angel Marichal at all.  Angel's school records are missing, his cousin seems dangerous, and Angel seems too old to be playing high school ball.  Has Mitch uncovered a scandal?  Or is the conspiracy to keep Angel out of the headlines based in something much more dangerous than cheating?  With exciting coverage of America's favorite game, this book is gripping!  A real page-turner!

Zombie Winter

Title: Zombie Winter

Author: Jonathon Strange

Publication Date: January 2011

ISBN 13: 978-1434230959

It is the depths of winter and Kane feels like the cold is sucking the life right out of him.  At first, he blames the cold for the odd behavior of his classmates and teachers, but it soon becomes evident that something powerful and evil has overtaken his school, his town, even his mom.   Hordes of zombies are out to eat his brains.  If Kane is going to survive, or save the people he loves, he must follow the directions of a spooky old hermit and destroy the hordes' ancient maker, the Zombie Queen.  A short and quick read, this book manages to evoke true fear and a tangible cold in 64 pages!

Spies, Boys, and Twisted Secrets

Title: Only the Good Spy Young

Author: Ally Carter
Pub Date: June 2010

ISBN-10: 1423128206

In the fourth installment of the incredibly gripping Gallagher Girls series, Cammie Morgan, spy-in-training, is encircled in a new mystery involving her teacher, her deceased father, her school, her crush Zack, and her three best friends.  Espionage is difficult, especially when everyone she knows and loves leads the life of a spy!

Murder and a Spooky Abandoned Theme Park

Title: Closed for the Season
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Pub Date: June 2009
ISBN-13: 9780547084510


Closed for the Season is a fast-paced and incredibly gripping book by Mary Downing Hahn!  When Logan finds out that someone was murdered in the big creepy house his parents just bought, he finds himself in the middle of a very dangerous ordeal.  With the help of his new neighbor Arthur, Logan tracks clues through an abandoned theme park trying to uncover the truth about the murder.   But just as he's tracking the killer, the killer is also tracking Logan.  And this killer will stop at nothing to keep the secrets buried in the park from being revealed.  Winner of the Edgar Allan Award.