Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs

 I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to  happen.

A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.(www.goodreads.com)

Rating: 8 out of 10
**mild language**
Available: North Olympic Library System
To check this out at NOLS, click here: https://pac.nols.org/polaris/Search/request.aspx?pos=2&new=1

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde

 

"It was my fourteenth birthday and I was arguing with a bus. How pathetic is that?"

LOSE THE GAME, LOSE YOUR LIFE

In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed - and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Unless she can
get the magic ring,
find the stolen treasure,
answer the dwarf's dumb riddles,
impress the head-chopping statue,
charm the army of ghosts,
fend off the barbarians,
and defeat the man-eating dragon,
she'll never win. And if she doesn't win, she will die - for real this time.
Rating: 9 out of 10
Available: Stevens Middle School Library
                 North Olympic Library System (to reserve use this link:https://pac.nols.org/polaris/Search/request.aspx?pos=2&new=1)

Witch and Wizard by James Patterson

                      "IT'S OVERWHELMING. A city's worth of angry faces staring at me like I'm a wicked criminal--which I assure you, I'm not. 

The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The New Order, as it is known, is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they'd never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents--and maybe the world? (Goodreads.com)


Rating: 10 out of 10
** Violence, mild cursing 

Available at Mrs. Hope/Sikes Library 
North Olympic Library System (reserve here:https://pac.nols.org/polaris/Search/request.aspx?pos=4&new=1)