Summer’s best reads
June 15, 2014
JUNIOR MEGAN WILLIAMS chose the novel “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs for her first ‘read’ of the school year.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Movie Release: June 6
This young adult romance is centered on two teens that have been diagnosed with cancer, Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Upon meeting in a support group, they have an instant connection and face the difficult possibilities of a future together.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Movie Release: August 15
In this dystopian novel, a 13 year old boy, Jonas, is chosen to hold on to all of the harsh memories of the past, in order to make decisions for a future society in which humans lack any and all emotion in order to suffer no pain.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Movie Release: August 22
After a fatal car accident, Mia Hall’s parents die and she is left in a coma. Alternating between flashbacks and her present situation, Mia must decide whether to wake up or die.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Movie Release: September 19
In Dashner’s Sci-Fi dystopian novel, the main character, Thomas, awakens to a place called the “Glade,” where he has no recollection of his past. Thomas’s other problem presents itself when he discovers that “Glade” is completely surrounded by a maze filled with dangerous creatures.