Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Cas Lowood hunts ghosts. After his father is killed by a particularly vicious ghost, Cas and his mom continue the family business moving from town to town so Cas can rid them of paranormal disturbances. With this latest move, Cas is ready to take on a ghost that has haunted him from afar - even though he's only ever heard about her - Anna Dressed in Blood. The story is a girl leaves for a school dance wearing a beautiful white dress, but she never makes it. The ghost of Anna haunts her family's house and is abnormally vicious. If you've seen Anna, you don't live to tell about it.Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and illustrations by Maira Kalman
Min and Ed have broken up. Min is taking Ed a box of stuff that she acquired during their relationship. She doesn't want it anymore. With each item, she explains a little bit more about why they broke up. This book is totally different from what we've gotten from Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) in the past. Plus, the pages are shiny.
Anya is a Russian immigrant and the last thing she wants is to be a Russian immigrant. She feels alone and in desperate need of a friend. When she accidentally falls into a well, the last thing she expects to find is a friend. But she does. A ghost is ok for a friend, right? It can't make her any weirder than kids already think she is, right? With her new friend at her side, Anya starts doing better on tests, starts talking to the boy she thinks is cute, and it seems like her life is finally shaping up the way she wants. But when her friend starts to turn on her, Anya has to decide if her ghost friend is really all she's cracked up to be.
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal Here is a bit of non-fiction for you. Do you watch Moonshiners at all? Here is a look at some early moonshiners and how they found themselves on the wrong side of the law. With prohibition, the market for illegal alcohol skyrocketed. Everyone was smuggling illegal alcohol and trying to find places to drink it (even children!). Follow the disastrous social experiement to rid Amerians of the ill effects of alcohol, it's pretty wild.Coming soon...Youth Media Award winners (it's like the Oscars for authors of children and teen books). Find out who won the Newbery Medal and the Printz Award. There are some good ones this year!
