Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Find the book in our library: Seraphina Summary: In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while […]
A Monster Calls – discussion recap
Published on :A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Find the book in our library: A Monster Calls Summary: Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill–an ancient, wild creature that wants him to […]
Raven Boys — discussion recap
Published on :It’s summer! Our book discussion summer series “Claws to Read” starts off with… The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Find it in our library: The Raven Boys Summary: Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent’s only gift seems to be that she makes other people’s talents stronger, […]
Shadow and Bone — discussion recap
Published on :May’s book discussion pick was Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo What we did Shadow and Bone author Leigh Bardugo brightened up our meeting by joining us via Skype! Each attendee asked multiple questions about the book, her ideas, and career. We also discussed her book at length […]
Legend
Published on :Our April book was Legend by Marie Lu Summary: In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-old Day–a famous criminal, and prodigy June–the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. Legend is the first book in […]
Divergent
Published on :During February’s YA Book Group meeting, we discussed the Divergent series by Veronica Roth and got an opportunity to watch an advance screening of the movie! Basic facts: It’s a YA dystopian trilogy (well, how many YA dystopians are not trilogies? =) Summary: In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior […]